Originally Posted by
cormacf
Thank you. ALL of this sounds like me (aside from having a racing background).
I'm actually right up the road from San Marcos (in Oceanside), and BWR was one of the reasons I was thinking gravel might be a nice path for me. And honestly, as far as my racing designs go, not finishing last = a podium for me, and top 50% age group would be a win.
Now I need to decide if I get a THIRD titanium bike in the hope that my wife will not recognize that it's new...
They have a date for the BWR — April 28. It has been a few years since my last one but I am excited to go again. I’m not trying to talk you out of a new bike if you can swing it, but I’ve done the BWR on a road bike 5 times with 25s. You are close enough to regularly train on the course and that ride is a very very fun day on the bike. 7 months away and you can easily be ready to push it on the Wafer.
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I don't do: disks, tubeless, e-shifting, or bead head nymphs. But I do hate all e-bikes.