Dude, don't get the whole "gravel race" thing, unless it's through endless, absolutely drop dead beautiful countryside and even then don't think I do. As to that bike and the "suspension" in the headtube/set, all it feels like to me is a loose headset, it's annoying AF trying a friends road bike with the same thing.
As to that boat anchor NX cassette, here let me help you out with that, buy yourself the DT Swiss MicroSpline freehub (about $90-100) then buy yourself an XT cassette (about $150) and you're all good and sorted for just a bit more than what a GX cassette costs at around the same weight, few grams heavier.
Good luck with the training, think of it as your punishment for any "sins" you've committed or some such :-D
Sept. 6, 2022, 4:55 a.m. - Lynx .
Dude, don't get the whole "gravel race" thing, unless it's through endless, absolutely drop dead beautiful countryside and even then don't think I do. As to that bike and the "suspension" in the headtube/set, all it feels like to me is a loose headset, it's annoying AF trying a friends road bike with the same thing. As to that boat anchor NX cassette, here let me help you out with that, buy yourself the DT Swiss MicroSpline freehub (about $90-100) then buy yourself an XT cassette (about $150) and you're all good and sorted for just a bit more than what a GX cassette costs at around the same weight, few grams heavier. Good luck with the training, think of it as your punishment for any "sins" you've committed or some such :-D