Andy_P

I believe that with the Rapide kit having a 3mm spacer on each side, the rim effectively stays in the middle of the frame which means you don't have to re-dish the wheel. With that, the spacing of your cassette (chainline) remains non-boost which you have to keep in mind when you select a crankset/chainring. My thinking is that having the boost spacing of the cassette at the rear (achieved by the kits that have a 6mm spacer on the left and re-dishing the wheel) might give a better chainline.

Anyone have any experience with the Rapide boost adapter kit? https://www.rapide.co.za/product/rapide-xba-57-rear-hub-boost-adapter/

Slightly unrelated... My local specialized retailer found a crack on my Specialized Epic in the BB area. 2 weeks after the 5 year warranty period lapsed... I actually found what looked like a crack and took pictures before the warranty had lapsed, but didn’t realise I was so close to the end of my warranty period and didn’t get it checked our right away. Waiting to hear if Specialized will be able to help me out...

I was in the same boat 2 years ago. I have a Giant TCR Advanced 2. For me, I wanted a carbon deeper section wheel (50mm), slightly lighter (although I don’t believe weight is too critical), must be tubeless compatible as well as wider (25mm rim width). I believe this really gives you a do it all wheel. Some of the ‘cheaper’ carbon wheels (Darkhorse, Token) didn’t meet the above requirements and I ideally wanted a wheelset for less than R10k which these wheels were not. I decided to go the chinese import route, after some research (check the chinese carbon thread on bikehub) I went for XM CarbonSpeed and purchased the wheels directly from them. Spec’d them exactly the way I wanted on Novatec hubs with bladed spokes (about 1550g weight). Total cost came to R8000 (will be more now with exchange rate). I don’t ride my road bike that much but about 4000km later including numerous local road races and 1x IM the wheels are still going perfectly. I have not even had to true them as yet.

I'm in the same dilemma deciding between 25 and 30mm ID. I either run 2.25'' or 2.3'' tyres and thought 25mm is the way to go (currently have 21mm ID stock roval wheels) BUT seeing the new Roval XC wheels coming out in 29mm ID and also tyre volumes increasing in XC riding, I'm wondering if 30mm will be the way to go in the future. I'm a 75kg rider so strength isn't too much of a concern, I believe the 25mm ID Rapide's with 32 spokes front and back will be close to bomb proof for me.

Hi Riaan, I recently got my kickr core. It came with thru axle adapters so think it’ll work fine for my mtb. Still have to test fit my mtb on it, will probably get to it this weekend. Let me know if you have any specific questions and I’ll see if I can help.

What sort of temperature readings do you guys get when doing a spindown on a Kickr or Kickr core on the Wahoo app? After riding for approx 30 mins and doing a spindown, I get readings of 40-45 degC. Would be interested to hear what other guys are getting.

https://www.cyclelab.com/product/wahoo-kickr-core-indoor-trainer R10k please!!!

Any advice here on whether to go for SRAM Level TL brakes or Shimano SLX?

Anyone know how seeding works if you enter by substitution? Sounds like you get your seeding but not explicitly stated on the website...

How is a 80km flat course an ultra-marathon?