Took the old bar tape off and hold up guys, we have a Contador fan here! The bars were double wrapped! Old bar tape was literally disintegrating (yuck!).
ENVE stem is porky.
As much as the ENVE Aero stem seems to be loved out there I personally hate the look of it, but it’s a pretty clever design that uses a sleeve to adjust angles and even position further forward or back. What I hated the most about how it looked was how it hung over the back of the fork steerer, but I think it would look better if the sleeve was flipped so the stem moves further forward. Then again it’s also the super ugly 20mm cone spacer that’s stopping the ENVE stem from looking good.
I set out to find a smaller spacer, no luck finding an 8.5mm Specialized spacer (no longer in production) but found that Ceramicspeed make one in a 4mm, and one in 8mm (they’re called Ceramicspeed headset dust covers) so I’ve ordered both. 100% sure the ENVE stem would look amazing if it was slammed with the 4mm spacer, but also sure I won’t be very comfortable at all.
Weight of the short cage derailleur I got with the bike. Not sure how much lighter it is from the long cage, but swapping out the derailleurs and puptting on a smaller and lighter rear cassette is most likely on the cards.
Went out and got some batteries today for the shifters and charged up both derailleur batteries and to my surprise everything is still hooked up and working. One battery either didn’t charge though, or it’s dead (I was freaking out as the rear derailleur wasn’t working, but when I swapped the front mech battery to the rear it works).
PS: Noticed there’s no SL6 Owners Facebook Group so I created one (if you own one, or appreciate SL6’s please join up!): https://www.facebook.com/groups/1223748342001336