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Commented on Phil Szczepaniak's Mix-Wheeled Chromag Surface Ti - 1 week ago

I have been lazy with altering my gloves ...
Commented on Phil Szczepaniak's Mix-Wheeled Chromag Surface Ti - 1 week, 1 day ago

The Optic is my wife's bike, she ...
Commented on Phil Szczepaniak's Mix-Wheeled Chromag Surface Ti - 1 week, 1 day ago

Alpine Threadworks ! they make great stuff!
Commented on Phil Szczepaniak's Mix-Wheeled Chromag Surface Ti - 1 week, 2 days ago

Thanks for sharing! I know what you mean ...
Commented on Phil Szczepaniak's Mix-Wheeled Chromag Surface Ti - 1 week, 2 days ago

Cool name! I've never really looked into ...

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Phil Szczepaniak's Mix-Wheeled Chromag Surface Ti - May 6, 2021, 1:50 p.m.

I have been lazy with altering my gloves so people see flapping fingers on the end of my handlebars! But yes there is a tailor in Squamish that usually takes care of 'glove edits' for me. haha

Phil Szczepaniak's Mix-Wheeled Chromag Surface Ti - May 5, 2021, 1:29 p.m.

The Optic is my wife's bike, she's getting along with it pretty well so far!

Phil Szczepaniak's Mix-Wheeled Chromag Surface Ti - May 5, 2021, 1:17 p.m.

Alpine Threadworks ! they make great stuff!

Phil Szczepaniak's Mix-Wheeled Chromag Surface Ti - May 5, 2021, 8 a.m.

Thanks for sharing! I know what you mean, about clamping strength. That's the challenge I have on longer descents... even though it has one more finger than my right hand, I have a useless finger that is basically in the way. So with one finger on the brake lever, I only have two fingers remaining for clamping the bar (over, under). So I guess 1 digit short of what you are describing.

This leads to me having a spectacular 'hand flying off the bar' situation 2-3 times a season. On longer descents I deathgrip the bar and only use rear brake (right hand is way stronger and more developed) in sections I know I can get away with it. I also take breaks on longer sustained descents for my own safety.

Do you have issues with jumps/drops? When I'm in the air I'm always fully deathgrip both sides, and then once wheels hit the ground I grab for brake levers. Results in a braking lag that makes some drops to turns impossible for me.

Phil Szczepaniak's Mix-Wheeled Chromag Surface Ti - May 4, 2021, 4:56 p.m.

Cool name! I've never really looked into what it's called or anything! I feel like my ideal setup would be AXS but with a three button paddle on the RHS... upshift, downshift, dropper.

Phil Szczepaniak's Mix-Wheeled Chromag Surface Ti - May 4, 2021, 4:51 p.m.

Surprisingly, I haven't noticed really any negative things about it. The STA was steep to begin with, so no issues there. This Surface version was originally designed around 29 / 27+ so I was a bit timid to go 27.5 regular (2.5) rear, mostly concerned with crank strikes (170mm). Nada. The setup was super confidence inspiring and I was comfortable descending most things in Squamish I'd do on my Mega(Tower).

Then, after a month or so I thought why not up the travel to 170. Only then did I notice some wallowing on the steepest of grunty climbs. I feel it's worth the small tradeoff for a little bit more plushness up front.

Phil Szczepaniak's Mix-Wheeled Chromag Surface Ti - May 4, 2021, 12:20 p.m.

AJ didn't look inside the EDC setup... perfect place for a little 'potato juice'...

Phil Szczepaniak's Mix-Wheeled Chromag Surface Ti - May 4, 2021, 8:56 a.m.

Rektek! There's a throwback. Thanks for that!

Wera Bicycle Tools - April 28, 2021, 10:24 a.m.

Ha! I was just going to post that. I just picked up a few things.

Ride Impressions: SRAM's Electronic AXS Wireless Group - Feb. 8, 2019, 12:56 p.m.

Thanks Pete! This is great info. My case is obviously on the lower end of the spectrum but this tech will be great for the adaptive crowd in general.

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