mschwett
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who knew the creo would be such a gateway drug to cycling!
today i hit 10,000 miles since i took up cycling more seriously in the early days of 2021. 6,000 of those miles on a creo, 500 on a commuter/errand/kid hauling hub drive that i initially also rode for fun, and 3500 on a regular no motor road bike.
zero significant problems with the creo in that time over some very fast, very hard miles. mostly roads, some gravel, some singletrack. the only non-maintenance item was a replacement of the future shock when the little balls that make it "click" between stops fell out, making it click-less. completely ridable in the meantime, and a quick warranty replacement even mid-pandemic. about 80% of the rides were/are logged with mission control, the other 20% with a cycling app called "cadence" which i prefer for it's more flexible dashboard and averaged-power-over-time displays. i've changed a lot of the components over time - the wheels, cranks, pedals, rear cassette, rear driver, chain ring, through axles, saddle, seatpost, and stem/bars. i'm considering upgrading it to 1x di2, but will probably wait a bit to see what the next generation of grx looks like.
the most beautiful thing about the creo is that other than being heavy (mine is around 28lb at this point, i believe) it rides like a good carbon gravel/road bike with endurance geometry. once you're moving, the weight makes almost no difference, and the power is there if you need it... and you don't need to use it if you don't! i never would have ridden the places i did without it, and while i rarely use turbo mode on a pleasure/fitness ride, i've used it to get out of many a cycling pickle (like bonking hard in the sierra nevada with thousands of feet of climbing before i got home) and it also makes the creo a fantastic commuting machine here in san francisco, where 20% grades on city streets are not terribly uncommon.
now that i have a regular road bike, i don't ride the creo as much anymore, but every time i do it makes me smile!
today i hit 10,000 miles since i took up cycling more seriously in the early days of 2021. 6,000 of those miles on a creo, 500 on a commuter/errand/kid hauling hub drive that i initially also rode for fun, and 3500 on a regular no motor road bike.
zero significant problems with the creo in that time over some very fast, very hard miles. mostly roads, some gravel, some singletrack. the only non-maintenance item was a replacement of the future shock when the little balls that make it "click" between stops fell out, making it click-less. completely ridable in the meantime, and a quick warranty replacement even mid-pandemic. about 80% of the rides were/are logged with mission control, the other 20% with a cycling app called "cadence" which i prefer for it's more flexible dashboard and averaged-power-over-time displays. i've changed a lot of the components over time - the wheels, cranks, pedals, rear cassette, rear driver, chain ring, through axles, saddle, seatpost, and stem/bars. i'm considering upgrading it to 1x di2, but will probably wait a bit to see what the next generation of grx looks like.
the most beautiful thing about the creo is that other than being heavy (mine is around 28lb at this point, i believe) it rides like a good carbon gravel/road bike with endurance geometry. once you're moving, the weight makes almost no difference, and the power is there if you need it... and you don't need to use it if you don't! i never would have ridden the places i did without it, and while i rarely use turbo mode on a pleasure/fitness ride, i've used it to get out of many a cycling pickle (like bonking hard in the sierra nevada with thousands of feet of climbing before i got home) and it also makes the creo a fantastic commuting machine here in san francisco, where 20% grades on city streets are not terribly uncommon.
now that i have a regular road bike, i don't ride the creo as much anymore, but every time i do it makes me smile!
