Nice I have the same bike, really like it, How is the shifting with the internal routing of the shifter cables and how was the installaiton? that is something I want to do soon, as I need to shorten the hydraulic hoses anyway since they are now too long after going from the stock 44cm bar to a 36.
Shifting is not as crisp as it should be, but it’s not bad enough that I’m considering taking it external.
Install was the most involved internal routing I’ve done, but not hard or frustrating. Just takes time fishing things to where you want them.
I will likely go to an electronic group set when I stumble upon a good enough deal.
Because the Vanquish performance takes a 200 gram penalty but the set costs the same as just the rear on the rapides. And the HEDs are wider internal. Also, not sure if it is still the case, but Spec was licensing the rim profile from HED… as was Hollogram and several other brands just ripped off the patent.
HED is the OG for awesome wheels.
The main reason for the question was that based on the other components it looked like it was a stock build in which case it would seem odd to swap out Roval Rapide CLX II for a pair of HED Vanquish
Just for sake of clarification, the internal width of the OG Vanquish (which from my eye is what he has) and the Rapides CLX is the same (21 mm) however the external is wider on the Rapides (Vanquish is 30.6mm Rapide is 35mm). The new Vanquish have gotten a bit wider both internal (22.4mm) and external (31.1mm)
Not a new bike but…I moved an older SRAM Force AXS eTap group to the off road/gravel bike today. Pretty stoked how it turned out…
-Masi CX frame
-2020 SRAM Force AXS D1 group (10-33 cassette)
-2024 SRAM Force AXS D2 crank/PM…46/33
-2018 DT Swiss 1100 Dicut ARC wheels @62mm
-IRC Boken tires
-Pro stem and Bars (120x40)
-Black Inc. post.
-Sella Italia saddle
Yeah, I’m well aware of HED wheels. I was on the original HED Belgium C2 around their launch back in 2010. Rode the Jet 6+ and Disc in tri/TT from 2018-2021 and have had HED Eroica (now named the Emporia) on my gravel bike since 2020
My Gravel Bike. Got the bike (with mech disk brakes) for 650 euros on Wiggle before they stopped shipping to the EU. Basically put on a bunch of spares and 2nd hand deals on it. Wheels, tyres, stem, bars, cranks, hydraulics, etc.
I don’t really like how it looks that much, but the second I get on it, it rides like a dream. It suites my gravel riding style very well.
Damn…that was the bike that started it all for me. Looked exactly the same.
Cool! It’s a fun bike to ride.
I have the same frame running an Etap groupset. So are you saying you run full length gear outers through the frame? As when mine came from the shop running 105, the gear cables entered on the downtube.
Superb bar-tape coordination🤘
Is that a custom paint job or some kind of vinyl wrap??
Thanks! I’m trying to get ahold of the gray Specialized Power saddle, as well.
This 3D-printed piece adds internal cablestops to that hole on the downtube, so the shift housings run from bar into head tube and down to that access hole:
https://www.printables.com/model/391559-supersix-evo-internal-cable-stop
The tight bend into the head tube contributes to less-than-perfect shifting, but I think an integrated bar will allow for a bit more space to have more gradual bends.
(The reality is that I’ll go wireless as soon as I stumble upon a good enough deal.)
That’s a very cool solution! My supersix came with mechanical 105 but also one of their integrated knot hollogram bar/stems. Well, the bar was the Save version but I swapped to a narrower knot version. I had 11 speed Etap from another bike which I put on it when I changed the bar. Electronic set up saves so much aggro when building bikes!
It was a full-on paint job. Cost me £1800 (about $2300) for the design, finishing and painting. That was also for a matching painted helmet. Not cheap, but I loved it. But I’ve learned a lesson now…don’t custom paint bikes unless you absolutely have to. No-one cares when it comes to selling it.