I take it all back, had a shitty one today, pretty sure the short chainstays make a difference, small/small was horrible, next gear a bit on the noisy side. Had a look at mine after and all good with big ol'stays for decent tyres. Was probably also already annoyed because it was hot and the internal routing on giant defys is shite and I had to redo it to swap to internally routed bars, which are usually supershite but these weren't too bad.
The guy rode yesterday and was happy enough that he's trying his longest ride ever today, to Brighton and back, so I must've done a decent enough job. I still stand by my "fuck R8000 FDs". None of that fiddly bullshit is necessary.
I take it all back, had a shitty one today, pretty sure the short chainstays make a difference, small/small was horrible, next gear a bit on the noisy side. Had a look at mine after and all good with big ol'stays for decent tyres. Was probably also already annoyed because it was hot and the internal routing on giant defys is shite and I had to redo it to swap to internally routed bars, which are usually supershite but these weren't too bad.