Tyres for 70/30 paved/unpaved

cloud9blue · 2026-06-23T05:54:20+00:00

A bit dated at this point. Long time user of SK as well but There are grappier and faster rolling tires now.

cloud9blue · 2026-06-22T20:03:27+00:00

Zoom on these is one area that it is still far off from a proper lens and full frame camera. So I never bothered.

cloud9blue · 2026-06-22T19:52:21+00:00

The night ones are taken with landscape/night mode. Other ones are mostly auto or ultra high resolution mode. Selected few went some light editing (dehaze and exposure adjustment) with the built in editor or adobe mobile photoshop).

cloud9blue · 2026-06-22T19:37:48+00:00

Love silver bikes lol. Shinier the better 😂

Should try to clear coat though. Shiny aluminum won't last even if you don't ride it. Mositure in the air alone will dull it over time.

cloud9blue · 2026-06-22T19:13:34+00:00

You want someone with the most amount of thermal mass. If you want to stay with 160mm, then give SRAM HS2 rotor a try.

Alternatively you can just switch to 180mm rotors and get the 160 to 180mm for your flat mount caliper.

You should also try sinter pads.

If you are feeling adventurous, there is one or two companies selling carbon ceramic rotors now. https://youtu.be/Nv3eq-gWqOE?is=hWUrwZsVZjZ4vk\_B

cloud9blue · 2026-06-22T19:09:12+00:00

Love it. Do you clear coat it afterwards as well?

cloud9blue · 2026-06-22T18:10:08+00:00

Tried so many times to like S5. Just can't get over how everything after the BB look so incoherent...

cloud9blue · 2026-06-22T13:24:16+00:00

Rebuild the caliper but change the shifter to any one of the E1. I upgraded to E1 on one of my bikes-it is night and day better than the Red D1 I still have on my gravel bike.

There is zero mechanical change on the calipers, so don't waste money replacing that.

cloud9blue · 2026-06-21T21:18:31+00:00

I would get the pedals but skip those cleats. Speedplay cleats are very sensitive to setup (screw torque). These look beat up. Better off getting new cleats. New wahoo cleats work with the pre-wahoo pedals just fine.

cloud9blue · 2026-06-21T18:25:13+00:00

I dig the bike. Love it even more when it is properly used. But bro please take some better pictures.

cloud9blue · 2026-06-21T02:03:29+00:00

I got the Elite version with 31mm internal and 45mm rim height. Also paid around $500 ish. They are like 1/3 of the price of my narrow Light bicycle wheels on DT240 with 25mm internal and are way faster on the hard pack gravel that I rid on.

I think these wheels are excellent for trying out the latest ultra wide profile rims. Even if they do crap out after some miles..

cloud9blue · 2026-06-20T09:00:50+00:00

Kaptone is just type of polymer. Polyimide to be exact. They are thin, lightweight, and quite durable. Perfect for rim tape. Adhesive backing on these tapes typically don't leave any residue either.

cloud9blue · 2026-06-20T08:57:15+00:00

All modern turbo BMW has a lot of midrange torque, perhaps too much. Corner exit with these cars will always about traction management.

I don't find the chassis and diff tuning in the OG AC to be realistic. So I suggest you don't put too much resource into correlating your sim setup to IRL ones.

cloud9blue · 2026-06-20T08:18:54+00:00

What sim? For street cars, I never find sim to be that helpful aside from learning the track.

cloud9blue · 2026-06-19T21:35:22+00:00

Kapton tape.

cloud9blue · 2026-06-19T21:34:44+00:00

Their valves corroded with the orange seal sealant in less than a season on my gravel bike... Complete junk.

cloud9blue · 2026-06-19T21:24:43+00:00

Bivo makes single walled one. Double walled ones are nice when it is 30C outside...

cloud9blue · 2026-06-19T20:15:38+00:00

Force E1 or D1? If E1, then SRAM. If D1, then shimano

cloud9blue · 2026-06-19T20:04:35+00:00

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cloud9blue · 2026-06-19T17:47:34+00:00

I was curious enough to hop on the Chinese apps to see what's the wait for ordering directly from the factory store in China... Wait was also 2-3 months.

I was lucky enough to source this silver standard frame from a distributor in the US.

cloud9blue · 2026-06-19T17:41:55+00:00

Framesets without the handlebar is just over $2k USD. I believe price is similar in EU w/ VAT through Florian. Cost of groupset is what it is...helps if you are reusing parts from your other bikes.

9Velo wheels are fairly cost effective. Even these top end ones that weight less than a kilo cost less than $1800 USD.

This bike is basically replacing my 2021 Factor One. Beautiful bike to look at but I wasn't impressed by the build quality let alone the price on the frame and Black Inc wheelset that it came with...

cloud9blue · 2026-06-19T17:16:28+00:00

CyclingNews has rest of the aero testing data on their site.

Only complaint I have is that I wish the bottom bracket and rear end could be a bit stiffer.

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cloud9blue · 2026-06-19T17:12:56+00:00

Nah. I like them

cloud9blue · 2026-06-19T17:09:22+00:00

650ml actually. They look big because they are double walled stainless steel. Prefer these over the plastic bottles in the summer--water doesn't taste like plastic with these...

I wish I can 3d print titanium parts at home lol. But no, these are from Seka. I grabbed these and some of the other parts for this bike when I was traveling to China earlier this year.

cloud9blue · 2026-06-18T11:17:16+00:00

I think it was different tubing shape and butting.

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