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a loathsome bird posted:or a 26x3.0 uuuuuugh, my idiot brain has really been wanting to try and scoop a Lowside when the 2021s come out
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Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:What did you get? Topstone 2 (GRX) in the Rainbow Trout colourway  I keep riding my road bike up rivers and through lakes so i've had to replace its BB three times this last 12 months.Thought it was time to switch to a gravel bike to see if it can survive.
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It won't but given where you're riding you're going to enjoy the process of killing it a whole lot more. 
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a loathsome bird posted:or a 26x3.0 Oh my, that's the stuff.
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Everything about the Lowside spec and price is not that special, but the look of it is top notch.
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EvilJoven posted:It won't but given where you're riding you're going to enjoy the process of killing it a whole lot more. Yeahhh  It'll cover 100% of the rides I do on the road bike, and over 50% of the rides on my XC MTB. (if it turns up)
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I have a krampus with 29x3" tires and I would not be looking forward to a single speed version of that. So exhausting to pedal...
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Salt Fish posted:I have a krampus with 29x3" tires and I would not be looking forward to a single speed version of that. So exhausting to pedal... Just gotta pick a low gear and settle for not getting anywhere fast.
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The 30mm exposures I put on my road bike measure out to 34mm on 21mm internal rims.  Guess I have another fat tire bike
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Theres a guy just popped up on a buy & sell facebook group who's after a replacement seatpost for his Aeroad. It looks exactly like yours LLH but times 1000. You were right to send that poo poo back.  You can see where the rub started and the post has just fractured out from it. Then the additional damage of the rider tightening it up to compensate as its now slipping which has crushed it.
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Feb 11, 2021 22:21
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baby its cold outside
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Feb 11, 2021 22:34
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Canyon was recently bought by some private equity firm so the quality is only going to go up up up!
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Feb 11, 2021 22:55
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Feels like they followed the usual arc of "hey this is a pretty cool brand who offers nice stuff for cheaper since it's direct! they make nice stuff!" Then a few years later their QC is slipping and marketing it taking over and they're churning out dumb poo poo like that
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ruining your bike with a not-invented-here seatpost or seatpost collar is so loving stupid
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serious gaylord posted:Theres a guy just popped up on a buy & sell facebook group who's after a replacement seatpost for his Aeroad. It looks exactly like yours LLH but times 1000. The WW thread is full of seat posts in various states of damage like this, and a number of people with terminal brain worms who are keeping their orders or even trying to buy a new one. They keep saying that they’re sure Canyon will fix this by the time their bike gets here. Like, just wait? If it’s fixed then buy it at that point. Crazy.
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What if I can't get one in time for the race season?????
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That super 33+ tape is on sale for $3 a roll Scotch Super 33+ Vinyl Electrical Tape, 3/4 in x 66 ft, Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004WCCL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_9CND2GSHKK9697TCF40M?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
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I'm glad my gut feeling about all that wacky proprietary Canyon poo poo put me off ever buying one. Dumb as hell.
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nwin posted:That super 33+ tape is on sale for $3 a roll
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This is from a 5 star review on the Aeroad SLX listing:quote:excess empty packaging like an empty ziplock bag(?), Wonder how this is gonna play for Movistar and other visible sponsored teams. With heavy integration like this is that you can't just slap in someone else's seatpost and tape it black. They can pack extra posts, but the frames might not hold up for the mileage a tour can have. This all stems from Canyon's decision to use that top tube wedge binder and have the structural part of the post up front, flexing away from the binding under load/bumps:  Was inevitable the thin rear part was gonna rub on the lip of the seat tube. They could have used a Madone style slotted hole in seat tube:  build the post thick in the back, thin in the front if you want that compliance. Granted, the Madone post is very short cuz the seat tube itself is tall and doing the mechanical flexing, so maybe that also helps reduce the torque needed to secure the post. Also, this design is clearly more expensive to make between slotting the frame and adding threading to the post.
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It's interesting that we're watching the early stages of a massive issue. They'll keep trucking on until a post snaps under load and someone gets injured. It's not fit for purpose and it's so blindingly obvious i can't believe they're trying to ride it out.
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The Madone design also pushes a large wedge out from the front of the seatpost against the inside of the seattube, so the carbon bits being stressed are under tension. The Canyon design and its undersized stopper is just atrocious.
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TobinHatesYou posted:The Madone design also pushes a large wedge out from the front of the seatpost against the inside of the seattube, so the carbon bits being stressed are under tension. The Canyon design and its undersized stopper is just atrocious. Uh it’s actually totally fine to be able to see through the carbon. It’s the pinnacle of weight reduction. Canyon’s best German engineers designed this. Soon the entire seatpost will disappear, all thanks to the best engineers.  
