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@Howard only 20 days behind :)
Ref the Topstone Sora which appears to be so new no ones seen one yet apart from America.
Was talking about this yesterday/last night.
My friend who has ordered one is now debating upscaling to the 105 model and + about £600.
Apart from 105 shifters and hydro brakes, an FSA through-axle chainset and tubeless ready rims and 11spd over 9spd and some other small changes which i am going to look into.....
(hubs, frame,fork,seatpost,bars etc etc are the same)
We talked about end use. It won't be doing anything more rad than towpaths and flat roads. My mate is over max user weight limits for pretty much everything he has looked at roadbike wise.
I doubt the wide ratio cassette will see much action. So i reckoned staying Sora and 9spd.
We can swap out the cassette to a 9spd road one (9spd gear being cheaper).
Yes cable brakes need adjusting, but swap out the cable inner/outers and pad change is fairly cheap power upgrade.
If he dosen't get on with drop bars, we can chuck on risers and use the 9spd shifters and Hydro brakes from his current bike.
He wants to change the stock carbon fork.... i argued that Dale expect the bike to be loaded up and chucked around rough trails so offset that against his weight and maxing out on towpaths, i think the fork will be fine.
Tubeless tyres....... for what he's doing the cost of swapping tyres and the faff and if he burps one or splits one, meh, stay as you are and tubed for now.
About a 500g weight saving from the Sora to 105. At the rider weight and need for strong parts that weight saving won't be noticed and light tyres might have a short lifespan.
Should have bike late January. may start a thread when he gets it. Asked him to do a ton of research before upping the order to 105 spec (shop haven't tried to upsell and bought last bike there) he has been looking on gravel forums which are dominated by geardos :) and upgrade all the things attitude (bit like here :) )
Sensible thoughts ?