My local cube dealer would only cover parts on warranty, not labour, as I bought the bike elsewhere.
Took me over 3 weeks just to get a replacement battery.
I got my original axs derailleur and dropper for about 50%RRP on eBay. They’re great but if I’m honest, it’s a lot of money for marginal gains. Not sure I’d want to pay full price for them.
What I’ve realised is that if I expect to exceed the limit, I’ll ride in eco. That way I’m in a low enough gear when I hit the limit to power past it.
Well, that was before I derestricted it!
Well the guy who converted them for me seems to have only used narrow gaffa tape and they were trouble free for years. Barely even had to pump them up and I only topped up sealant for the first time a few months ago. I did clean quite a bit of sealant off the tire bead. I had always assumed the...
I’ll always bounce tires around to get them seated right, tubeless or not. When I did the front I took it for a ride straight away but I didn’t have time today for the rear. So it’s just been bounced around and spun lots with the bike in the stand. I assumed as I’m reusing tyres that have...
I had the same problem with the residue tape on the first one. Took a good hour to clean. With the second I was much more careful to peel it back on itself and it came off quite clean. I think it helped that the edges weren’t rolled up like the first one.
Everything has been cleaned with wd40...
The blue on the front however all peeled back when the bead came off. Just doing the back to match really.
The front leaked the first time because I got the valve wrong. Second time it pumped up with no leaks at all. When I pumped this rear one up I had a leak around a spoke nipple and it lost...
So I got it down this time. Took a hell of a lot longer!
Got into my groove about half way round. Laying it down taut and working into the edge of the well with my thumb nail one side at a time, going from spoke to spoke. Then going over the centre with a microfibre and finally go around the...
The blue tape has been on there 2 years. This rear one hadn’t even gone flat, just re doing it anyway. I didn’t take any photos of the new muc off tape on the front but it’s 30mm tape on a 30mm rim. I have some 50mm gorilla tape but you can buy it 25mm and my mtb’s have 25mm rims. Is gorilla...
I’ve just had my first go at a tubeless set up. They were already set up tubeless by a local bike mechanic around 2 yrs ago. I’ve only topped the sealant up once but the front tire has since given up so I thought I’d start from scratch.
I bought muc off tape and Sealant and I’m reusing the...
The hobby as a whole seems to have died off since last time I was doing it. Half the clubs there used to be here on the south coast. Spares and hop ups are not as readily available because of less demand. I’ve got mainly off road stuff now and take it to the local skate park which also has a...
I’ve just got back in RC after selling up 10 years ago. I do have a few tracks nearby but not paid any a visit yet. Still have a blast just taking them bashing with my son and my mates. The rock crawlers are good fun and don’t break much. For me, half the fun is in building and modding them.
I woke up one Saturday morning during lockdown and decided I wanted an emtb. Bikes were in short supply at the time and the cube was the only thing I could find available to pick up that day. So I got the cube!