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Can you describe the difference in feel from hope 20Fives to carbon? apart from whoosh whoosh woosh...
here for Fairlight love, silver hubs love, and Arundel love - the best cages I've tried so far.
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Jeez, really putting me on the spot here! I'll compare as like-for-like in terms of tyres as I can; the Hopes with 32mm Michelin Power Cup tubeless and the Arkanes with 34mm Schwalbe Pro Ones also tubeless. Both quality tyres at low pressures and yes a bit a more volume with the Schwalbes but I still think a fair comparison. IMO, the Hopes felt noticeably more wooden/crashy and I got the impression that there was a fair bit more tyre roll cornering at speed. The width of the Arkane rims definitely gives the wide tyres a better profile and I've not noticed any of that kind of squirm, tyres just sit better in the wider (24mm internal) rim I guess. They seem to deal with road buzz a fair bit better, some of that might be attributable to the extra 2mm tyre volume though. I've not noticed a huge difference in terms of pick up speed but it certainly feels like they hold speed a bit better. 54R/49F does catch the wind a bit though!
Arundel love - the best cages I've tried so far.
Amen! King cages can get in the sea!
ElGonzo
I have a few bikes. Terrible photos of them and random musings will follow. I'll begin with the bike I've ridden the most in the past 12 months:
Fairlight Strael 3.0
I rode this a fair bit (for me) last year, a good chunk of it on Hope wheels I bought it with and 32mm Michelin tyres then upgraded to some Arkane wheels and even bigger 34mm Schwalbe tyres. Yes it has a massive head tube AND a spacer tower, front end feels a bit distant of course but this is all about comfort; I have a bad back and I'm not getting any younger or more flexible. Few changes on the cards:
Swapping to 165mm cranks from 172.5mm
Drop the front end by 10mm
Change of stem: colour-matched Thomson X2
Change of handlebars: Pro Vibe Aero alloy ones for hopefully the comfy flat tops, not the aero gainz