I finally got the new-old-stock Emonda out for a ride. This was my first time on a 1x gear train fast bike and I liked it. I was worried the 46 tooth chainring vs my previous 50 would make noticeably large gearing gaps on the small end of the cassette but it was fine. I do think I'll stick with the 10-28 in Houston since I'll probably use the 14-15-16 gears the most and the 14 and 16 aren't on the 10-36 cassette. The real test will be a proper fast group ride.
This is my first disc brake fast bike and even though I've owned disc brake bikes before, I've never properly learned to adjust the brakes. On mountain bikes I've gotten them pretty good vs on this bike they really need to be perfect since any rub will kill speed. Last night I took time to set the calipers: I tried a flashlight making sure there's clearance between both pads and the disc and used feeler gauges on both sides of the disc. Both methods required hand gymnastics to get the gap right and tighten the bolts without losing the position. Ultimately I found the flashlight method to be best.
The other thing I've finally realized is how sensitive discs are to contamination. I've had squeals and screeches with other discs due to cleaning products, finger prints, dirt, etc so this time I'm being super careful not to get anything on the discs.
