Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

Pelago Stavanger
8Bar Mitte

That looks like great fun. Classy build.

Anything else I should consider?

Fairlight Faran - £250 cheaper than the all city
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That's proper tasty...

Flat mount can get in the bin tho

What’s wrong with flat mount? Honest question.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone, will have a lot of thinking to do.

The fork. And it's incredibly short and high

You're limited to the size of rotor you can run for a start

Can't you just use adaptors? Like for other brakemount types? Genuine question

Can't you just use adaptors? Like for other brakemount types? Genuine question

Not really, when a fork is designed for a specific rotor sizes, you'd want to run it at the max rotors sizes as it would put too much stress on the fork.

Not many bike out there have flat mount 180/160mm rotors option such as the Mason ISO where they set the mount 20mm higher than standard and use the 140/160 adaptor to choose between 160/180mm.

Specialized have this on their Diverge, but that likely down to poor quality fork than actually designed to run 180mm.

Does anyone need a 180 rotor on a touring/audax/gravel bike? It's hardly downhill - 160mm provides more than enough stopping power.

Better to mod than buy new right?

Amen

I just like having loads of options when buying and using parts. I like having compatibility between brands etc.

Using the same calipers with drop and flat bar is a win for me (albeit cable actuated)

Does anyone need a 180 rotor on a touring/audax/gravel bike?

It's not so much the braking power but also the rotors wear, less chance of burning out the rotors/pads etc. which can be a deciding factor.

140mm rotors while they exist, don't offer that much advantage being more prone to being burnt out and quicker to wear out.

Isn't this the frameset that comes with aluminium forks?

The Trek? Yes it does come with an aluminium fork.

Selling basket bag here, fits a Wald 137, very functional... https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/372791/#comment16390297

Thank you.

Yes, that's a big no for me.

Nice content.

Where did you find these?

https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/oddcycles/

Are you planning a tour @spotter?

Just starting to, I have a huge amount of leave to use or lose before the end of the year

The TGAC one is really cool, love the paint..

Need all the info on this and more pictures. So cool.