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So, obviously Rouvy is nothing for me. Instead of switching gears constantly, I want to pedal constantly.

Its crap, suggested adding 3 volume spacers and letting air out mine and then pn compression and rebound etc etc till it said it was perfect the bike ran like a sag potatoes! Horrible so just went back to what i was set up to! Otter tv has a good video on it aswell indepth, but im definitely not the first person to say how bad this device can get it!

thanks for this video troy

I had both rouvvy and zwift . Used both apps every for 3 months . Rouvvy doesn’t even come close to zwift . Discontinued rouvvy and using zwift exclusively

Looks like fun?

Rouvy needs sound. Useless till then for people who still have their hearing

I love it! I did something similar around solstice several years ago Except it never gets dark here so no headlights needed! notquiteoverthehillcorrineanderic.blogspot.com/2021/06/sluice-box-slightly-crazy.html

Check out the full route here: www.strava.com/activities/11713649630

The mystery, the intrigue, the shenanigans!

Can you ride in race mode all the time? Such as during preloaded workouts, free riding, or on ERG mode?

Really happy to see this bike reviewed here. I’ve had my DV9 for about two months now and have had opportunities for long gravel/doubletrack rides, green, blue and black designer trails at Brown County State Park here in south central Indiana, also quite a bit of old fashioned hand cut singletrack in Hoosier National Forest. So, lots of terrain varieties and levels of difficulty. The bike is really extraordinarily in that it does so many things so well, and that which it doesn’t do well is pretty much the same limitation of any hardtail. It doesn’t have any special or noteworthy weaknesses unique to this bike. It makes me smile every time I go out, even if it’s just for an hour of fooling around in local parks running up and down the amphitheater hills. It’s a complete delight to ride whether for an hour of play or 60 miles at race pace. As Steve from Hardtail Party noted, this bike is as happy - and competent - at intensity 2 as it at intensity 9. It behaves perfectly well through a really wide range. It is light (more on my build in a moment), which is overwhelmingly positive, but has the one drawback that it’s very easy to get yourself in trouble. It starts feeling so competent that you’re compelled to try things that maybe you just shouldn’t on a very light hardtail. It’s very comfortable, quiet, and precise. I got the XT build with a carbon bar upgrade. Although the Ibis 933 heels are not to be sneezed at, they’re very nice wheels indeed, I wanted just a little more firmness, higher engagement in the rear hub, and just a bit narrower id rim. So I now have Stan’s Arch Mk4 rims on the new DT Swiss 240 DEG hubs (90 POE) with Schwalbe Racing Ray and Racing Ralph rubber. Ergon grips replace the stock Lizard Skins and an Ergon saddle replaces the stock WTB. It’s about 24 lbs., which is 7-8 lbs less than I’m accustomed to with my steel Esker Japhy, which I also love, but for very different reasons. I can’t say enough positive about the Ibis DV9. There’s not one thing about it where I can say ‘I wish they’d done this differently’. I’m 67 and I don’t race but ride hard for my age, but this bike would also be perfectly suitable for a high schooler wanting to race, an experienced racer who wants a bit of utility and comfort in a training bike. It’s happy and comfortable as an all day rider, too. Troy-By the way, I really enjoyed your video on pace groups in gravel races. That idea can be tweaked so many ways to make beginning riders and racers feel like their first experience is a good one, something they actually want to do again, rather than walking away feeling like they’ve just been hazed.

Can't do those wavy corners of the screen.

Really enjoyed this, thanks for sharing. Looks like a fantastic route. So happy there was a happy outcome for the dogs. Kudos for helping them.

If you installed rouvy. You wonder why it isnt free because its suuuuucks!😂

How long does the battery remain charged if the pump is unused? Can I charge it, drop it in my toolbag and expect it to work the next time I need it, even if that is a couple of months after I charged it, or does the charge leak away over time?

it doesn't have a gauge on it?

Great stuff. For my prep I practice riding my own ride, being ok with letting others go off the front. This way I burn no matches and can go all day.

What tips and tricks do you use to enjoy your rides even more? Let me know what I missed.

Looks 100 times worse then Zwift...

