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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: AVIAN CR2 or Other no spoke hole Carbon Wheelsets
« on: February 25, 2025, 08:30:33 PM »
9velo's steel spoked road wheels have a solid rim bed.  I've put about 2,000 miles on a set of LV35 2.0's and I have been quite pleased with them.  They're stiff enough, and they were by far the easiest wheels I've ever setup tubeless.  I had to do some minor truing after my first few rides, but since then, they've been solid.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Speed Sensors?
« on: December 28, 2024, 05:14:05 PM »
I have the Magene S314 hub mounted sensor on two of my 5k carbon bikes (neither is aero though).  I like having accurate speed info while under tree cover.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Stone 1x Oval Rings
« on: December 14, 2024, 05:27:27 PM »
I had this ring on my gravel bike in the 44t variant and it did not have any offset.  It held the chain very well and felt indistinguishable from the Absolute black ring it replaced, but it only lasted for about 2,000 miles before it started to groan under load.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Power meter suggestions for T47bb bike
« on: November 22, 2024, 11:31:14 AM »
This is probably not going to be a popular opinion on this forum, but I would buy a used Quarq.  I have had two Chinese power meters, one stopped reading cadence (no power without cadence) and the other broke during a rainy 600k.  The Magene seems to have good reviews and seems like an overall solid product, but I have 3 Quarqs, and I purchased each one used for less than the price of a new Magene.  Between my Quarqs, I have over 20,000 miles and have had zero issues.  2 of them are currently on T47x85.5 bikes-- no issues there either.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Affordable lightweight frameset (not Winspace SLC 3)
« on: October 18, 2024, 12:21:15 PM »
https://www.pedalroom.com/bike/bigrock-mtbigrock-51151

Here are a few photos and some build details of my large (56cm) black Bigrock.

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Affordable lightweight frameset (not Winspace SLC 3)
« on: October 17, 2024, 05:19:17 PM »
Quote from: Serge_K on October 17, 2024, 05:02:42 PM
Think hard about bigrock. Hard riding, very stiff. Five stars. All of the stars.

I want to be clear that while the jokes do write themselves, my Bigrock has left me completely satisfied.  Oops, guess I can't be stopped.  It's seriously a good frame though!

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Affordable lightweight frameset (not Winspace SLC 3)
« on: October 17, 2024, 03:04:31 PM »
If I were you, I'd think hard about the Bigrock frame.  I have done 1,100 miles of hard riding on mine and it has honestly been fantastic.  I think the name is funny, whenever someone asks me about it, I tell them that I only ordered it because I misread the "R" as a "C."  The frame is incredibly well done though, very stiff, great geometry, and the carbon layup is so clean it puts my big name carbon bike to shame.

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