My mate Chris rides his Roadrat on audaxes but his is fixed
The spoke reflectors are 3m ones, they are easy to get from any German source. I didn’t ride the Roadrat on PBP, I did 2007 on the Titanium toothpaste weld bike and 2011 on the Roubaix. The toothpaste weld is coming up to a year, I haven’t done mega mileage on the bike but it’s holding up fine.
Natural citrus flavor on a label can be applied to many things that are not lime juice, the same way you can sell lemon-aid with no actual lemon and Budweiser can sell beer made of rice instead of barley. Besides it’s piss water, who cares what the additive is?
It makes me feel worried that someone who sets up their bars so badly even I can tell they’re terrible is putting together and working on bikes for other people.
It is a little known fack that most tarckers who work in shops do so simply to keep less qualified people from holding the posiion. It is a service we provide to the comunity.