I've always trued my wheels. It's one of many fallacies that you can judge the tension by tapping the spokes in the same place. A few years ago I bought a spoke tension meter which really changed the strength of my wheels. I did my ebike wheels pretty soon after getting it - it's surprising how...
Came across this on youtube. An xl sized enduro dude trying out a small trail bike :ROFLMAO: He was 1 sec slower on various sections but had more fun. That's a fairly extreme example re sizing - (smaller bars, cranks etc).
I've never found any of those wanky charts etc to be even close - but I seem to be incredibly light on suspension. Even similar sized people I ride with use much more pressure etc. It might be a good starting point? Do you know how to set your sag? 30% seems a good ball park figure then go from...
They do last a long time - as in I've never had one fail. It's strange because they do have lots of little balls and should be cleaned and greased every now and then. I have a couple of acoustic bikes that I've been meaning to do this on because they've never been done and they're both circa...
It looks like a sealed bearing, although apparently there are semi sealed too, which I'm not familiar with. I've never seen that before. When you took it apart did you find a plastic washer and the missing balls? I'm surprised this happened especially when there is still grease in there and no...
I'd say more. It's a common technique to drag the back brake while keeping the power on while doing slow manoeuvring. It gives you a lot more control. Consider a track stand, which is extreme and generally both brakes; that sort of control in technical stuff. Even riding skinnies - drag the rear...
Yeah, and it is kind of a fallacy re the front having the most stopping power - that's dependant on the surface. I use my rear brake much more because often I'm in loose stuff, slow manoeuvring, or trying not to hinder the front rolling over something or when I'm near the bottom of a steep rock...
I just fit one to the rear - it actually went on pretty easy. I did it the way tannus suggests - put armour in tyre, put partially inflated inner tube into tannus. Once the inner tube was in the tannus, I pumped it up pretty hard so that it was sitting straight, then let it down to just...
I think Phil from TrailTalk recommends setting up bikes like that.
I think it is a bit of industry reluctance (stupidity?) to not truly regard the size of people. Many manufacturers try to say that their 27.5 or 29" bikes are good for people down to 5 feet. Sure, you can sit on them, but the...
Didn't realise they were plastic - that's a bummer. Is there enough room to crowd a rubber band around the exposed threads? Wrap it around as many times as possible so that it holds tension between the thumb head end and the brake lever body. Choose a good size of rubber band. This would also...
I just looked at emergency plus app which has been around in Australia for a while (it's Australian gov.). I see that the latest version has what3words integrated. The beauty of this app (emergency plus) is that location is given by what3words along with latitude and longitude - this would...
That's good to hear - not much beats real world experience. I'm actually surprised it works that well. I suppose those on the receiving end must have a good grasp and knowledge of English, and an awesome vocabulary. And then there is the whole pronunciation thing - sheesh! It's almost a cliche...
Getting a reducer does not lessen the weakness caused by the larger hole - my preference is purely functional strength or minimising the weak spot. No hole would be ideal, but not possible...yet.
Possibly. Whenever I have to convey something to do with services or orders over the phone, I invariably have to resort to the phonetic alphabet eg foxtrot foxtrot sierra! :oops: :ROFLMAO:, or whiskey tango foxtrot!