For me, SPDs were about looking after my knees.
Riding flats, my feet tended to never be in the right place which for trail/ Park riding was never an issue. Short sections with a bit of a climb in between, it wasn't an issue.
Riding longer distance and spending longer in the saddle meant that...
I went with Shimano. I'm sure there are plenty of decent discs out there but I'd rather go for a known quality rather than chancing something else. I've always had good results from Shimano stuff. Particularly discs and pads.
I went 203mm RT86 at the front and 180 EM800 at the back. The EM800...
Just had an email from Brink Cycles to say the E2s are coming into stock soon.
Not affiliated with them, I emailed a few months ago ref stock of the E2 and they've come back today saying they're being distributed to dealers as of tomorrow (UK).
I realise this thread is basically an owners...
Has anyone fitted a Super Deluxe Ultimate onto a Rise?
Fairly certain there clearance for the piggyback but I'm wondering whether the rebound adjuster is still accessible with the shock mounted in the frame?
Also, if anyone is running a Super Deluxe, are you using the standard can? Or a Meg Neg?
Does anyone have any experience of the Thule Outway Platform rear mounted carrier?
https://www.thule.com/en-gb/bike-rack/trunk-bike-racks/thule-outway-platform-2-_-993001
Max weight is 30kg (good)
Max weight PER BIKE 15kg (bad)
I'm looking for a way to move my Orbea Rise H which is a shade...
I was going to go 2.5 DHF up front and 2.4 DHR out back. This is what I've been running on my hardtail for ~3 years.
On advice from here, I went 2.5 DHF at the front and I moved the Dissector to the back.
Took a few descents to get used to the Dissector, it kept braking loose on corners which...
My H30 is centrelock. Pretty sure the wheelset is the same across most of the range.
I'm using the shimano centrelock adaptors to run a 6 bolt rotor on the front.
I didn't want to have to buy new discs when I upgrade the wheels but I couldn't find a solution for the rear so went with a...
Slightly cautionary tale about the brake upgrade on my H30.
I bought a full set of M6100 levers/ M6120 calipers with hoses etc (Merlin bargain at £160).
Fully expecting to have to drop the motor to run the new hoses etc.
Bike actually came with M6100 Deore levers and twin pot calipers. Didn't...
This is basically the type of riding I do. I think of it as XC because its just pedalling around. I think according to the Internet that its now reffered to as trail. Whatever. I was surprised at gow well the Rise corners and tackles twisty trails. Compared to my old bike, the BB is quite a lot...
When you see other brands staring 63/64 degree head angles, the rise seems steep in paper. When you actually get on it and throw yourself down steep things, it feels stable and controlled.
That was one of the things that really surprised me when I got it. Coming from a 64* head angle, I was...
That's a blue??
Over here, a blue would be a flat muddy path around a lake or something. The type of trail you could take a kid on with stabilisers/ training wheels.
Yours looks more fun.
So, I ordered a 180mm OneUp (Leisure Lakes have a 20% sale on Oneup stuff if anyone looking).
It hasn't arrived yet but I realised that the 150mm Oneup post on my hardtail is actually a 180...
So I didn't actually need to order a new one and the answer to saddle clearance was always sitting in...
No. Unfortunately not. That's what I was wondering when I started the thread.
Based on specs, the 180mm OneUp post won't fit all the way into the frame as it will hit the charging socket. There will be approximately 12mm of post out of the frame (255mm depth stated, 267mm post length).
I...
Yeah, but it's not the over all drop that I'm concerned with, it's the height of the saddle relative to the frame at full drop.
The longer post will have a greater drop but if the shorter post has to be pulled way out of the frame to keep the saddle height correct for pedalling, it's going to...
160mm M8150 cranks to replace the 165mm e13s that came on my Rise.
90g saving on a 20kg bike. I can already feel the extra power!
Still got a few pedal strikes though lol
Right. I think I'm with you.
As @Richridesmtb says, my above post was based on the collar, not the saddle clamp.
So the way I should have looked at it is
(Stack height - drop) + seatpost extension to maintain 240mm saddle clamp height = saddle clamp height at full drop.
We get,
Orbea...
Indeed. But surely with the lower stack, the saddle would sit lower (if the collars were the same height). So to preserve my saddle height, I'd need to pull the post out by half an inch which would mean the saddle ended up at the same height when dropped?
Unless I'm looking at completely wrong...
Cheers everyone.
After @Malicefox posted the tech sheet I was set on the 180 (cheers for that by the way).
Looking at M vs H, I can see the on/ off button is in a different place so the H gets a little more depth. I've just measured (crudely, externally) the seat tube and I can't see there...