Old 10-22-16, 05:39 AM
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chaadster
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Running parallel 73.5 HT/ST angles and 420mm stays, the Kinesis UK's Racelight 4S certainly fits the bill.

I bought one for fast gravel riding and racing on mostly hardpacked dirt roads with fender equipped winter and spring riding on both paved and gravel as a secondary goal. The frame will take 32c tire (actual width) or 30c under fenders.

I like mine a lot. It's perfect for the intended applications, while sacrificing little to regular road riding. The frame and fork handles rough surfaces nicely, while some of that compliance probably contributes to less than snappy sprint response on pavement. I can ride it on fast road training rides (with narrower rubber) just fine, but it does lack a precise, reactive feel. That's fine though, because it does what I wanted it to do very well very well!

I built my 60cm frame with Campagnolo Athena, 52/36 rings and usually run an 11-28 cassette. Weighs in sub-20lbs; don't recall exact weight. EDIT: 19.25lbs w/ pedals and bottle cages)

Kinesis dropped the caliper brake model this year, so it's only disc brake now, but geo is the same.


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