I have never regretted buying a Speed Concept, and overall I’ve been very pleased with it. But, running out and dropping $10,000 bike isn’t realistic for everyone. I was recently chatting with some friends around this, and I decided to see how much it would cost to build a TT bike that I would ride, and feel comfortable providing a roadmap around if someone wanted to get into the discipline “on the…
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June 13, 2024
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November 2, 2022
XLAB Gorilla XT Bottle Cage Grip Test – Does it actually have 14lbs of grip force?
XLAB makes purpose built bottle cages for rear/saddle mounts on time trial (TT) or tri-bikes. They also make some specific claims about the grip force provided by the Gorilla XT cage. Which means we can test it :). …
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October 17, 2022
Install Shimano SW-R9150 Satellite Shifter on a Time Trial (TT) or Tri Bike
I was disappointed to discover that the Shimano Di2 system on my Trek Speed Concept didn’t have enough buttons to support manual shifting or D-Fly (i.e. changing pages on your Garmin). I can live without the manual shifting, but not D-Fly, so I set to figuring out how to add extra shifters to the aerobars on the bike. 12-Speed Considerations: 00:23 The Problem: 1:12 The Parts: 02:21 Cockpit Matters: 04:28 Installation Tidbits:…