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Here's my newest road machine! It's a 2020 Specialized Tarmac Pro Force eTap AXS.
I absolutely love it. As much as I love a long, pure climb or descent, it's hard to avoid level, roller coasters trails and that's where droppers shine. The ability to micro adjust saddle height on the fly is big. Also, I never realized how tall and stilt-like my bike felt with my seat at climbing height, where I used to do 92% of my riding. It did add uneeded weight but I used to run a cool shock on the Trail Smurf so I'll call it a wash.
Sunday's ride.
Isn't it amazing what a small seat height adjustment can do for a ride.
This bike likes to be pushed hard. Stomp on the pedal and it surges big time, and the way that it carves a turn at speed is unbelievable!
A couple weeks ago I hit the road bright and early, hoping to do a slick little sub-5 hour century along the PCH... 28 miles in, my chain decided to commit suicide and take the derailleur with it. One link gave out, and snagged the derailleur cage and ripped it off the hanger as it came around 
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On the bright side, I was doing about 15mph between stop signs instead of 30+ in a group next to 50mph traffic, so I was able to come to a perfectly controlled stop.
Ended up needing a new hanger, derailleur, and (duh) chain; amazingly the spokes were unscathed... silver lining is, I took the opportunity to get a longer-caged derailleur to accommodate a 32t cog on the low end instead of the 28t that was stock on the mid-compact drivetrain on my CAAD12.
...On the bright side, I was doing about 15mph between stop signs instead of 30+ in a group next to 50mph traffic, so I was able to come to a perfectly controlled stop.
Ended up needing a new hanger, derailleur, and (duh) chain; amazingly the spokes were unscathed... silver lining is, I took the opportunity to get a longer-caged derailleur to accommodate a 32t cog on the low end instead of the 28t that was stock on the mid-compact drivetrain on my CAAD12.
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I was an avid cyclist for about 30 years. My first good bike was a 1970 Gitane Tour de France which i bought for use a college instead of a car. I used it for about 25 years until I started using a Trek 930 Singletrack. Then I had kids and took a long break from cycling. Several years ago they moved out and I got back into it cruising around on an Electra Townie. A year and a half ago I suffered a minor stroke and had to give up cycling since it affected my ability to keep my right foot on the pedal and messed with my balance on the bike. So it goes. Sorry, no pix.
How's that rear holding up in the cold? I have a 7 speed on a cruiser, but I stick to old school in the snow.
That's the fun of it... Takes about another 10-13 metres to stop at around 33 MPH compared to discs IME, something you keep in mind. Softer blocks help a bit.
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oh hell yeah! No way would I go back to a fixed post on my mtn bike. Kinda wish I could put one on my e-bike as it is setup for gravel. The BMC post is proprietary and D-shaped... not gonna happen.
I have a friend who also had a stroke, with nearly identical results. He's riding an electric pedal-assist trike, and loves it.
While not as complex as the Rohloff, I've been riding 3-speed internal hubs, including through the winter last year. It got into the sub-zero's a few times, and still ran and shifted just fine. Gear hubs tend to use fairly light oil.
The riding has been very good in SoCal lately. A little bit of rain does wonders for the trails. Unfortunately, the Trail Smurf has been chain sucking more and more but I just got a new chainring that I hope will fix it.
A new steel granny gear fixed the chain suck problem I've been having for months! The old alloy one was crazy worn.
