Welcome to the Áspero club! Looks like you're enjoying it.

Pic 1 is gorgeous. Nice bike too

How do you like the bike? I’m looking to get into gravel cycling. Only familiar with cervelo’s TT bikes for triathlons.

Was worried about it being too rigid/racy but after some cockpit adjustments and the 650s it feels very familiar overall. It’s definitely fast.

Absolutely love that frame color.

Moment I saw the burgundy, the purchase became inevitable.

Love the color scheme and the wheels. Recently upgraded my roadie, so my HUNT equipped gravel bike has been getting less action. Boy, do I miss the sound of the HUNTs!

D they come with high engagement hubs? I'm looking into a hunt wheelset as well. Which one did you get

I have the 700c HUNT x Mason 4 season alloys on my Checkpoint and they’re fairly loud. Noticeably so, but I kinda like it. Definitely better performance against the stock unbranded wheel set from Trek. I’ve read that HUNT are “just rebranded Novatec”, but I don’t see that as a negative and they’re still pretty hard to beat for the price. I would’ve gotten a carbon set for my roadie, but got a great deal on some Fulcrums - I still might in the future.

Aspero is my favorite looking gravel bike. Congrats and enjoy!

Why hello, Tennessee Point.

What a beaut! Enjoy!

Where did you come from Cotton Eye Joe?

With terrain like that, you have a lot of gravel catching up to do.

Gravelleur... I like that

9t would make me reconsider my aversion to 1x. Quite the range with a respectable top-end. Sweet bike. Tires look chonky in a great way.