Recent content by RebornRider

I can't advise on what you should buy, but I can suggest you avoid this set, which is sold by many vendors on Amazon, AliExpress, etc. Some of the drifts are incorrectly sized, and the whole kit is made of cheese.

I get a lot of "Thank you for the bell" comments as I ride passed walkers on the trail with my Timber bell dinging. There's no way I could think about a manual bell on some the really bumpy twisty downhills. But, I also have a manual bell for the smooth places where the Timber is silent.

Near the end of a recent ride, my Levo suddenly started making a truly horrible noise when I pedaled. It sounded like metal scraping and it was loud! My first thought was that my recently-rebuilt Brose had a bearing failure. I could feel crunchy vibrations through the pedals. I began to...

The only thing I can contribute to this thread is that my wife insists on making sure I have everything I'm supposed to have before I leave the house. Phone, riding glasses, sunscreen, water, remove hearing aids, etc. I am phenomenally forgetful! She always wraps up her inspection by saying...

The one my 2019 expert carbon came with, X1. This auto-adjusting is fairly recent, so I'm guessing the mechanical setting retention is getting tired. The bike is heading towards 5 years old and I ride it a lot.

Experience has taught me that, when shifting gets noisy and nasty, the chain gap screw (aka B screw for some reason) has adjusted itself. It never seems to be the barrel adjuster, low limit screw, or high limit screw. Or a bent derailleur hanger. How many of you SRAM derailleur guys (11...

You've got me beat! At 70, I'm old enough to know not to do the foolish things I do anyway. 2019 Levo, BTW. :D

I'm posting this to (maybe) help other riders diagnose an annoying click sound when riding rough trails. The video description has my (failed!) diagnostic steps and the click sound can be heard clearly in the video. TL/DR: Annoying and somewhat alarming click heard on rough trails. Click...

A few years ago I rented an emtb (before I owned one!) in the Swiss town of Zermatt. My plan for the day included seeing how close I could ride to the Matterhorn. The trail was still "officially" closed for the winter season, but this was late May and it was comfortably warm in town. And I...

Spring rain always means new downed trees in the park where I regularly ride. I need to learn how to bunny hop this thing!

Cost to build is not the same thing as value to the customer. Payroll costs may be larger than costs for product components and manufacturing equipment. If you can sell millions rather than thousands, your per-part costs go way down and you can sell each product for less and still make enough...

Looking at the same data another way, Magura mineral oil is (11.5-8)/8 = 3.5/8 = 0.44 = 44% "thicker" (more viscous) than Shimano. You might notice a 44% change in viscosity. I would sure notice if my weight or my paycheck changed by 44%! ;)

TheBikeMechanic says Shimano is thicker than Magura. That claim is not supported by viscosity data. You can learn a lot from the safety data sheets, which are required by governments. These data sheets are more likely to be accurate than spewage from the marketing departments. The data...

I sent the motor to eBike Motor Repair in Franklin, Tennessee. I don't remember if the guy I emailed was Michael. It's good to hear that I can stop being so concerned about every drop of water!

There's a saying in motor racing related to delayed failure. "That motor was absolutely bulletproof right up until it broke." The diagnosis of my failing Brose was crank shaft corrosion at the sprag clutch contact area, which caused lots of riding problems. I didn't realize I was doing...