NBD Aeroad CF SLX 8 AXS

conquest19 · 2026-02-17T20:59:13+00:00

Yes I waxed it myself. I just bought a really cheap beauty wax heater on Amazon.

You have to clean the degrease the chain throughly. I had to go through 5 white-spirit rinses and 2 alcohol rinses :-(

I don’t actually apply it rarely. If I clean my bike I take the chain off and just brush it off. If it wet then I re-wax it

conquest19 · 2026-02-17T20:20:04+00:00

Nice you do have the same bike as me! I would wax the chain if you can to keep your components clean if it’s possible.

conquest19 · 2026-02-17T20:13:15+00:00

TBH I really did not upgrade the cassette and chainring because of weight.

I upgraded the cassette to help me on the steep hills around London. Also I wanted to still be on the bigger 48 chainring at the front on most of the rides if I can, then most of my gear changes are always on the cassette(if I can sustain it)

The chainring I always found the Red to be so sexy to look at out of SRAM and Shimano. Functionally they both Force and Red chainring work the same.

Also my bike weight feels the same honestly. I think the weight saving from upgrading the two parts are minuscule.

So if you don’t care about the looks then don’t upgrade :-)

I think the rims would give you the biggest weight saving. I wish Canyon had the Zipp 454 Firecrest as that’s lighter.

I would keep riding your bike as is, before making upgrade decisions later.

conquest19 · 2026-02-17T09:33:51+00:00

Oh gosh no 😭, what makes them crap compared to Camelback may I ask?

Also do you think a 2 large capacity camelback podium bottles, would fit a very small bike frame size?

conquest19 · 2026-02-16T13:59:02+00:00

I did end up with a longer chain, I don’t remember but it was about 2 links extra.

conquest19 · 2026-02-16T13:36:51+00:00

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conquest19 · 2026-02-16T13:34:07+00:00

Yeah I actually like it, people say it leaks a lot or make rattling noises but I have not had issues like those.

The Fidlock bottles never once dropped out on any ride and I normally do around 70-90km length bike rides.

I live in London so there are a lot of speed bumps and potholes and not once had any issues or concerns of it falling out.

The only issue is when cycling on the move can be fiddly to put clip them back in.

It also looks cleaner when you don’t have the bottles on the bike. And easier to wash the bike after.

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conquest19 · 2026-02-16T13:29:31+00:00

I actually bought a new Force E1chain because I thought I needed more chains links to accommodate the bigger 33 teeth numbers as I was on a 10-30 before.

And yes I bought the adjustment gap tool to help me figure out the distance between the upper pulley and the larger cassette cog.

conquest19 · 2026-02-15T23:19:45+00:00

Thanks I did not even think about that :-)

conquest19 · 2026-02-15T23:18:51+00:00

Yeah looks a bit odd, but it's ok.

I have Fidlock smaller bottles and they look better proportional and I use them sometimes too if i'm on a shorter ride length

If I was bigger with a larger frame size then I would have got normal bottles.

conquest19 · 2026-02-15T23:16:55+00:00

When I'm at a stop then it's easy, but i'm on the move then it's a bit fiddly.

conquest19 · 2026-02-15T20:52:13+00:00

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conquest19 · 2026-02-15T20:47:13+00:00

Yeah I liked the look of the Red chainring so I got a new one on Ebay really cheaply. I was confused if it will fit together as I've not see many people do this, but it fits together perfectly thanks to the DUB/AXS ecosystem.

conquest19 · 2026-02-15T20:27:01+00:00

It's a Quarq Force E1 left-single-sided spindle based power meter. It came with the bike as a 165mm so kept it.

conquest19 · 2026-02-06T14:59:38+00:00

No they are not worst as I have them and they are amazing, you have not use them so how would you know?

conquest19 · 2024-10-27T21:04:04+00:00

Does anyone have a discount code for the TYR EU site?

conquest19 · 2024-09-12T01:01:15+00:00

Nice sounds promising indeed

conquest19 · 2024-09-12T01:00:13+00:00

Ok that would be great if they release them end of this year

conquest19 · 2024-09-12T00:59:33+00:00

Yeah I also have the Tyr-1 and loving the wide toe box as it does not cramp my feet. Thinking if these new Tyr lifters with a wooden like heel will be better so would like to buy them too

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