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It has turned out really nice!
The blue and yellow work well together imo and the segmented fork just looks nice.Part of the reason I want to build my Vagabond back up, is to ride something with a lower standover height.
How is it riding it off road with DT shifters?
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Thank you! I don't know whether I'll keep the blue forever but it's nice it being a feature and a bit different.
How is it riding it off road with DT shifters?
It's fun, the process is something along the lines of:
-scope out uphill
-guess gear
-stick with it until I fall off/unclip/spin outwhich isn't so far from my experience with bar-ends to be fair. I like that it stops me over-thinking my gearing. Might be frustrating on very long rides when tired and fumbly.
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The bike is just wonderful, it's rolling well enough on tarmac, if a bit a slow when the road turns upwards, and monster-trucks over anything I'm brave enough to attempt. I 'beautified' the stack a bit with some nice bits from nitto, and actually found myself grateful for the low standover on a few rough rides recently.
Excuse the bar angle, it looks pretty ridiculous (especially when the bike is positioned with the front wheel higher than the rear) but works nicely for descending and bridleways.
FD isn't shifting down, I think I need a longer BB to sort it.
Other small jobs, that i'll do in the medium-term:
-try tubeless
-get a bottlecage dropper for the under DT mount
-pedals, always pedals
-revamp guards
-prettier crankset