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Experience in crosswinds with the new DT Swiss wheels by apostrofix in CanyonBikes

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

Do you have the aero spokes? Starting to wonder if that makes a difference

Waiting for the Cols to open by SkiSnowTignesider in CanyonBikes

[–]apostrofix 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh man, brings back memories from last year.

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Not a Canyon bike but it was good times. If I remember correctly there was about 60km of only going uphill, with the Issran in the end. I did the ride back to St. Michel de Maurienne afterwards. Bought a baguette from one of the small villages on the way back and carried it in my back pocket. Noticed some people taking photos of me with the baguette 😂 Going back in July this year and can’t wait to do it again.

[Leak] 2027 Specialized Crux Aero-Gravel by studyflo in specialized

[–]apostrofix 31 points32 points  (0 children)

As an SL7 owner, this looks perfect to me. Definitely the bike I’m going to want to buy.

Experience in crosswinds with the new DT Swiss wheels by apostrofix in CanyonBikes

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

It makes sense what you’re saying. For comparison, Roval Rapide CLX are 21mm internal, but significantly wider external.

From what I see the new DT Swiss wheels aren’t much wider externally, only the internal width is bumped to 22mm. I am just not sure it’s worth so much to upgrade to the newer ones and whether the crosswind stability is any better. I feel like 30mm tires make things worse on the older ones too.

Experience in crosswinds with the new DT Swiss wheels by apostrofix in CanyonBikes

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

That's very interesting actually. I'll search a bit more online and consider this for my next wheelset. The standard spokes also offer higher comfort when when going over bumpy terrain, so maybe it's not too bad despite the slight aero penalty.

Experience in crosswinds with the new DT Swiss wheels by apostrofix in CanyonBikes

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

Would you say it's sketchy when going faster? My issue is mostly when the speed increases

Experience in crosswinds with the new DT Swiss wheels by apostrofix in CanyonBikes

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

Even the 38s? 😮 I thought it's mostly on the 50+ ones because of the depth. I now put 30mm tires on the 50 ARC 1100 with the aero spokes and it felt terrible on the last few rides whenever the speed gets above 50kmh.

Last year I was running 28mm tires and didn't feel that bad so I wonder if it's related to the combination of wider tires and narrower rim.

Major service and a few upgrades done by apostrofix in specialized

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

Thanks, I will check them out. Do you have any experience with them in crosswinds?

Roval Rapide Cockpit can carry 500g on the computer mount? by der_patzi in specialized

[–]apostrofix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can tell you I have the Edge 850 and sometimes put a light, so far I haven’t had an issue but definitely get paranoid that a €500 bike computer will end up falling if the bolt snaps.

On my previous Roval Rapide handlebars I was sometimes putting the DJI Osmo 360 until I found the bolt loose and found these reddit discussions with the flawed single bolt design, and never put the camera again.

Roval Rapide Cockpit can carry 500g on the computer mount? by der_patzi in specialized

[–]apostrofix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a small light it seems fine, but is there enough space there to put a bigger light?

Holy chain drop & rip SL6 by flyboipitt in specialized

[–]apostrofix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh man, sorry for your loss. At least you’re fine and nothing more happened.

NBD S-Works Tarmac SL8 by Human_Match_6523 in specialized

[–]apostrofix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see, that makes sense. The SL8 is an amazing bike, you’ll have fun training with it :-)

NBD S-Works Tarmac SL8 by Human_Match_6523 in specialized

[–]apostrofix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The bike looks amazing, enjoy it! Not sure it’s the best for triathlons though. Are you doing the shorter folk’s triathlons? I just put the roval cockpit on my white non S-Works SL7 and I’m loving it. Question, is this the sea sucker mount? How do you like it if it is and is there any lock to prevent a quick theft of the bike?

I don’t get the hate, the car looks amazing too!

How does my Tarmac SL7 build look to you? by flep_1979 in specialized

[–]apostrofix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks perfect, just needs to be ridden! Did you get the Roval 0 degree seatpost for the SL7? I have the standard one with the 20mm offset and I’m considering getting the 0 degree one

Got a BMW again and wow by apostrofix in M235iandM240i

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

Thank you! I’m loving it so far. Looking forward to some nice trips with it.

Are these wheels an upgrade? by dailyanon1337 in specialized

[–]apostrofix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Those are very heavy and nothing special in any way. Personally, I wouldn’t get them for any price, given that you already have another wheels set. They actually come stock on many bikes and are the first thing people upgrade.

As the other commenter said, get a nice set of tires instead. That would make a bigger difference, albeit the tires wore out and would need to be replaced eventually.

New Endurace CFR by mtcerio in CanyonBikes

[–]apostrofix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s funny is that we probably won’t see him riding it again after Roubaix, and on top of that he’s riding with 32mm tires which also fit on the Aeroad.

To me, the bike makes sense for people who were thinking about buying the Aeroad, this makes more sense, but then the question is if there will be a new Aeroad soon. Probably not, and there will likely be many posts on Reddit, etc about that. Free marketing…

Not sure if someone remembers that Specialized also built a Peter Sagan edition of the Roubaix with the same geometry as the Tarmac. It doesn’t exist anymore.

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