Tune Wasserträger 2.0 Carbon Bottle Cage review

Tune Wasserträger 2.0 Carbon Bottle Cage review

Tune Wasserträger 2.0 is a lightweight carbon water bottle cage of only 9 grams, that perfectly suits the stealth look of my Canyon Ultimate CF SLX road-bike. The Tune Wasserträger 2.0 comes with aluminum bolts and has a black tune logo on it. For a reasonable price-point you get a Tune branded water bottle with the bottle cage as well.

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Wheelsmfg FIX-BOLT-1 for Shimano Dura Ace 9000

Wheelsmfg FIX-BOLT-1 for Shimano Dura Ace 9000

Sometimes small details on your road bike make a big difference. The Wheelsmfg FIX-BOLT-1 replaces the black plastic crank arm fixing bolt for Shimano Dura Ace 9000 with a grey anodized  6061 aluminium version. The Wheels Manufacturing crank fixing bolt is compatible with other Shimano HollowTech II crank-sets as well.

In this article I will briefly look at the design and compare it with the original Shimano crank fixing bolt.

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Rotor Aero noQ Chainring for Shimano Dura Ace 9000

Rotor Aero noQ Chainring for Shimano Dura Ace 9000

Early the 2020 season I wrecked my Dura Ace 9000 outer chainring due to a chain-suck and replaced it with the Rotor Aero noQ chainring, 4-arm, 110 mm bolt circle diameter.

I will share my thoughts so far and have a look at the design details of the Rotor chainring, decision reasoning and installation on the Dura Ace 9000 cranks.

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C-Bear Ceramic Bottom Bracket for BB86/BB92

C-Bear Bottom Bracket for BB86-BB92 5810

C-Bear is the official sponsor of the Lotto Soudal cycling Team since 2009, providing riders like Andre Greipel and Thomas De Gendt with ceramic bottom brackets and -derailleur pulleys. If a C-Bear bottom bracket is good enough to withstand the Gorilla’s power peaks during sprints, than it is certainly good enough for me.

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