this is nice to have, but a Revelate half-frame bag can carry all that stuff, no special mounts needed. I have done bottles and a 2or 3 liter bladder, along with all the snacks before.
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What about the Cervelo Caledonia?
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AFAIK there isn’t a Cervelo dealer around here so I’m not likely to get a Cervelo specifically, but the Caledonia is in the same general family of bikes I’m considering. There are all sorts of bikes that fit into this not-quite-road-not-quite-gravel category.
If you’re not planning on needing a slacker frame and more upright position, I’ll second the CAAD 12 / 13 / whatever recommendation.
serious road geometry with 28-30mm tubeless feels really good.
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Any recommendations for off the shelf tubeless rim brake road wheels? Cheap strongly preferred.
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DT r460 rim to DT 350 or Shimano whatever hubs.
I bought a set laced 32 3x on closeout for an older bike, they’ve been chugging along for a few years.
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Endpoint Coffee Grinder. Road angles with room for more rubber if you want.
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in your similar situation i bought a canyon endurace because it was the only bike available in 2021. i have some chubby 30s on it and it is giving me absolutely all of it. can do all the gravel roads. can do flat singletrack and roots and stuff. pitchy singletrack is no good cuz no traction but i have other bikes for that
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Well shit. XX ten speed front trigger and FD-6700 shifts just great on 46/30.
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OK some forgetfulness on my part has left me at a fork in the road, two options ahead of me.
I picked up a wonderful old DT Hugi-built CODA hub for my 1980s italian road bike with the thought that I could either re-space it to 130mm or swap it for the OTHER DT Hugi hub on my Litespeed that is currently 135 that I know can re-space to 130mm.
A twist! The 135mm CODA hub does not re-space to 130mm.
A second twist! I forgot that the CODA hub is 32h but the Hugi on the Litespeed is 36h.
Now I have two options:
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Just get a new 130mm Shimano 105 hub, you dork.
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Cold-set the frame to fit the new hub. I’ve cold-set a frame before, even going from 126 to 135mm, but that was on a burlier touring bike frame (a Columbus Tenax Schwinn Voyageur) and this frame appears to be Columbus SL (0.8mm stays). I don’t know if I should worry about stressing out this somewhat used and abused roadie or if I’m being too precious!
Depends a lot on
how much you weigh
how rough you ride
how much you like the bike
my back-of-the-napkin guess is that you can cram the wheel in and hope for the best, but that peace of mind might dicatate rebuilding.
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If you are curious, this is the current level of “if it fits it ships” – I’m 150lbs and my problem is the rougher the bike the more I love it.
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Dude can u just do it the right way
Nobody loves a kludge
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Yeah I would not respace a nice road frame of that vintage to 135. There’s a million 130 road hubs out there. The only question should be 126 or 130, and then cold set to 130 or just jam it in if you go that route.
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hate speech
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Idk man, kludges are tolerated, or at most remembered fondly in my book.
An elegant or clever kludge is something. But putting a 135 disc hub into that frame is not really either. You could find a 130 coda hub if you really want coda. Or build a new wheel around that hugi you have.
Or get an old 130 Shimano hub on ebay. Doesn’t have to be new. Though putting new wheels on old frames is cool.
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Is that 4 bolt disk? I was on your side till I saw that
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amazingly this is semi-kludge as I have a four-bolt coda front hub that matches this rear however… the front hub is black and the rear is silver