Hi people right with 4 kids and a new house I can't afford a new bike this year so I'm off to bike park Wales in June my trance 3 came with tektro brakes and suntour aion fork both better than I thought but I've fitted slx levers and now thinking to go zee or Saint for more power ? And the fork...
Right here goes I thought I'd try the app one last time so I can get power and cadence to go with the normal distance off Strava I rode today with my mates who's quicker than me but today I rode pretty close behind him I cleaned some off piste trails I've never cleaned before so was pretty...
Hi Nicole got 203mm front and rear tbh I've got deore levers on my tektro brakes they work well but I've tried a few pads and there seems to be alot of variation to power off them I ran gorilla pads that worked great but the material separated off the backing plate so I don't trust them I'm just...
Hi all I've tried various pads to varying success my giant has tektro brakes uses Shimano Saint pads I've settled on sintered as once hot they seem to work better resin seem to overheat ? What brands are people using I wanted some trickstuff 260 power pads but there's just isn't any so any...
I agree 44 miles is pretty good ? my 45km is just under 30miles and that 6600ft of climbing killed me it was 26 degrees and very very rocky in Wales my normal stuff locally is about 20 miles and 2600-3000ft climbing and using setting 2-3 I have maybe 30% left ? As for tyre pressures the new...
I don't use setting 5 tbh I've turned all my settings to the middle assistance apart from 1 which is turned up if I'm doing hard techy climbs I use setting 3 occasionally 4 but mainly 3 I've put new MSc gripper tyres on that roll sooo much faster and apart from wet rock there as good as any...
I might aswell add I'm 90kgs plus kit in coeyd brennin I did 45kms and 6600ft climbing on my 500 battery in setting 2 weight does make a huge difference but even more is tyres it also depends on terrain I can squeeze 35miles in cycle track setting 2 but most the time I'd only get 25ish miles on...
Hi all I just wanted to say thank you to one of the forum members for lending me his battery I've just done the 3 hardest days on a bike in my life in North Wales now known as rock rock and more rock lol having the extra battery made a huge difference allowing me especially on the third day to...
Hi I built some hope Hubs halo or Mavic rims Mavic are better if u go for 8 series sapim laser spokes they made such a difference to my bikes ride quality I normally laugh at people that say stuff like that but my standard 35mm wheels were 2.2-2.3 kgs stock my built up wheels are 1750-1800 grams...
Hi u could run a tyre insert there all different but I think cush core work best at protecting your rim but there expensive or a cheaper option I noticed your running exo + tyres if your aggressive or live in a rocky area I'd go tougher tyre if your sticking with maxxis go DD but tbh u could...
Yeah I find normal flowy trails great small bump is pretty good and big impact things like jumps is good but the repeated medium stuff like a rough Rocky trail or something with bad braking bumps it doesn't have the same support or grip not bad but I would loose a bike length through a rough...
I would totally disagree with saying it's like a rockshox 35 I've got the aion 35 but it's got the updated damper With high/low compression and rebond it's as good as my mates revelation and my old yari it's not as good as a lyrik or fox 36 but it's probably 80% of them and less than half the...
Hi have a look at Wolftooth components they do a thing called a goat link I've got deore 10sp aswell it lets you run 46t and better shifting all the way through ?
Cheers I've found some good spine protector packs wiggle are doing a evoc 12 liter one but I'm sure I could secure the battery in there with tubes tool kit food rain top or my other option maybe a proper spine protector vest and just get a good quality pack wish someone made a top tube mount or...