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Blue Seal bearings from Trail Vision. Blue Seal are specific bearings designed for bikes. https://trailvision.co.uk/ If you select "Headset Bearings" and then "Specialized" on the LHS, then you will get a selection of five bearings, one of which is for the Levo: Specialized Turbo Levo Headset...

That's not a rut, that's a landslip! :eek:

@bobmg Waiting for your helmet to turn up? Very mature and sensible indeed. I salute you. I have broken every helmet I ever owned, except the two I have now, oh and the one I sold because it didn't fit as well as I wanted.

Yes, one of the first things after dealing with all the usual stuff, like contamination for example.

I once had a howling brake problem, rear only, Kona Dawg Supreme. It sounded like a car horn coming down the mountain, and the whole bike was shaking. I certainly was noticed! I tried EVERYTHING. By everything, I mean all I could think of, all the MBR Forum could think of and all I could find...

@KingDingAling Welcome to the Forum. :) Before changing any suspension component on my bike, I always live with it for a while and make sure that I have got the best out of it before changing it in any way. That could be by upgrading it (substantially cheaper) or replacing and selling the old...

I do love a black bike! :love: You just need to replace the decals on the suspension for Fox stealth ones. They are two-tone black that can only be read when the light is angled just so.

Appeal to a rider on here to let you have their worn cassette. The 10t probably will not be worn. I may not be typical, but I rarely use my 10t. Edit: Better still just post the 10t, not the whole, cassette!

250 watts to help drive me and bike at 114kg is the equivalent of 3hp per ton (imperial, not US), so quite a bit to go yet! :unsure:

That is a great argument/justification for off-piste trail maintenance! I carry a folding saw in my backpack and I have cut through fallen trees that were up to 7" diameter. I have also trimmed overhanging branches and slashed back brambles and bracken. Those pointy branches that stick out of...

A very common piece of advice for the first time emtb buyer (irrespective of skills and riding history) for your first emtb at least, is to buy locally. Define locally? In my view it is as far as you wouldn't object too much to doing two round trips there in one day. You may be a bike guru when...

I bought my first emtb because of arthritic knees and I was reborn! :love: I had already sold my enduro mtb to help fund the emtb purchase, but I hung on to my trail mtb for another three months. My knees were feeling good, so I gave the mtb a go. OMG! back to excruciating knee pain and a very...

It does seem to be a cheap upgrade, considering the purchase prices of the stand alone forks.

@FAYR I had a dual position (140/110) Fox fork, they called it TALAS (Travel Adjust Linear Air Spring). It came as standard on a new bike. This was fairly early on in my MTB career and initially I thought it was great, for the reasons that you gave. It would have benefitted from a lever on the...

I agree 100% with the advice to get a dropper. Not only does it make it easier to mount the bike, but it will transform your ride over rougher stuff. :love: The Brand-X-Ascend ii dropper seat post is a high performing long lasting dropper that is unbelievably cheap. I wouldn't buy one at first...

@Bob88 Get a new Maxle. You know it makes sense! Just think how hard you will smack yourself in the face when the bloody thing seizes in place and knackers your hub and forks.

Not my bike, but my clothing. I lobbed all my sweaty and mucky kit into the washing machine and added a dishwasher tablet instead of a detergent tablet! DOH! :eek: I was expecting my clothing to come out in tatters or at least bleached, but the 30degC setting was too low to dissolve the...

Don't sit it on a flammable surface. Concrete or tiles. Just in case. I leave my charger unattended on a timer, it would, normally sit on a sisal mat that has a rubber backing. It would burn like crazy if prompted, so I roll it back just for the charging.

The Vigilante front and Trail Boss rear seems to be a preferred set up for WTB tyres. I have seen it on a few bikes and it works really well. I have both of those tyres on my bikes, but never quite managed that exact combo. Both are great tyres.

For your first emtb, buy one from a dealer that you don't mid dropping the bike off to, driving home and then getting a call to say it's fixed. You drive back to find it isn't fixed! (Not necessarily the dealer's fault, these things happen). What I'm trying to illustrate is the problems with a...