Out and about in the rain today. I fitted new bars with a 25mm rise which feel much better. They aren’t the right colour but the bike shop had what it had.
I fitted a new dropper lever which I doubt I’ll use much - the one that came with the post stuck straight up from the bar which just seemed a bit odd.
Gears seem to be working. I couldn’t get the bigger cassette and the hanger extender working right on my NRS. I must have been doing something wrong as it seems fine now although shifting into the smallest cogs on the cassette is a bit slow. I wonder if that’s because the jockey wheels are furthest from the cassette at that point.
Brakes feel good. I wondered if the old LX brifter would feel different to the new Magura but they feel pretty similar.
The brifter is … hmm. Not sure yet. It works as it should. But it’s weird. But it might because I’m not used to it.
Suspension is great! Really smooth and responsive. I’ve only got the Giant NRS to compare it with which is also good. But the NRS will sometimes overreact to something innocuous and blow through its travel and come back with a sort of slurping noise. I’m not sure if I’m comparing suspension designs or just shocks that are 22 years apart in age. Or my poor setup.
The chainring is definitely too small. But I can climb everything! Like a very slow Pogačar
Anyway, good so far. Got some mud on it.
Definitely needs some stickers.
