You are too kind sir 🙏

Jacob, I visited Kharkiv about 6 years ago and was impressed by how many cyclists I saw on the central street during the cycling parade/event. Thousands! You guys are brave, keep kicking putler's invaders out and hopefully, states will send you enough M777 to do the job.

@@george.carlin 6 years later and post covid...people aren't cycling as much.

It's just that 2 different gear systems, to build something as simple as a bike, makes humans look abit dumb.

@@JuvoII What?

Cheers mate! Happy you found it useful. For whatever it’s worth I did run fully wired 11speed di2 before the 12speed came out. I’m with you on keeping my fingers crossed for 12speed grx soon!

Now be honest, you’re on rim brakes right? (I kid I kid) Cheers mate!

@@ridesofjapan … haha, reminded me that I need your #DiscBrakeDeathSquad tshirt. Just so there’s no confusion out on the streets 😎😁

Cheers mate! Don't have any experience with Alex Cycle sorry. I'm a little bit confused though, if they are an authorized Shimano dealer, they should not be allowed to ship Shimano products overseas to different Shimano territories... Which makes me believe they are a "grey market" dealer. Just speculations though. Thanks again!

I run 48-31 GRX cranks with 11-36 cassette, and GRX RD. Works great. I did have an 11-42 cassette but that was overreaching the RD's capabilities... though the 31/42 ratio for climbing was almost like MTB gearing :)

Adapt the gearing to your use and riding conditions. I often ride a TT bike with 1x 54t or 56t chainring, but I've gone as far as 42/28 and 11-36 on my gravel/bikepacking bike. Pretty good for long steep gravel climbs (endurance Z2) , perfect alignement when riding on the flat at ~30-35km/h. On the descents I spin out at 50km/h but when bikepacking, I prefer to rest anyway instead of pushing and wasting energy. So bigger doesn't really make any sense for that use.

@@swe223 hey, how did you get to the 42/28. I’ve been thinking about doing something similar, looking at white industry’s crank set, for my gravel bike. Would be interested to know what components you used?

@@andrep4435 My Gravel bike (Kona Sutra LTD) uses a MTB Bottom Bracket so it was a little bit easier for me. For example, I can use an XTR M980 crank which comes in 44-30 or 42-28, or any MTB crankset in 104/64 BCD and adapt any chainring on them. Personally I mounted Osymetric chainrings because I love them. With a road BB however it's hard to go below 30 because of the bigger BCD but it should still be good enough. For example GRX (46/30 natively with smaller BCD) or Absolute Black who makes 46/30 chainrings that go on 110BCD. But you can still compensate in the back with something like an XTR 11s 11-40.

@@swe223 thx!

Its all relative in the end :) Cheers mate!

Det är jag som ska tacka! Tack!

Zero insert issues. (I follow the instructions and always use the included washers) Cheers!

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@@ridesofjapan thanks (: quite impressive!

Most superlight Cheers!

Not really ridden any proper gravel.. but I can already say that it’s more chainslap for sure without that clutch. I’m definitely picking up a clutch 12speed di2 RD as soon as they release one. Question is, will it be XTR or GRX that comes first? 🫣

Thank you for your reply! I was looking at the 105 di2 for an all road build on a gravel frame - with the possible future upgrade to a GRX 12 speed rear mech. But I don’t like the idea of scraping the paint off my chainstays before that GRX mech maybe or maybe not turns up. Maybe I’ll just go full bonanza with the EKAR group - it sure is light…

You can't hear the brakes because they don't make any noise :) Majority of braking happen before the corner. If there is any breaking through a corner it just light feathering of the brakes.

@@ridesofjapan Thank you for the reply! Those downhills look really amazing. Makes me want to try them.

That is not true in this European country

Bicycles in Japan belong to the "unmotorized vehicle" category - so they're still considered "vehicles" and hence expected to abide by the same traffic rules as the motorized counterparts. PLUS some odd regulations, like "you're allowed to ride on the sidewalk at a speed that is slow enough for you to a complete stop at any given time IF said sidewalk is wider than 3 meters."

@@Kirinji1kirinji thank you!

Nothing extreme like that, -6 / +6 or something like that, don’t remember exactly

@@ridesofjapan Thanks. I put the -19/+19 there as each trim setting has different extreme end values.

DT350 hubs are super loud unless theyve been freshly packed or replaced with thicker grease than stock.

@@jaro6985 Maybe Farsports is a fan of RoJ and knows that quiet hubs make us happy? I know they loud AF normally. My 650b GR1600 are...

@@grahamwynde1176 yeah possibly theyve been tweaked. When you clean them youll find out I guess

Strava and Instagram most likely yes. Not a “produced” video here on KZfaq since I’ll be busy riding the event.

No problems

I had what looked like cracks on the inside of my Easton ec90sl cranks, see reply I got from Stif Sports below: "They have confirmed that the marks you have spotted are from the production of the crank and do not affect its structure. The item is safe to use but please keep an eye on them, if any further marks appear get in touch straight away and we can investigate these for you. I have seen similar markings on Race Face cranks (Race Face and Easton are owned by the same company) and these are also marks from the production of the arm which do not affect the structure."

