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Love that paint job! Very pretty. And it looks really clean without all the extra bag or fender mounts. Looks more like a road bike. Mine weighs 7.8 kg with ti/mag pedals and light tubeless wheels. What size tires are those?

Turbogrover wrote:Love that paint job! Very pretty. And it looks really clean without all the extra bag or fender mounts. Looks more like a road bike. Mine weighs 7.8 kg with ti/mag pedals and light tubeless wheels. What size tires are those?

The tires are 36 Strada Bianca's, like a big road tire they roll well. Thank you for the kind words. Cheers!

I built up a set of 650b wheels to put some fatter tires on, and they turned out great! 55mm tire width inflated to 30 psi but I'll probably run these around 20 psi. They fit the frame and fork well, and are 100 grams lighter than my lightest 700c wheelset.    

 
Converted my bike to road duty and did a short 36 mile group ride today in 40 degree weather. Swapped out the 46t big ring for 50t, and tried out some Continental 5000tl tires. 700 x 28 setup tubeless. This was my first time using dedicated tubeless road tires, and I was pleasantly surprised how fast and comfortable they were. Noticeably faster than the GK 38mm tires I had on these wheels before, and also more comfortable than the GP4000 tires I have on my road bike. This setup makes my gravel bike equally as fast as my road bike, and is a good argument for the one-bike-fits-all crowd.

Turbogrover wrote: 
Converted my bike to road duty and did a short 36 mile group ride today in 40 degree weather. Swapped out the 46t big ring for 50t, and tried out some Continental 5000tl tires. 700 x 28 setup tubeless. This was my first time using dedicated tubeless road tires, and I was pleasantly surprised how fast and comfortable they were. Noticeably faster than the GK 38mm tires I had on these wheels before, and also more comfortable than the GP4000 tires I have on my road bike. This setup makes my gravel bike equally as fast as my road bike, and is a good argument for the one-bike-fits-all crowd.

It's great to change from 650b for chunky trails to 700c gravel tyres, to 700c road all on one bike, so versatile!