>>910751I was talking about racks only. The difference between steel and aluminium there can't be more than 200g at most counting both front and rear. I feel more comfortable with my frame than my racks when going down a gravel road but I assume the welds on steel are more flexible and stronger. So I don't get the point in steel frame and alu racks.
As I have no experience with rimbrakes I shouldn't opine too much. I guess it's easier to get a hold of brakepads in an emergency but they last considerably shorter? Based on the wear on my discbrake pads I'd estimate I could easily put 3k-4k km on them before having to change, in total. Could probably go through a few pads before the rotor is out. Rimbrakes wear down the rim too.
I agree about mechanical discbrakes and of course mechanical shifters are a given. But I doubt if electronic shifting is gonna hit big enough soon enough for him to consider that anyway, so I didn't mention that.
Don't you find it problematic to have so much weight up front? Sure you feel like a tank but steering becomes so unresponsive. And you have to be mindful of weight distribution when braking downhill.
Looks like you have discbrakes - don't you have the torsion problem in the fork that I was on about? Maybe steel frames don't flex as much or I just run too fine tolerances on my brakepads.
Do you have a blog or something or have I just seen that picture on here before?
Are you a scandi?
