From Road Bike to Audax Crusher | Bike Makeover

If you ride a road bike, you may find it is not quite suitable for ultra long days in the saddle. The Polygon Strattos S7D sure wasn't. This video will show adaptations made to my very normal road bike so that it now excels in long distance events like brevets. Is it perfect now? No. There is an easy KG or more to drop. GP5000 S TR tires would be much faster. The cockpit could be more aerodynamic. But with my limited resources, I am very happy. Free to Cycle made a great tutorial on using Shimano road derailleurs for GRX cranksets. It is also a detailed guide for adjusting modern Shimano front derailleurs:    • Shimano GRX 810 Crankset Using A Road Fron...   Specific parts used in this build (all purchased by me except Redshift Cruise Control System/bar tape, some affiliate links below): FSA 255 Handlebar 40cm Shockstop Stem: https://amzn.to/4r9yosD Shockstop Pro Race Seatpost: https://amzn.to/49ZBolf Redshift Cruise Control: https://amzn.to/4bDNEJy Farsports Gravel Wheels 30x50mm    • Gravel Wheels, Road Cycling   SYNCROS Belcarra V 1.0 TRI, Cut Out Saddle https://www.syncros.com/global/en/pro... Schwalbe Pro One TLE 28mm Tires: https://amzn.to/46zauym Orange Seal Endurance Sealant: https://amzn.to/4rzJaIt 105 GS R7000 Rear Derailleur: https://amzn.to/4r59ytW Shimano SLX 11-40 cassette: https://amzn.to/4r9zwwn Sunrace 11-40 cassette: https://amzn.to/4kjcRLz Various Shimano 160mm rotors: https://amzn.to/4a0zocA Shimano GRX 600 46/30 Crankset: https://amzn.to/4ajCw2d Lezyne Mega XL GPS and mount Lumintop BO1 Light: https://lumintop.com/product/b01/?ref... Discount Code: OVERBIKED10 Shimano Pro Missile Aerobars bodged with 30mm Profile Designs spacers, 50mm M5 bolts Favero Assioma pedals: https://amzn.to/3ZPgcIC The trash BB was an FSA BB-CF86/CZ Trash cassette was Racework 11-40, a clone of SRoad cassettes. It reportedly works fine with non- Shimano Shadow RDs. Polygons BB face had a small lump of filler and clear coat on the drive side.