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Pakejotter

Member since Jun 2018 • Last active Jan 2022
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Live in Adelaide, Australia. Love bikes

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    Will a titan add much or any weight (assuming it already has a threaded fork)

    Titan is ~ 270g, adapter (~150g) and stem (~110g) would come out pretty much the same.

    I am running one at the moment and it seems solid and hasn’t slipped.

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    Where I find it less than ideal is for fast, aggressive 80km (or less) hilly rides, if I had never ridden great road bikes before on the same roads I would be perfectly happy.

    If you want a bike that can take some easy singletrack and gravel and take on ”endurancy” road rides it’s a great choice. If you never plan on running 35s or bigger than the streal would likely be a better choice.

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    Where I find it less than ideal is for fast, aggressive 80km (or less) hilly rides, if I had never ridden great road bikes before on the same roads I would be perfectly happy.

    If you want a bike that can take some easy singletrack and gravel and take on ”endurancy” road rides it’s a great choice. If you never plan on running 35s or bigger than the streal would likely be a better choice.

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    I am at the moment, I’ve got a spare pair of wheels with 28mm schwalbe pro ones. It does fine and @ my weight(~95kg) the extra 1-2kgs of bike weight isn’t particularly noticeable.
    The handling can be a bit slow on the road and once I get further ahead on the mortgage I’ll likely buy another road bike.

    So in summary it’s a better gravel/adventure bike than a road bike, but still a perfectly good one.

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    I’m gett my Secan frameset on Tuesday which is super exciting. Thinking about taking Wednesday of work to build it up.

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    Colourway looks fantastic with the neo-retro build.

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    Frame and fork. Current plan is for it to replace my salsa vaya and cannondale synapse. Will use everything bar headset, dyno wheel, I’ll also upgrade the rear derailure to the new clutched ultegra.

    Planning on having a road/gravel setup and an adventure setup. With different wheels. Will also give swapping between gearing a go. Vaya is running 46/30 36 and for road stuff I’ll run 50/34 32

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    I’m liking the Grey/Magenta

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    I’m not a huge fan of the blue orange. The grey with an all black build should work pretty well (ie no magenta anodising)

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    I was assuming/hoping he was just under the pump

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