Goodbye gravel bike, hello recumbent

In other news, I hit the deck hard on the Koga after one of my shoes unclipped in a sprint. The bike came out surprisingly well (bent derailleur hanger and one broken spoke nipple). I didn't come out so well unfortunately. Mostly abrasions though, so hoping to be back on the bike again soon.

Ah shiet, hope you heal up quick!

What’s the new crabon frame?

It's an Open One+

Here it is. Just put in on the scale and it comes it a 940 grams. That is about 250 lighter than the Radon. A shame it doens't look nearly as nice as the Radon...

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Ah shit, get well soon. It’s never nice coming off.

Thanks! Hoping to get back on the bike on the coming week.

In the meantime I have started removing the paint from the Open frame. Looking to get a nice 'nude' carbon finish and hoping to lose some weight in the proces.

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New tires, saddle and bottle cage for the Koga.

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Removing the paint from the Open frame is taking forever. Front end is almost done now. On to the rest.

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How light can you go with make a mountainbike tire? Pretty darn light so it seems.

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It took forever to remove the paint frame the Open One+ frame. The finish still needs some work with polishing, but I am running out of time so this will need to do for now.

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Just about done. First ride was promising.

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New tires, because the Furious Fred tires refuse to do turns unless the're flow trails.

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This would look great without that hideous fork (sorry)

Cool bike, don’t even mind the fork. What’s the final weight?

Thankfully someone else said it. I’m a big fan of what goes on in this thread. But I cannot condone a lauf.

I know the Lauf is somewhat controversial. Which is probably why I like it so much. Also, the fork is why I started this build, so I am keeping it for now. With the right upgrades you can get a suspension fork down to about 1200 grams, but that comes at a hefty price tag.

Took some nicer pics of the bike.

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Fairly pointless purchase, but makes me happy nonetheless.

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My first race on the Open was also my last. For now anyway. Somehow the chain was lifted on to the chainstay during the (very muddy) race and cut a hole in the chain stay.

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Holy shit! Sorry for your loss...

How quickly did this happen?

Holy shit I've never seen that before. I wonder if any of the carbon repair places would attempt it?

Looks like your n/w ring isn't letting go of the chain and dragging it up and over the chainstay. Chain and ring definitely compatible?

Race was about 45 minutes.

My thoughts exactly. Maybe because I am not using a clutch derailleur? I am using a Garbaruk chain ring and they are compatible with just about anything.