Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

You mean you aren't already?

Sworks recon lace, looks like it might not be that absorbent…? Any experiences?
My current giros weigh a ton when then get wet and take forever to dry

I'd pay money to see a normal sized model in one of those.

Both are so stacked ha

You wear a skinsuit for everything though!

Excellent if you need to be aero but carry a pack of cigarettes. Would

It's 199,99£ plus delivery.
If you send me one I can put it on.
Formerly skinny guy that realised there now is stuff around the middle that appeared out if nowhere.
I could take the photos after a weekend full of beers and food?

Can I just check…are you calling this guy stacked?!

OF does gravel

BITD me and a mate fitted aerobars purely for making rollies on seafront pootles

I have these, they're great- really easy to clean and dry quickly. As with all Specialized shoes the stock insoles are useless which stings a bit when they're so much ££££ so factor in getting some of the Specialized red/blue/green ones depending on arches

done deal!

More stacked than me

😳

Edit: tone doesn’t always come across in text let alone emoji so I hope you know I’m not really slagging you or anyone.

I think working in the velodrome where there’s a lot of half dressed muscle bound sprinters has desensitised me.

half dressed muscle bound sprinters

Hey Man, if that's what you're in too! 😉

Cheapest place to find 42T compatible GRX Di2 these days?

https://www.bike-components.de/en/Shimano/GRX-Di2-Shadow-Plus-RD-RX817-11-speed-Rear-Derailleur-p71452/

Probably a little more on tax. But less than 250 at wiggle.

This is basically the same and also has the advantage of not having GRX on it:

https://winstanleysbikes.co.uk/shimano-deore-xt-rd-m8050-di2-11-speed-rear-derailleur?gclid=Cj0KCQjwiZqhBhCJARIsACHHEH_M0KTtp94CFAaRDaUjIXfs5-UWQDkT2WgkTpufVtjUepRiZqKCR8gaAovsEALw_wcB

Unless you have a road di2 front mech

basically the same

I thought XT would be better

Suggestions for a straight 1-⅛” TA 12x100 carbon fork?

DA front mech, so I think this won't work.

re: grx 42T mech - I'm not even sure on the new bike it's working yet. They say it's 1x only but I've used it 2x, just without a GRX front mech (Ultegra) so I wonder if they've disabled it's ability to do 2x if run with a GRX front... that would be pretty fucked.

Yeah, dealing with UK customs is pretty shit these days. Was hoping to avoid that kind of thing. I might just wait, buy one when I'm in the EU and bring it back. We've got a Wolftooth+Ultegra setup working at the moment.

Has no one found a way to disable the Road + MTB restrictions on this stuff yet? Downgrade firmware, install one with the other installed and add it later, update the firmware with some dodgy code that gives you all the watts...

Limited I believe. A-C?

For expensive, Wilde bike in the US have a carbon fork with utility cage mounts, 398 a-c etc.

https://www.wildebikes.com/products/wayfinder-fork?_pos=1&_sid=cb631fec6&_ss=r

There's a bashed up one on eBay..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195681374256

Suggestion but not a recommendation, I have no experience of this fork but have used other hylix parts which have been fine

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123915404693