Just for fun, and for the future possibly with more camera angles – using cameras elevate and accelerate any bike fitting process, too.
This is an aluminium bike, the only carbon fibre parts being the fork and the saddle, composed out of four different “groups” of Shimanos’ offerings.
Brakes, wheels, bottom bracket are all sourced elsewhere, I installed special gearing outside of manufacturers’ specifications, and am running 32mm wide 700C tyres and a 36cm wide drop bar. Coming to a total of 7.6kg ride ready, at present.
With this new gearing, I feel confident even on 17% gradients on loose terrain, while feeling still confident descending at relatively high speeds (high within my personal stress tolerances, meaning never above 70 kph).
Here is the short version of my most recent ascent, starting point set in the gnarliest bit, right before the peak of that mountain:
Here is the full version, should you now feel so inclined: