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Stefan Mikes reacted to Chargeride's post in the thread 2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos with
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The ride started at Sadgill, hopelessy cute hamlet Started very unassumingly, easy gravel ride in lovely weather. Withinminutes the... -
Stefan Mikes replied to the thread Specialized Turbo Vado/Como/Tero/Tero X User Club.I admit I wasn't focusing on the technical side of my Vado 6.0 since March this year. Got lazy and even didn't bother to find my chain...
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Stefan Mikes reacted to Chargeride's post in the thread 2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos with Haha.
Three country ride, superb,hope you didnt buy anything in Switzerland.
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Stefan Mikes reacted to Base's post in the thread 2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos with Like.
Riding in three countries in one day, France, Switzerland and Germany. Had some luck with the weather and some good post ride grilling.
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Stefan Mikes reacted to rochrunner's post in the thread SRAM NX 11-spd derailleur on SL 4.0 with Like.
The problem -- found by my local shop -- was that the stainless steel pins pressed onto the HG freehub were out of position, resulting...
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Stefan Mikes replied to the thread 2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos.Rab, I'm impressed with the Metric Century you made on an analogue bicycle in your mountains! The chain link... Well, the things do...
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Stefan Mikes reacted to Chargeride's post in the thread 2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos with Love.
Day could have gone better, but it was awesome in a we're still alive sort of way.
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Stefan Mikes reacted to RabH's post in the thread 2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos with Love.
After my last ride on my Giant Hybrid I had to change the bar grips from the very painful ergo grips that have been on the bike for 17...
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Stefan Mikes replied to the thread Vado SL 4.0 12-Speed Conversion.Good to hear the issues have been identified! Many happy rides!
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The bike shop found the problem and it was something that I didn't know about. The HG freehub on the Onyx hubs have stainless steel...
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Stefan Mikes replied to the thread Yet another Vado SL tire thread.@rochrunner, it is not an easy question. The issue is the market has moved in the worst possible direction: the proper tyres offered now...
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Now that I've decided against going tubeless, I'm ready to ditch my Pathfinder Pros because they are too prone to punctures when run...
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I have been very happy with the Panaracer Gravel King X1 Plus tires on my Pinarello. The 40mm version on my 25mm GRX rims measure 42mm...
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Stefan Mikes replied to the thread American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric.A little self-deprecating story :) For a large part of my life I was surrounded by the metric values. For instance, I was shooting the...
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Stefan Mikes reacted to Roamers's post in the thread American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric with Like.
Sure. If I ned a part, look it up or measure if necessary, and order. Don't order many parts, but ordering an "X" for specific model...