Dear Aussi poncho loser ;-)
total aside, but do you still own and use the Tricross? Seems to me that there was stuff you needed to replace a few years ago, shifters or crankset or something. We've briefly chatted about them before, mine is a 2010 and you know, I hadnt been on it much over the last few years, but overhauled it completely last summer and switched the brake levers to my preferred "right=front brake" setup.
You know, after all these years, I still really love riding this bike.
A real fun all rounder that certainly preceded the whole "gravel fad" given they can take pretty wide tires and as you and I know, are just as competent going down a paved descent at 80kph or goofing around on a trail.
Oh hey, sorry I missed this. Yep, still riding the Tricross, though possibly about to replace it (see other thread). I did end up replacing the shifters a couple of years back, but now I have even more expensive parts to replace so...we'll see.
I definitely feel like I was ahead of the curve. Hardly anyone was even riding cyclocross, or doing bikepacking. Now half the bikes I see going down the street seem to be some kind of gravel grinder with frame bags of some description.
I sometimes say pretty much the only two types of riding I can't do on this bike are downhill MTB and BMX. (Then again, I *have* done both on it
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