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yeah i have a perfectly good bike and i still look at these sick carbon gravel bikes all the time, despite the fact they cost as much as a cheap used car
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Krogort posted:I watch too many GCN video and now I really really want a bike with electronic shifting, disc brake and carbon wheels. I'll sell you my rim brake mavic LIMITED EDITION cosmics and you can have cool carbon wheels without changing frames. Wheels make the biggest difference to your bike and switching to carbon tubeless wheels completely transformed my old bike. poemdexter posted:You're an idiot. The electronic shifting seems neato because it shifts in less than half a crank, but whyyyyy.... Because then you can see what gear you're in on your head unit.
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Krogort posted:I watch too many GCN video and now I really really want a bike with electronic shifting, disc brake and carbon wheels. I was in the same boat so I bought one and unfortunately I can report it is Very Cool.
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:I'll sell you my rim brake mavic LIMITED EDITION cosmics and you can have cool carbon wheels without changing frames. Wheels make the biggest difference to your bike and switching to carbon tubeless wheels completely transformed my old bike. Are you riding a bike or piloting a mech? What happens when the battery dies? Are you just stuck with a single gear bike until replaced?
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HAIL eSATA-n posted:
BraveUlysses posted:pretty great average speed there! thank you both!
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poemdexter posted:Are you riding a bike or piloting a mech? What happens when the battery dies? Are you just stuck with a single gear bike until replaced? They're rechargable, but yeah, basically. Shimano DI2 uses a single central battery and will kill your front shifter first and let you use your rear shifter until the battery is dead. SRAM's system has small batteries on each shifter and you can swap them around if one dies before the other.
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Krogort posted:I watch too many GCN video and now I really really want a bike with electronic shifting, disc brake and carbon wheels. I put electronic shifting on a folding bike I知 the wrong person to tell you this.
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e.pilot posted:I put electronic shifting on a folding bike I知 the wrong person to tell you this. Please don't insinuate your bike is undeserving of nice components just because it's a bit more flexible than average.
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Jun 28, 2021 17:56
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If you got the $$$ get the thing.
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Jun 28, 2021 19:24
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Anyone got a good platform style hitch rack that doesn't cost as much as a bike?
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I have di2 on my TT bike and being able to shift on the tri bars and on the horns is a game changer. Other cool things about electric shifting: * Shifting is really easy so you spend a lot more time in the correct gear. This can make a huge difference on longer rides. It helped me a lot with feeling comfortable on my tri bars as well. * You can save trim presets on your laptop (maybe on your phone too if you have the bluetooth module) so switching wheels is really easy too once you've got a preset for each wheelset. * It won't let you shift into a bad combination of front and rear, you can set it up so when you reach the top of your rear casette it automatically shifts the front up for you (and the rear down an appropriate amount). * It makes a cool bzzt noise. I wouldn't worry about the battery life at all. Shimano say 2-5000km per charge. I plug mine in every now and then when I remember and have never even got close to running low. It is important to either unplug the junction box when travelling though, or take a charger with you. The buttons can get knocked in transit and wear the battery out. I have run out of battery on my power meter pedals a couple of times, but at least they still work as pedals. If prices for Shimano groupsets weren't so high right now I'd absolutely be considering upgrading my 2012 Tiagra training bike to Ultegra Di2 instead of 105. Yeep fucked around with this message at 19:38 on Jun 28, 2021 |
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FogHelmut posted:Anyone got a good platform style hitch rack that doesn't cost as much as a bike? Buy once, cry once.
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FogHelmut posted:Anyone got a good platform style hitch rack that doesn't cost as much as a bike? Well, how expensive is your bike? This could be yes or no!
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Sab0921 posted:Well, how expensive is your bike? This could be yes or no! How much did it cost or how much have I spent on it since? $600-800 from the big names seems like a lot for a rack. Anything good in the sub $300 range?
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Jun 28, 2021 20:31
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Is your bike carbon?
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Jun 28, 2021 20:46
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Lex Neville posted:I did it friends! Missed this because of lovely signal in the middle of nowhere but that's a drat fine effort.
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Jun 28, 2021 20:53
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Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:Is your bike carbon? Only the forks.
