A quick trip into town after cycling 25 km in the forest for an Indian lunch that tasted heavenly but I have no idea what the dishes were called or what they were made of.
No I'm not moving the bike around a lot and I simply wasn't comfortable with the stock set up due to pressure on my arms and hands. The components gave me much less pressure on my wrist, palm and arms but it's impossible to know if it helps you since we all have different body geometry but the...
I use 50mm rise cut from 800 to 780 with Ergon grip and seat which gave me much more comfort. It took some time to adjust everything to find my sweet spot especially the grips.
Bought a Levo comp last year with 15% discount and $300 in stor voucher which I was supposed to keep for a couple of years but this year suddenly a couple of Levo comp carbon with 37% discount was available so I couldn't resist to buy it and sold the alloy.
At SRAM website.
Maven with oversized callipers is developed a bit different than other brakes but of course if someone prefer (mostly for the look) big rotors it's up to them.
SRAM do recommend smaller rotors than normal so your argument is the opposite of what SRAM is saying but cool if you are satisfied with the size.
«For every 20mm jump in rotor size, the mechanical power increase is 14%. This means that going from a 180mm rotor to a 220mm rotor would boost...