Roval Alpinist Seatpost and Handlebar.

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marsrides
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by marsrides

Why not? It looks like the same mount I have on my Venge. I just replaced the stock one by this one I linked. I had to use a longer screw though

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by Broady

Ah yeah it might work actually, I initially thought the one you posted was specifically for stems with a removable face plate but it seems maybe Spesh have adopted the same type of fitting on the Alpinist cockpit.

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by marsrides

They must have because the one posted here is exactly the same one that came with my Venge :)

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by jamin

Received mine just before xmas, 400x10 and weighing in at 233 grams. This is one good looking handlebar!

I've also wired it up to some Di2 shifters/wireless unit/bar end junction and these are the cable lengths I used:

Right shifter to bar end junction: 250mm
Left shifter to Wireless unit (positioned just inside the left hole): 300mm
Wireless unit to bar end junction on right side: 800mm.

All thats left is to run one cable from shifter down to junction box at the BB.
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jamin wrote:
Mon Dec 28, 2020 11:14 am
Received mine just before xmas, 400x10 and weighing in at 233 grams. This is one good looking handlebar!

I've also wired it up to some Di2 shifters/wireless unit/bar end junction and these are the cable lengths I used:

Right shifter to bar end junction: 250mm
Left shifter to Wireless unit (positioned just inside the left hole): 300mm
Wireless unit to bar end junction on right side: 800mm.

All thats left is to run one cable from shifter down to junction box at the BB.
I tell myself not go for integrated cockpits but at that weight the temptation is really there!

Especially given that for me would have to be a 38cm so even lighter. Damn!!

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by Maddie

Pmprego, the Alpiniste cockpit isn't really integrated, it just has Di2 holes in the drops. And 380mm isn't available

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jamin wrote:
Mon Dec 28, 2020 11:14 am
Received mine just before xmas, 400x10 and weighing in at 233 grams. This is one good looking handlebar!
Crap that I need 110mm stem. That weight looks really good and good price too.

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by stannymenza

For the people with the cockpit, would this mount work?

https://www.closethegap.cc/product/hide ... aceday-sd/

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by SamD

Interesting video that shows how the 440/130 looks on an SL6 :thumbup:


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stannymenza wrote:
Sat Jan 02, 2021 11:14 am
For the people with the cockpit, would this mount work?

https://www.closethegap.cc/product/hide ... aceday-sd/
I believe so, as the Alpinist cockpit mount is the same as the specialized one that is being shipped with the Venge, SL7, Roubaix, ... apart from its Roval branding. You might however need a longer bolt for it as the video above mentions.

I have to say though that I have no direct experience on the combo (only on the tarmac SL6 stem + Roubaix stem cap with the HideMyBell SD, which is a great product by the way with great customer service). Anyway, if anybody else could chime in that might have used the combination that would be great!

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by pmprego

SamD wrote:
Mon Jan 04, 2021 9:41 am
Interesting video that shows how the 440/130 looks on an SL6 :thumbup:

So damn wide!! :)

Not my cup of tea.

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by SamD

A 44 would not be my first choice either :D Thinking about going for 40 but wanting to see a bike fitter first

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by pmprego

SamD wrote:
Mon Jan 04, 2021 1:07 pm
A 44 would not be my first choice either :D Thinking about going for 40 but wanting to see a bike fitter first
I've used 40 to 42 cm in the past. In my last bike fit he measured me again and noticed me turning my hands inside on the 42cm that I took. Silently he then placed a 38cm bar on the mahcine and I felt very confortable. I've since changed it on my road bike and I'm incredibly confortable. 38cm for life :P

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by iamraymond

As far as I know, they don't make a 38cm bar. 40cm is the narrowest.

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iamraymond wrote:
Mon Jan 04, 2021 4:01 pm
As far as I know, they don't make a 38cm bar. 40cm is the narrowest.
Which is hard to understand. For a company that claims that bike are unisex and just the contact points might need adjustment between genders I'd assume 40cm is way, way wider than most women would prefer. I could also use the aero argument. For a company to whom aero is supposed to be so important just makes "wide" bars. But it's okay, one can always source these components from different manufcturers.

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