XL wheels 
Hadn’t see that.
It’s the 560km race
A MTN bike won that before. 
I was promised Cam would lead the whole race by 10 minutes solo and set a new course record. As he crossed the finish line, the Angels would descend from heaven and bless his bike. We would all gather later and burn our 700c frames.
Kind of disappointed. 
After what the course did to my bike, burning it might be the best option.
Joe
So far I didn’t really notice any issues on mine, but I haven’t taken it apart yet. I think even my chain is good.
I like some upsweeep on my bars, and while a flat bar can be produced with some, they aren’t.
I’ve heard this but never understood it. Can’t you just rotate them up in the stem?
Joe
Ironically, it’s the cleaning process after the race that causes almost all the damage you hear about after these sloppy races. Mud/water don’t generally destroy sealed bearings, people do. You have a bunch of well-intentioned volunteers pressure washing bikes and they have no understanding of how a pressure washer damages bearings if you hit certain areas. All they are doing is forcing water/grit into the sealed headset, BB, pedals, axle bearings, jockey wheel bearings, etc. Also ruining SRAM electronic RD’s because the battery interface isn’t designed for high pressure like that. I understand the desire clean the bike after a race like that (particularly if you have to pack it up for air travel), but using the free wash station is often a very expensive mistake many people make. Painful to watch on Saturday. My bike still has a nice mud patina to it, will probably get cleaned tomorrow.
dub 50’s look just right, I might switch to that next time. Wait…what…next time!!!
Joe
Yeah. It’s commonly done, but rotating bars up (forward) trades backsweep for upsweep, so I gain upsweep at the expense of backsweep, and if they have any rise, the rise starts to become reach. I like to start with bars closer to what I’m looking for and keep rotation for small adjustments.
Totally true, IMO. I was a full time mech in a bike shop and worked on many bikes that had been washed to smithereens. Almost all attempts at cleaning only remove superficial dirt while driving contamination into bearings and pivots and removing lube and grease.
Congrats on 5th place!
Wouldn’t that just be a matter of stem length and back sweep? Like I still can’t understand why the rise is necessary.
Good news: at least 32" wheels didn’t dominate the unbound 200 podium. The marketing onslaught will have to wait a bit longer… unless they want to make specific bikes for the insanity of riding 350 gravel miles.
Full disclosure: I have nothing against 32" wheels. If they’re better for some or all disciplines of cycling so be it. I just don’t want to be forced to upgrade multiple bikes.
Yeah the “I don’t want to be a …” was just hanging out there. Well played.
