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I'm armchair dissing it now but I've lost a disc in the lower back at 26 I'm probably gonna end up experimenting with every form of suspension out there by 30. Gets a bit sore after 8h or so
What's the narrowed down list of the bikes then?
kvragu-
I like buying second-hand stuff. It's cheaper, I'm less precious about it and it makes me think I'm not contributing (so much) to the endless creation of more new things.
So, I'm liking the idea of that Di2-ready Niner, but I know sod all about them other than they like to hit their carbon forks with a hammer now and then.
I already know the Kinesis Tripster works, so that would be an easy if slightly boring choice. It would match my grrl's orange Mason Bokeh though. Not sure if that's a good thing or bad thing. Like pensioner tourists in matching tracksuits...
I like my Mason and would give them more money, but I think the Exposure is overkill given that I now have a hardtail and a dualie.
I've still got a hard-on for the Crux but the price is stupid.
hippy
I've used one of those VCLS split posts on my Mason for road ultras for a while. Bit of a faff but I miss it when I went back to the Thomson for a bit. I now have an eeSilk on it for reasons I can't recall (it was on the gravel bike).
The bars can fuck right off though :)