Have another question or two as I'm looking to buy a Stigmata for road/gravel use. How's the ride on and off road? I just sold a Warbird that was a pleasure to ride off road but was a bit too flexy under power and had the tendency to bounce on certain terrains. On road it was pretty good but a bit too relaxed compared to my previous road bike. I'm looking for a middle ground bike that's a bit more road oriented but will handle chuncky gravel on occasion with some bigger tires. The Stigmata seems to be a good choice. Another concern is fit because there are none to test ride before I buy. I'm 6'4 and would get the 60cm.
The Stigmata does well off road. It's fairly stable, but still has a nice balance for turning in on sharper corners. It's not quite as twitchy as a pure CX bike, but it strikes a nice balance. On the road it rides similar to an endurance bike. It's not as aggressive as a pure road bike. Stiffness wise I'd rate it a 6.5/10. It's definitely not as stiff as my road race bike, but it doesn't flex heavily under load. There is some frame flex which helps absorb the off road bumps. On the road its super smooth. I've used it for road rides with 700x28mm tires and it cruises along. For fit I would recommend the 60cm for your height. That should get you pretty close, after that you can swap stem length and/or seat post setback to dial it in.
Hi I have the same bike. I am wondering how did you setup your di2 junction box? When I opened the bottom bracket, the bike has a close bottom bracket shell. Also, the cable routing for the di2, how did you do it?
The BB shell is sealed, but there is still space to run all of the cables internally above and below the bonded shell. There is a small diamond shaped cutout covered with a rubber grommet near the bb area, I have my junction box there. I run one wire from the RD to the junction, one wire from the junction to the seat post battery, and one wire from the junction up to the right handlebar bar end junction. From the bar end junction I run a wire that connects the shifters together. I highly recommend using a routing tool to guide all of the cables to where they need to be.
@@utahcanyoncycling at this point I’ll probably buy the new V4 in the Rival 1x setup and mod it overtime with the purpose of it being my Allroad do everything bike. Keep my Tarmac for road events and fondos.
