Fine Tuning the Sworks SL8

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Cyclespeed Tours

4 ай бұрын

The first 2 weeks with the Sworks SL8. First ride impressions and some tweaks to the bike.

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@simonwarmer8777 4 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear you’ve got a creak again. Always seem to happen to people who know their stuff and really take good care of things. You’ll sort it out 👍

@CyclespeedTours 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! It's a slow process of elmination. The frustrating thing is that the Ostro had been dead quiet for a good few months!

@simonwarmer8777 4 ай бұрын

@@CyclespeedTours Ostro’s last attempt to stay in business :)

@royanderson3478 4 ай бұрын

@CyclespeedTours So it looks like you built the bike up yourself. I really like the stock SL8 as is.LOVE❤ your ride. Enjoy

@roberttindall1203 4 ай бұрын

lovely bike, I can highly recommend the Magcad garmin mount, fits much better than the roval mount and lighter….

@CyclespeedTours 4 ай бұрын

On my shopping list!

@MrSzwarz 4 ай бұрын

To eliminate creaking from the BB area, just replace whole crank set for couple days...

@nicensleazy1892 4 ай бұрын

Andrew it sounds like you are relatively happy with the new bike - we can all safely sleep now - however, you have a noise coming from the crank or pedal now - this weightweenie stuff always has some kind of issue I feel . But anyhow, good luck !

@CyclespeedTours 4 ай бұрын

Makes life more interesting!

@derekcranson2307 4 ай бұрын

Hi there mate,the problem that u have with the creaking noise i got the solution for it.I got the same crankset rotor aldhu that had the same symptoms and the problems was coming from the chairing that goes on the spines of the axle. All u have to do is to take the chairing out,put some loctite 270,mount the chairing on the axle after u apply the loctite on the splines .Don't use the bike for few hours after that so that loctite can dry properly. This worked for me.

@CyclespeedTours 4 ай бұрын

Thanks mate, good tips. I know that the Aldhu crankset can be problematic - I suspect it was the cause of many of my creaks on the Ostro. But the strange thing is that the last 3 months on the Ostro were dead quiet, but re-installing it in the SL8 may have 'awoken' something. Loctite is a good one - I used it on the Ostro BB cups. Will try on the Aldhu as well as using PTFE tape on BB threads.

@Eirikkinserdal 4 ай бұрын

Was the fsa k-force team crankset not an option? As far as i know the cybrei is a dub spindle. 🤔 and how much heavier is the dura ace?

@CyclespeedTours 4 ай бұрын

Not keen on the FSA, and yes the Cybrei is a DUB spindle (29mm). It comes with the BB, so no big issue there.Will be doing a full comparison video on DA, Rotor and Cybrei soon.

@Bikes-guitars 23 күн бұрын

Have you seen the Aerover bars Andrew? They are about 20 grams lighter than the Roval bar and they do a Titanium computer mount that only weighs 12 grams, I’m just about to build my SL8 with these bars, they do them in 36cm too! Website says out of stock but I messaged them on Instagram and they found a set in my size, arrived in 7 working days with correct SL8 Adapter, they look really nice and the computer mount is lower than the Roval bar.

@CyclespeedTours 20 күн бұрын

Yes been looking at these for a while, but as you say, no stock. I think you got lucky! I keep my eye on their website though.

@simonwarmer8777 3 ай бұрын

Would you ride a Galfer 140 at the front if possible on the sl8 like the ostro or does the 140 fade/warp on steep downhills? I ride a 140 front sl7 now on the flats and it’s fine.

@CyclespeedTours 3 ай бұрын

I tried a 140 front on the Ostro and didn't like it. It lacked bite, and overheating is already an issue on 160 in mountains, so 140 would be even worse. A few guys round here run 140 front, mainly to reduce rub. Weight saving is very small. So for flatfish rides I would say OK, but any kind of hilly stuff, go 160. Interestingly, the SL8 is incapable of taking a 140 front.

@simonwarmer8777 3 ай бұрын

@@CyclespeedTours Thanks a bunch! I will put my DA 160 rotor back than when I’m going abroad. Helpfull! Have a nice day from the pancake country.

@stuartdryer1352 4 ай бұрын

Chain ring bolts? I know it sounds like it's coming from the left, but creaks are weird.

@CyclespeedTours 4 ай бұрын

This crankset does not have chain ring bolts, it's a 1 piece thing, but there is a union between the rings and the crank - interference fit.

@RC-yv9dz Ай бұрын

Hi Mate, I got a bianchi specialissima cv... i have the same wheelset as you and almost all TI bolts, how did you get 5.9 kg on this build? mine sits at 13.5 lbs.