Not even for a single second :)

Fingers crossed socks

Gravelking tires seem to stay true to size in my experience. Rims are 21mm internal

New 12speed Shimano (Ultegra and dura ace) take 11-34 by design.

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no, shift happens at the time of pressing the button

Same here. Ultegra 11-spd in my case 🥲

My ultegra is spot on, my DA setup on the other hand gave me more noise from the cassette area… the extralite HG freehub is a pretty loose fit with the 12speed cassettes, so did experiment with removing the adhesive ring behind the cassette. Got it pretty quiet now, but I still would say my Ultegra setup is quieter.

Interesting, my Ultegra has been really hard to set up right. I am hoping it will improve once it wears in. Last question - I’m running the same crank and chainrings and it has a tendency in the small ring to such the chain between the frame and the chainring. Wondering if you had any other tips or tricks to set up the Ultegra front mech with the Easton crank and chainrings?

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No problems in either 11 or 12 speed. The Crank itself should never creak unless something is seriously wrong.

@@ridesofjapan cool, I just ask as I read somewhere that people where complaining about the Easton creeking

No idea

@@ridesofjapan It’s a bit unbelievable but rumor has it after next months elections there will be a return to normalcy.

To my knowlege there’s no 12speed di2 clutch derailleur that work with the wireless 12speed shifters. The only one Shimano makes at the moment is e-bike specific one, and from what I’ve gathered it’s not compatible. I’m eagerly awaiting GRX 12speed di2 rumors for this year.

@@ridesofjapan A GRX 12-speed di2 would be the perfect solution… hopefully they will release it this year. For now settled on a 49/33 chainring that was readily available, paired with the 11-36 cassette that got released with the 105 groupset. Should get me up most mountains. Hopefully the gravel is smooth enough to not throw my chain off without a clutch 😅

@Clashing0N having a front mech on will help a lot there 👍 We used to ride MTBs without clutches after all :)

Waiting patiently ;)

Especially surprised that the allroad bike doesn't provide a mount that allows to go lower.

@11robotics wrote: "switch to Campagnolo ... aside from ... 48/31 GRX crankset". I would love something like this. What is your exact setup, 11 or 12 speed RD? Do you use a GRX FD with Campy shifter? Or Campy FD? How reliable is the front shifting?

@@j18ter here's my setup: Campagnolo Centaur 11 levers and rear derailleur, Campagnolo Chorus 11 front derailleur (had a Centaur 11 before, the Chorus 11 is like 15g lighter and 100% compatible), Shimano GRX FC-RX810-2 crankset (originally with 48/31 chainrings, now with Specialités TA 46/30 chainrings), Campagnolo Potenza 11-32 cassette, Campagnolo Potenza chain. It shifts perfectly well in the front, with either the Centaur 11 or the Chorus 11 FD and with either the 48/31 original chainrings or the 46/30 Specialités TA ones. One minor issue though: the larger chainline of the GRX chainset compared to the standard road double chainline. Even though it shifts perfectly fine, the chainrings being 2.5-3 mm further out than they're supposed to be means that the chain is noisier when you use the large chainring with the largest 3-4 sprockets. The Campagnolo chain is also noisier in this scenario than the Shimano ones, which is why I will soon switch back to Shimano Ultegra cassettes and Shimano chains. With this setup, the chain is only slightly noisy when on the largest chainring and the two largest sprockets, which I seldom/never use as gear ratios anyway. Also, if you have a braze-on front derailleur, make sure it can slide down low enough to accomodate the 48 or 46 chainrings. Some frames don't allow you to go lower than the position for a 50 chainring. Mine has a round seat tube and a clamp mount, so I had no issue in setting the front derailleur at the correct height.

@@11robotics, the quick and very detailed reply is much appreciated. I'll have to think this over. The chain line issue is a good point (and to a lesser extent Q factor as well). I've considered the Rene Herse cranks for this very reason. They claim compatibility with Campy, even 12 speed. The required square taper BB is a little unorthodox for a modern bike, but maybe not out of place for my steel bike. Lowering the FD should not be difficult, as it's mounted with a clamp like yours.

@@j18ter you're welcome! You may also want to consider the 12-speed Chorus 48/32 crankset. I nearly bought it twice, but decided to stick to the GRX one so I can have access to decently priced chainrings. The GRX is a really versatile crankset for what it's worth, there are even 44/28 chainrings from Specialités TA for it if such a need should arise, and the default 48/31 gear combo is largely sufficient for typical road bike use cases.

I can't speak for all cranksets, but once setup they preform to my expectations. I does take some tinkering to set up the front shifting though.. a bit more trail and error compared to 11speed. Will it preform just as good as a native 12speed shimano crankset? probably not... but you can get it pretty close.

Unfortunately is hard to give a general answer that will cover all 11speed chainrings. But I’d say that most 2x 11speed chainrings will work fine with Shimano 12speed chains. However, 11speed 1x narrow-wide chainrings will generally NOT work with Shimano 12speed chain, as is the case with the Easton 1x 11speed chainrings.