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my seatpost is a metal tube and i don't ride fast enough for the shape to matter 
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Holy poo poo @ the see through carbon. I have an aeroad, but not the newer model, and this stuff makes me wonder if something is waiting to explode on my bike.
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moctopus posted:Holy poo poo @ the see through carbon. The old Aeroad is pretty solid all round, except for the seat clamp which can easily get jammed into the seat post. Not even an hour ago I dropped the post off at a mechanic friend of mine because I want to get it moving before I sell it.
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Someone needs to get that to Sam Pilgrim as fast as possible. Shame hes in the UK.
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Send him this one it'll be easier to fit in a box and he'd be better able to do something hilariously sketchy with it before it inevitably causes the loss of another tooth.
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EvilJoven posted:Send him this one it'll be easier to fit in a box and he'd be better able to do something hilariously sketchy with it before it inevitably causes the loss of another tooth. That's not a weird bicycle, it's a weird tricycle, this is flagrant false advertising!!
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Twerk from Home posted:
I think a dj is gonna be way more versatile than a bmx, the bigger wheels and front suspension take a lot of the harshness out of the bike, a 20" bmx is pretty funny to ride coming from a normal bike and rough on the wrists. DJs and bmxs are pretty durable, I'd look for a used dj if you go that way. If new buy either a commencal or canyon imo, best bang for your buck. Other option would be a single speed hardtail, much more of a real bike for other stuff but also really fun putting around and at the pump track. Actually getting anywhere on a dj or bmx is a bit of a process due to only being able to pedal standing and the gearing usually being a little short to really stand and mash, a bike you can sit on is nice but the seat will get in the way at the pump track or skate park or doing random poo poo like manuals and bhops.
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Does anyone here have experience with either pedal axle extenders or with speedplay pedals? After fighting with knee pain and struggling with bike fit on my road bike, I got frustrated and threw flat pedals on it, which immediately solved the issue. No knee pain, comfortable in the seat, riding for hours, fantastic. Looking down, I noticed I placed my feet pretty wide on the pedals. Trying to replicate this stance with clipless, I'm at the point where I've adjusted my cleats as far inside as they go, gotten the ultegra long-axle pedals, and added a 1.5mm spacer, and it's still not quite enough. It close, but there's still a pinch at my hips and tension in my knees that turns to pain if I ride clipped in two days in a row. So now I'm trying to figure out the next step to getting the fantastic connected feeling of being clipped in without grinding my knees into dust, and it seems like either spacers or speedplay are my best bet. I'm skeptical of spacers, but it's also cheaper than buying into a whole new pedal system, and I'm getting sick of having to throw money into this bike to make it feel as good as my beat to poo poo 90s trek mountain bike gravel conversion.
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Guinness posted:
Wow. Didja just fix it without saying anything or give em the ol' 'this is how close you came to wrecking your poo poo' talk?
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Oldsrocket_27 posted:After fighting with knee pain and struggling with bike fit on my road bike, I got frustrated and threw flat pedals on it, which immediately solved the issue. No knee pain, comfortable in the seat, riding for hours, fantastic.
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HAIL eSATA-n posted:mate If you mean "why not just run flat pedals?" It's because there are elements of being clipped in that I really enjoy. For a while I really enjoyed riding clipped in, until it started to wear on me. I really like riding hard and clipping in facilitates that better. If I could have the best of both worlds, why wouldn't I?
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Oldsrocket_27 posted:Does anyone here have experience with either pedal axle extenders or with speedplay pedals? I've been riding with speedplay pedals for the past three years and I really like them. The pros for them are that (once they're broken in) they are very easy to clip in and out of and the float in both directions is widely adjustable by a couple of set screws in each cleat. I'm very clumsy and having double sided pedals that you just have to mash your foot down on to clip in has made getting though intersections a lot less humiliating compared to when I rode with SPD-SLs. The cons are they are pretty expensive and, in my case and a lot of other people's cases, they are completely unusable out of the box. I had to lubricate the cleats and clip in and out a few dozen times on each foot before they were easy to clip in to. Also, the rubber "walkable cleat" things that cover the metal part of the cleats have a habit on springing off unnoticed half way through long rides and they are expensive to replace.
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Oldsrocket_27 posted:Knee pain Yeah get Speedplays. I had the same issue, inside of my knee getting really sore with most road pedals, I need my feet to move around a little bit through the rotation (so lots of float) and I have my heels turned-in so far they're almost whacking the chain-stays which is hard to adjust for on some pedals. Only one bike fitter ever solved it with non-speedplay pedals and those shoes wore out and we had moved country so I gave up after some frustrating times and bought speedplays. After the initial setup they have been great, as long as I remember to grease them occasionally. Oh and if you need to increase your distance to get your heel in further try a couple of pedal washers first.
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https://www.rivbike.com/products/nothing-beats-the-bike-pin Cute but this is what sets off math majors. 
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