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Same here - the SHOKZ are defs my favorite - my ear canals keep ejecting in-ear types of devices. Ive moved from the OpenRun to the OpenFit recently and am very impressed at the sound quality.

I really enjoyed this last year, albeit only did the 50miler. Its great having a gravel race this close to CPT.

You can always skip Galgeberg and just peel off coming back at Lords. The course is really good even without the climb altho admittedly defeats the whole point of doing it.

Agreed. TBH the stuff im not good at is the time consuming maintenance id honestly outsource or in some cases just rather upsell --> Untrue Wheels - I can replace a spoke, and get a decent bush level of truing using a ziptie, but if a wheel is too far gone needing a rebuild, id rather sell and buy a new one. Brake Bleeds - Mineral oil, happy to do myself, DOT4, aint no chance i want that on my garage floor or hands - it goes in. Bottom Brackets - BSA, do it myself, Pressfit, ive stopped doing these because im not doing them often enough to get the tolerance right. Probably a topic for another day, but most of us DIY mechanics are probably doing this critical component incorrectly. The rest of the bike is YouTube obvious, monkey see monkey do type of activity.

Has anyone actually attended the home mechanic course and is it recommended if you can already strip bolts, over tighten headsets and untrue wheels?

Are you going to keep the suspension fork or go fixed? Some notes around component compatibility: 1-Sram 1x11 is not actually compatible between thumb and brake shift levers - you need the right RD 2-Sram hydraulics works fine between post and direct mount calipers i.e mtb calipers work fine with brake shift levers 3-as mentioned throughout this thread, the size of the front chainring can be limiting on a MTB, potentially maxing out at 36/38t which will limit your overdrive. 4-geometry on a MTB for gravel purposes can be tricky, you're going to pedal hard for the bike to "float" That is all - ignore anything else anyone else says - o wait - its keyboard friday ...

Something nifty to play with is this GPX -> STL converter i discovered yesterday. If you want to custom 3D print a GPX file with elevation accentuated for one of your rides off strava: https://gpxtruder.xyz/ I would merge this onto a base plate with labels and descriptions etc similar to this Nurbugring 3D print.

I was going to print that for fun, then realised it had a $1 fee .... Id be very cautious using this design for anything heavier than a 530/540. The 1030/1040 would definitely break that on a rough surface. Attached images are a replica of the canyon 3D mount which took quite a bit to break in the stress test, but honestly my discovery on resonance based breaks makes me doubtful on these use cases, and they look ugly on a nice bike. IMG_4100.HEIC IMG_4103.HEIC IMG_4109.HEIC

head of finance only tracks the color of the bike, just dont change color and number of them in the garage and you're good

Ride what you got .... and if you can - get a crux so you can be faster than everyone else on gravel 🤣

My 2024 Crux came with Shimano GRX 820 12-speed mechanical which ive spent some time with. Ive now changed the front chainring to 42t and the rear cassette to a 10-51t which gives me a nice pedalling range from 0.82 -> 4.2 (originally came with 40t and 10-45t cassette 0.89 -> 4.0). For those wanting a poor mans mechanical mullet, its hard to beat Shimano durability and value, but can honestly say that the smoothness of my 1x11 SRAM Force is missed. FWIW im using a "goatlink" to allow my medium cage derailleur to absorb the larger cassette. Also im not crazy about the chain-line on a non-boost setup. There is a heap of resistance with the chain this far over .

https://www.buildvolume.co.za/bambu-lab-a1-mini?utm_campaign=e25dc934-aef8-4b45-9a67-89234927cc46&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=118b6e6f-fbca-4108-97ec-cfd16c348e3f So tempting - R12k for the combo.

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Ag nee man Dave, you belong in the pro welding thread, this is for us hackers with plastic printers 🖨️ 😁

Temu has alot that im keen on - thanks for the tip!