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required a 140mm -17 stem. handling is a bit sharp feeling and the front wheel feels a bit too under me in sharp corners but mostly it rides pretty well. having such great leverage on the brake levers is very nice for city riding.

should make the tire less tall, so depends on where clearance is tightest. what about the hed jets with 23s? i am pretty sure you could find measured widths for various tires as the rim is the same as the very popular belgium+/ardennes

no 3x with the ridley "classified" hub for 66 gears

yep, might have to bend the stays a bit but totally fine otherwise

wow that is dope

both caledonias

i just got some of the new g-one speed super grounds. unfortunately they are very heavy and according to brr are apparently quite slow to boot. i wish they'd make something like liteskin (i guess now super race) casing high volume gravel/road tires.

or if you ride really "extreme" terrain. like miles of pavement and then steep or technical dirt. i'm most bothered by drivetrain efficiency when i am on pavement, so being able to sit mid cassette with a 50t big ring is nice. for me at least unless i had a good bit better w/kg i'd be really grinding on some of the harder dirt climbs in my area with a 1:1 low gear. obviously fitness dependent.

yea for sure i use both. 50 x 11 isn't really necessary per say but i like ripping descents. particularly will use it to sprint into them or on flat sections in the middle of one. this is on a bike that does lots of big mixed surface rides, so can have steep unrelenting gravel and also loads of road. 48/31 x 11-34 maybe would be slightly more optimal but that'd mean grx fd, crank (not available in my preferred length), new pm, etc.

if you have a wide 2x system you can easily avoid shifting the big ring constantly on singletrack. especially with di2. i ride singletrack all the time with 50/34 x 11-40. singletrack i'm basically always in the small ring. 34 x 11 is plenty big on tight/tech stuff. in any case di2 fd are so good that you can shift it really most any time without a hassle.

in the US the rolling gravel stuff is there but there is also lots of obscenely steep stuff. especially in the actual mountains.

i feel like 1x grx was half assed because shimano doesn't really believe in 1x for gravel and have been generally stingy about having "mtb" low gears for drop bars.

all zipp stems are ugly. really most zipp things.

yes. i am doing this to my aeroad

i read it as rage for endless roads

yea sorry. covid times has got me forum digging

does it ever have mudguards on?

has anyone tried the newer k-lite?

speaking of schwalbe. has anyone tried a tire with their new casing? there are now super-ground versions of most of the g-ones. maybe this will fix the self steer issue? new sizes too. some 700x45mm and 2" options.

yea for sure i agree.

it seems i've read a decent number of "tubeless for road is stupid" type stuff recently and just wanted to make the point that for some equipment pairings it is easy, reliable, and does what it says.

hub spacing is wider. i guess for stiffness reasons?

sheldon says it is a result of a need for more stiffness because of reduced hub flange spacing (i guess from having to accommodate the rotor. i guess it is also helpful in dealing with the braking forces.

i think you'd be shocked to see some people's caloric intake. and if you ever have looked at your calories burned based on power data you'll know you really do have to ride quite a lot and/or at a high power to be maintaining weight while eating pizza and beer like a college student.

what crank is that? old xtr? how?

i feel like 90% of people's problems with tubeless is not picking stuff that is known to work well.

schwalbe tubeless is pretty faultless. have used enve, hed, easton, and lightbicycle rims with no problems (with schwalbe. had trouble seating rene herse tires).

in like the last 2000 hours of riding i have had 1 flat that didn't seal, and that was an old furious fred with not enough sealant and a big hole. i've had a number of other punctures all of which sealed with enough air that i could get home without much trouble.

i agree that road tubeless is not a super clear win, but i ride rough roads, light dirt, etc on my road bike and i think tubeless is a clear benefit then. i can go to 50psi on 30mm tires without worrying about rim impacts, and get lots of grip and have never had a pinch.

they are very compact. moreso than rim/mechanical.