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02-20-2024, 08:51 PM
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1,000 Colombian gravel KMs in 3 days: Laurens ten Dam's Transcordilleras-winning bike
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Last edited by weisan; 02-20-2024 at 08:56 PM. 
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02-20-2024, 09:14 PM
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Dropbar MTBs are so hot right now. I even took mine out of storage and started riding and racing them again.
Some nice pics here too: https://www.bikeradar.com/features/p...epic-world-cup
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02-20-2024, 09:30 PM
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This helps put things in perspective, esp. what the front runners of this race had accomplished:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zJglYYazac
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02-20-2024, 10:00 PM
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There's been a good drop bar thread over on the TrainerRoad forum for a few months now and we've talked about this exact setup before he got around to it. I really tried to talk myself into building the Epic World Cup(as above) when I was looking at building up my Epic HT Drop Bar. I couldn't justify such a niche build, especially as the Epic WC frame weighs more than my Epic Evo... But with that said, if I were building towards a real Tour Divide run, I don't know that I'd look past the little extra comfort.
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02-21-2024, 07:19 AM
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Epic for real.
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02-21-2024, 10:50 AM
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This is definitely a cool bike and LTD is a cool guy. I’ve pretty much scratched my itch for more aero and more hand positions using inner bar ends on flat bars.
As he says, drop bars are a personal preference. I wonder if this set-up really provides anything beyond the more standard flat bars plus aero extensions. He doesn’t have a dropper. I wonder where his weight is when descending vs. flat bars.
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