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I've done it a few times when it was still the Swartberg100. Don't stress too much, it's 70% tar. Enjoy the views and keep something in the tank for the Swartberg climb - the last few switchbacks especially. Oh, and take it easy going down, some corners are pretty sketchy on a gravel bike. Enjoy!

Great event, will be back! The route was well marked, but the arrow boards were pretty small, so easy to miss when your eyeballs are bouncing around in their sockets. Big red arrows on white boards would be easier to spot (like some other events).

Results: https://www.mobiielite.com/results/RaceID/4edb4f30-1faf-4b7d-80df-244c83feba97

Lower baby, lower MTB too!

Don't even think about it, just drop the pressure to what not Silca but the Wolf Tooth calculator says. It will be much lower than you think but your bike will be transformed. I cannot state strongly enough how much of a difference the right (typically lower) pressure makes on gravel. Even 1 psi in the right direction is noticeable. It's faster, more comfortable and has better grip. I'm 85kg with kit on and I run 26/24 psi in 45mm tyres. I did the 99er trilogy gravel with this setup and after the first 26km of tar we averaged 42km/h. I was still with the front bunch. So even on tar the lower pressure is not noticeably slower. Have fun!

Yes, but I've seen head tube measurements change when a model gets updated, (progressive geo ftw), so unless you are sure your frame is the latest model take a few other measurements to be sure, like seat tube length, top tube length (on the horizontal), chain stay length. If you put wheels on it you could measure the stack by subtracting the BB height off the floor from the top of head tube height from the floor.

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Just measure it in a few places and compare it with the geo chart on the KTM website.

Not a great idea to post second-hand unconfirmed information. Let's wait for the facts.

I have one - DM me.

No. It’s no longer a freeway there.

I don’t think that’s a Campy BB. An older mechanic should have a splined tool in the bottom of his toolbox that will fit that. Try your LBS.

Both RaceFace and Shimano are very reputable brands. Your incident sounds either like an extremely rare once-off failure of the crank (unlikely) or a damaged crank due to bad installation (more likely). Both brands make parts from the cheap and basic to the expensive and exotic. Your bike came with a RaceFace Ride crank which is about on-par with the Deore level from Shimano. So either a new RaceFace or Shimano crank will be fine. Make sure the pedal is ok - if the threads on the pedal are bad that might damage the new crank as well.

We’ll just have to work harder to drop those under-geared MTBers on the road sections then!

Had a great day out in AG - the Trilogy is a very cool event, a real skills tester, from road racing to hooking berms in the singletrack. Great course design! My only gripe is that flat-bar mountain bikes were allowed in the bunch - makes for some very dodgy bunch riding, I saw many near-misses when an 800mm-odd bar on an MTB got tangled up with a curly-bar rider trying to maximise slip. Please consider making this a drop-bar only event.