Recent content by BlackHand

The bib shorts that are almost, but not actually, white really confuse me. As does the multiple shades of orange that look like like 1 color block unless you see an up close or still view of the rider. Why use shades with so little contrast?

That Weekender is very nicely equipped, but I too would be concerned about getting a XL given your height would seem to fit nicely into a L size frame. Of course a 2021 bike would function just as well today as it did in 2021, you just don't have access to updates or upgrades since the old...

Yes, clean the contacts between the Intuvia and its mount. Sometimes you also have to adjust the cables going into the mount to ensure the contact points are making good contact. The Intuvia in particular has a rep of being sensitive to dirty contacts or even the contacts wearing if you...

She-squatches, of course.

Go Seahawks

The earlier stage replays are there. Caught up on stages 2 and 3 tonight. Stage 1 was pretty good, really nice to see Biniam off to a good start with NSN. Don't bother watching the time trial Stage 2: due to high winds they announced the times wouldn't count towards GC so many of the riders...

The Mahle torque # is a derived figure to make it comparable to mid drives. From the ebike24 blog

Small correction on my part: the rotors with integrated magnets are the EM810 and EM910. Essentially the same as the MT800 and MT900 but the center piece has a built in spot on one arm for the magnet assembly. @Chazmo the black coating allows Shimano to differentiate the XTR/DuraAce level...

Just finished watching the last of the Mallorca Challenges. Beautiful scenery there too, though I bet the peloton was tired of looking at Remco's backside by the end. Early indications are that Red Bull is going to be tough this year. I think their challenge might be trying to spread the...

Looks great! I'm putting a 2nd wheelset together so I can have a nicer road set and use the old wheels as a winter/off-road set. Got a pair of MT900 rotors for the new wheels. The CL's look a little cleaner to me, but the MT900 is available with the speed sensor magnet I need on my Bosch (and...

You also need to figure out the battery since a 418wh battery is too large to fly with.

I don't have a Smart System bike. But no, you can choose to adjust any of those 5 settings independently or ignore them as it suits you. For instance, one could set the max watts to 320 and the max torque to 50 if you were riding with someone on a SL bike. Of course, just like in...

My biggest non-racing take-aways from the TDA. 1) Thank God Bianchi is with a better color-coordinated team in Bahrain Victorious! The Arkea/Bianchi color combo was just horrible. 2) No Arkea and Ineos switching to orange should make it a little easier to pick out teams in the peloton. Way...

The video Stomp linked was older, I believe. Based on what I'm reading here, it seems quite a bit simpler with Bosch at least for the static modes. I don't need to know the boost factor to calculate that Eco, which is 60%, will give me 60 watts for every 100 watts I put in. Anyways...

Hard to argue with that value for $160, though the 11-51 wouldn't work for me personally. I think a XT/SLX combo could be put together al la carte from Jenson for about $70 more...