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In2it. Saw this on eBay and was tempted. What's it like on pavement? A bit more lively than its steel equivalent?
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The seller was great. Bike shed with tools all lined up on hooks and obsessive on the details - exactly what you want to see when picking up a pricey used bike.
Not ridden a steel one but this doesn't feel too ponderous. I imagine the carbon fork helps a lot.
Stiff under power then floats along at speed. Feel like I could ride it for hours. The fork is def gravel centric with massive clearance - to the point that the 30mm max guards look a bit silly from the front - but that's just for winter. I'll run 32mm GP5000 in summer I think.
blambert
Been looking for 'one bike to do everything' after downsizing from 3 bikes to 1.
I was going to do a Waltly Ti build but they didn't reply to my emails after 3 weeks, so I did some extreme man maths and picked this up custom Croix de Fer Ti for a good price.
It's been great fun in gravel + road modes so far. Massive faff fitting the guards but done now.
Ultegra groupset with a dura-ace crankset (which is complete overkill for my needs so might swap that out. )