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    Answered What strength of IPA do you use on brake pads / rotors?

    All sorts of places. I will get my cans from an industrial chemical supply, but if I only want 1lt I will get it from our equivalent of ebay. Pharmacies usually sell 500ml and smaller volumes.
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    Dropper requirement ?

    Never used one until I bought my first eMTB late 2018 and have really found them to be something I don't use a lot. However, there are several drops on the trails I ride that I do drop the seat for as with the seat up I have little control. To me, the convenience far outweighs the weight...
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    SoCal rider checking in

    Hey Charlie Used to ride around Anaheim Hills on my trail bike back in the 70's and have always thought that would be a cool area on a MTB. Also around the back of Santiago Canyon.
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    Transition from dirt bike (moto) to emtb

    I would not want to be riding the X160 as I would break the forks off the puppy within a day - far too much weight for a single crown fork :whistle: I do however expect to see these things out on MTB trails ruining things for us :(
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    Frame protection

    It depends on what you really want or consider protection. As I have a bad habit of rubbing my heels on the chainstays I prefer to use something a little thicker than many do and use Scuff Stuff from my local motorcycle shop.
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    Answered What strength of IPA do you use on brake pads / rotors?

    Stuffed if I want my freaking beer tasting of anything other than hops & malted barley.
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    Answered What strength of IPA do you use on brake pads / rotors?

    Dunno - still have about 10L left in the 20L can I bought in 2018.
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    Wheel bearings killed by brake heat?

    What brand? I try to use SKF or Timkin in my projects as they have good quality control.
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    Wheel bearings killed by brake heat?

    Are your brake rotors mis-colored blue? That would be a bit of an indicator, but really I can't see that being the issue. Hell, I raced an event called The Brake Burner Super-D and replaced my pads during the event. Both rotors showed major discoloring and the front rotor even warped slightly...
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    Answered What strength of IPA do you use on brake pads / rotors?

    Me neither - usually Isoprop or Isopropyl with occasionally Isopropyl Alcohol. Saying that, I have had a few IPAs that tasted like Isoprop.
  11. Rusty

    Answered What strength of IPA do you use on brake pads / rotors?

    I use whatever I have available at the time, but 70% works good enough.
  12. Rusty

    How was your ride, in one picture and one line?

    That helps. I broke mine at the bottom of a steep 1km climb back to the car and was not happy as it was only a couple Ks into a 20k ride.
  13. Rusty

    How was your ride, in one picture and one line?

    Man I hate that.
  14. Rusty

    Looking for the unicorn eBike

    Is the Bosch G4 so 1125Wh with both batteries. I expect a hell of a lot higher price though. Personally I am not a fan of the belt drives - had a singlespeed with belt drive and stripped belts often (my 112kg weight I expect). Internal geared Rohloff hub looks a nice tough though.
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    Looking for the unicorn eBike

    Was in the shop today and the extender fits all the eRide Spark & Genius range - however, some of the lowest lines only come with a 500Wh and not the 625Wh main battery.
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    Anyone else get called a cheat??

    One thing my race mechanic told me many years ago when I found out my 125 race bike was actually 138cc .... "If you are't cheating - you aren't winning".
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    Looking for the unicorn eBike

    Scott Genius eRide 900 Tuned with the battery extender - takes it to 1125Wh. Scott Genius eRide Quite possibly that extender is also on the lower models. Haven't put it on my 900 Tuned as I want it light and nimble, but if I needed the point to point range I would look into it.
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    How was your ride, in one picture and one line?

    Dunno, but always sorts things well. I tend to go for a Ham & Cheese Bread Stick or one of these ...
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    How was your ride, in one picture and one line?

    Cracked 50kph going down there once. Turned the transition onto the road into a lot of air even though I had slowed considerably. We ride the Little Waipa to Arapuni section quite often & have brunch at the cafe then back. I expect I will be doing that a lot over the next few months trying to...
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    How was your ride, in one picture and one line?

    Arapuni?
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