I was out today riding 30s on my SL8. I forgot how nice it was to ride fast.
SL8 is kind of magic with how compliant, yet fast it is. I do stick to a decent country road route though.
I was riding Schwalbe GS-One RS Pro 40s all winter to save wear on my 2.2s. They were ok, didnāt really notice any speed/handling difference and once the 40s are done will probably go with something wider for more comfort.
Iāve got a set of 40mm Challenge Strada Biancas that have been pretty awesome.
They are quite a pain to install, but great otherwise.
What do ppl think of the Satin Carbon color on the Sworks?
I like it but am worried the matte wonāt hold up well. Deciding on this vs the Rival black gloss and just doing a strip-down / rebuild of my own parts. I really donāt dig many of the other colors..
Iāve got that colourway (or something very similar, canāt remember the exact name) on my SL7. Still looks great after 2.5 years of me riding it
I wonāt spoil your spoiler. But I also recently heard that Alex Wild was riding the new Crux when he took the KOM on Haleakala a few months back. The performance difference between racing on an all-out road race bike and something like the Crux is going to be a thin margin. The lack of support for a 2x drivetrain is going to be the biggest difference for people with a strong preference. For weekend warriors doing the fast local group ride or jumping in the occasional crit or road race, a bike like the Crux is not going to keep anyone off the podium.
Might be controversial, but could you not just use a clamp style FD on this bike? The tubes appear to be round down there - although not designed for it!
āquite a pain to installā may be the understatement of the decade for those tires. I have never had a harder install / uninstall in my 58 years!
A friend gifted me a set of the 36s and a set of the 40s.
I thought it was nice of him until I realized that he was just offloading them on me, probably as a prank.
Regardless, they roll nicely!!
ā¦with friends like thatā¦ agree, they definitely have great road feel, but probably took a year off my life 
Are most builds / frames really not going to be available until end of July / beg of August? I have some June and July races coming up and was hoping to be able to use the new Crux ā¦
The difference between the new Crux frameset and the old one on a size 54 is only 95g: found this reel with the weight differences: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZXjh-PB8Tj/
I bought one! Canāt wait to get out on it.
I donāt think either are on the way out. I said ābetter balanceā. At least for the foreseeable future, the reality is that electronic is always going to be heavier at a given spec level and probably more expensive than mechanical and if sram and shimano stop offering it as a high-end option, after-market manufacturers will fill that gap. At least in MTB there is an increasing amount of after-market manufacturers. Some frame manufacturers will also fill the gap of offering high-end frames with cable routing, taking some market share back from those who donāt offer it if they go that route. Regardless, specialized didnāt do that with the crux 5.
I remember people wearing goggles during some races several years agoā¦ Iām sure itās out of fashion but man that sounds better than poop in the eye and scratched corneas. I scratched them a few years ago during a race and it required antibiotics plus darkness only for several days. And that was without the poop.
When I did unbound/DK, I cut my knee open a few miles into the race. I got it glued back together at the aid station at mile 50 (thanks Dr. Smiley!) but for the rest of the race all I thought about was what was in that mud splashing onto my knee 
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There are a couple of ok paint jobs, but this is the only one I like. Hopefully it becomes available at some point. Iām in no hurry, will just keep riding my soon to be 7-year old Open UP
Bummer
Not to derail this thread, but since you brought up mech vs wireless: I now have had two non transmission axs eagle derailleurs crap out on me in four years. First one Sram sent a replacement for free. Second they said no. Iām in the process of soldering a replacement pogo pin on the second bad one. On the other hand, I havenāt had any issues with my Force axs setup on my road bike.
I was going to run a cable and housing through my epic evo 7 to get it up and running for a race last night with spare mech shifting/derailleur but installing the housing to rear derailleur looked like way too much work for a quick (2 hourāish job ha).
Itās not fun on the Epic 8 since there arenāt any internal guides. At least my frame is 40g lighter, though. 
For those buying the new Crux
what is your ETA?
do yall plan to run the Roval wheels or something else?
Thanks for the review. Sounds like a great bike! One questionā¦. Does it have any toe overlap?