NEW BIKE DAY!
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I FINALLY got to take this one out on a shakedown ride.
It’s everything that I hoped it would be.
Light, tight and snappy. And with the Schwalbe G-Ones, it rolls like a road bike on pavement, and they are 38’s, so they’ll handle gravel duty just fine too.
Just hope to god the tubelessness holds and I never have to field service them. They are the tightest fitting tire I’ve ever worked with.
Only 2 things of note on the ride:
There’s a little bit of tendency to flop from the front end when turning.
I think this is to be expected given I jammed a wagon wheel into a 26” fjork, and I’m pretty sure I won’t even notice going forward.
Second: rim brakes. Just need keep that in mind now that urrrrything else I run is disc. I’m thinking an upgrade to the stock Tektro pads will do wonders.
Kool-stop were my jam, time to revisit them.
Man this thing has me considering a bike commute.
Thanks again all!