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I agree - but I think Ridley and OBED have more brand recognition than Boltcutter. At least in my area they do.
MagicLoogies wrote: How do y'all respond when people stop to ask "What kind of bike is that?" I'm getting tired of having to launch into my longwinded story at stoplights about buying directly from a chinese carbon…
If you want to keep the registration, you might want to email them and see if you can defer to another BWR event. The team was really good about letting me change events as long as it's one of the BWR events.
gogolo wrote: Hi I have a stem with a height of 45mm and ordered a compression plug of 50mm lenght. Is that enough or should I install a 70mm compression plug? Thx. P. S. : I exported the whole thread as a epub 'book'…
Drafting on dirt and drafting on road give you the same benefits for a given speed. The difference is the rolling resistance on dirt is a lot higher and the speeds are a lot slower, so it feels like you aren't getting…
jannmayer wrote: I've been following this thread for a while and am leaning towards getting a CFR696 as my first gravel bike and first bike build. I'm on the fence as to whether I'd have Carbonda paint it or do it…
This is what I used: https://www.amazon.com/ISC-Racers-Tape-HT3314-Helicopter-OG-HD/dp/B000QC6H90/ref=psdc_228921_t1_B000TPC7HU?th=1 The best way to apply this is using a wet method. Spray the bike, your hands and the…
I'm in the SRAM AXS group on facebook and this question was asked and the response from the group was basically: Will it work? Yes, but you're going to get very little durability out of your cassette. Expect 10-50% of…
@Mark_S - if you're looking for a fast gravel tire, I've found the IRC Boken's are really quick on pavement. The problem is they wear pretty fast. The Alluvium from Kenda are suppose to be really quick as well. I have a…
I think the SRAM wide subcompact's BCD is too small to fit a power meter into the crank. I'm sure it can be engineered, but I wonder who the market is and what it would cost.
Slim wrote: yes, agreed, I wrote as much in the Campy Ekar thread. I run 11 speed , 11-46(=10-42) and the range is good enough. More would be nice, but the first thing I would like is adding that 12th cog into the same…
They actually lowered the entire Force AXS line recently. Quarq PM went from 600 to 450, the shifters+calipers are now 325 opposed to 500. There's rumors they may release a Rival AXS though. I would guess we would hear…
tangofox7 wrote: hi everyone, Is it possible to run a 26/44? I'm curious what the minimum chainring size is. I've seen 44 1x builds so I'm not worried about the outer ring as much but I'm not sure about the inner ring…
Involuntarysoul wrote: Obed is just a rebrand Carbonda btw This is true, but if you wanted to build out a Carbonda with the exact spec's of an OBED, you would be paying the almost same price as buying from OBED but…
al wrote: Has anyone had issues with paint peeling off on recent Carbonda frames? Looks like you got a bad paint job. I don't have any of those bubbles that you can see above the tape on my bike. I've retaped my bike a…
paramount3 wrote: The future of gravel is lower gearing. That should be the future of road bikes as well. My first road bike came with 52/42 chainrings and 13-21 six speed freewheel. Imagine trying to climb Tuna Canyon…
On my 20 mile loop with 1100' of gain with variable road surfaces, I'm about .5 mph faster on my road bike over a gravel bike with road wheels and 1.5 mph faster over a gravel bike with gravel tires. (17.5 mph avg on…
Wibe wrote: Thanks! My shoe size is 43, will get a 172,5 mm crank with probably 42 or 44/45c tires. How is the toe overlap with this frame compared to other common frames? You'll want a 56. I'm 181cm, inseam is about…
@RiP - they have an axle finder. Use Boltcutter Peacemaker as the bike since it's a 696. I think they were 172 x M12 x 1.5 and 120 x M12 x 1.5. I went with Robert Axle Project since Boltcutters ships their frames with…
@madlad - I paid something similar. But every other axle is $30+ on it's own. So in my mind... they were more or less free (or very cheap). And they worked for a few months, but I am constantly swapping being wheels and…