Damn you and your awesome scenery!

 

I have a Diverge, but not with the features you're asking about (it's aluminum and without the Future Shock). The geometry of the bike will certainly help with you dealing with your pain better I believe. As for the Future Shock, I have tried it and it definitely does help, but I can't speak to how much. The Roubaix offers the same setup if you're interested

 

Nice Sequoia! How does it ride? I have an aluminum Diverge, but I really haven't gone all-in on the gravel thing yet

 

First winter ride in years!

 

It’s really sweet. Steel, with a beefy tapered headtube and thru axles. I have another spec, a Cannondale, and a Bianchi and this is the only one I’ve been riding lately. I’m excited to put my Zipps with road tires on it. Full rack and fender mounts, it checked all the boxes for me. Not disappointed in any way.

 

Oooo electric Force.
How is it?
I too have a TCR, although it is coming up on 10 years old now, but it is still solid and I like it.
I have wanted to upgrade, but at this point I'm thinking about just an all new group set.
Currently it has a mix of mechanical 10 speed Red and Force.
Here is is with some cheap Chinese carbon clinchers.

 

ETap axis is pretty amazing. The electronic shifting is cool but the really cool thing is pairing it to an Eagle 10-50 cassette on a road bike

 

I have only ridden a bike with Ultegra DI2, and that was back when it first came out.
As for the cassette? I live in Florida, totally flat, I don't need all those teeth! hah.

 

Well, I have always been a very loyal Shimano guy. Originally, I wanted this bike, which btw is a gravel bike, in a Shimano Ultegra Di2 build but Giant just didn't have my size at the time. So I ended up taking a chance with the SRAM build and I must say, it's pretty sweet! No issues with the shifting at all!

And nice TCR! Here's my TCR. Probably the best all around bike IMO.

 

Nice! Looks like our TCR's are roughly the same age.
Mine was originally sold as a frameset without the ISP.

 

Yep, 2011 TCR Advanced SL Rabobank. I'm more of a mountain biker and would do road to stay in shape. However, every since a car tried to run me into a ditch, I barely do road any more hence the gravel bike.

 

You don't need all those teeth until you need all those teeth.

Anyway, it’s not about what you need now or how hard you train, it’s all about how much you spend and how much bling is on the bike. That’s what makes a great rider. Money spent. And belonging to a prestigious cycling club. That's a must in order to be "good".

Joking aside...I get it. I used to live in the midwest and pretty much always rode an 11-25.

 

Dudes, I had the mountain bike version of that which I used to pedal my butt to school. I loved that bike..it looked like this...But I gave it away about 17 years ago and upgraded to a Homegrown Ltd. Much better bike.

 

Made me think of this haha...

 

I want to move there! Blue sky and not a motor vehicle in sight

Checked my touring bike's computer today to see it needed a new battery (yes, it's battery week here folks) and it was still on daylight saving time from last year. So that means


Is it worth booking tickets to get to the Tour de France this year? My friend whose house in Corrèze we stay at for the TdF asked today. We just don't know what to do.

And now for something different:



Children's sack-race at nearby Hippodrome de Pompadour.

 

First ‘real’ gravel ride of the season. My body is in a million pieces....

 

That looks like a lot of fun.
But maybe a tad cold!