RipRap: I live in the Kansas City area, I ordered a Med. I had a bad connection when I spoke with the LBS today. I thought I heard him mention something about only 50 remaining. He indicated that the bike would be shipping from the Elgin Ill. warehouse. We'll see what happens in 10 days.
I’m in Arlington VA. Papillon Cycles managed to get a large advanced 0 about a month ago—a few days ahead of the 5% price rise for tarrifs
Just did a ride on 47mm 650b Terravail rampart tires. They have little tread. They have plenty of clearance so there looks to be room for a 47mm tire with tread, or maybe a 50mm could fit for rides without mud.
I find the drops of the bars to be very short so I’m replacing them with cow chippers.
david wrote:RipRap: I live in the Kansas City area, I ordered a Med. I had a bad connection when I spoke with the LBS today. I thought I heard him mention something about only 50 remaining. He indicated that the bike would be shipping from the Elgin Ill. warehouse. We'll see what happens in 10 days.
That sounds about right. We have a medium Advanced 1 on our sales floor if things fall through and you want to visit Indy. :)
CraigB wrote:I’m in Arlington VA. Papillon Cycles managed to get a large advanced 0 about a month ago—a few days ahead of the 5% price rise for tarrifs
Just did a ride on 47mm 650b Terravail rampart tires. They have little tread. They have plenty of clearance so there looks to be room for a 47mm tire with tread, or maybe a 50mm could fit for rides without mud.
I find the drops of the bars to be very short so I’m replacing them with cow chippers.
CAn you take a picture of the clearance in the clearance between the chainstay and the 47mm 650b Terravail Rampart tires? I am curious to see how much clearance there is.
[QUOTE]That sounds about right. We have a medium Advanced 1 on our sales floor if things fall through and you want to visit Indy. 😉/QUOTE]
A lot of ifs between now and next Monday. If the LBS can't get the bike, if you still have the bike next week, if you can ship it (at my expense). Thanks!
CAn you take a picture of the clearance in the clearance between the chainstay and the 47mm 650b Terravail Rampart tires? I am curious to see how much clearance there is.
In the next video he reveals how his worries about not being able to run the wires for Di2 were ill conceived. He had to cut and then re-splice the wires to do it but it worked fine in the end. Bike shops likely do this kind of thing all the time.
I ordered my XL Revolt 0 on a Sunday, took possession two Wednesdays later. (Two weeks ago). I have a very nice road bike, a Tallboy and the Revolt. The only one I'm riding is the Revolt. Have WTB Resolute 42 tires on it. Plenty of clearance. Absolutely love this thing.
How's the weight with the Resolutes on, Tallboy? I haven't heard great things about the overall stock weight but that could be because the stock tires are like 60 tpi.
Just a little over 20 lbs. ready to ride. Which I thought was pretty light for a bike that size. I think it might even be a little lighter than my road bike.
So when it's -10F, I buy stuff for bikes. That's how I ended up with a set of MasonXHunt 4Seasons with 650bx47 WTB Horizons. Even though I could only ride it around inside, seems like it's going to be a really comfortable introduction to road+.
mrbaumer wrote:Looks good. Be interesting to hear how the 650B changes the handling and the ride.
My initial feel is that it's really nimble/handling is snappy for the size and cushion of the tire. I've ridden a Cannondale Slate before and it kind of fells similar to that.
Wondering how folks are getting on with the stock D-Fuse bars. I test rode the Advanced 2 today and found the bars to be stable though quite a bit wider than my road bike. I normally run 38cm/40cm wide and while these are advertised as 40cm, they seemed extra wide, esp with the flare out on the drops that puts my wrist in an unfamiliar position. My initial thought is to swap the bar out for a carbon/alloy road bar but I'm curious if these wider bars are by design to allow for better gravel/downhill handling and to compensate the short stem.
nus wrote:Wondering how folks are getting on with the stock D-Fuse bars. I test rode the Advanced 2 today and found the bars to be stable though quite a bit wider than my road bike. I normally run 38cm/40cm wide and while these are advertised as 40cm, they seemed extra wide, esp with the flare out on the drops that puts my wrist in an unfamiliar position. My initial thought is to swap the bar out for a carbon/alloy road bar but I'm curious if these wider bars are by design to allow for better gravel/downhill handling and to compensate the short stem.
I have no experience with these certain bars, but I felt the same way when I bought a gravel bike with flared bars. After time, I got used to them, and they became a non-issue for me. Last year, I bought a new road bike, and now the non-flared bars are the ones that feel unfamiliar and uncomfortable. I would recommend riding the D-Fuse bars for awhile, and if they still don't feel good, then throw a set of road bars on there.
The D-fuse bars definitely absorb some of the bumps but I still hate them. The shape and lack of substantal flare are awful (I'm used to 12-16°). The 31.8 clamping section is only about the size of the stock stem so my Wahoo mount sits loosely.
Which bike between Diverge carbon and Specy Diverge is more similar to a road bike? Considering an M size for Giant and a 54 for Specy,Giant has low headtube and longer wheelbase while Diverge has a higher stack(about 20 mm) and a shorter wheelbase. Thank you.
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