The Surly Pacer
I've had quite a few roadbikes over the years, starting from my Fomas Roadking in 2011. After the B'Twin Triban 3 frame broke in 2018, I got a Scott Speedster 50 frame from Cadence 90 and transferred components from the Triban onto it. The MicroShift brifters started giving trouble and I moved to a 1x10 Gevenalle CX shifters. At the end of it, it was a big mess. A mostly Sora drivetrain without an FD and a 10 speed shifter on a 9 speed RD and cassette and a double Tourney crankset. It kind of worked fine for office commutes and usual easy rides around Hussein Sagar. However, when I joined the group from The Bike Affair in mid-June 2020 for a 50km ride, the limitations became apparent. Here I just got a decent group to ride with and this setup was simply not up to the task. I opted to upgrade the bike to a SRAM Apex groupset. The upgraded Scott worked fine for the next two months, doing over 100km a week. At last, I decided to do one final upgrade, the frameset. I always wa