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@tomsvoboda
Yeah it's the Super Toughness and the Gold Medal Pro. I couldn't have justified them at full price but sourced them on this forum hence thought I'd go for them. Can't really comment on any long term observations but from a smoothness/silence point of view I couldn't beat it (used to ride S75/DID Racing Pro/EAI and that was clattery as hell even though it lasted for years..). I'm still not sure I'd pay full price for the two but I'm super chuffed with them now..
Been playing about with stem/bars/seatposts and so far a 25mm layback with a 70-80mm stem and drops with hoods seems to work nicely. Once I have that setup I'm going to figure out the best riser/stem combo.
Regarding dimensions, my ST is 74 deg, HT 73 deg, TT 56cm, ST 56cm ctt. The Gangsta's (46cm) ST is 72 deg and HT 72.2 deg so it is significantly different geo..