My Aethos is ready!

My unnecessarily fancy bike is 100% ready to ride: it took much less than expected, but I learned a lot along the way: cut steerer, route cables, shorten brake lines, set up Di2, tubeless tires, more bar tape practice and the list could go on. It was a lot of fun and I feel in complete control and knowledge of what I ride, it’s a good feeling.

As pictured, minus bidons, weighs in at 7,6kg (size 58). Considerably less than 10% of driver rider weight, to put it in perspective. I think I’ll need 160mm rotors at the back: can someone chime in on this? How’s the jump from 140 to 160mm at the back for heavy riders? I have a GRX groupset with 160/160 on my gravel bike and never had issues, maybe road is less demanding.

Customary photos (still practicing with flash fill outdoors + a swarm of mosquitos disrupted any planning I had in mind and had to rush a bit):

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18 Comments

Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

Nice paint job.

theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

chefs kiss

Love the colour!

In terms of rotors I run 160 on the rear and find it fine, I'm not doing any mountain descents or anything though. I am 85kg.

Etnaphele@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Thanks for the feedback, I’ll keep an eye on it. I’d really like to do some ascents with this.

LovesTha@floss.social · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

@Etnaphele Nice.

I wouldn't jump into worrying about increasing the rear rotor size. It is unlikely that you'll ever notice the rear overheating, unless doing things to intentionally create it.

LovesTha@floss.social · 2 pts · 1y

@Etnaphele Oh, and very nice photos!

Etnaphele@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Ok, thanks! I’ll keep that in check and see if I notice fading in the future.

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Damn, that is gorgeous! Nicely done!

Etnaphele@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Thanks! I’m proud of it :) Cannot wait to ride it for more than 1km around my place

fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com · 2 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Out of curiosity, is "driver" a common term for cycling where you are?

Etnaphele@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Just a sloppy translation from the German Fahrer, thanks for pointing that out! Should be rider or cyclist, right?

fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com · 2 pts · 1y

Yup! I had wondered if that was the case. I've heard it for motorcycling before here, but not for bicycling.

moira@mastodon.murkworks.net · 1 pts · 1y

@fmstrat @Etnaphele Definitely not. I've never heard that anywhere, I don't think.

fluffy@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y

What a Beauty!

balsoft@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

That paintjob <3 I really want something with that color in my life now.

Etnaphele@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

According to Specialized, it’s called Satin Flake Silver / Dusky Pink + Champagne Radial Fades / Dune White so you know what to look for ;)

balsoft@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y

Thanks!

ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y

Sehr schon!

That's such a clean build - simple and effective! Its definitely a "quiet luxury" bike!

Propping it up by the pedal made me anxious - but it's cool to see it finished.

Spaß haben!

iii@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 1y

What a beauty