Obviously I caused myself a world of stress in the lead-up, badly painting the fork and finally setting up tubeless with tyres that may or may not be compatible, but the bike performed pretty well really. I had to top up the rear tyre a couple times and dropped the chain four times but who's counting? We weren't riding with any serious intent.
It's now going on a break at my parents, opening a spot back in Manchester for a mtb. Honestly feel a bit anxious about not having the DIA bike with me but with minimal commuting it makes sense to make a change for a bit I think.
Here's the bike after Dirty Reiver:
Obviously I caused myself a world of stress in the lead-up, badly painting the fork and finally setting up tubeless with tyres that may or may not be compatible, but the bike performed pretty well really. I had to top up the rear tyre a couple times and dropped the chain four times but who's counting? We weren't riding with any serious intent.
It's now going on a break at my parents, opening a spot back in Manchester for a mtb. Honestly feel a bit anxious about not having the DIA bike with me but with minimal commuting it makes sense to make a change for a bit I think.