Thanks y’all. Apparently that Capore Sano is the place.
Weird question for the platform mtb pedalers, does shoe rubber dry out? I have a pair of 5.10 Freerider Pros that I’ve had for a few years, and I swear they do not want to stick to my pedals any more. This is the first time I’ve not just worn a pair of shoes out and kept them for strictly mtb duty.
I popped off twice and burgered the same calf on my last ride. This could likely also be because it was my first mtb ride in 2 months and skills are lacking atm.
shoe rubber definitely dries out, especially soft, sticky rubber like climbing soles which is similar to mtb soles. if I recall it’s something to do with the plasticizers at the surface off-gassing and not being mechanically replaced from within due to flexing, and UV/oxygen exposure
if they’re not too far gone you may be able to sand or file the glazed surface off and expose fresh rubber
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How about your pedal pins? And yeah… remembering to keep those heels down.
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The left crankarm fell off my burro recently and despite my efforts to tighten it back onto the bicycle, it is still very floppy. It is a 73mm shell with Truvativ Stylo GXP GIGAPIPE cranks - do I just replace it? V confused over here
That was a common failure of Octalink, too. It probably has been working loose and is now rounded out.
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Thanks, I’ll just look into a replacement
GIGAPIPE
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Shartq: what benefits are you getting from your wahoo/garmin/ stem GPS?
I have routing through an old android running Brouter in OSM+ - I refuse to believe anything else could route so well.
Are you mostly using it to track analytics on power, distance, speed etc?
I have a Karoo2 and it doesn’t do much that my phone couldn’t do. But the battery lasts much longer on the Karoo2 and I can hear the audio cues a lot easier (maybe because my phone is in a case). And I like that I can control the GPS with it’s side buttons when the touchscreen won’t work because it’s raining. It also seems like the Karoo2 is more durable than a phone but I haven’t had a chance to test that out.
I mostly use it for routing but it’s interesting to see how many miles I’ve ridden (and how many each bike gets).
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Navigation and Strava. The main benefit is that its much smaller than a phone. An old phone would probably navigate better, but I don’t want that on my stem.
Battery life, weather tolerance, can talk to my ANT bits (hrm, power meter)
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it’s all stuff you can make work on a phone, but it’s all better integrated/packaged in a garmin/wahoo/karoo
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Very much this. Its also nice not having a giant screen mounted to the stem/bars, though the Hammerhead is fast approaching that size
I heard a rumor that karoo3 would come in small/large sizes, hoping that’s the case
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If you’re using it for nav, I don’t see why a small size phone screen would be bad. Weird cycling fashion niche to be a slave to if you’re out in the woods trying to find your way on a long ride.
The real answer is it takes effort to get an older droid of your choosing, epoxy a mount to it, and load it with apps of your choice. What I did when I tried this is go to gsm arena and filtered for the exact form factor and features I wanted using their phone finder: Phone Finder - search for a phone by feature - GSMArena.com
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Its a purely aesthetic thing. And, tbh, a giant screen isn’t really necessary for bike navigating. The turns tend to be simple and with plenty of time to prep for them.
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