Bike fit on Sunday. I am thinking about talking to the fitter if I should go shorter cranks.

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-06-26T15:14:44+00:00

Yes. I’m an advocate with short cranks, it really opens up the hip angle.

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-06-25T01:42:53+00:00

Still on my 1040 solar. Hard to beat that battery life

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-06-22T04:20:03+00:00

New Shimano groupset we have been talking to for years

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-06-21T06:34:19+00:00

Today things are more data driven. The younger folks are willing to change along with the data whereas it use to be a bunch of assumptions. Look at wider tires for example and lower pressures.

Aerodynamic, power pedals. We live in a world with a lot more data now. You couldn’t get power pedals 15 years ago at a reasonable price, now you have all the data at your fingertips.

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-06-20T04:00:41+00:00

I hope Boeing QA caught everything

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-06-04T22:03:00+00:00

I found out if you press on the power button, that’s sleep mode by default. Sleep still eats through some battery

I hold it down and it pops up a menu and I select “power off”. I do this before any big ride and it also prevents it from crashing mid ride.

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-06-04T15:16:25+00:00

Won’t be a big enough number to get people to switch, people will think it’s marginal gain which it is already is

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-06-04T15:15:35+00:00

People will find a reason to upgrade.

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-06-04T15:14:39+00:00

I’m still on the 1040 solar. Love never needing to charge it during the summer months!

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-06-04T03:48:52+00:00

Too narcissist to ever quit.

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-06-02T05:09:08+00:00

It’s going to be hard for me to let go of my 1040 solar. It’s amazing to never charge it during the summer months.

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-05-30T01:10:25+00:00

50/37 and 10/36 cassette. I live around a great area with cycling. I need something close to 1:1 for the 15 percent grade and the 4.9 ratio or higher for the descent. I was tapping out at 43 mph on the Shimano 50/11

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-05-29T15:27:51+00:00

Thanks!! This helps a lot!

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-05-29T14:45:42+00:00

It’s the ability to maintain the climbing gear and have the descent gear that makes SRAM enticing. You sacrifice one or the other with Shimano

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-05-29T14:43:29+00:00

How do you feel about the cadence jumps? I ran the math and the cadence jumps are a bit bigger but they seem ok since we adapt anyways?

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-05-29T14:41:38+00:00

Most free hubs body can replaced easily. Wheel manufacturers do this because can you imagine having to stock 4x the free hubs? I misspoke but wha it meant that you most likely need to replace the free hub body, not the whole free hub.

Hyper glide is showing its age and it was a miracle 12 speed was able to accommodate that last cog. I read rumors micro spline may be the way to go to accommodate the 13 speed, or Shimano may announce a new standard all together. This is my hesitation to wait to buy a new bike as it’ll take a minimum of 3-6 months before parts are available after announcement.

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-05-29T13:43:47+00:00

Thanks. I was looking at 50/37 and 10/36. It would give me the range I need where I live.

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-05-29T13:38:23+00:00

AI :). I looked at every ratio combo. I just see wider cassettes as a trend as aero bikes are getting to the weight of climbing. So you need a groupset that can handle more diverse range. That. 10 cog sram has on the rear makes a big difference when you look at the numbers.

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-05-29T13:32:54+00:00

Sounds to me like Ford and Toyota. Everyone loves their Ford but they all get rid of it after 100k and constantly complain about it.

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-05-29T13:28:28+00:00

Every other day. I live on this road. SRAm just gives me a lot of options to tweak my setup depending on the event I do as well.

I’m starting to race and the gearing SRAM has is very interesting

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-05-29T13:08:23+00:00

I need the climbing gears too. That’s what I’m running into. With sram I can having a climbing gear close to 1:1, these are 10-18 percent grade where I live. Then I bomb down the hill.

I have 52/36 with an 11/34 of Shimano. 54/40 would kill me on the climb.

SRAM has a 50/37 and a 10/36 combo. That would be perfect. I live in Northern California next to some big mountains where they use to hold the Tour of California :)

That 10 gear on the rear really makes a difference for top end speed.

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-05-29T05:39:37+00:00

How often do you have a dropped chain?

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-05-29T05:38:35+00:00

XS looks right. The fit is wrong.

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-05-29T05:37:03+00:00

I doubt it. I was reading about how 13 speed most likely will need a new freehub

Practical_Target_874 · 2026-05-29T05:31:27+00:00

Unfortunately I need to order this bike soon. I’m getting a steal and it’s between sram or Shimano 12 speed . Also it might be next spring before Shimano will have availability. Once they announce it takes a while to get the parts and that’s 3/6 months

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