They are out of stock on the specialied website. Curious if I order off a site like thebikezone.com if the lifetime warranty and crash replacement still would apply?
Didn’t even think to finger poke cause I didn’t feel to bad, just a headache. Now it all makes sense. I can usually tell when my bloodsugar is high or low but tonight I really couldn’t.
Need to grab a couple and have never used them before. Saw a lot of people saying the Ali express ones are reliable. Is that true?
If not, what else?
Need 700 x 28-32C
Looking for the thinnest of thin cycling socks. Let’s hear what you have.
Returned the smith network helmet and went to a different shop. I prefer the fit of this giro agilis helmet way more.
The had a white lazer Z1 kineticore that I really wanted for the ability to store sunglasses, better airflow and the colour but it was literally twice as much as this one. Still kinda kicking myself in the ass for not buying it.
How does the fit look?
Says there’s only 1 ride on them and decided he wanted something different. I can’t verify that. But I’m curious, is this a good deal? Seems like half price.
I’d be putting them on my 23 Aethos comp. I was tempted to go with deeper more aero wheels but I just don’t wanna be blown around while riding. It’s pretty windy where I live.
I also don’t have huge climbs where I live it’s a lot of ups and downs so I’d be using these more as an all arounder.
What are your thoughts?
I definately don’t want to leave my road bike outside as our city has a high rate of bike theft. But if I need fuel on my rides and I run out of everything I brought, I will stop by a grocery store or gas station.
Most are cool with me bringing the bike in, a few haven’t been which I respect the rules and just say “no problem, have a good day” and turn around.
Obviously I wouldn’t bring it into a restaurant or something haha.
I try to go into stores or pizza shops that are not chain stores and I find they are a bit more open to it because it’s tough to run a buisness nowadays if you don’t have a big corporation backing you.
Whats your experience?
Only thing I dislike about it is I neglect my other bikes.
Mountain biker here.
Just picked up a specialized Aethos about a month ago, have a slow leak that will go completely flat after about 3 days.
I think it’s just the tube or valve stem, going to troubleshoot later.
I’m curious though. Do these tires have more life left in them? How generally do I know when a road tires toast?
Also here you can see a little indent/ dot on them pictured here. Is that normal? They are specialized turbo pro’s according to the spec sheet.
Big enduro guy who used to spend his days pretty much lapping the bike park on long travel bikes. Love climbing and big days in the saddle so I started looking into trail bikes that can do everything well.
Called my shop almost 3 years ago and was asking what they had or what they could get for a 140/150 bike.
He said I can get you a Santa Cruz Hightower xo AXS for $6000 CAD taxes in, so pretty much half MRSP price. I was only looking to spend around $5000 but after reading into this bike I decided the extra thousand bucks was worth it.
My god was it ever worth it. I’ve done thousands of KM’s on it and some big dirty rides and have loved every minute of it. I’ve done xc rides, trail rides, I even have taken it to the bike park a few times and yes it felt overwhelmed there but it handled it better than I thought.
I put a longer dropper on it, changed over my industry nine enduro s wheels laced to hydra hubs on it and threw some oneup carbon bars on it and boy does she ever rip.
Only problem is now I barely ride my long travel bike anymore hahaha.
This bike is amazing.
Picked up this aethos about a month ago as my first proper road bike, I’ve been loving it. I’ve done about 300km’s on it so far. Mostly just in between mountain bike rides.
It’s weird cause I’m getting sore quads for like 25-35 minutes into the ride then it slowly gets better.
This is also my first 2 weeks of ever riding clipped In.
Like I said I have a fit scheduled for next week but I’d love to get out for a rip with a buddy from work on the weekend and would just like to know if you guys see anything that screams my fits off or tweaks to make.
Thanks in advance.
I have a bike fit scheduled for next week but I’d love to be able to ride this weekend. Does anyone have any suggestions or does anything stick out that looks off?
I’m one of you now 😂 also, should I go white or black helmet? Judging by the posts and conversations here I feel like blacks the answer.
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I always hear everyone say to aim for 100g of carbs per hour. That would be nice if my pancreas didn’t leave the chat when I was a kid 😂
If I do that my blood sugars would be going quite high. Obviously I could correct what I eat with insulin but then you run the risk of a low blood sugar which is even worse. The way I’d describe a low blood sugar while riding is pretty much a bonk feeling until levels rise back to normal after eating.
I guess I’m just kind of venting here in this post haha. I understand I could have way worse conditions that would leave me unable to ride at all but I’m just curious if anyone else in here deals with this?
I frequently do 4-5 hour rides and unfortunately end up honking quite a bit.
Mountain biker here,
I’ve always ride wrapped my mountain bikes. Just picked up a specialized aethos comp and my god this things beautiful. Should I wrap it?
For real though. Where I started and where I ended before getting a proper fit was a night and day difference so thank you.