After months of stalking the market place I finally found my first gravel bike!
Santa Cruz stigmata v3 from 2023
All the components are brand new from the new bike the original owner bought, so the only real used parts are the stem and frame.
I’ve put in 3 rides already 100km total, mostly gravel and some simple single track.
I don’t really know what to feel but coming from mostly riding trail bikes the efficiency is really fun, the climbs are really fun but the descents are scary as hell, especially off-road.
In the longer ride I did, around 3 hours I started to feel pain in my back in the left scapula and lower back areas, so these pains come from being new to the endurance sitting position or is something misaligned with the stem or seat?
by Specialist-West8468