I've been meaning to get a lower (slightly) gear ratio for some time now. As I am running 9 speed Tiagra the choice was a bit limited. The only cassette I could find was the Ultegra 12-27, but everyone seems to be out of stock I eventually found one at a reasonable price from SBR sports. I'm sure my legs will appreciate the two extra teeth whilst climbing those French "mountains".
I bit the bullet and ordered a new saddle too. I've read loads of stuff on the web and the conclusion I've come to is that there is no perfect one size fits all saddle. I suffer from numbness with my current Selle Italia Filante and I was considering one of the specialized BG saddles , but there were conflicting reports on those as well as the Selle SMP saddles (which are very expensive). I have SDG Bell Air saddles on my other bikes and get on well with them so I went for the SDG Ti Fly C, which is similar, but with more of a nod to the road than the Bell Air, it also had 41% off at Chain Reaction. We'll see how it goes.
Weekend rides planned for the next three weekends, so the weather needs to get back to how it was on Saturday, looks a bit wintery outside at the moment.
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