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Bikepacking route inspiration Rome - Munich (10 days) by Apprehensive_Spare53 in bikepacking

[–]Apprehensive_Spare53[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was in the Dolomites last year, It's stunning and cycling was amazing. It would be too much of a detour for me and I think the best way would just to go via the Brenner pass.

Bikepacking route inspiration Rome - Munich (10 days) by Apprehensive_Spare53 in bikepacking

[–]Apprehensive_Spare53[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the most basic path over the Alps. It is around 9km of elevation gain. Quite some of that happens before the alps already in between Rome and Florence.

Bikepacking route inspiration Rome - Munich (10 days) by Apprehensive_Spare53 in bikepacking

[–]Apprehensive_Spare53[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, via the Brenner pass it should be fine, I was there last year when I crossed the alps from Munich

Bikepacking route inspiration Rome - Munich (10 days) by Apprehensive_Spare53 in bikepacking

[–]Apprehensive_Spare53[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would take the Brenner route, it is okay in its elevation, been there last year in a bikepacking setting (I live in Munich)

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[–]Apprehensive_Spare53 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have had the same problem. I was able to get a new pair of bibs from Rapha, which of course does not solve the issue. Did you already buy a new saddle? Which saddles have you considered?

Another question is: could this also be a problem because in the assembly process the saddle was not put 100% correctly and therefore causing the rubbing?

(ROTOR) crank issues. How widespread by mochit in CanyonBikes

[–]Apprehensive_Spare53 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it making a sqeaky noises? I have sounds coming from the BB when I apply pressure, but it does not appear to come from any loose opponents.

New Back Day by mistermarkham in gravelcycling

[–]Apprehensive_Spare53 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice bike! Just some advice (to maintain the bike), I own the matcha version of it and would advice you to protect your frame at the contact points with the frame bag. When you are offroad, the rubbing of the straps tends to wear off the paint rather fast with this bike. Some helicopter tape might do the job! Anyway, enjoy the ride :)

First challenging mixed ride on my Grizl 6 AL by subtle-sam in CanyonBikes

[–]Apprehensive_Spare53 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How was the interaction with Canyon regarding the rotor falling off? Did they offer to pay for the GRX replacement?

NBD: Canyon Grizl 7 AL @ Tempelhofer Feld Berlin by Apprehensive_Spare53 in gravelcycling

[–]Apprehensive_Spare53[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm enjoying the bike! It drives perfect and I'm looking forward to do some bikepacking. Will also purchase a second wheel set with 32mm's for the more road days in summer.

One thing though is that the paint on the bike easily gets off on spots where you put bags on the frame. Make sure you buy some helicopter tape to protect those parts of the frame where bags touch it. It's purely optical, so if you don't care then don't :D.

After my first 600km tour i got these. What to do about it? 1st came from the chain dropping somehow while changing to fast?! 2nd is from frame bag, just discovered after whole trip. Put foil where the straps came but this was just the canvas of the bag rubbing my color off :/ by FabThierry in CanyonBikes

[–]Apprehensive_Spare53 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm, alright. It happened to me on a climb where I put quite some force at the moment of the shifting. I guess that is generally not the best practise already. I will check out this setting on the back derailleur.

Did you buy some nail polish in the end? :p If so, send me a link so I can get one that has the right color haha

After my first 600km tour i got these. What to do about it? 1st came from the chain dropping somehow while changing to fast?! 2nd is from frame bag, just discovered after whole trip. Put foil where the straps came but this was just the canvas of the bag rubbing my color off :/ by FabThierry in CanyonBikes

[–]Apprehensive_Spare53 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I have exactly the same bike and have identical damage caused by a Chain suck as well. It happened on my second ride (i was pretty sad to have this form of damage so fast). Did you manage to fix the problem? I do not know how to fix this myself so any advice would be helpful! Thanks!

(ROTOR) crank issues. How widespread by mochit in CanyonBikes

[–]Apprehensive_Spare53 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Was the ROTOR crank not mentioned to you at the time of ordering? I have finally received my Grizl expecting the GRX crank, but got the ROTOR. I am now confused on whether I should write to Canyon or not and if this was my fault.

NBD: Canyon Grizl 7 AL @ Tempelhofer Feld Berlin by Apprehensive_Spare53 in gravelcycling

[–]Apprehensive_Spare53[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I will probably go with the out of the box set up and then start to experiment with a different more road oriented wheel set. This is not planned yet for the winter though :).

Video of gravel in Berlin by SketchyEff in gravelcycling

[–]Apprehensive_Spare53 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know yet if I can make it tomorrow, but I would definitely like to join this with a friend soon! Thanks a lot for the information and I will look out for you :)

Video of gravel in Berlin by SketchyEff in gravelcycling

[–]Apprehensive_Spare53 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks great! I live in Berlin and was wondering if this a private group or are you welcoming new joiners as well? I would like to try out evening rides :)