I like to run a couple clicks slower on rear shock rebound for jumping. It gives a little more control and doesn't kick up the rear end so bad on steeper jump faces. Avoid gap jumps. Find easy table top style jumps and get a lot of reps on small tables with various jump faces to learn how they...
I have a Heckler MX with the 504wh battery. I have reached dream bike status (for me) with it after installing a Cascade link, 160mm ZEB fork, Rock Shox Deluxe shock, We Are One Composites wheels, One Up Carbon Ebar, SRAM AXS drivetrain, Maven brakes and I've tuned each power setting exactly...
Yep, on the perfect grade and you're sprinting as soon as the motor cuts off it feels like you are hitting a wall! If you go onto level ground turn off the motor completely, gear down a little and it should feel like any other bike. It's a trippy feeling on both counts.
Just finished installing a set of Maven brakes. The stealth master cylinder doesn’t play nice with dropper remotes or mode selection switches. Spent half the evening grinding the dropper mount to fit in the tight spot there. Had to keep the lever there or the ergonomics would be 💩
Just ordered a set of Maven brakes. 51yrs old and have been having trouble with hands between general hard miles, full time bike mechanic and a crash in September where both hands slapped down on extremely hard pack injuring joints on both thumbs! Hopefully the mavens will allow safe braking...
Yeah, I had a couple buddies that got them a year or so ahead of me. Took a little over a year for a real estate deal to come together so I could get paid out.
Haven’t been able to ride for three weeks due to two sprained thumbs. I installed a Lauf lower headset bearing as a poor man’s steering damper. I ride a Heckler with ZEB fork.