The mount is brilliant, friend worked it up out of solid bit of alu so nice and light and secure. The weight should be fine I reckon. It's got a couple of screws under the bar and the mount is fairly substantial for a garmin mount.
Not tried them but had the exustar ones which are probably exactly the same and had no issues.
The whole mount was made? Looks real quality, I had assumed it was the
legit Canyon as looks so similar to the one they have for the Ultimate (I think it is). Or just the lower camera mount part was fabricated? The light fits much more snug to the mount than my VIRB does to the bottom of my K Edge (but the VIRB is quite a chubby beast).
Good to hear the exustar are ok. Will give them a try after these. Seem to be knocking the rubber bits off the Keo's far too easily (done it 3 times in the last 6 months, usually within a few weeks of fitting a new cleat). The plastic then wears down quite quickly. Annoying as for £10 they're an expensive bit of plastic...
Had my Tracer rebuilt after battery wasn’t holding charge a few years ago.
Cost about £25, some new internals and body.
Interesting, will have to bear in mind. Probably no worth it on a Tracer (when a new one with the new functionality is only £5-10 more), but if pricing is similar for more expensive lights (Blaze/Race/Strada etc) then certainly worth it.
Talking of rear lights, along comes the new TraceR, Peloton feature is very cool, think I will get another pair when bike to work comes back around!
https://road.cc/content/review/254272-exposure-tracer-mk2-reakt-and-peloton
Haha how apt we where talking about them! Had heard the Reakt works well but Peloton maybe not ideal for group rides as invariably not everyone will be running a front light. The usual trick in group rides of angling your front down also means the Peloton doesn't always pick it up - it seems to need direct light into its sensor from a light source to adjust. We'll soon see I'm sure - I'm glad them adding the new functions doesn't seem to have impacted the general great quality of the light. Will await feedback on how much the extra features impact battery life...!
Roadie : thread about hubs.
https://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=113&t=154886
My experience backs up what is stated in the thread. I changed my WI front hub bearings in March when I got the rear wheel built.
They were Enduro bearings and had gone a little rumbly so I swapped them for SKF rather than leave them to go bad. I think the good design and tolerances made it a doddle to do, all came apart and went back together very simple.
Good info and feedback on various types of hubs and setups, but just highlights how much of a minefield it can be - different wheelbuilders preferring different things over their individual (and dare I say it - geographical) areas/cross section of riders/customers. If one of them in is quite a sandy area without much heavy rain while dealing with lots of MTB and CX riders their opinions are biased towards hubs with low ingress, possibly little moisture protection and not too many concerns over weight/rolling resistance. Compared to a more general road wheel builder who's experienced in wet winters with road salt etc, so ingress becomes biggest priority. Horses for courses.
Although NovemberDave is from RI, USA. His website seems to hint most of his customers are MTB. With bm0p700f being UK (Suffolk) based but primarily a Campagnolo builder. NovemberDave sounds like a wheelbuilder by trade, bm0p sounds just like a guy who owns a bike shop and likes to build wheels.