Originally Posted by
GrizzledBastard
LOL! I wish you hadn't mentioned FS 2.0! I'll be adding that to the list.
I'll spare no expense to dial this baby in and make it mine. I'm down to just 2 bikes now...from 5. All custom builds but the Roubaix had to go recently due to my back and neck fusion and not being able to go there with drop bars any longer...not comfortably, anyway. I sold my 2 custom build Surly Karate Monkey's before my big surgery last November as I knew my hard core dirt riding wouldn't be wise on single-speed or a rigid plus bike for quite a while. Now it's just my custom build Stumpjumper Expert 6FiddyFatty and the Sirrus so the Sirrus needs the cool bling to get it up to snuff!
I'm just torn on what direction to go on that crankset and I agree on the BR8000 series XT's...best brakes around! I'm peeved because we were buying all the Shimano stuff out of Germany when I was building mine and lots of bikes for friends. You could get a set of XT's with good JO3 finned pads for around $150 USD! That's done with Shimano's newer agreement...which is understandable. I sure got my money's worth after probably buying 15+ sets plus all the XTR drivetrains.
Sorry about that! Really, I was just lucky, and I have a very good/longstanding relationship with my LBS/Spec. dealer. At any rate, if you can get one it's expensive but well worth it. The 2.0 version really does work extremely well.
I'm a 'custom' guy too, in the sense that when I find a stock bike with a frameset that is a 'keeper' for me, I tend to upgrade everything. Did that with my first Sirrus -- a 2010 Comp (the E5/carbon stays/fork one) -- which was sadly stolen a few weeks ago (another story). I'll now do the same with this one to an even higher level. I'm 69; this bike will last me a good number of years, so why not? I'm just hoping that parts shortages/supply chain issues won't delay things too much.