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Did I describe this wrong? The Clavicula arms are 175. The Sram ones on my bike are 172.5.
The rings are 34 and 50. The cogs are (or will be) 11-36. Just within the capacity of the mechs, I think. Hopefully OK for climbing with a loaded bike. We shall see. I'm trying to recover from ME/CFS. Am v. weak cos I've hardly been on a bike for 10 years. My touring plan is basically a big dose of Graded Exercise Therapy. I think it's my best (and only) way of beating the ME and having a normal life. I'm getting on a bit, so I fear this may be my last chance. I've tried touring as therapy quite successfully before, but some unfortunate things happened and I had some rather severe relapses.
The weight weenie fixation is both practical and psychological. My steel tourer is 25 lbs or more unladen, and probably 70 lbs with bags on my last trip. I've developed a fear of its weight...carrying it up the stairs at a railway station, or hoiking it over some barriers to cross a road. I live in a third floor flat and it's such a relief to have light carbon bike when carrying it up and down stairs.
Here's my steel bike. 853 randonneur with exery braze-on known to man. I built it on Dave Yates' framebuilding course.
The campervan is another way to prevent relapses. When I'm tired I can pull over and sleep anywhere. Same story having camping gear on the bike.
Extreme measures like carbon rings also have a psych benefit. The gleeful joy of having bits which for decades I've been telling myself are out of bounds...how do I describe it? It's like Father Christmas being real and actually popping out of the fireplace. Of course, if they start snapping and getting me stranded in the middle of nowhere, I'll develop some new fears.
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25mm!? What length are the Clavicula, what what length are your legs?
They’re rad though. What’s the jump in chainring teeth? Looks huge.