5/27/22 10:03 AM

1st and foremost, thanks once again to Anthony for keeping this old TTF bird flying...

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Maybe a direction for Rob Coapman as well? I plan to see how it is on a group ride, and I have a metric 6/11.

Boone Disc. I was saving some new bits hoping to find a Domane RSL Disc frameset, 2020 had introduced H1.5 stack and my 2013 Race Shop Classics is old and a 62CM H1. No luck finding one for a long seek quest period. But short bars/stem the Classic has been #1 for a few years now. I'd shop the H1.5 in a 60CM.

Main curiosity is the front and rear ISO do-hickies, Classics only has rear. Dan's RSL Segafredo Dom has both. Plus wanted to see how living with a 1x11 might be.

Boone BB is higher, but similar geom. Albeit front end high trail, tad slower. A quick test ride yesterday shows its CX lineage. A bombing run thru the woods on deer paths is territory in which it shines. And that's with Jack Browns which are a fattish Roll-y Poly, like 34mm.

This Boone will fit bigger. I have some 40-622 Schwalbe G-Zero Speeds to try in it.

I've taken the Classics in similar woody terrain, but 30mm tires can't really compare to fatter sneakers rolling. Well, compare to a point, the limit being 30-1mm aired up. The little dot tread on the g-zero had surprisingly good grip on dirt and gravel. 30 tubular variety on carbon hoops on the Classics. ;)

A fairly svelte 16.2 lb before I did bar tape.



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5/27/22 10:19 AM

Oh, side note: my first full road hydo brake bike. Old Gary has Avid Juicys, been sticking cable actuated, inc cable hydro hybrids.

The bleeding part sucked, learning curve not too bad.

All I can say is between covid, inflation, and supply chain issues... Hydro shifter/brake co$t is insane.

I am happy to have got low use pulls of the Di2 ST-R8070/BR-8070 set for $635.00. That is insane to my cheap ars self. ;)

I have a 4 pot Juin Tech cable/hydro set on another bike upon Walters suggestion/review that I think work the same. On a Di2 bike with sale/clearance ST-R6870 $116.00 levers.

I've had the HY/RD Tektro on the All road Strong since new 2015. Cable actuated hybrid, been excellent. Although the R8070 stuff is much better looking and flat mount slim aesthetics yada, and lighter/less filling yada yada..

Fixed income don't you know. ;)


Classics obligatory pics:

Rando mode:

5/27/22 7:06 PM

And oh yeah nice bike.

5/30/22 5:35 AM

the issue I have is that all these bikes come with Shimano or SRAM and I'm a die-hard Campy-grouch.

5/30/22 9:57 AM

Just how i built them. I was very tempted to put a older 2015 SR on the Boone but decided to put new or very current groupo. Plus it has very clean routes and less cables etc with Di2 bits I already had.

How different is your Cervelo than the disc CX Boone really..

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5/30/22 10:41 AM

not much, but I've decided to keep it mostly as-is and use it as a gravel bike. I'll suffer with Shimano off-road for now

5/30/22 3:00 PM

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