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All rims come with rim tape but few if any come with tubeless rim strips or tubeless rim tape pre-installed.
Also @John Z If you are going to run sealant in tubes then I wouldn’t use tubeless tires. Even without the extra space being taken up by a tube, a tubeless tire can be a real battle to install. The last pair I installed…
@John Z Before tubeless was around I used to run sealant in latex tubes for triathlons since this was the best way at the time to reduce the chance of a flat during a long race. One thing to be aware of is when the bike…
zen_ wrote: Setting up GravelKings on my older HED rims with actual rim tape was almost impossible between the fit being a little too lose and / or the tape leaving too much of a center channel depression. The first…
It will shift into big/big but I typically never ride that gear on any bike because of the extreme cross-chaining it creates.
neinneinthree wrote: 2018 Trek Checkpoint SL5, it’s a 5800. I will order an RX800, CS-M8000 cassette, new chain, and go from there. Thanks for the help. Installed it all today, works great. No issues with clearance for…
TheSubaruGuru wrote: FWIW, my 2015 Diverge and 2014 Roubaix Experts came with a 11-28 and 11-32 cassette and compact 50/34 rings. For climbing on both I made up rear 12-36 cassettes by dropping the needless 11t and…
Mark_S wrote: Interesting that it's a 5800 - normally an 11-32 would be spec for that derailleur. If it turns out to be R7000 then the capacity is the same as turaco's RX800. If you go ahead with the 11-40 project,…
OK thanks. Mid-cage Ultegra RD-RX800-GS with this cassette in 11-40. https://bike.shimano.com/en-SG/product/component/grx-11-speed/CS-M8000.html Or do you think my existing 105 rear der will work? It was new in 2018 and…
turaco wrote: I second the RX800. That is the solution I have gone for on my GT Grade. I've used it for 11-40 on the rear and 50/34 on the front. 39T is the official capacity but it does have more than that in practice.…
Alex_C wrote: If it isn't too much trouble, I'd like the route file. We aren't sure how much time we'll have for riding as it is a family visit/vacation, but it is nice to have options. Leavenworth sounds good because…
jmecklenborg wrote: Louisville has the megacavern but very little gravel nearby. There is a 40 mile gravel route called Leavenworth about a 45-minute drive west of Louisville in Indiana but I haven't ridden it. Also,…
olapiquena wrote: I live on the Mass/Vermont border, in a small, slightly decrepit but infinitely funky old manufacturing town in Franklin County. \nWhat town? Sounds like a nice place.
Anyone have a race report?
mmukalian wrote: And now begins the wait...SL5 ordered. What's your ETA? I'm being told May 14 for an SL5.
Chader09 wrote: Got a link to the thread? I can't seem to find it. http://ridinggravel.com/forum/?p=post%2Fnarrowed-down-2-choices-9663174%3Fpid%3D1303408322
Chader09 wrote: With all this early Trek news slipping out, I wonder how well people keep secrets of their family and friends... 😋 Funny that they can't wait until the official release. Is it because they feel the need…
Nice Checkpoint. What size?
chunkylover53 wrote: I can't help but think that a ti frame would be perfect for gravel (I ride a Ti Honzo mtb). How so?
GuitarTed wrote: Interesting thread here. What I know: Checkpoints will be available in 7 models both WSD and regular. Three levels- ALR = aluminum, Carbon, and a higher end carbon model, (the all black one discussed…