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No I don't. I tend to wear them out in about 12-18 months depending upon compound. I get rid of them sooner if the conditions don't suit at the time they are showing signs of wear. I do have spare tyres left over from previous bikes that are becoming quite old. 26x2.1" Maxxis Medusa anyone? (XC...

It only has to push a rivet out, not actually break anything. It will be right.

You will travel a smaller distance per rev, the assistance will cut out sooner, your spin out speed will be slower. But your acceleration will be faster. If you don't have a flip chip to restore the geometry, your pedal strikes will increase and your hill-climbing ability will deteriorate. But...

They changed the hanger in less than 2 mins then tested the shifting and discovered that some obsessive had already made it perfect. :D By the time they had put the bike on the stand, changed the hanger, tested the shifting and removed the bike from the strand, probably 10 mins had elapsed...

Freedom!

Why not just go tubeless with your Smart Sams? Whilst clearly "good" if the tyre is tubeless ready (TLR) or even "better" a proper tubeless tyre (UST or LUST), it is not essential. Ordinary tyres will still go tubeless as long as you have a latex-based sealant in the tyre (that is essential)...

I'll bet it's fun outing when you and like-minded people have a get together! Are you in a club or society? :)

Brilliant! But I was waiting for one of those hammers to fall from the roof and hit him on the head! :ROFLMAO:

I went on a guided tour of a wide variety of Egyptian temples, tombs and pyramids. We also went to one of the quarries to see how they excavated the blocks and the needles. There was one unfinished needle that was estimated to weigh about 1000 tonnes; if it had been completed and transported it...

If you like old tools, I suspect that you will like "Moving Heavy Things" by Jan Adkins. It is basically how people moved stuff before engine power. How did they get those bells up in the church tower? How did they move the stones used to build the docks? It is not just levers and pulleys. Only...

Can of worms. Spds vs Flats, ...................... :ROFLMAO:

This is the only pic I have of my first mtb; a 2008 Kona Kula hardtail, alloy, 100mm Rockshox Recon fork, 26er. Well, Serendipity strikes again! I went looking for the "only pic". I couldn't find it anywhere but found 13 others that I'd misplaced and forgotten that I had. Here is the best one...

You may laugh at @Stihldog's inclusion of a rock in his hammer wall. But when I had a double up front, I bent some teeth on the bigger ring crossing over a boulder. I rested the ring on the boulder and hit the bent teeth with a smooth rock of about the size on Stihldog's display until the teeth...

I like the look of the ME7. I like the fold over flap holding the laces. I have been looking for the flat pedal equivalent with the same features, but can't find it. All sorts of Shimano flats, but not an ME7 lookey-likey. Anyone out there got one? Link please. :)

My sympathies @Camhowe . Here you are 4 months down the line and nobody in the bike industry that you should be able to rely on has been able to fix this problem. Shimano say it's not them. You appear to have ruled out the battery. That leaves the dealer! If you steadily replaced every single...

To all: Mechanical sympathy helps with many things, not just bike transmission.

@Austin The suggestions so far are all good in general, but I believe that first you should ask yourself what consumer market you are aiming at. Some people's first mtb is an emtb and they literally have no idea what they are buying and their first technical question is usually "'ow much!" Even...

I will assume that your 7-speed cassette is a typical 12-32 (12, 14, 17, 20, 23, 27, 32; there may be a tooth difference either way on some cassettes). You have a 46T chainring, and were considering a 40T and are now looking at a 36T? If you currently only ride on the 46T, moving to a 36T will...

@Leveraction35 Ah, not sweating in a cold climate. I get it.

I had a hub axle fail on my first ride out on a Whyte T130c RS. I took the rear wheel off and the cassette fell onto the floor! :eek: Replaced under warranty with zero fuss. :)