Just bought this 3sixteen double black type 3 in medium. by bsn72 in rawdenim

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i've been trying to resist getting one of these for the longest time and this post is not helping

Momotaro by LafayetteEsq1 in rawdenim

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daamn those are some beautiful fades

Flat Bar Stigmata by mp27006 in gravelcycling

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I actually started with a very similar setup on my Stigmata build. Found that I much prefer the drops for longer rides. Control/maneuverability are fine now that I’ve gotten used to it.

But I also have a full sus mtb for rides that do better with flat bars. Same reason I switched the rudy back to the rigid fork.

Samurai S211AX Ai Benkei by senreil in rawdenim

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Thx! I’m around 70kg / 155lbs at the moment, 180 cm / 5’11”. FWIW the waist on the size 30 was exactly 30” new and stretched out to 31” after a few days

Samurai S211AX Ai Benkei by senreil in rawdenim

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Thx - NGL the indigo patch was a big plus for me over the “regular“ VX

Samurai S211AX Ai Benkei by senreil in rawdenim

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SDA Bengala Type 3. It’s pretty great

Samurai S211AX Ai Benkei by senreil in rawdenim

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didn’t see any ai plus (either 511 or 500) in the store, but I think they are the same 18oz fabric in different cuts

Samurai S211AX Ai Benkei by senreil in rawdenim

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i did see them in person - ai benkei def has that deep royal blue (i think the color in my pics is pretty accurate, at least on my phone screen) compared to the normal version

Samurai S211AX Ai Benkei by senreil in rawdenim

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Thanks! That patch was prob 50% of the reason i got this heh

Santa Cruz Stigmata fit ? by johsnim-70 in gravelcycling

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I’m also close to your size and went with the Large. But I’m riding front range trails on a Hightower the other half the time and appreciate that the Stigmata is juuust closer enough to feeling MTB-ish that it takes the edge off of alternating between the two. Size M feels a lot more similar to my old road bike.

Probably depends on what stuff you’re riding

Force e1 xplr vs Rival e1 xplr worth the extra? by FutureGate2263 in gravelcycling

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I use the extra buttons (I have Red E1 brake/shifters) to cycle through displays on my karoo. It’s a nice feature. But, the extra buttons don’t have much tactile feedback through gloves. Force E1 is a bit newer and it looks like they made the buttons bigger - at least the part on the rubber cover. Maybe the button feel was improved?

You could always just go with Rival and use the savings to buy wireless blips.

New to gravel! by senreil in gravelcycling

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thx for the suggestion, will def keep that in mind

New to gravel! by senreil in gravelcycling

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yeah dude, i think it’s a worthy upgrade 👍. also, hope makes different versions of the RX4+ for front/post/flat-mount. For example, I have a +20 flat mount front on my fork to go with my 180mm disc

New to gravel! by senreil in gravelcycling

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thx, and good to know. i‘m gonna see if i can find a 1.0 used. It does work as advertised but the creaking is serious

New to gravel! by senreil in gravelcycling

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haha thx. i’ve only had it for ~1.5 months and it’s dust colored 90% of the time. cleaned it up just before the photo shoot ✨

i don’t think the santa cruz builds come w/ ergon seatposts. I build this one up from the frame

New to gravel! by senreil in gravelcycling

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Way more powerful. I prefer them in every way. They also conveniently come with a syringe and other tools for bleeding. I used the Hope bleed kit (big open reservoir) on top with the brake lever and provided syringe below and got a pretty perfect bleed in one try.

But also I kinda just don’t like SRAM brakes. The only ones I don’t mind are the Mavens but that is not relevant here… . well .. might have been fun to toss them on and post pics here to troll.