@CyclespeedTours Ай бұрын

My frame is 675g, which helps, then I use a 75g AX saddle and a Roval Rapide 1 piece bar.

@seanmccuen6970 4 ай бұрын

how are you getting on with the Galfer rotors? do you think the 6-bolt version tends to run straighter than the centerlock version?

@MrSzwarz 4 ай бұрын

I had Sramn, and Easton cranset, Easton are unacceptably bad quality, purchased the cheapest alu Rotor Vegast 2 x and since march 2023 never dropped chain, or had any chain rubbing (it also accepts 11-12 speed chains and groupsets). Perfect quality, I use it with TIME 2023 frameset.

@CyclespeedTours 4 ай бұрын

I’ve had no issues with 6 bolt but I did with centerlock

@seanmccuen6970 4 ай бұрын

@@CyclespeedTours such as straightness from the factory?

@martinkroutil 4 ай бұрын

I use candle wax on my shimano pedals. Just get a normal tea candle and rub it all over pedal (where did you put grease and on those steel pads on pedals), stops all noise coming from pedals and does not attract dirt and dust and last on pedals surprisingly long. Also that electrical tape on those valves looks a bit out of place on such a super bike, get yourself some antiratle valve stickers, but that is just a detail otherwise amazing looking bike.

@CyclespeedTours 4 ай бұрын

Good tip thanks, will try, although never had noises from pedals before in many years, so not sure why now?! And you are quite right about the yucky tape on the valve. I have just changed it for a perfectly cut circle!

@rafacycle 4 ай бұрын

How is that you go for 360 handlebar? You are very narrow shoulder ?

@CyclespeedTours 4 ай бұрын

I am only 1.74m and 65kg, but I really think that a wide handlebar is unnecessary. You almost never turn it (unlike on say a mountain bike).

@Eirikkinserdal 4 ай бұрын

did you find the ostro hard to balance riding no hands? mine is very hard to steer riding with my hands off the handlebars 🤔

@CyclespeedTours 4 ай бұрын

No, no problems. Check headset tension maybe?

@myxti3669 4 ай бұрын

I don't know how cable routing works on the OSTRO, but if you can, check how brake cables are routed. On the supersix gen3 this is a big problem because the hose has to pass through a small canal, pushing the handlebar to one side slightly, making it hard to ride with no hands.

@Eirikkinserdal 4 ай бұрын

I tried Loosening it a little bit, but maybe a little more? 🤔

@vladvultur3347 4 ай бұрын

Hi where did you purchase the top bolt from stem and seat post clamp pleasev any link will be helpful thank you

@CyclespeedTours 4 ай бұрын

I bought a load ages ago from ProBolt UK. They still exist, but there are other places. Even Amazon has them

@vladvultur3347 4 ай бұрын

@@CyclespeedTours thank you i just find a company call ti-parts -titanium .

@vladvultur3347 3 ай бұрын

@cyclespeedtours do you know the length and size of the bolt on the caliper, and top cap for stem? Please

@PeakTorque 4 ай бұрын

PF86 over bsa anyday (if they can make it round which the industry cannot). Bsa cups make the chainstays pretty skinny and floppy as its such a narrow shell.

@CyclespeedTours 4 ай бұрын

with my measly 285w FTP I won't be troubling my chainstays too much!!

@Pablo_Coach 3 ай бұрын

@@CyclespeedTours FTP is not really matter in this case. Your sprint/acceleration power is much bigger (maybe 1200-1600W) and then this floppy chainstays will be bent. It's a shame that the Specialized didn't handle the press fit BB properly and used a poor, flimsy threaded BB....

@CyclespeedTours 3 ай бұрын

@@Pablo_Coach of course I can make more than 285W in a sprint (thank goodness!), my point being that a pro can make way more than me and they ride the SL8 to victory no problem. Tour magazine tested the SL8 to be extremely stiff where it needs to be, so I don't think there is any problem here.

@Pablo_Coach 3 ай бұрын

@@CyclespeedTours ok. I think pro tour rider have some different frames, made special for WT

@nicensleazy1892 4 ай бұрын

your mate on his Colnago EPS - great frame , raced mine all over europe - hand made under Ernesto's House in Cambiago :-)

@CyclespeedTours 4 ай бұрын

They have a cult following for good reason I guess....

@Gufolicious 4 ай бұрын

can you lift/put the bike on a scale in your video next time? would be cool to see it with my own eyes.

