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Tom13
@yoshy
Took this out for a little tester ride last night along the Mersey and around the surrounding trails, really loved it. There's a chance the big difference was in the gearing and that everything else was marginal but it's nice to have fast tyres when it's hard and dry out. The bar-ends are always fun to get into a tuck on.
The drivetrain makes a hefty clang every now and then? I reckon either the chainline is off or the 15t I liberated from a cassette is a bit knackered. I've got lots of spacers from the cassette to try and tune the chainline at least.
Was surprised by how fast it handles, it's very nimble and almost twitchy. I imagine it's a world away from how super slack HT might feel. Got home and had to actively suppress pondering longer forks.
Anyway: