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So much this. Also, sorry for musing about ends, even they are temporary.
You're out there, the time is now! :)

Everyone's different but for me even the 'will we see a book' question just felt like pressure at some point (no doubt not the intention here).

@moog wonderful, just wonderful.

How I remember ending a big trip was just crying. Lots of crying and overwhelm. Beautiful times to go through, in retrospect. The thing is that transitioning back to 'normal' life was pretty similar to transitioning to bike life. One day you set off feeling inept and nervous, everything seems so far away and abstract, then you just do a bit every day and deal with what's in front of you, and without realising you're like cool, I got this.

amazing, yes!!!!! (sorry for the mega slow reply, haven't been on here much lately). Where was this? Any more info? SO COOL to see it's being used!!!

Firefly titanium custom handbuilt road bike

gulp

Amongst the many things we left outside in our garden, the foxes only ever took one thing to play with (and hide): my smelly touring sandals that were out to air.

Sorry, just seen this. On ridewill

¯_(ツ)_/¯

I pack my bike in a crappy plastic cover and no one bats an eyelid. This is 85cm in a Thalys, expertly photographed

I can't see you having trouble anywhere if your bike is packed at 85cm. TGV and Thalys hardly look at it, I saw someone leaving a surfboard on the restaurant car of the AMS-Brussels train the other day.

Don't know if Germany's ICEs are another story, but I'd assume you're more than fine if you keep the bag reasonable.

Damn all this chat. Sitting at home doing nothing and reading this hurts a bit. I miss the mountains.

6 weeks wait time!
But the idea is that it works like this

rad bike btw

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I run a 46/30 on my CAAD12, same problem. FD is a red 22 etap. It works without an adaptor, but there's like 10mm gap between the FD and the ring.

This means the FD is adjusted to not shoot too much beyond the big ring when front shifting, as that would drop the chain. Because the FD is limited in its outward travel, I can't front shift if the RD is on the 4 lowest gears (bigger cogs). From mid-cassette onwards it front shifts fine.

It's not ideal, so I'm getting an adapter like Pifko says, hoping that'll do the trick

fucking hell, just bought an FSA supercompact adapter yesterday for a LOT more than that. Couldn't believe how much they cost, still can't

Cool, thanks

Are you doing custom ones too? Or only the ones pictured upthread?

That's peak Audax, amazing

on the cycling podcast they described it as a battle between warm characters and cold characters

+1
https://youtu.be/pjTROQR9pHQ

Not easy to sell nice bikes lately uh? This is mega, hope you find a buyer

Shame we ride different sizes, I'd be happy to trade my Duell Zurigo track (I think it's a 59.5 seat tube)

Yes you can, jump 8 gears at once, shift gears stopped, it's almost where it comes into its own. It's a bit agricultural compared to nice, neat top-end Shimano, but it's liberating to be able to not care about transmission — as long as you do a micro lift on downshifts (it trained me to treat my derailleur much better tbh)

It's quite nice but tbh I'm excited for you and the Grand Colombier. It's a wonderful climb, the views on the twisty bit are incredible and it gets proper steep around there. It's mega, I loved it.

Last year the road from Culoz was closed because of a rock slide, but you can easily dismount and go around it. It means the road is empty and the climb is all yours. Just watch out if you descend on that side because there might be loads of loose stones, but you'll see them on the way up :)

Toured with a Rohloff and absolutely love it. Have nothing bad to say about drag or shifting, it's bombproof and such a satisfying piece of kit for touring.