I ran a pair of force am2 for darn near a 1,000 miles. Never had a slip or a puncture. However I only ride in dry/damp conditions and being in my 50's I'm not carving hard turns or catching air anymore. I do climb steep sections a lot that require my 50 tooth gear.
I replaced them with E-Wilds...
In the US many seem to like the MTX Gold pads, myself included and I'm 270 lbs. Almost no noise on steep downhills and good stopping power/modulation with crappy trek oem brakes with magura mdr rotors.
https://mtxbraking.com/
I switched to Molten Speed Wax (MSpeedWax) and could not be happier. I'm at 300 miles now and it still feels like a freshly lubed chain. The best part is the whole drive drain looks brand new, no build up of any grit or grime, haven't washed my bike yet as I typically don't ride in mud.
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I just replaced mine. I recommend lubing the wire and protecting the metal connectors. One of them got a little smashed pulling it thru the chain stay and it was really difficult to get it back in the grey connector.
Best way is to put it in a tub of water and look closely. A slow leak is sometimes hard to see with soap/water method.
I fought a slow leaker and it turned out it was sidewall porosity that wouldn't seal. I was using 200ml of MucOff sealant, vigorous shaking, laying on the side for hours...
You need a 10mm adapter since the spacing is based on the radius not the diameter of the rotor. You also might need new mounting bolts. The RockShox zeb manual says 9-13mm of thread insertion into the fork mount. These are M6 socket head bolts.
Hopefully an adapter kit comes with everything,
I'm on my 2nd pair of Michelin Force AM2. Both sets were pretty porous. It took extra sealant and a couple days to seal up. Rear tire soaked up 100ml so I added another 100ml. Front took 140ml. All good now.
I made the mistake of not laying the wheels flat when sealing new tires.
I put on some new Michelins with 100ml of sealant and kept losing 5psi/day. After a month I finally dipped them in a tub of water to see where it was leaking. There were many air streams from the sidewalls. They were very...
It took my whole life to get to this point,. I'm 55 with 1.100 on my 21 Rail 5. All I wanted was every tool, lube, glue I use in arm's reach. I'm about half way there but I give up.
Dumonde Tech Pro X Freehub grease
I have some Industry Nine Hydra hubs and they recommend that grease. Stock they use the Dumonde oil but say use the grease if you want to reduce the pawl noise.
It really made a difference from loud angry bees to almost silent. Seems to last about 6 months...
I'm 6'4" 280lbs and I've had my Rail 5 for 2 years now at 1,000 miles. I don't jump or do drops more than a foot or so. I've tried 3 shocks and here's what I've learned.
Nothing off the shelf will give you a smooth ride if you're over 200lbs. What ever shock you get you'll need to get it...
Hose wouldn't move at all trying to push or pull it using all of my finger force around the bottom bracket/motor with every clip loossened up. Motor gotta drop a little bit.
Got it for less than $5 at my LBS. Unfortunately it didn't work for this application. My motor/wires are jamming the housing/hose for the dropper so it won't move. I'll have to drop the motor, buying the torx plus kit now.
Ha, i just bought that hose connector. I'm replacing my dropper and really hoping that will attach the old and new hose so I can pull it all thru without dropping the motor. It's called the Rockshox Reverb Stealth Barb Connector.
https://www.jensonusa.com/Rockshox-Reverb-Stealth-Barb-Connector
I have a '21 Rail 5 that came with 203mm rotors with like a 20mm adapter on the Gold 35 shocks.
I installed a '23 Zeb Ultimate which has a native 200mm post mount. Finding spacers/adapters for a 200->203mm was very difficult on the internet.
I ended up going to the hardware store with calipers...