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  1. Ben J

    I bought a Grizl:ON CF 9, AMA

    You may remember me from such bikes as the Turbo Tero X 6.0 or the Aventure.2. I was very interested in the Creo 2 but didn't jump on that fast enough. I ended up getting the Grizl:ON CF 9 because it's a very similar bike. I was looking for something faster on roads/light gravel, lighter, with...
  2. Ben J

    No more 2023 Turbo Creo 2s

    Chatted with a rep online. The models shown on the website are not going to come back in stock. The Creo line will continue, but they are not making more of the 2023s. It also sounded like Specialized dealers are not allowed to ship bikes outside their region, so no use finding stock at a...
  3. Ben J

    I thought Class 3 would feel safer on the road

    I thought going faster on the road would reduce the speed differential to cars and make me feel safer riding in the bike lane (aka bike gutter). What I've found is that drivers are so focused on I must pass all cyclists that what really happens is that there is still a 20+MPH speed...
  4. Ben J

    CyclOSM: An OpenStreetMap-based bicycle map

    In my area, CyclOSM is a really good resource for cycling infrastructure. It knows about a lot of paths that Google maps doesn't, and it has finer-grained information about what's on the road. It also has stuff that Google maps doesn't even try to have, like map markers for bicycle parking. As...
  5. Ben J

    How to display average power ratio in mission control?

    I know you can display "power ratio" but I expected there to be some kind of "trip average power ratio" like I had seen on Bosch units. I don't see it in the obvious place, but I thought I'd ask in case it has a weird name and I just didn't spot it. (Power ratio being your contribution vs the...
  6. Ben J

    I bought a Turbo Tero X 6.0, AMA

    This is a new line for 2023, so there's not a lot of information out there. Happy to answer questions. Thanks to EBR because the review video comprises most of the available information that isn't just Specialized's own website. Here are a few things I've learned since I got it that I couldn't...
  7. Ben J

    Reasons not to buy an Aventure.2

    I’m saying you shouldn’t buy it! There are lots of reviews and long-term ownership reports on the Aventure and they are mostly positive. Those reviews are all true! But there are negatives to the bike. That’s all I’m listing here. If you want a balanced view of the bike, you need to go look at...
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