Eye-Q
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My friend just came back to me. She has an old Elemnt, not a Bolt, but the app you have to use to get a decent amount of functionality is the same. Unfortunately there is no way to set up multiple bike profiles.
I'd like to track my progress, but just to know "Hey, I am not sucking as bad as before" and also some voice telling me how far I ran every 500 meters, but NOOOOOO.I much prefer to just have a go for my own well-being and fun, without the need of "sharing" any results. Also, the "freemium" business model tends to get on my nerves with constant advertisements for the paid features.
Looks like there's a part number there, you might be able to change that bearing yourself for find one with the same dimensions.yup, that's fucked.
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I assume while putting that thing together someone must've conveniently forgotten to put some grease in there to prevent exactly that. yup. real nice. here i go complain to the importer of the damn australian thing again.
To be honest, no, not really, I'm very happy with the Grail, even after more than 10tkm. A gravel bike is a go-everywhere-machine as long as you can handle it. If you want to ride in every weather I highly recommend mudguards, but there are those which can be clipped onto every bike. I have SKS Speedrockers which fit virtually every bike as long as the rear seatstays have enough clearance for them. The front ones are split mudguards so they don't have to fit between the tire and the fork.sooo… @Eye-Q how has your experience been, anything you wish you’d known before?
I usually ride my cargo bike which has a flat bar (most of you carry around between one and four spare seats as well as an empty trunk/boot around when you drive your car so it's not as ridiculous as it soundsHow „weird“ is the handlebar in day to day use? that’s what weirds me out the most tbh…
It is a bit more comfortable, yes, but obviously nothing like having even a suspension with short travel. Nowadays you can get suspension on gravel bikes as well (Canyon combines Shimano shifting with a SRAM suspension fork in the Grizl, but you can have SRAM shifting there as well), two years ago when I ordered the Grail it wasn't available. That said, I don't have any experience with suspension since I never had a bike with suspension.regarding handlebars I was specifically thinking of the experience with the grail double bars. or Do you think they’re not noticeably different to regular drop bars? … tbh looking at the possible hand positions it seems like it. just more comfortable up Top because the built-in flex?
b-b-bbbbicycle paint to sample?Thinking of my n+1 situation rationally for a bit… it might be prudent to go like @Eye-Q with a gravel machine and two sets of wheels, especially since the grail does now come in a very nice setup (rival etap xplr with power meter, well chosen wheels). It’s even sort of available maybe. But the available color is shit („sand“, yes it’s as boring as it sounds).
sooo… @Eye-Q how has your experience been, anything you wish you’d known before? Anything that’d make you buy something else next time round? How „weird“ is the handlebar in day to day use? that’s what weirds me out the most tbh…
in the end, mostly just a theoretical thought. I’d have the money, but I’m not sure another bike is sensible what with the small flat and the kid and whatnot. Also I could just ride my current bike a Bit more… ugh. I should not be looking at all the bike sites anymore, no no…
edit: why not have mah cake and eat it too yadda yadda… someone please sell me a Ridley Kanzo fast with rival axs pretty please? It’s fairly expensive, but not insanely so, so I don’t care. It has everything except a cool color, but at that price, the custom paint doesn’t really matter anymore (100 bucks is actually cheap). Mhmmmmm yeees
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I usually ride my cargo bike which has a flat bar (most of you carry around between one and four spare seats as well as an empty trunk/boot around when you drive your car so it's not as ridiculous as it sounds)
Yep, just ordered some easy detachable fenders for my racing bycicle too, now that I've decided to stop being lazy and and using my two legs instead of the V10 to get to work every day. So since Monday apart when there is snow or ice on the road, the bike it is, even when it's raining. What doesn't kill you makes you harder, that sort of thinking. Still, better keep that water from shooting upwards and playing bidet, so fenders are much needed.
OOH. I need something like this...after I clean up the back room......after I clean up the front room.........after I get my taxes in............after I get this mound of work out...............after................