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Jun 28, 2021 22:03
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Well, I知 half way Legs feel fine, neck is sore, keeping on top of fuelling and liquid is hard.
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Jun 28, 2021 22:06
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holy poo poo, that is nuts. halfway to where? e: I just checked your post history. that sounds like an amazing adventure, good luck! (also, the trip report you wrote at the start of the month owned, I hope you do another one  )
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I've ordered a new bike but it wont be ready till November  Anyone else with a big waiting list for their new bike?
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wibble posted:I've ordered a new bike but it wont be ready till November Pretty much any one that has ordered a bike in 2021.
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wibble posted:I've ordered a new bike but it wont be ready till mid-2022
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I ordered my brompton late January 2020 and it came the weekend after the NBA ended their season, I feel super lucky because the bikes dried up fast
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Ordered my Orro (from stock) in the last week of March 2020 because I had a funny feeling it would be my last chance for a while
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I dont know the best place to ask this. I have a town / touring bike that I run a 1x9 speed friction setup on. For some reason, and it's always done this, sometimes when I shift, the chain slips off up front to the outside between the (small) chainguard and the chainring. I have and have always had a beat up old rear end XT rear der on there, and a newish top mounted Dura Ace 9 speed bar end shifter that I have set and intentionally run friction on. I dont want to replace the whole drivetrain, so should I start by buying the best 9 speed der I can and hope that the chain tension is increased to where it wont throw? Does it matter what der I put on there since I run friction? Looks like a SRAM X5 is the best 9 speed der I can get. I would run a better 11 speed rear der if it didnt matter how much cable I was pulling since its friction. Planet X fucked around with this message at 02:15 on Jun 29, 2021 |
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Which direction are you shifting when it drops? How tight is the chain in the big cog?
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kimbo305 posted:Which direction are you shifting when it drops? How tight is the chain in the big cog? I have to think about it, but nearly positive it's when I'm shifting up the cassette to an easier gear. Here is a pic of the rear cassette and der. Pay no mind to the fact that the chain is not fully on the cassette, that was just me shifting it all the way to the top to take a pic and the chain didnt quite settle onto the teeth  along with a pic of the front: 
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The chain could be shorter, but you shouldn't get much of a bounce in a loose chain when shifting into a bigger gear. I would shorten the chain, but might not expect it to solve the problem. Significant chainring wear might lead to a weird shifting of the chain that causes try to go off. The cog wear from zooming into that first pic might be a problem?
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Chainring wear? Loose bolts on the chainring causing some movement? Maybe a narrow-wide would help if it's a standard chainring right now?
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Shifting off the top of the cassette (or bottom) point to limit screw issues right?
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Lex Neville posted:I did it friends! Hell yeah. That's a drat fine showing! Were you riding solo?
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meowmeowmeowmeow posted:Shifting off the top of the cassette (or bottom) point to limit screw issues right? It does, but their problem is the chain coming off at the crank end of things on a 1x setup. BeastPussy fucked around with this message at 03:17 on Jun 29, 2021 |
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Try a narrow-wide chainring before throwing down derailleur money, IMO.
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Hey, I had a very similar problem when I tried running 1x with a bar end shifter. For whatever reason, friction shifting seems to make it easy to pull your chain off the chainring. The best solution is a narrow-wide chainring IMO
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Modal Auxiliary posted:Try a narrow-wide chainring before throwing down derailleur money, IMO. Depending on the BCD, a n-w ring might be close to a NOS 9-speed derailleur. FWIW, a SRAM 10 speed derailleur has a slightly higher motion ratio, so the same amount of cable pull would be more than enough to sweep your 9-speed cassette. And of course 10 speed RDs are clutched. But that's definitely throwing money at the problem before trying to rule out the basics.
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spf3million posted:Hell yeah. That's a drat fine showing! Were you riding solo? Thank you! Yeah, I was
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wibble posted:I've ordered a new bike but it wont be ready till November Thanks to the posters in here I ordered a Cube Agree last night that should be delivered later this week. Sram Force Etap and carbon wheels for 4000euro almost seems like a bargain these days. I can't wait ! 
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I love Cube bikes OP and thats a sweet rear end colourway.
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wow that looks great, enjoy!
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I've wanted a cube time trial bike for years maybe I'll get one.
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