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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just one dream bike? :D

I recently finished building up a 2023 Trek 920 from a bare frame and for this embodies everything a bike needs to be:

  • durable/robust
  • resilient/fault tolerant
  • all the braze-ons
  • does everything I want it to do: urban commuter, randonneuring, grocery-getter, leisure riding, loaded touring, gravel, single-track, jumps, XC...
  • fast (enough) yet comfortable: even with the tires I use for thrashing swoopy, mixed surface singletrack; I am less than 0.5MPH down from my average speed on my fast commuter
  • loads of carrying capacity
  • will accept pretty much any build configuration: 3x9 to 2x11 to 1x12
  • doesn't break the bank
  • easy/quick to change loadout for different uses

  • Deore XT direct-mount crank 165mm, 32T
  • Deore XT SGS rear derailleur
  • Deore XT Linkglide cassette, 11-42T and 11-51T, depending on use case
  • Microshift 11sp bar-end shifter
  • TRP Hylex hydraulic brakes
  • 203mm front rotor for more refined modulation on loose and slippery surfaces
  • Velo Orange cartridge hubs front and rear
  • Spank Flare 24 Vibrocore rims, set up for tubeless
  • Phil Wood double-butted spokes
  • Bontrager Betasso RSL GX tubeless tires - I strongly believe there is no such thing as an all-conditions tire; this tire just about proves me wrong
  • Liv Forward carbon rail saddle, because breedin' hips came attached to my Y chromosome
  • Jagwire Elite Link shift cable, with an inline barrel adjuster near the handlebars - dial out any shift rattle on the fly
  • Velo Orange Nouveau Randonneur handlebars, 46cm
  • Trek Touring front rack (not shown)
  • Trek Backtrack MIK rear rack (not shown)
  • Cane Creek 110 headset
  • Revelate Designs tangle bag (not shown)
  • Salsa Rack-Lock seat collar for...
  • Carradice Bagman Expedition mount for Carradice Nelson Longflap transverse saddlebag (not shown)
  • PNW Components Pine dropper post (not shown, in the mail)
  • Wolf Tooth drop bar dropper remote (not shown, in the mail)
  • One-up SPD pedals, red (not shown, in the mail)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

46cm handlebars? Doesn't this give you shoulder pain on long rides? (For that reason I recently switched from 42 to 36)