Old 08-09-22, 07:26 AM
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burnthesheep
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Possibly the last move away from hardly ever riding the aero roadie may be complete. The TCX came with fancy 42mm carbon wheels and I bought some budget alloy cross wheels from Hunt to put the cross tires on. Hunt had a sale on a return set, so now have a third set for that bike. So, gravel tire setup, cross tire setup, road tire setup.

It handles a bit less snappy than a Propel, sure, but if I'm not racing crits I don't really see the point. Comfort, enjoyment, and building the engine for TT, cyclocross, gravel, would be the priority.

I'll keep it as the Propel I carbon repaired a year after owning it. So useful for Zwift, sadly. But the 105 mech shifters compared to 12spd SRAM AXS is just utter garbage.

I'll see how I get on with it for a while. Also I love the flexibility now of having one bike that I can take several wheelsets with me on a training ride. Park at the cross course, do an hour of z2 road riding first, then swap wheels and do cross skills.
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