You have to choose if it's worth the risk to your rim. I personally don't like to have my ride ruined. So, I carry the spares. You can strap the tube to your frame if you don't want to carry it. Specialized has the SWAT set up for the tube,CO2 and levers if you want to go that way.
While your motor may sound fine, they may see something that is a known issue. I'd take them up on the motor if the install time is short. Hopefully you'll get the updated motor without issues.
Yeah, it's out of date so much it would be like showing up to the trail with rim brakes. I will help. I give you half of what you paid and I'll cover shipping. :)
Put a layer of plummers pipe dope (not the putty) or wrap the taper washer with a little bit of plumers teflon tape. This technique works great to remove creaks from the BB area of bikes.
I have ridden mine to a stop when I got a branch through my tire before a rock garden. I was able to stop and get to a flat spot. Riding with no air was painfully slow. It will likely ruin the tire too. The tread will be stretched in weird ways.
Instead of riding out, carry a tube and a...
One of these days I will try this 2.6 fun, but I don't know how the bike will handle in the high geo positon. I like the low. Easy to manual, jumping, and just ripping through a rocky line going straight and letting off the brakes.
Here's mine: 30.5 miles and 5147 ft on the ascent. This did require continual battery management and smart use of the motor. There really was very little that needed boost mode.
Eco mode was set to high
Trail mode was set to low with torque limited to 50 nm.
Boost mode was set to low with...
About ride wrap.
How did they handle the weld bumps in seat and chain stays? I can't really tell by the pics and RideWrap seems to be ignoring my info requests.
What this guy said. Bleed them. Then, do the piston rebalancing act shown here.
look at 5:30 in to skip the intro and tools needed.
SRAM ARE HIGH MAINTENANCE !!!!!
When I feel inspired, I may switch to TRP for the great modulation and little maintenance
I've had my Decoy since Jan 2020. I've put 1500+ miles on it. In April (I think) I used StUnlocker to check things and it said battery health at 99% (0 Cycles). I thought with limited daylight, winter weather and other factors I had not ridden that much.
Fast forward to Sept 1st. It...
Fox "decided" to do a 36 with thicker parts and use 34 internals. They say it's better, but I could not tell. It also makes any kind of upgrade much more tricky.
don't buy those rings. They are RaceFace knockoffs from China. They did not even bother to disguise it by changing the name much. LOL. In my experience, you'll buy 3 or 4 of those knockoffs before one RaceFace wears out. Those knockoffs will start wearing out and skipping right at the bottom...
I think the Decoy comes with the shock a bit under tuned for mid-stroke support. This leads to pedal strikes or a harsh ride. Once I replaced my shock with a DVO Topaz, things were much much better. Since the Decoy has a progressive suspension, setting up the shock with a more linear spring...
The system has a torque sensor and does adjust power based on your effort. It's a little annoying, I agree. However, when this starts, drop the power level to eco. If you are in eco, try using the etune app to lower the level in eco to mid or low. It's possible there might be something wrong...
They should read
Wet + Powerful + LOUD (until heated properly)
I run these in the winter/rain days. If it's even remotely clear, I go DiscoBrakes CopperFree. Half the price, more power...actually almost too much grab
while this seems like a good idea on paper, in reality, it's a nightmare. Software updates, boot errors, and all the things associated with it for a very small percentage of the total shipments.
Are you willing to miss a day's ride with your buddies because your bike did not work because of...