Disc brakes are dead

I had columbus max and few others

I think my destiny is a Ritchey Breakaway carbon if I were to do this properly

Have you ever split DBAD and travelled with it?

nah, I will though when I go to India next

If you had done what you suggested in the OP (a full custom build by Winston with decent tubing), instead of nickel and diming it, you might be better placed to asses the potential of steel as a frame material.

Don't listen to him, steel bikes are dull.

I am sure they feel the same.

Chainset lets the bike down... ;-(

yeah thats fair, I might do this properly one day

i just find steel bikes so dull

That's because you ride road bikes

Now paint your shed walls

How did those Rules guys manage to convince everyone that a little fake bottle is less ugly than the maligned saddlebag? Lunacy.

Never happening

I agree! Although its amplified by mis-match bottle cages in this case.

Never again

supposed to say "So. Much. Fun."
Usually when the user has built a hybrid

I feel like this encapsulates the Xbiking subreddit

You're supposed to cut an old bidon, not buy a screw-top one.

@frankenbike decorum allows a saddle bag when it's artisanal.

yeah thats fair, I might do this properly one day

Thread's never going to end.

Have you ever split DBAD and travelled with it?

Ah fuck, we are over three years into this project. We have all aged and we won't get this time back.

Who has this now? I want it

Disagree, steel is a frame material for life, whereas titanium is a frame material for mid-life.

I was bored and found some fatbars so installed on the cargo bike

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and no @BareNecessities I wont paint the shed walls (yet)

That was / is one of the best looking bikes ever in my book (Moleskine don't you know)

I was bored and found some fatbars so installed on the cargo bike

You might as well have not bothered. Those grips are an abomination and have totally ruined any kudos gained by the gold Renthals

^ +1

I know .. I have ordered some neon green knock off ESIs though