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I have Mavic carbon rims on my Hiabike Xduro 10 downhill bike, they were fitted with tubless, but I struck a rock on a knarly decent and it caused a leak through the carbon which I couldnt fix so had to fit a tube. On the aluminim rims on my other bike they just take a bit of a dent but the...

It does depend on the bike, I'm saying this from experience because I own three, a Vitus VR which is heavy but strong that has a lot of drag on a shimano E7000 65nm. A Hiabike downhill xduro 10, now that has terrible drag because the motor has a small front cogfitted so it is geared internally...

Yeah I got them in a bike shop in Brecon and went a size bigger, if you were thinking of getting some online.

Going back to VITUS value for money you really can't beat these bike, I got a VITUS full sus for £3,600 from chain reactions and yeah its only got Shimano Deore groupset but its absolutely bullet proof, I started throwing it down some serious hills so needed a couple of upgrades for self...

Crossmax Mavic - These are waterproof gortex lined, warm but breath best I have ever had and I'm now 56 lots of boots!

We all have choices, so why would you struggle, especially as we are not getting any younger, welcome to electric! ;-)

I agree, it’s the first upgrade I made to my Cannodale get the SX in the bin and fit a XT rear mech, XT chain and an XT 12 speed shifter so you can finger shift also rather than just a thumb push shifter from SRAM. The rest of it works very well I think!

Yes had to purchase the wider spacer for the base of the steer tube, it was a bit of a sod to fit but patience is key I just kept tapping it on with a large ring spanner until flush. Beware you will need a new front wheel or spindle as it’s a 20mm on the boxer forks so plan for that also, that...

I've used the Shimano app to reconfigure what you get from eco and trail, I don't realy use boost anymore because the others are just great and give excellent battery life. We do lose out to the e8000 and the ep8 on power though as its only 65nm so get the best from it while balancing great...

Here is my VITUS eSommet the basic model which was an online purchase from Chain Reaction Cycles £3500 Before and After: Obviously you can see the main upgrade on the front end, which gave me some extra ground clearance and an even more planted front end for those rough rocky decents.

Some branches are just too low and ouch do they clobber you!!

Brizl UK 55 Mental age 5.5 years A man can NOT have too many bikes eBikes or not........ A few broken ribs in march, cracked again in July... not fairing too well this year, but the Vitus now has Boxxer forks so the wild stuff is feeling much better now although I've had to slow things down a...

Provides more ground clearance than previously which it needed and really keeps that front end planted :cool:

Oh the nose on the seat, I hang the bikes on a climbing loop in my bike shack for when I’m cleaning servicing the chain and gears, I also have a yellow one on my Hiabike X10.0 to, it stops them slipping off the loop mid servicing.

I’m hoping to very soon, my ribs are just healing after hitting a tree at full pelt, fortunately the bike is unhurt but I’m in clip after a couple of days in A&E. Oh the nose on the seat, I hang the bikes on a climbing loop in my bike shack for when I’m cleaning servicing the chain and gears, I...

The Magic Mary tyres are awesome in the corners they are way better than my Maxxis on other bikes.

I'm not sure, they are not that twisty where I ride fast downhill, but I did get my quickest times around the circuit at Ashton Court in Bristol and some of those are tight and fast, but flat-ish, the wheels are 27.5 so do turn in a bit better than the 29's

I simply cut the sides off with a pair of scissors. Not sure when they will be back in stock?

The SRAM SX is so cheap and rubbish, I was constantly adjusting the rear mech and the chain snapped too easily.