A Smoother Ride

[@htukmumfie]

Grx 810. 38 front (Wolftooth) 11-42 rear. Superb for gravel in the moors/pennines/dales. For road I simply swap the front for 42 ring but don’t use the 42 rear as the 2nd cog is like riding 36-32 on a 2x and I get better chainline when climbing.

[@DaveNoakes]

Sounds like a lovely set up.

[@buck197]

Bike is awesome and I’m running 2x 10spd but hopefully in the process of getting a new bike.

[@DaveNoakes]

Thanks mate. 2x10 is more than enough.

[@cb6866]

Thanks Dave , I love that bike ! I have a Sram 11spd oneby on a steel gravel . Love it , perfect for my area .

[@Andy-co6pn]

Me too, Rival with 11-46 , standard mech and no special links

[@DaveNoakes]

Sounds great.

[@macho_burrito]

love the look of that bike!

[@DaveNoakes]

Thank you

[@stealfwayne]

yup! That'll do me nicely. nice paint job and a Marin.

[@DaveNoakes]

👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@garethhelliwell9736]

Dave, the bike is absolutely mint especially in the gold colour way. In fact if I had the funds I would pretty much replicate it only with 650b wheels.

[@DaveNoakes]

Aw thanks mate. It does look good with 650s too

[@leftygoldblatt55]

Build up on. My genesis cdf for touring. Grx di2 11 speed. 46-32. Running a goat link to fit 11- 42 cassette . Worked fine on e2 e Italy this spring.

[@DaveNoakes]

Sounds like a rad set up.

[@martinashwell]

Two things; 1 - no one needs to tell you what they think of this bike because it is SO clear you love it. 2 - Allen key bolts great, except when they’re donkeys years old attaching cleats to a pedal. Any advice on removal gratefully received. (And 3 - love the bike)

[@DaveNoakes]

Thank you. My tips for clear bolts…make sure you scrape out all the crap in Allen hole, give the cleats a liberal spray of wd40, wedge the Allen key in as far as possible…and pray.

[@pierrehenri2297]

Your bike looks great! Just changed my group set on the commuting bike and now running Shimano cues 2x9 and liking it! 🤘🏻

[@DaveNoakes]

Thank you. The 2x9 shimano is great stuff

[@robclarke5438]

dave i think the clutch is to manage the extra chain length for the big cassette. best to use it dude

[@DaveNoakes]

Ahh I see…the gears, tension was all fine.

[@ianm8820]

Great bike Dave

[@DaveNoakes]

Thank you

[@gary-xj4yc]

11 speed 11/42 Grx it’s my happy place and have never run out of gears yet 👌

[@DaveNoakes]

👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@elefantrising]

I like your bike

[@DaveNoakes]

Thank you

[@malcontent_1]

My gearing at the moment: 46 x 17 (Wabi single speed). Hoping to build a steel, mechanical "gravel" bike for these rough SF Bay Area roads, one day.

[@DaveNoakes]

Single speed in the bay is tough 💪🏽 steep mechanical gravel bike sounds lovely.

[@HipsterBombero]

Just Ordered my Headlands 2 yesterday!

[@DaveNoakes]

Amazing bike! Enjoy!

[@kornenator]

Might be a silly question, but is there any drawback of having the clutch 'on' all the time?

[@DaveNoakes]

I’m not sure…I don’t think the gears shift as well…then again I could have just made that up 😂

[@kornenator]

@@DaveNoakes well, if you see anything funny with the clutch on, i'd be interested to know :D (even though i don't have a clutch right now)

[@woduk]

Is the gear cable a little long? 😂

[@DaveNoakes]

I think the wide angle makes everything look longer than it is 😂

[@BikeLife154]

Beautiful bike! But please cut down those extraordinarily long cables at the front of the bike! 😂

[@DaveNoakes]

They are not actually that long…the wide angle makes them look huge 😂

[@BikeLife154]

@@DaveNoakes they look humongous! 😆

[@szymontworek5887]

What are the headphones you are using in this video Dave ? great stuff :)

[@DaveNoakes]

They are open rock x…I actually really rate these.