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Well this has ended up being pretty capable in this bizzaro drop bar fat tyre rough road guise. I’m glad I put a few pics on here as it has reminded me just how much it’s been used over the last year. Started out on dadbike duties, doing lockdown adventures with my then 2-year old / now 3-year old and it had been brilliant. Then I added my early lockdown commutes when I was allowed back on site and it proved excellent on the smashed up roads and potholes. Also started to add 25-40 mile weekend rides with a pal, though it was evident that I was having to ride a lot harder than him on his road bike.
I’ve done nothing to it whatsoever for a whole year; not even a wash. Gave it a clean down with Grimex wipes a few weeks ago and checked the state of the bottom bracket. It’s got the Race Face Team bb well known for premature failure. Sure enough mine has shit itself and is properly wobbly after no more than a couple of thousand miles. Glad I asked on the AQA thread, because picking a direct swap wasn’t as straightforward as it appeared, which I seem to remember was the reason I just went for the matching Race Face one for the cranks originally. Anyway, now have this Shimano one to fit which ought to last a bit longer.
Tldr; came here to post that I was having dirty thoughts about putting straight bars back on, but didn’t post anything about that at all and turned into a tldr post about something else instead.
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