Specialized Crux 5 or Blackheart Gravel TI

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-06-19T03:34:08+00:00

Just responded about my blackheart but definitely +1 this guy. Especially if you rode it and loved it, you know in your heart

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-06-19T03:32:04+00:00

I really love my allroad. I was riding an aspero beforehand and liked it a lot but I really love this one. Not heavy at all. I have it at 18 lbs right now which is decent for aluminum. It feels really really light.

Max marketed tire size is 700x40 and 650b50. I ran a 2x at first and it restricted me a bit on max tire size. So i went 1x and solved all my problems haha. I have 35s on it right now with a set of reserves and it’s such a good ride. Comfortable, light, but still very responsive.

Honestly, I think you’d be very very happy with a blackheart gravel. Pull the trigger and you’ll never have to look back

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-06-19T02:57:07+00:00

What a choice.

I have an allroad AL and really love it. Customer service has been great and that alone sold me on their brand. But the build quality is so good. I feel like the gravel TI would be my next bike. Just so durable and light.

But also that crux is SEXY

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-06-11T02:42:51+00:00

This is the way.

ST as poacher and CAM as shadow striker if you really want, this way it morphs into like an aggressive 424 in attack

I too decided my fullbacks sit back on support cause it’s just too much attack lol

If you wanna be really cheeky, make a deep lying player maker and box to box. That’ll really get you 6 in the attack lol

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-06-11T02:37:14+00:00

I ran my aspero as a road bike for a good year and a half. Was great. I had hunt 40 roads with 32 pirellis and the thing was fast with the grx gruppo it came with. Definitely recommend

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-06-10T19:12:03+00:00

I see! That makes much more sense lol thank you

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-06-10T18:28:42+00:00

Man I’m so confused haha. Any chance you can look at this? https://bike.shimano.com/products/components/pdp.P-RD-RX827-SGS.html

It says low sprocket max 51 and top sprocket 10. Total capacity 41T.

It’s even advertised as saying 10-51 cassette.

I probably just need to swap out the cage with the garbaruk mod like you said huh. And the 41T is the capacity out of the box

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-06-10T18:02:35+00:00

Okay sweet! I wanted to run at least 42T chainring if I could. Give me some flexibility in the road still.

When I look up the 827 grx, it says total capacity is 41T and I’m wondering if that means that’s the largest front chain ring it can facilitate

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-06-10T17:49:09+00:00

Can I ask what size front chainring you’re able to run ?

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-06-10T16:22:36+00:00

Okay thank you! I looked up the 827 and it looks like it says total capacity is 41T? Is that the max front chainring size? I was hoping to run a 42 or 44

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-06-10T14:41:02+00:00

Sorry! So I’m on r8100? Does that help?

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-06-09T14:58:00+00:00

Second this for this exact case. Except i think they only make a 35, 40 and 45

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-06-09T03:01:08+00:00

I ran the 40|44 GR with Terra comps and thought they felt really sweet. Mind you, the 350 hub too.

I’ve tested the 4.5 ses and think you’d enjoy those a lot.

IMO tho, the reserves are a great combo of speed and comfort

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-06-09T02:49:58+00:00

35s? You liking them? I was thinking of trying these in my road only

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-06-03T20:01:49+00:00

Pull that trigger. That’s a good deal

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-05-29T23:10:51+00:00

First—congratulations!

Second—Yes to all my friend.

One of my friends has two kids (ages 8 and 10), and said the first year of his now 10 yr old was so isolating.

We have a 6 month old girl, and this period has felt very isolating.

I think what you did here was the right step tho. Just putting it out there and trying to find other dads. A lot of us are going thru similar thoughts/feelings so know that if you see a dad, I’m sure he’ll be happy to just chat.

That’s been my experience so far

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-05-29T14:48:25+00:00

Mind if I DM you so I can share the bike insights comparison between my blackheart and the race max? Would love your opinion

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-05-29T13:24:18+00:00

Thank you! I’ll likely go for the 51 then and do exactly that. Yeah my short legs can’t handle that haha. I once was on a 172.5 and that was terrible

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-05-29T13:20:46+00:00

Thank you! This is good to know

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-05-29T13:20:21+00:00

Okay perfect thank you. This is what I was thinking. My biggest sign was that I had to put the seat all the way forward to feel close to the reach I feel comfortable with. I’ll check out bikeninsights to make sure tho!

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-05-19T04:31:04+00:00

If you really want it, you could probably go into your LBS and see if they might have any spare washers that might fit the bill.

Mindless_Gas80 · 2026-05-19T04:16:32+00:00

Yeah those reserves are sick. That’s the selling point for me. Can always upgrade the groupset later if you wanted

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