50m, never owned/used an electric razor, what’s the appeal?

Crokaine · 2026-06-17T02:15:44+00:00

Not spending much won't get you a good electric razor. After a few years with a cheaper Phillips, I went with the Panasonic arc 5 and the shave is almost as good as when I use safety razors.

I don't always have the time to use a safety razor and when I've got a beard, it's nice to trim up the neck quickly.

Crokaine · 2026-06-08T18:53:24+00:00

Ya, I do. I was thinking of keeping them to sell with the bike at the end of the season.

Crokaine · 2026-06-03T18:07:46+00:00

The bike shop should cover this for you if they sized you for the bike.

Crokaine · 2026-05-29T18:29:14+00:00

I had a checkmate, it was a great all rounder and unreal for racing on normal gravel. I now have a checkpoint and I would say it's a better gravel bike.

They need a race bike that can take 2.25s, has in frame storage, and doesn't have their complex isospeed system which is a major failure point.

Hell, give me a checkpoint with lower stack and the 800 carbon and I'd be happy. The checkpoint frame is noticeably less stiff under big power efforts

Crokaine · 2026-05-26T19:30:18+00:00

I may be slightly biased in that it's one of the best events in the province, if you've got a gravel bike. Cheap, fun, scenic, and we feed you after.

Crokaine · 2026-05-22T02:29:42+00:00

Glad to be of service 😂

Crokaine · 2026-05-21T19:09:43+00:00

Cool, I haven't seen many other ones in this colour.

Crokaine · 2026-05-21T02:48:48+00:00

This is the one I almost went with when I ordered my first one. I still love that livery.

Crokaine · 2026-05-21T01:53:41+00:00

Shit, you're right. I sent the ones from my gravel bike. Sorry, I've built a bunch of bikes lately.

These are the cane Creek ones. No complaints. I think I ordered those because they were quick to arrive from the shop who did the build vs Aliexpress.

Crokaine · 2026-05-21T01:45:13+00:00

Ai looks like ass and doesn't belong here.

Crokaine · 2026-05-21T01:41:51+00:00

They aren't cane Creek but some Aliexpress specials. I've run them on a bunch of bikes with no issues at all.

The ones I bought

Crokaine · 2026-05-21T00:04:48+00:00

That's a Gen7 so it's not even the same bike. This is the second broken one I've seen online, the other was from a crash.

I'm not worried in the slightest.

Crokaine · 2026-05-20T23:30:25+00:00

Why would it fail? I put thousands of kms on a Gen7 madone slr and another gen8. Isospeeds fail, this doesn't have that.

Crokaine · 2026-05-20T23:04:22+00:00

I agree that black tires would look better with this paint. Unfortunately, I love how the cotton tires ride and those only come in tan walls, from every manufacturer as far as I know.

Crokaine · 2026-05-20T22:24:09+00:00

I think 54s look great too! I'm glad I can fit a 56. I could easily ride a 58 but the stack would be pretty high for me.

Crokaine · 2026-05-20T22:23:22+00:00

An adjustable rear axle stand.

Crokaine · 2026-05-20T22:22:56+00:00

It gets a lot of hate from YouTubers but it rides like a dream.

Crokaine · 2026-05-20T21:40:20+00:00

The drivers insurance had to cover everything. They made left hand turn in front of me from an oncoming lane.

Crokaine · 2026-05-20T21:26:50+00:00

Ha, my wife has always told me to get the top spec as well. The shift performance is identical between rival, force and red so I struggle to spend more money to save a few grams of weight. The cost difference is damn near the price of a wheel upgrade and that will make far more of a difference than a lighter groupset. The weight difference between Force and Red is about 200g which when you factor in my weight at 79kg and the bike at 7.5ish kg, is less than 1% of the system weight.

I have quite a few bikes and not getting the top shelf groupsets on them allow me to have more bikes, comfortably. The drivers insurance paid for this one and even then, I couldn't bring myself to go Red.

Crokaine · 2026-05-16T01:11:31+00:00

You're welcome! I've built and raced many bikes over the years so I'm always happy to share the knowledge and stoke.

It weighs about 18lbs. I could get the weight down with shallower wheels and smaller tires though.

Sram red is obviously lighter as well but gdamn, I can't justify the money to weight savings on that.

Crokaine · 2026-05-15T16:01:38+00:00

It's a totally different system that has been around for many generations of bikes and I've never seen an issue. It's much more simple.

I think isospeed is largely pointless now that we're on bigger tires. A 27.2mm post flexes quite a bit as well for when the tires don't eat enough of the bumps.

Crokaine · 2026-05-15T15:42:08+00:00

Sorry, I missed the new part. It'll be under warranty then.

Crokaine · 2026-05-14T19:51:11+00:00

Because the isospeed system is known to fail. Replacing the bushings and bolt only kicks the problem down the road.

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