It was a pain in the butt for the first few rides but I followed your suggestion and recalibarted but this time let out the air slowly and started all over again. This time I got a 100% tune score with 100% confidence. It suggested slowing down my rebound a couple clicks, which I did and it did feel much better over techy terrain... smoother and more planted. I had been riding with my rebound too fast for a couple of years now. So for me.. even though it was a small change.... it did help and I feel more confident over jank than I did before. I did pay $300 for a small change, but I'll let friends and other riders borrow it and hopefully help them dial in their suspensions.

I paused Zwift for the summer and I’m not too happy about the price increase. But Zwift has the infrastructure and all of the key components that you need. It does need some tweaks and refreshes, but it’s the industry standard for general indoor riding next to peloton.

Rouvy…. Camoon! It’s Indievelo time now.

The main reason to use CO2 is ability to set up tubeless tire, if it completely off the rim. I'm not sure that this pump able to do that. In all other cases you just use simple hand pump. It's light, It's cheap, it never need to recharge

Well, my Flextail Zero lasted 1.5 trips and has stopped working. Even with a fully charged battery it does nothing when I try to turn it on. So I get to test out their warranty. So far, they have asked for a couple of videos, which I have sent them.

How does it compare to Roscoe 9 ?

...best? ...people still ride on the wrong side on that thing and walk like oblivious zombies looking at their phreaking phones... IN THE BIKE END!

Hmm, but a co2 cartridge won't go flat on you if you leave it in the saddle bag for a year :)

The flex tail mini pump is only good for one puncture, make sure you are not going tubeless, it will be a disaster.

One thing people miss about Flat pedals is the ability to slightly vary your foot position. Slight shifts in foot position can help with cramping or tired muscles. Can't do that with clips.

Great advice! Thanks!

Get a better one with auto pressure shut off and actually reads pressure. Can't believe you have to check via another device.

Nice review. I’m going to look into to this! What tire gauge is that?

I just started riding again in 2019 after a 30-yr hiatus. My longest ride is 72 miles. My next milestone is 100 miles. I just turned 61 this April, and I'm pretty sure that 183 miles isn't going to happen anytime soon. Maybe I'll go with 2x my age instead.

Have you heard of SQ Labs 30X handle bars? Amazing back-sweep, I ran them on my rigid SS mountain bike and they were great! I’ll be building up another rigid SS soon.

What gloves are you wearing Troy? I like the idea of full fingered gloves with tips clear for computer/phone/food manipulation.

How does this compare to rock brothers mini electric pump?

How do you ensure you do not over-inflate, say a 80 psi, Hybrid trye ?

3 minutes to do what I can do with my hand pump in the same time? All that heat and battery to end up in the landfill? That's not progress. It's a new toy that will be forgotten about not long after the battery dies.

Cool but why didn't they include a lcd screen that you can set the psi with auto shut off ????

Does the HTA preclude longer stems for those at the upper end of the sizes? I'm hoping to run a longer stem for the long gravel/xc/marathon style riding I like. You said it came with a 35mm stem on the XL but I wasn't sure if that was stem length or clamp diameter.

seems really loud?

if you are racing or weather is miserable i get the CO2 cartridge (I am an average rider and I carry one as i am just to lazy to use a hand pump). But for the average rider I can see this as a much better option. just make sure is charged before each ride. Will have a look to pick one up i think.

Water proof?

Do you make cartoons voices too?

a fox34 with a grip damper is kind of hard to not set it properly without any tools. I always struggled with my rear end of the bike because of the progressive nature of the linkage and setting the sag at 30%(when the shock was the easiest to compress) made me use no more than 60% of the travel no matter what i did on the trail. So using shock wizz helped me crack this nut and my bike feels supple and supportive now and not a pogo stick... At least now i have a bechmark point and a placefrom which to start experimenting with the shock settings...

Ah… so it pumps … great. What it won’t do is seat a tuneless tyre which a gas cylinder often will. That’s the difference. Also the gas takes a few seconds

would be cool if you can set the PSI and it stops when it gets there - i'd buy one if it did that

expensive with no gauge!

No, crappy little pumps that don't hold a charge and can't get to a decent psi.

Great, another machine that will breakdown. I’m sticking with CO2 and a hand pump. Cmon people, don’t be fooled by these gadgets. They’re designed to empty your wallet.