Hello all! Long post warning..
First off, shout out to Dan for answering questions about the tactical for me for the past month as I set my bike up. He truly couldn't have been more prompt or helpful through the whole process. Amazing!
I finally took my first ride today, and couldn't be more excited. I have a few random questions/comments that I was going to text Dan, but I figured there'd be interest for others as well on these considering the specificity:
-when I put the bike in the case, the derailleur is scary close to the zipper of the bag. My case didn't come with a derailleur cage, and even with the straps tight, I'm afraid the rear derailleur is going to take some weight of the bike. Any thoughts?
-is there a proper orientation to fit the rear and front wheels in the case? I couldn't figure a difference between my 2 wheels.
-i have a small, flat, black trapezoid shaped piece with two holes. What is this for?
-how do replacement pads work? I'd like to swap the forearm pads out
-I tried to find a way to arrange my spacers so that the di2 cable cutouts ran on the inside of the bars, rather than facing out. I tried a million orientations and only seem to be able to make them face outward on one, inward on the other.
-I want to move my extensions back one hole. I'd love a diagram of the di2 wiring so I could rewire this quickly from the extensions. I haven't read up on it yet, but I would hope it's as simple as disconnecting from the end of the shifters, fixing the cable length.
Some things worth noting from set up
-you gotta push in the di2 connector a bit harder than I had realized. I emailed Dan that I was having connection issues, when I simply wasnt pressing it in enough. I still feel dumb about this.
-when you buy the bike, go out and grab a long 9mm Allen wrench for the rear storage. Only way to get it on and off.
The battery inside the seat tube fell down the shaft on me. I set a piece of tape as a "catch" about 4 inches down so it won't fall down anymore.
I guess my only bit of set up criticism is that my bike came with the oversized pulley unassembled. I tried doing it myself, but didn't have the proper equipment or knowledge to swap the derailleur cage. I ended up taking it to a mechanic which was fine, but I was hoping the bike would have been assembled to the point where I could have thrown the chain on and rode away.
So stoked to put some miles on this thing! Thanks for reading.
First off, shout out to Dan for answering questions about the tactical for me for the past month as I set my bike up. He truly couldn't have been more prompt or helpful through the whole process. Amazing!
I finally took my first ride today, and couldn't be more excited. I have a few random questions/comments that I was going to text Dan, but I figured there'd be interest for others as well on these considering the specificity:
-when I put the bike in the case, the derailleur is scary close to the zipper of the bag. My case didn't come with a derailleur cage, and even with the straps tight, I'm afraid the rear derailleur is going to take some weight of the bike. Any thoughts?
-is there a proper orientation to fit the rear and front wheels in the case? I couldn't figure a difference between my 2 wheels.
-i have a small, flat, black trapezoid shaped piece with two holes. What is this for?
-how do replacement pads work? I'd like to swap the forearm pads out
-I tried to find a way to arrange my spacers so that the di2 cable cutouts ran on the inside of the bars, rather than facing out. I tried a million orientations and only seem to be able to make them face outward on one, inward on the other.
-I want to move my extensions back one hole. I'd love a diagram of the di2 wiring so I could rewire this quickly from the extensions. I haven't read up on it yet, but I would hope it's as simple as disconnecting from the end of the shifters, fixing the cable length.
Some things worth noting from set up
-you gotta push in the di2 connector a bit harder than I had realized. I emailed Dan that I was having connection issues, when I simply wasnt pressing it in enough. I still feel dumb about this.
-when you buy the bike, go out and grab a long 9mm Allen wrench for the rear storage. Only way to get it on and off.
The battery inside the seat tube fell down the shaft on me. I set a piece of tape as a "catch" about 4 inches down so it won't fall down anymore.
I guess my only bit of set up criticism is that my bike came with the oversized pulley unassembled. I tried doing it myself, but didn't have the proper equipment or knowledge to swap the derailleur cage. I ended up taking it to a mechanic which was fine, but I was hoping the bike would have been assembled to the point where I could have thrown the chain on and rode away.
So stoked to put some miles on this thing! Thanks for reading.
