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The reason I purchased a set of Rene Herse Snoqualmie Pass 44s was to increase battery range. According to Bicycle Rolling Resistance the Snoqualmie Pass had close to the lowest resistance of all the gravel tires. For example, the SP Extralite has a rr about 8watts less than the specialized...

My wife and I took delivery of Creo 2 Comps in early May this year. After about 1500km on the stock tires, I switched mine out to Rene Herse Snoqualmie Pass extra light 44mm with TPU tubes. These have transformed my bike on pavement where we do most of our riding; faster for the same effort...

Thanks Charleyt, that range is about right...in any case we'll find out for ourselves sometime in April. Depending on the tour length we do use fork mounted bags when touring with the Disc Trucker. Lynn's weighs in at under 31lbs with rear rack, seat and handlebar bags, and steel fenders.

The store I purchased from was about 2 hours from me, not exactly local but close enough...they had my size and color in stock (56), my wife's size (54) but not her color, so we have to wait for hers to come in from another store. We could take delivery of them next week, but don't want to bring...

Thanks, Charleyt. We've been bike touring for years with our Surly Disc Truckers, so we're all set up. Our first rides will be over some uplands in Eastern Ontario, then through the high hills of the Eastern Townships of Quebec - maybe that's where we'll ride first. We won't be touring at...

My wife and I just ordered Creo 2 comps, will pick them up in April. These bikes, although Gravel oriented, tick almost all of the boxes: - Upright fit. We weren't looking for road geometry or position. The LBS will install the 3, 5mm spacers under the stem to raise the bars. For me flipping the...

Great! That is good to know. Thank you.

Hello Paul, I'm nearing a decision to pull the trigger on a Creo 2 Comp, and your review is very informative. Can you divulge your weight and hieght? I'm 6', 32" inseam (or PBH as Rivendell would say), 175lbs. The 56 seems to fit me well.

Do you mean that I shouldn't post on this forum because I now want a Specialized Creo 2 Comp? "Moneyed" non thinker, what does that even mean? Whichever bike I purchase has to be capable of epic rides up the Gaspe peninsula, the hills of the Eastern Townships, the mountains of New York, Vermont...

So I've also become comfortable with carbon fiber frames, so these Specialized bike seem to tick all of the boxes.

Well I gotta say that right now I'm leaning towards Specialized Turbo Creo. Either last years model at a steep discount or this years model Creo 2 Comp. We've had them fit to us and they will be just fine, also the motor controller is exactly what we're looking for. Buying last years model we...

Thanks for the link, I'll give them a call.

Not interested in Rubee system. Pedaluma appears to only convert existing bikes to ebike, they are local to California. I'm across the continent in Montreal. Hilltopper ebikes are really cheap, but I think that their motor controller will leave a lot to be desired. Their controller is the basic...

Still working on this...went to a couple of LBS today, will visit more in the coming days. I've made a diagram of my favorite ride with critical dimensions to bring with me. With the diagram I'll be able to measure various models at the LBS to check if one gets close to what I need.

Grin...holy smokes that may be the ticket! I have two old steel frame bikes, a Miyata and a Rocky Mountain, both in really good condition. Perhaps a Grin all axle motor will fit one of them.

Are there any custom ebike builders that you know of?

Yeah, the Trek Domane SLR or Specialized Creo may be the one. Which stem did you put on to get +7 degree?

That Surly looks really promising - I'll check it out.

Well, Rome, I guess I wasn't asking for YOUR advice, yeah? Why even bother commenting if you have nothing to add? On the other hand, there is a vast amount of experience available on EBR and those who are willing to share their experience, I am sure, will be happy to do so.

Aushiker, thanks for the response. I have a Surly Disc Trucker that I use for loaded touring, and love it. It's a heavy beast. Ribble doesn't ship ebikes to Canada according to their website, and Canyon Canada doesn't list ebikes on their website. Oh well. We'll find something. I've ridden one...