I think I need to stop reading postings on this forum or I'll go broke... 200+ miles on a new Civante, just ordered the Redstem post and stem after seeing the good reviews here and look forward to putting them on.Ten times the fun would mean I'll never want to get off the bike!
Cross Core + RedShift Stem
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Jetsfan901
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I added the Kinext seat post and Redshift ShockStop to my Cross Core and definitely made a difference.
And you are right, reading these forums can get very expensive, too many good ideas on here to make out ebikes even better...
Last night I added the Velo grips to my bike..
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Got about 50 miles now with the Redshift stem (30°/100mm) and seatpost units on the Civante... what a difference, I'm sold... didn't expect this much smoothing, but never had a bike with any shock systems at all before, just standard road bikes, and felt the bumps as normal. But now with an Ebike and shock reduction this is like riding in a dream, really enjoyable and find myself riding lots further. You might notice in the pic I also put a stem extender on to raise the bar even higher, and a phone holder - handlebar's really full! Lucky to have this fun, safe way to get out and explore outdoors.
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FlatSix911
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You have a lot going on the bars... how did you relocate/attach the power level buttons below?
Jetsfan901
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That does seem pretty low to be able to reach. And on the Yamaha bike, the handlebars are quite busy . Have a Quad Lock on order using the black Friday sale for my phone...
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Oski1997
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I have a Civante. I’ll give it a try.
Djangodog
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I have ridden with the Red Shift stem for approximately 500 miles. Except for when I am using the inner bar ends, (really just Specialized carbon bar ends mounted inboard), I never even notice that it is there, (other than that it does a very good job of relieving the harshness of the ride. I also added a Cane Creel eeSilk carbon seatpost.
About half of my riding is on dirt/gravel roads along the New Hampshire and Vermont border, half way up the state. The addition of these components has made a huge difference regarding comfort with no noticeable loss of power or control and with very little in the way of a weight penalty. If anything, control is improved because the largest mass, (me), is not getting knocked around nearly so badly.
I have made other modifications to my cockpit as well including Salsa Deluxe Bend bars, SQLabs 710 grips, Garmin 830 GPS, relocating the Yamaha display to the front of the handlebar so that my knee doesn’t make contact when riding up a steep hill out of saddle and I also machined a Delrin adaptor to mount my headlight to the GoPro time mount on my Garmin mount.
The SQLabs grips felt a little odd at first and took about 60 miles to get used to, but now that I am accustomed to them, I do like them Very much.
About half of my riding is on dirt/gravel roads along the New Hampshire and Vermont border, half way up the state. The addition of these components has made a huge difference regarding comfort with no noticeable loss of power or control and with very little in the way of a weight penalty. If anything, control is improved because the largest mass, (me), is not getting knocked around nearly so badly.
I have made other modifications to my cockpit as well including Salsa Deluxe Bend bars, SQLabs 710 grips, Garmin 830 GPS, relocating the Yamaha display to the front of the handlebar so that my knee doesn’t make contact when riding up a steep hill out of saddle and I also machined a Delrin adaptor to mount my headlight to the GoPro time mount on my Garmin mount.
The SQLabs grips felt a little odd at first and took about 60 miles to get used to, but now that I am accustomed to them, I do like them Very much.
