So after much big talk I converted my Ti456 to SS for the winter gloop. Ride a SS commuter so I knew what to expect. Still found it pretty hard first time out at the weekend with my usual gang and dropped off the pace.
Felt like pretty much from the word go I was in too hard a gear (34-17) so the obvious thing is to just buy a 18t sprocket. However, I have kept the go-anywhere Talas 140 forks on it, wound down to 100mm which weigh about 4.5lbs. Clearly dont need all that travel and am tempted to get some rigid carbon forks and enjoy the weight saving (about 2.5lbs less) but am I going to get beaten to death by the bumps? Am in decent shape but have never been technically brilliant, do quite like a soft front end but damn the bike felt heavy yesterday. Opinions?
