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Meant to say that I was fitting to a carbon gravel bike with chunky tubes. Would have been way easier on something like my old cross check with skinny steel tubes. I like the square look so glad they worked out for you.

Think the stay fitting approach was maybe moved across from their bluemels range. But as you say doesn't make as much sense the way they did it on the edge

Biggest thing was the shape. The SKS are very square and were super tricky to fit to my frame - the gap between the tyre and frame is roundish and so a square guard didn't really fit.

Also the mounting hardware. The SKS stay goes inside the mudguard and so takes up a lot of space. And fits with a little plastic clip and silicone spacer. The whole lot came unclipped in the woods and I lost the spacer. Then lost both clip and spacer from the other guard.

Pelagos guards have none of these issues, were hassle free to fit and cost me €55, so value is decent

I'm halfway through installing some Pelago 700x55 mudguards on my gravel bike. Much better than than the SKS Edge I had on there before. And decent value compared to some of the others I looked at.

Thanks v much. Looks like a great option

Love the bike. Slightly random question but what pedals are they?

Turns out they still make it - it's called the Tempo. There's a photo on their website of the dropouts and the set up with mudguards https://www.condorcycles.com/products/condor-tempo-frameset?variant=45755739504961

I think Condor at one point made a fixed gear frameset with horizontal dropouts precisely for this reason, as the frame was designed for commuting/audax with mudguards. I had a Surly crosscheck set up fixed like this and it worked well.

As @hollow__legs says you end up with a gap at the front of the mudguard which doesn't look great. Velo Orange make a spring loaded nut and bolt to help - it holds the mudguard close to the tyre and then you can push against the spring if you need to remove the wheel https://velo-orange.com/products/spring-thing?srsltid=AfmBOoqZPrGmxj8zFrNDAFMahqMMoeH5FiIpwL2FKOM43NBh8PJqVQup

I've run my cross check like this for ages - works really well. Along with swiss stop pads in the rear canti to maximise its fairly dubious braking power

Those wheels are perfect with that paint

Makes perfect sense. Interesting that the weight was so similar.

If you need to lose more weight, I put together a pretty light seatpost for carbon rails using a Chinese carbon post with the clamp hardware swapped out for titanium. Didn't weigh it separately from the saddle but think it was about 150g

Looking amazing!

Out of interest, was there a reason for the Thomson seatpost given the WW focus?

Got a tool rool from Dan. Great bit of kit - loads of space, keeps everything secure and looks great on the bike. Super happy!

Great - thanks so much

Awesome - thanks v much

Does anyone have a recommendation for a roofer in SE London (Brixton/Herne Hill)? Got a leak and need to get an expert to take a look

I have the Cycplus AS2 Pro which you can charge from a phone using a USB-C to USB-C cable. With a decent size phone battery I think that would get me a few goes without too much impact on the phone

You might want to size down. I have the normal Albion bibs in large and rhe leg elastics are pretty loose. Mentioned in a review but I was right in the zone for sizing. Not had the same issue with other bibs.

The material is super stretchy so I would have been better off with medium. Lovely bibs otherwise!

Not sure if the cargo bibs have the same thing but worth checking.

I had one as stock on a Canyon endurace. Rode it for maybe 8k km before replacing with a Chinese carbon post to lose some weight. Now its on my gravel bike and have done another 1.5k km so far.

No slippage so far - tightened with torque wrench and I'm not super heavy. I find it adds a bit of damping (like a soft rear tyre) but haven't tried any of the elastomer posts to compare. Didn't need it on the endurace but feel like it helps a bit on gravel

I guess the long reach might be because they expect you to use a shorter stem for offroad handling. The Canyon Grizl has a 20mm longer reach than my Endurace in the same size with 1mm difference in the stack. But it comes with a 20mm shorter stem so position would be basically the same.

The stack on Planet X bikes always seems super low though - always been way too small for me to buy one.

That sounds like exactly what I need for running and cycling- cheers

Great write up of an epic sounding race! Chapeau

Out of interest, what's your strength training routine? I've been getting back into running and focusing on staying injury free. It's working so far but feel like some strength training might help. Thanks!

Looks very Belgian! Been good to have a dry spell after so much rain

Perfect winter ride! What frame is that - looks great

Great to see your bottle cages feature on road.cc today - very appropriately as part of a list of Christmas presents for discerning cyclists https://road.cc/buyers-guide/best-christmas-gifts-discerning-cyclists-picky-cyclists#Hulsroy-Bottle-Cage

Congratulations!

I have one of LB'S mixed depth wheelsets on my Canyon Endurace. WR45 up front and AR56 on the back. Awesome wheels and have done super well for all kinds of road riding, including a lot of sketchy surfaces in Indonesia.

One thing to be aware of is that my 30mm tyres (Schwalbe One) come up at 32 or 33mm since the rim is so wide. So you may want to go for 28s to get a true 30mm

Here's a photo in Italy