I have the the al4. My bike now weighs 16.64 pounds with pedals, cages, and mounts. For the money i think its a great frame. I completely rebuilt it with scram rival axs. You can pickup the groupset for less than 500 online. I think i can get another pound off the bike. As someone who also has a starmac SL8, Pinarello paris, and Pinarello F5; I think its a good bike. My next project bike is the caad optimo. That build will come out much lighter
Very nice that's crazy light. Good idea with the Sram Rival...I guess I never considered anything but Shimano but need to check out the other options. 500 is not bad at all.
I knew a plumber would chime in! The opinions on shark bites are extreme but the consensus seemed to be that failures are caused by homeowner's not deburring the cuts and not seating to full depth. The pinhole was growing by the day so I took the risk and will inspect regularly and may come back to sweat in copper.
Can anyone help me decide between this and the 2023 checkpoint alr5 with 2x11 grx groupset? I'm coming from an entry level giant talon 5 mtb 27.5er. I was leaning more towards this for more of a "road" bike and keeping the mtb for more offroad stuff. But I mostly ride paved surfaces
I agree. The Domane with the stock wider wheels and tires can do gravel ok and road very well, Checkpoint is the opposite. If you already have a mountain bike, I'd get the Domane. I would have gotten the Checkpoint if I planned on more packed dirt/gravel than pavement, but so far it's all been long distant road where the Domane does great.
@@gameoflife7235 I went ahead and ordered this 2 weeks ago in the lichen green, need to wait till end of september for it but I'm pumped! appreciate the feedback
Without a stirrer and drill, you can always use something like a broom handle. I've done it before if it's all I had. It will take longer for sure but can be done. Just mix fast enough to not splash or get air bubbles in the paint.
I did have one flat, but it was a small 1/2" roofing nail that went perfectly into the tire. No tire could have avoided a flat from that. Other than that, no flats and I've put on about 700 miles. I did have one tube that slowly leaked out of the valve but I replaced it and no problems since then.
Been using them for 6 months and 6ea had alreadly failed on my. 3ea had leaks on the valve core. The plastic valve started cracking where the valve core screws in. 3 of them got punctured and couldn't be patched. Once they got a hole, TPU tubes cannot be patched. They are basically disposable tubes. At least with butyl rubes you can still fix them. Until TPU tubes become reliable I will stick to rubber butyl rubes on road bikes. Tubeless been reliable on my gravel and mountain bikes.
It depends on how much UV protection you want and how "white" you want your face/body to look. I have always just started adding the zinc a spoonful at a time and mixing, then testing it on my face. The "whiter" it is on your skin, the more UV protection but you can look like a ghost with a lot of zinc.
Note that even though those laser thermometers have an aiming laser, the actual solid angle that the bolometer is actually reading is huge like 15 degrees or so. Depending on the specific model.
Please everyone: Do not use any heat on those sensors. Just use a breaker bar with the oxygen sensor socket or a wrench that fits that sensor. You are risking more damage to a vehicle if you do not know what you are doing and heating the bottom of that sensor will take forever. The only time you can get away with heating up car parts is while working with suspension.
Why not just use a breaker bar to begin with along using pb blaster? I have used just that in situations like this even with tools from harbor freight.
Just got my Domane AL5 it's a very fast bike.....not record-breaking but fast, and the ride is smooth and very competent on the road and around corners. I just put skinnier tires on and put a more comfortable seat on it, and it rolls like a dream.
