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jannmayer wrote: Beautiful bike (and car)! How do you like the Redshift stem? Hopefully you're back on the bike soon. It really sucks not being able to ride. Thanks! As for the stem...not sure. I really enjoyed it the…
Thought I'd come back and throw up some pictures of my 696 I finished back in March of this year. I went to Tucson and rode Saguaro NP (I like biking NP's) and up Mt Lemmon (LOVE climbing) last November on my roadie…
widerisfaster wrote: Interesting. I purchased my CFR696 in 2018 and have the Hardlite 125mm E-Thru axle. It works well with the 2018 fork, with the thread passing all the way through the fork, and protruding about 2mm…
Mine came with a T-40 front and a 6mm rear. So I got a real weird combo and I got my bike last November. I ordered the Hardlite axles as I wanted to save a couple bucks as I have the Robert Axle Projects on my roadie.…
GravelCat wrote: I was also confused on which length axle to purchase but someone posted to go with 125mm front. I went with DT swiss for both front and rear. DT Swiss does have a front axle at 121mm in length FYI...to…
Im kind of shocked to see the damage to these frames/forks. I used DHL for shipping to rhe USA and my box was in great condition and the bike and fork were wrapped great. Be curious to see how bikes were wrapped that…
shiggy wrote: Why would you buy the Pro after getting the standard version? No idea. I had the option to pre-order the Pro or buy the standard. I bought the standard. Im going for budget comfort not weight savings on my…
I'd rather save 25% on the standard and take the extra weight then save 15% in weight and pay full price with the pro. But I'm also not a weight weenie. :-)
bortoluca wrote: Last Hambini video In his last video, Hambini "suggests" that the OpenUp frames are made from Carbonda/FlyBike. Can anyone confirm or deny it? I hope this is not true, because if you look all the video:…
GravelCat wrote: Where do you ride in CO?? I'm looking for new routes. Been riding the front range area mostly. Build hasn't even started. Been super busy with work and waiting for parts to go on sale during the…
linsook wrote: To Canada. Paid in mid August. I asked to put down $200 as value. don't want to be messing around with the customs folk here. Duties was about $40 USD. Ah...might be different to Canada. So that might…
linsook wrote: I'm crying inside... Lol. $235 DHL for me plus duties. 3 days to deliver WHOA! To the USA? Did you tell them how much to claim? They asked me that at the beginning. I just got my bike last month too.…
linsook wrote: Curious what method of shipping is that? I only had DHL as an option and it was not cheap plus I got hit with duties. I paid $190 for DHL and it got to CO, USA in 2 days and I paid no duties
edraven wrote: Anyone know the length for the flat mount bolts that work on the 696's fork? I believe they are 15mm in the front and 32mm in the rear. At least that's what I put on my excel spreadsheet for notes as I…
kawabus wrote: @GravelHAWK16 Here is a link to the seat clamp https://www.amaincycling.com/specialized-sworks-standard-seat-collar-black-31.8mm-2826-1031/p1272239 I was using a specialized steerer tube plug but the…
Kupfi wrote: Hi Kawabus, what tire size are you using? Still waiting for my frame. I want to use 700x50mm tires but with double chain ring like you do. Could you share your tire size and maybe the clearance between tire…
Involuntarysoul wrote: get a better clamp with a lip, you want the clamp on top of the seattube to get the maximum clamping force Actually, this one I believe has a lip hence why it was a pain to slip over. It was my…
Alright, so was able to get some better pictures today with the sunlight before the cold and snow comes tomorrow. And I'm hoping for A LOT of snow to help with the fires here in CO. As you can see I tried to match my…
kawabus wrote: Congrats @GravelHAWK16 . Looking forward to the pics and build. My frame is scheduled to arrive Friday Thanks! If you paid DHL it'll come faster. Was in Ohio last night, then BAM, today it was in our…
Well...Wing told me my size 56 bike shipped on Monday and had a tracking number. Tracking said it was going to show up Thursday so I had planned to stay home all day to receive. Nope, showed up today! I have to say, the…