{"id":3563,"date":"2020-11-04T15:27:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T04:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mackaymatthewslab.org\/wp\/?p=3563"},"modified":"2020-12-15T12:46:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T01:46:24","slug":"joels-nbd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mackaymatthewslab.org\/wp\/blog\/2020\/11\/04\/joels-nbd\/","title":{"rendered":"Joels NBD…"},"content":{"rendered":"

…which means New Bike Day in bike geek lingo…<\/p>\n

Joel has spent a bit of time (well, quite a bit of time) building up a new all-road touring bike based on a custom Ti frame built by titanproduct in China. Kitted out with an old Ultegra crankset (+38T Wolftooth chainring), 1×11 GRX (taking a risk with an out-of-spec 11-46 cassette that seems to be shifting smoothly) with Enigma C-six fork, GRX hydraulic discs, Chris King headset, SQlab saddle (very comfortable so far), Salsa Cowchipper bars (feel great),\u00a0 and Hunt wheels set up tubeless with a Son dynamo. And couplers of course…! Rides like a dream (around the block, at least) and – once the open the border to Victoria – there could be a touch of touring to Melbourne planned before it gets too hot… Yee ha!<\/p>\n