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First test ride yesterday on scarily icey roads. Pretty pleased, some tweaks still to make to dial in my position. Felt really stretched out when I first hopped on, but I think that's just because I've been off the road bike for so long and only on my 'sit up and beg' commuter. Definitely had a bit more flex in the elbows than on the Kinesis. My fitter said I should go with the layback seatpost I took along rather than the inline, which I'm pretty pleased about as the inline looked all wrong with the Brooks, I've got it all the way back on the rails at the moment, so will probably bring that forward a bit. Still covered about 55 miles comfortably with no pains today despite my lack of flexibility/fitness.
Climbs really well, compact gears definitly more suited to my riding style (slow). Brooks works well on this too, didn't get on with it on the tourer I originally bought it for.
I know some will balk at the +17 degree stem. I could have gone with a flatter stem and more spacers I suppose, but I don't mind the positive rise. I could actually get away with a +15 degree probably, as I'm slightly less drop than I got fitted at, I'll leave it like this for now though. h8rs gonna h8 etc.
Still to do: