Originally Posted by
fietsbob
now you went for Carbon Frame and disc brakes on a Cross Bike
need went over the transom and was replaced by desire.
Firstly the frame is butted aluminium, only the fork is carbon. Also, i didn't really go for anything fancy. I just asked the dude at the shop what models have drop bars, STI, POSSIBLY disc brakes and suitable for touring and he pointed me to that corratec and he gave me a super deal which i really can't beat. I'm not a fan of carbon but i thought maybe i could just load it a little lighter on the front and all would be well.
Originally Posted by sstorkel
Seems like it has standard road bike gearing (ex: 50/34 crank). You'll likely find that gearing too high for either touring or cyclocross usage.
Surely the crank can be modified, yes?