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Chaley-
Cheers. I think it will be.
I don’t think the current gearing (30:19) will be particularly good for gravel rides where I’m with anyone else but I’m off to the Lake District on Sunday where I’ll be either riding by myself or with Mrs M_V so should be fine for now. Cranks are direct mount Deores so I think I’m somewhat limited for larger chainrings.
Hoping it can tread that fine line between ‘practical’ and ‘too serious/boring’ which is a trap I’ve fallen into when I’ve set bikes up with things like guards and racks and dynamos before. No racks or dynamo in this yet but a dynamo is definitely in my mind as we leave the light summer nights (and mornings) behind.
M_V
I posted in here that I was thinking about getting a Spa Rove, well, I did and it turned up today.
Knowing it was imminent I’d taken my wheels to work to seat the tyres with the airline there (swapping from massive knobblies to something a bit better suited to the grav).
Was going to chuck all the 1 x 10 stuff from my hardtail on out but the chain and gear cable were too short (kinda surprising as this seems a lot shorter than my mtb but routing is different) so I figured that was the singlespeed gods telling me something.
I went for a real cheap Trans X 70mm drop post from Merlin as I wasn’t going to have room for the 200mm drop post I have, but it turns out it has a bit of suspension too. Not sure if it’s intended or what but might be useful for gravel riding? I think it is intentional as the upper but doesn’t drop all the way down and it has the suspension action when dropped where posts I’ve had that have started getting a bit bouncy as they get gubbed have been solid when dropped.