Crust Florida Man XL-60 Repaired Commuter Mode

I unfortunately damaged the downtube on my Crust Florida Man (XL-60). I had it repaired by Mr John Fitzgerald over at Fitz Cyclez (side note… I've had a frame built by him so I already had a working relationship so he graciously agreed to help me out. I don't think he does this sort of work regularly). Being as the frame is on the larger side, I decided to bump the downtube size from a 31.8 and 9/6/9 to a 34.9 and 8/5/8 wall thickness. So larger diameter and thinner walls. Hit it with some clear coat and off we go.

I had it built up with 55mm knobbies but when i rebuilt it im resigning it to wandering road+ rides, coffee runs, and commuter duty (20 ish miles a day).

Current Build:

Frame fork: Crust Florida Man – Fitz style

Headset – Cane Creek 40 (yawn but boy do they work great for the$$

Stem – Sim Works Dirty Ronda with the hanger built in 90mm black

Bars – Crust NullaBar 480/31.8 black

Seatpost/ saddle- Velo Orange Crew long setback Brook C15 carved

Brakes: SRAM single speed levers Paul Neo Retro

Crankset – SRAM SH-Red GXP 170 Wolf Tooth 110x42t

Cog – White industry 17t

Wheels – Surly Ultra New 32x3x Sapim Race Velocity Cliffhanger 650b

Tires- RH Switchback Hill 650×48 Endurance tubeless

Fenders –

Bag – FOG City rear and Switft Zeitgeist up front

First ride was this morning and im beyond happy with the result. Hard to tell if the tube diameter change is placebo or real as its been over a year since Ive ridden this bike and there were lots of changes in the build but eh…. it feels amazing so I suppose it doesn't matter much.