Originally Posted by
SpindriftEd
The carbon fork combined with the big tires just about eliminates vibration. Although I haven't ridden mine on really rough stuff, I would either double wrap the bars or add bar gels, the stock tape isn't very cushy and you will feel big hits through the bars.
The wheels come tubeless ready so you'd only have to remove the tubes and add sealant. Highly recommend doing that.
Since the bike is under my budget, might wind up doing some upgrades to it:
1). Tubeless
2). Carbon handlebars (maybe try the double wrapped bars first)
3). Carbon seatpost
4). Lighter wheelset
This would probably be eventual, most of our gravel isn't super rough. Will probably see how it goes.
I've never had a tubeless bike before, but will probably need tubeless valves too, and a inflator for presta. Currently running a 8 gallon compressor with npt industrial fittings. Any recommendations on what inflator to get?
Dave