Quote from: humbling9430 on June 19, 2025, 12:25:55 AM
Reporting back - came a day early. Look perfect, packaged well in bubblewrap, cardboard and paper to protect everything - no boxes. connected the RD, FD and battery up, registered in Shimano E-Tube app and connected the shifters (wireless). Works!

What seller did you choose to purchase the group set? Was it with the cranks or just the FD, RD, battery, cables and brifters?

Did you have to recalibrate the PM and if you did, was it difficult to do so?

Quote from: kilka on December 30, 2024, 03:06:26 AM
Zrace+Magene powermeter fits t47 because of usage of plastic o-ring on powermeter's side and a special adapting ring on the other side. Resulting q-factor is something like 160mm on my frame and the powermeter has a lot of clearance to the frame.
I tried the same powermeter on my Senicx GR-3 cranks and it did not fitted my frame, Magene makes the central hole too deep.

   Sorry to hear about the crash. I guess it's good news that this was not the bike's fault. I hope for a speedy recovery for you my friend! You can now say you know the exact feeling Jonas Vingegaard, Mark Cavendish, Remco Evenepoel, and Primoz Roglic had when they broke theirs.

Quote from: sbellote on November 06, 2024, 01:48:11 PM
opened the topic and then vanished... lol
in oct/13 I crashed and broke my collarbone, was pretty fast but on the bike side I got lucky, it slid so scratched a bit on the left side but nothing broke, just aesthetic damage
totally my fault, was on a descent at 50kph+ and got distracted, hit a big rock in the middle of the road, the bike jumped, I lost control and hit the ground
so, now I'm out and only next year I'll be able to ride again... focus is on recovery lol

That's looking real nice! Lovin' that gravel ride and look. I can't tell with your attached image, but with the 34mm outer width of the rim, what width tire did you put on? I see it's Schwalbe G-ONE branded, but can't tell from the markings your chosen width. And how did it feel at that width?

Quote from: 95s10nj on October 09, 2024, 02:56:58 PM
I recently came across this post when searching for some gravel wheels and decided to email Peter. Gave him an idea of what I wanted and he emailed me back within a few days with some different options for a custom build. Went with the 40mm deep 26mm inner and 34mm outer, model no. CS-D40CU-33 built with house hubs (ratchet style), 24 Sapim cx-ray spokes and Shimano freehub. Went with no holes in the rim bed for easy tubeless setup and was looking for a sub 1400 gram wheelset. Within about 10 days I received pics of the hoops along with their weight, and within 14 days received pics of the final build along with actual weight of 1349 grams. Received the wheels about 2 weeks later so about a month from the initial order being placed. Setup went easy and I really put them through hell last week on a gravel ride in Vermont and they're still spinning true. Very happy with the purchase and communication from Peter throughout the process. Highly recommended.

Quote from: Da11as on September 21, 2024, 12:24:54 PM
I have GP5000S and GP5000AS on Edges, no problem with mounting, it's quite easy, actually.

Were they the tubeless or tubeless-ready versions?

I just want to also confirm that I've found the TR GP5000 to be quite stiff, definitely more difficult than the clincher versions.

Wow, those are looking nice wheels. And beautiful overall build. What's the total weight?

Quote from: SirBikealot on July 17, 2024, 06:19:21 AM
also got mine from lidl. Works absolutly fine for 35€

The Lidl repair stand is also sold in the US, but only during "bike month" specials. Got mine a couple years ago but saw that they sold it special for $35 during April the year after. Also a good time to buy Crivit bibs. I use them near daily for my indoor trainer, good fit once "broken in".

Best to get, find, or borrow a bike you know the size works for you and then use a comparison site like https://geometrygeeks.bike/ to help decide between the frames you're looking to purchase. For the cost of the frames, I think using your best educated guess with as much information that you could find would be worth the time investment. Otherwise, that's money down the drain.

Quote from: Manfrotto on June 22, 2024, 06:19:05 PM
Finalised my part purchases for a build. Only needed to buy a seat and tyres locally. The savings are immense. There's something very wrong and out of control when for the price of a new bicycle, you could have got a 890cc Yamaha. It ain't our problem retailers, importers etc cannot get their suppliers to manage their costs.

I agree this seems out of whack. The two highest cost items on the bike are the groupset and frame, to me everything else is almost down to commodity pricing. I can see the argument that frame makers are relying on--they spend money for the research in design, materials testing, and prototyping and should recoup some of those costs. Which is why open frames are so nice--we don't need the most cutting edge, only the tried and true. But the groupset costs to me are clearly due to monopoly--Ultegra and 105 has been around for how long? Sh***o has long-term patents and simple things like the axle diameter can't be touched by other crankset makers. Or is it not the patents and that these items are truly very technically difficult to make?

Quote from: Manfrotto on June 13, 2024, 01:26:45 PM
Yeah good point. Been waiting 4 months for Merlin to get 165mm cranks. So I guess I could just suck it up and sell the 170s when they arrive

165mm cranks have been sold out or on back order for ages. Has everyone been moving to 165mm length cranks? Is there a fad or some recent sport science that came out showing clear benefit of 165? Or is it just the upcoming Tour de France and Olympics that teams are hoarding them? Just a few thoughts I've had.