Comments on: The New 2016 Specialized AWOL Touring Bikes https://www.cyclingabout.com/2016-specialized-awol-touring-bikes/ Bikepacking, Bicycle Touring, Equipment, Testing, Videos Wed, 27 Dec 2023 16:11:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Alee | CyclingAbout.com https://www.cyclingabout.com/2016-specialized-awol-touring-bikes/#comment-3565 Tue, 06 Jun 2017 21:48:00 +0000 https://www.cyclingabout.com/?p=6067#comment-3565 In reply to Lucas Holt.

Yeah, that should be about right. You’d need to change quite a few more parts to go lower again. This page will help you there: https://www.cyclingabout.com/wider-gear-range-road-shifters-gears-for-easier-hill-climbing/

]]> By: Lucas Holt https://www.cyclingabout.com/2016-specialized-awol-touring-bikes/#comment-3564 Tue, 06 Jun 2017 13:20:00 +0000 https://www.cyclingabout.com/?p=6067#comment-3564 In reply to Alee | CyclingAbout.com.

Ah ok that makes sense. Using Sheldon Brown’s calculator gives a low gear of 23 inches. Sound about right?

]]> By: Alee | CyclingAbout.com https://www.cyclingabout.com/2016-specialized-awol-touring-bikes/#comment-3563 Tue, 06 Jun 2017 12:34:00 +0000 https://www.cyclingabout.com/?p=6067#comment-3563 In reply to Lucas Holt.

The left shifter is double only. The easiest way to get lower gears would be get a Wolf Tooth Road Link and a Sun Race 11-40t 10-speed cassette.

]]> By: Lucas Holt https://www.cyclingabout.com/2016-specialized-awol-touring-bikes/#comment-3562 Tue, 06 Jun 2017 11:07:00 +0000 https://www.cyclingabout.com/?p=6067#comment-3562 Hi Alee, how would I go about achieving a lower gear on the AWOL Elite? Would it be possible/easy to swap out the double crankset for a triple to do this or would that require changing the other parts too?
Thanks!

]]> By: Mike F https://www.cyclingabout.com/2016-specialized-awol-touring-bikes/#comment-3252 Sat, 22 Apr 2017 23:42:00 +0000 https://www.cyclingabout.com/?p=6067#comment-3252 In reply to Callum C.

Hi Alee
Thanks for your good work. I have the same issue (and also live in hilly NZ), Do you think that a standard 10spd XT or SLX crank with 38/26 would work with the BB and STI arrangement on the 2016 Elite?
Cheers , Mike

]]> By: Sean Quill https://www.cyclingabout.com/2016-specialized-awol-touring-bikes/#comment-2824 Fri, 06 Jan 2017 03:03:00 +0000 https://www.cyclingabout.com/?p=6067#comment-2824 In reply to Alee | CyclingAbout.com.

Junk BB. When it seizes to your frame and the dealer (that didn’t apply grease on install) “needs” to special order a $50 P.O.S. FSA BB-4000 and tries to charge you (with labor) nearly the cost of a 105 groupset to “fix it.”

]]> By: Alee | CyclingAbout.com https://www.cyclingabout.com/2016-specialized-awol-touring-bikes/#comment-2808 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 06:07:00 +0000 https://www.cyclingabout.com/?p=6067#comment-2808 In reply to Sean Quill.

Any reason why?

]]> By: Sean Quill https://www.cyclingabout.com/2016-specialized-awol-touring-bikes/#comment-2738 Sat, 10 Dec 2016 23:19:00 +0000 https://www.cyclingabout.com/?p=6067#comment-2738 DONT BUY AN AWOL WITH THE 19MM MEGAEXO TRIPLE CRANKSET OR REPLACE IT AND THE BOTTOM BRACKET IMMEDIATELY!!!

]]> By: Alee | CyclingAbout.com https://www.cyclingabout.com/2016-specialized-awol-touring-bikes/#comment-1876 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 23:31:00 +0000 https://www.cyclingabout.com/?p=6067#comment-1876 In reply to DaymanDaryl.

I feel that “trail” alone is a much too broad term without the context and prior knowledge of bike geometry. I prefer to specify that I’m talking about the front end of a bike, so I call it fork trail. Sorry about the confusion.

]]> By: DaymanDaryl https://www.cyclingabout.com/2016-specialized-awol-touring-bikes/#comment-1875 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 23:18:00 +0000 https://www.cyclingabout.com/?p=6067#comment-1875 In reply to Alee | CyclingAbout.com.

Trail. Got it. So why do you call it “fork trail?”

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