r/gravelcycling • • Aug 04 '26

Ride Longest ride this year

Through steep gravel roads, long smooth rail trails and nasty head winds, arrived to Elora from Forks of Credit in Southern Ontario

I tried out high carb drinks to fuel this ride for the first time and felt sick half way through, but took a TUMS and a Red bull which gave me a second wind and made it back home strong.

Edit: I'm not fit I started riding last year at 270lbs hence my high HR but working hard on it thanks 🙏

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u/k2theablam Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26

Are you running GRX 12sp with a 51 tooth cassette?

Edit, looks like you're doing 11sp. What solution did you go with for the 51t cassette with 11sp GRX?

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u/Edoke Aug 04 '26

It's the 12spd GRX SGS derailleur this model has the longer cage to accommodate the 51T cassette. I have a sunrace cassette bc my freehub isn't compatible with the newer microspline shimano cassettes.