So, that’s it christened, a shakedown run round the golf course and back with the Mrs walking along with.
Her first comment… “that looks too small for you”, and you know what, it felt it!
Saddle was too low and not far enough back for a start. So slid back as far as it goes, raised 25mm and tilted back a notch on the post… felt a bit better.
Fortunately I did take a note of the saddle height before it started slipping again, I’ll get some carbon paste in the seat tube and on the post and hopefully that’ll fix that.
My wingspan is wider than my height which is why I always feel like I want a longer top tube, but the Brooks doesn’t go very far back because of the rail design, and the stem is only 40mm.
I feel like I want another 10-20mm to get comfy.
Oh, and I don’t like the grips, they’re too thin and hard!
The forks feel good, very plush, not that I really have much experience with suspension forks!
@clubby will be pleased to know the AXS shifting is superb, just a tiny bit of adjustment required on one gear which I’ll try and figure out how to do! Shifting is rapid and exact, although not as smooth as the XTR was when going for lower gears under load.
So, some work to do and adjustments to make before it’s how I would like and I can try it out on a proper run somewhere.