@CyclespeedTours 4 ай бұрын

Sure, will do. Hopefully when it shows less than 5.8 !! CHeck out my Ostro vid, that was below 6kg (weighed on camera!) also.

@ariffau 4 ай бұрын

8:57 S5 has tyre clearance for up to 34c slicks.

@CyclespeedTours 4 ай бұрын

they do a better job of 'hiding' the rear wheel for sure

@andreassakkas7234 4 ай бұрын

Not the S5 from 2020 onwards. A 28mm tyre has 1 mm clearance

@ariffau 4 ай бұрын

@@andreassakkas7234 I think you are looking at the S5 with less deep head tube. The one Team Sunweb used. The latest S5 is more aero (with deeper headtube section) and has space for 34c tyres.

@XPCTECH 4 ай бұрын

return to store

@CyclespeedTours 4 ай бұрын

maybe, who knows?!

@nicensleazy1892 4 ай бұрын

I was just reading about the complete mess of the bike industry . I think the overinflated prices of frames coming out of Chinese & Taiwanese factories are are staggering. Compounded with many bike brands just sticking their names on a generic frame. When you look at the price of a fully kitted out bike and compare that to something like a Ducati motorcycle which has far more working parts and engineering it makes you wonder.

@CyclespeedTours 4 ай бұрын

Very true, bicycle prices make no sense compared to motorbikes. My SL8 is worth more than my Ducati Hpermotard 950 and there is SO much more to the Ducati. I guess it comes down to volumes and that hand built carbon parts are very expensive to produce.

@Pablo_Coach 3 ай бұрын

@@CyclespeedTours You should buy the latest Giant TCR Pro 2024 - awesome bike, VERY high quality carbon composite and precisely made! And PF86 with very high tolerances.

@royanderson3478 4 ай бұрын

My opinion 😊The best bike out there. My choice 😊

@greghart6310 4 ай бұрын

You have to 'fine tune' a bike that cost nearly 15000 dollars? That's outrageous and utterly ridiculous! (So is paying that amount for a bike btw)

@CyclespeedTours 4 ай бұрын

It comes with cheap steel bolts. But so do Porsches and Ferraris. You can tune those too….

@Mikadobiscuits 4 ай бұрын

@@CyclespeedTours a €15k bike came with cheap bolts !? And it creaks too

@ILOVEDEFENDINGTHE1PERCENT 4 ай бұрын

@@Mikadobiscuits How expensive do you want a steel bolt to be? Even the nicest ones cost cents in bulk.

@CyclespeedTours 4 ай бұрын

@@Mikadobiscuits 5k frame more like, but yeah, all top end bolts come with cheap steel bolts as far as I know. Shimano could easily provide Ti bolts for their Dura Ace calipers, but they don't.....go figure. Also, i fyou look under the hood of a 120k Porsche, you won't find any titanium there either.

@Mikadobiscuits 4 ай бұрын

All im seeing here is excuses from specialized fan-boys who have been ripped off

@omarcastz 4 ай бұрын

SL8 continues to be a very ugly bike. Bring back the beautiful and creak-free Factor Ostro.

@Pablo_Coach 3 ай бұрын

Factor Ostro VAM has low stiffness probably. Maybe newest model 2024 hmm Who knows...

@KikeLiLK 4 ай бұрын

I know a lot of people who has creaking issues with the Rotor Aldhu crankset 🤕

@CyclespeedTours 4 ай бұрын

Seems so , yes, but it had been very quiet on the Ostro for months up to now.

@KikeLiLK 4 ай бұрын

@@CyclespeedTours I feel you! That's pretty annoying when everything goes smooth and suddenly these things happen, especially for us who have the bikes in a perfect condition and with its services properly done and all of a sudden, it seems that our ears can only heat that noises🤢

@SAnderson77 4 ай бұрын

I had a THM bottom bracket and the crank as well. But I sold it as when I was doing any climbing out of the saddle putting through some torque through it just used to creak like mad on both my SL7 and the 8. Replaced the DA SPD pedals Tighten chainring bolts (carbon ti rings) and added carbon paste. Bought a new THM BB and spacers THM preload is fiddly but no luck! Plus also @85kg not heavy but not a feather weight rider. So gave up and have put in a Hambini bottom bracket and gone back to the DA crank this will hopefully sort it out. Also looking at the Cybrei Crank as well have a friend who has ordered one so will be interesting to get some feedback back before maybe I buy one

@CyclespeedTours 4 ай бұрын

@@SAnderson77 interesting. The Aldhu was dead quiet on the Ostro, so not sure it's that. Will hopefully have and review the Cybrei by next weekend.