Varun's Bikes, Stayer, Cotic, that singlespeed Rockhopper....

It’s growing increasingly apparent by the day. During last night’s (very long and painful) brewery ride I had a lot of pedal strikes on pretty tame off-road.

I had a little tinker today and nicked a chain tensioner off the Rockhopper; 36-17 feels like a pretty good ratio. I’ll find out more after a couple days’ commuting, especially if tired and cold legs prefer that or something easier. From prior experience with 34 and 32-18, that was the right gear for like one off-road section but way spinny for 95% of the rest.

I also decided to take the wedge frame bag off and reposition bottle cages. The rack is TBC. Time will tell whether I find the lack of baggage refreshing or frustrating, but at least the bike feels super light now.

Oh, and worn old C17 (a teensy bit wide), bars tilted down a touch and those 27.5” wheels really do look too small from the side profile.

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