2021 Trek Checkpoint
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congrats man, this bike freaking RULES. you'll be happy. I keep a set of road wheels/tires and gravel wheels/tires which helps me not miss out on a domane.
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I've owned two BB90 bikes, and never had any of the infamous creaking issues. I think it's a wise move for Trek to move to T47, but I wouldn't worry too much about it. Enjoy your new ride!
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It’s not a play, it is the older spelling of Nomad -probably the more correct one. Daemon would be better given to the aero bike and Madone should be on the Emonda. https://www.bikeradar.com/features/trek-daemon/
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I open for wheelset #2 not looked into it much yet (what ones you go with?) .... but going tubeless on the stockers do rubber swapping will be annoying .. second wheelset means problem solved =) ...
I run one set of wheels tubeless with the GR2 Team Issue and a MTB Cassette actually (the Shimano Deore XT 11-40T). The road set is tubed w/ the bontrager R3 and a Ultegra 11-34T
wolf tooth roadlink DM makes the bike play perfectly with both cassettes and I haven't had chain slack issues etc.
Having a second setup makes swapping from road to gravel a 3 minute job instead of a 20 minute one it was before (even was I was fast with the it still ends up being a process somehow).
In retrospect I may have opted for even knobier tires, maybe not bontrager wheels for the second setup as the rides in my area have been gnarly [almost need a MTB for em] but hey, you live/you learn. Eventually I'll get some real nice wheels and use these on my girlfriends FX 4 Carbon so she can keep up on gravel!
That said, regarding the 2021, I do I had the GRX hoods as I've heard great things, but otherwise I'm loving having ultegra across the rest of the bike.
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knowing what I know now I'd have likely done it (meaning nicer wheels/tires) but I bought a second set of the stock paradigm comp 25.
I run one set of wheels tubeless with the GR2 Team Issue and a MTB Cassette actually (the Shimano Deore XT 11-40T). The road set is tubed w/ the bontrager R3 and a Ultegra 11-34T
wolf tooth roadlink DM makes the bike play perfectly with both cassettes and I haven't had chain slack issues etc.
Having a second setup makes swapping from road to gravel a 3 minute job instead of a 20 minute one it was before (even was I was fast with the it still ends up being a process somehow).
In retrospect I may have opted for even knobier tires, maybe not bontrager wheels for the second setup as the rides in my area have been gnarly [almost need a MTB for em] but hey, you live/you learn. Eventually I'll get some real nice wheels and use these on my girlfriends FX 4 Carbon so she can keep up on gravel!
That said, regarding the 2021, I do I had the GRX hoods as I've heard great things, but otherwise I'm loving having ultegra across the rest of the bike.
I run one set of wheels tubeless with the GR2 Team Issue and a MTB Cassette actually (the Shimano Deore XT 11-40T). The road set is tubed w/ the bontrager R3 and a Ultegra 11-34T
wolf tooth roadlink DM makes the bike play perfectly with both cassettes and I haven't had chain slack issues etc.
Having a second setup makes swapping from road to gravel a 3 minute job instead of a 20 minute one it was before (even was I was fast with the it still ends up being a process somehow).
In retrospect I may have opted for even knobier tires, maybe not bontrager wheels for the second setup as the rides in my area have been gnarly [almost need a MTB for em] but hey, you live/you learn. Eventually I'll get some real nice wheels and use these on my girlfriends FX 4 Carbon so she can keep up on gravel!
That said, regarding the 2021, I do I had the GRX hoods as I've heard great things, but otherwise I'm loving having ultegra across the rest of the bike.
I going to get a fitting to confirm everything is set right for me once i do another lengthy ride on it and see how i feel as i think that bag could be responsible for my back a bit ...
Still .... handlebars seem like a wider set would be more my style and maybe even a stem length swap ... will see what the bike fit determines for me as honestly after only having a too small of a mountain bike and my turbo trainer to use for the several months maybe i am being a bit too picky about it ... will see
thanks for the info on the wheelset and yes i am with you on that to probably get a nicer wheelset for the road to help with the hill climb events i like to do ... shop owner said he runs a 11-42 on his checkpoint but he had to add a link to the chain in order to get that right ... during my first ride i had rubbing when i was on TBR and tried to use some of my taller gears i had that annoying rubbing going on ... I would not have expected it and i think the shop might have missed that tweak when they were setting it up for me *sigh* ... less that is normal with a 11spd cassette (don't know as this is my first of this type...) road bike i road last time also had some click play to do micro moves of the Front De ... seems to be absent on GRX810
2021 SL6 comes with a GRX810 not the ultegra road stuff 11-34 \ 31-48 -- BTW