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I appear to have bought a new frame.
Ohlins shock?
Not that fussed about the shock TBH, as most modern shocks are pretty decent.
I actually preferred the simpler Marz coil over the Fox coil on the Dune, and as they're the same size, I might experiment a bit at some point.
(there's a bit of in joke with mates around the colour orange, as I have one mate who will buy pretty much anything as long as it's orange!)
One of the things that puts me of brands like Ohlins, is they kind of dabble with mountain bike suspension. They'll have a big push for a couple years, then seem to give up for a while again, which leaves that doubt over long term support.
It is however good kit, but probably not worth it over some other brands, which is why I have a set of Fox 38s to go on (price of them was too good to consider anything else!)
I still need to decide on what other parts I'm going to build it up with, but I'm in the middle of rebuilding my old Devinci Django for mile munching duties, so I'm in no real rush to get this one built up at the moment.
I won't go back to thin rims. The benefits of wide rims are too great. I opted for 45mm depth, which gives some aero benefit without adding a ton of weight. In fact, I lost nearly 300g total (wheel set & tubeless tyres) from the bike.
I would look at LightBicycle wheel sets. I have the WR45. During the pandemic I had them custom built with CarbonTi hubs shipped for under a grand.
Has anyone any (budget) recommendations?
Obviously we both have phones but running a sat nav on those for hours won't be good if we have an emergency and no battery.
I think it's more about the ecosystem you want to use. If you have any other Garmin products, or want them, a Garmin head unit will likely be just as good or have better interconnectivity. Lights, watches, etc...
I should say I use my Wahoo with my Garmin rear radar unit just fine.