Good informative video. I need all the comfort I can get too. By the time you pay for a suspension stem and carbon bars it’s more $$ than an air suspension fork. And while the suspension fork weighs more it’ll be worlds more plush than the stem and bars combo. On those stems, they only really compress when you’re on the hoods. Because the travel moves in an arch, when the weight is furthest from the pivot is when it compresses. Otherwise if your hands are on the top of the bars there’s little to zero stem compression. A suspension stem that has a parallelogram kinematic will compress no matter where your hands are. Such as the Kinect stem. But is also very expensive. A Chinese branded stem called Meroca is the same and a fraction of the cost. Heck they might even be the company that makes them for Kinect 😂 That seat looks great with the different density padding. Points of contact are the important places to reduce body trauma. All the little impacts over time and miles of riding add up. Anything to reduce those impacts makes a huge improvement that’ll reduce the aches and pains as we age Those s suspension posts are nice but I think are way expensive. I use a telescopic suspension post with 40mm travel. It’s super comfortable and only costs $30 on Amazon. Some say these change your leg length as it compresses. But those parallelogram posts also change your effective leg length but in a different path. I’ve not noticed any pedaling changes with my cheap Amazon post
Front suspension, but real suspension with damping and rebound adjustments, not simply bouncy gimmicks. Perhaps the Niner MCR full suspension gravel bike? It's not like you're not going to win so might as well be comfortable.
I feel that the lockout on suspension stems is important and best used when climbing out of the saddle, so as not to bounce on your cockpit. It's really annoying, haha.
Rudy and the special Canyon seat post plus tubeless with 45 mill tires made my Grizl really comfortable.
Big tires at low pressure and Redshift stem made all the difference for my Stormchaser
That's my combo.
Good informative video. I need all the comfort I can get too.
By the time you pay for a suspension stem and carbon bars it’s more $$ than an air suspension fork. And while the suspension fork weighs more it’ll be worlds more plush than the stem and bars combo.
On those stems, they only really compress when you’re on the hoods. Because the travel moves in an arch, when the weight is furthest from the pivot is when it compresses. Otherwise if your hands are on the top of the bars there’s little to zero stem compression. A suspension stem that has a parallelogram kinematic will compress no matter where your hands are. Such as the Kinect stem. But is also very expensive. A Chinese branded stem called Meroca is the same and a fraction of the cost. Heck they might even be the company that makes them for Kinect 😂
That seat looks great with the different density padding. Points of contact are the important places to reduce body trauma. All the little impacts over time and miles of riding add up. Anything to reduce those impacts makes a huge improvement that’ll reduce the aches and pains as we age
Those s suspension posts are nice but I think are way expensive. I use a telescopic suspension post with 40mm travel. It’s super comfortable and only costs $30 on Amazon. Some say these change your leg length as it compresses. But those parallelogram posts also change your effective leg length but in a different path. I’ve not noticed any pedaling changes with my cheap Amazon post
Front suspension, but real suspension with damping and rebound adjustments, not simply bouncy gimmicks. Perhaps the Niner MCR full suspension gravel bike? It's not like you're not going to win so might as well be comfortable.
I am trying the uswe stubb gloves to see if those offer more comfort as well
I feel that the lockout on suspension stems is important and best used when climbing out of the saddle, so as not to bounce on your cockpit. It's really annoying, haha.
What width FSA K Wing are you running ?
Sleepy peepy lmao haven't heard that one yet!
Straight handlebars. Obviously.
The best comfort upgrade is a full suspension mtb
Agreed - you'd be dropped early, though.
bet youre the guy who races DH bikes on road and gravel races
Yep,if you like riding a boat anchor.
FIRST.
Stop saying cheaper. “Less expensive”
Good stuff! 🫡
Bike frame is too big. Look at the seatpost height
The best upgrade is a mountain bike so called gravel bikes are mediocre at best
For starters maybe you just buy the right size bike. I don’t get what’s the obsession with kids size bike. Low headset for aero? WTF! 🤦♂️