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It's baffling how they can put so much thought into designs and still put together the weirdest looking aesthetic atrocities for their catalogue. But the gigantic steerer, at least in this model, is really convenient because you can get the bars level with the saddle without it looking out of place.
I also don't understand the geometry of how they can simultaneously have such big head tubes as well as so much steerer leftover.
kvragu
There's also Crust's autistic cousin, which is probably also going to be my favourite bike, but it's a bit off from a satisfying level of done. I was a little worried about the spyres and campy levers -- they seemed a bit soft on the stand, and there's some speculation that the campy pull ratio might be a touch off, but after a few rides, I totally fw it.
The shifting also works super well (campy 10 + shimano 9 with alt cable routing). Def recommend.
Mudguards are keeping me up at night tho. I was a dummy and bought 700s thinking they might fit the frame mounts better, and I can swap wheels, but they're kinda off. I think I can get them right, might need to drill another hole for the fork crown to push it forward, it's waaay too low on the front wheel rn.