Santa Cruz Vala

[prolix2]

Well shit. 5 mile ride had it backing out. Just as the weather is clearing. Time to see how fast I can get some new bushings.

Thanks for this. I'm gonna check mine first thing

 

[Dax]

Well shit. 5 mile ride had it backing out. Just as the weather is clearing. Time to see how fast I can get some new bushings.

How are these bushes supposed to attach? Friction onto the frame?

 

[mtbrdan]

How are these bushes supposed to attach? Friction onto the frame?

Looks like it.

 

[Shark58]

How are these bushes supposed to attach? Friction onto the frame?

One can buy a tool from Cyclus Tools to mount or remove these bushings.

Cyclus Tools Press-in & press-out tool for Bosch frame sleeves

The Cyclus Tool press-in & press-out tool for Bosch frame sleeves is a special tool for pressing in and pressing out frame sleeves on the Bosch…

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The above shop also sells the mounting bolts for the Bosch gen5 motor (BDU38xx)

Bosch Performance Line CX Gen5 screw set. motor

This Bosch screw set is used to fix the Performance Line CX Gen.5 motor to the frame. The CX Gen5. Drive has two different mounting types -…

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… and the bushings, although they are described as meant for the Bosch SX motor, but look identical (send them an email to make sure)

Bosch frame sleeve set for motor mount

You need the Bosch frame sleeve set to mount your eBike motor in the frame. The mounting sleeves are made of durable plastic . The diameter is 13…

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[mtbrdan]

How much is that in freedom bucks?! Appreciate it, got a claim in with SC Bikes but with the holidays....ordered a set just to have.

 

[SimonDee]

Am I right in assuming that the C frame has internal cable routing for transmission? All the images I can find are the higher end CC builds which look like they tie you to wireless with no routing.

Edit: Flow's review states it is so. C frames have cable routing for transmission.

 

[Lee Dove]

Am I right in assuming that the C frame has internal cable routing for transmission? All the images I can find are the higher end CC builds which look like they tie you to wireless with no routing.

Edit: Flow's review states it is so. C frames have cable routing for transmission.

I can confirm that, my bike has cable gears.

 

[Snoggin]

I have CC on my heckler SL I have routing for a cable but its plugged of course

 

[mtbrdan]

Following up on my previous. Ordered some new bushings from Euroland ( thanks for the tip Shark58! ) that arrived today. Same day as Sc Bikes has one available due to the holiday break. New vs old.

Hard to say why it happened. The inner lip locks into the frame and maybe it was damaged from the factory? Took no chances and ordered 6 of them!

 

[Dax]

The old bush looks like it has the remains of adhesive or something on it?

 

[mtbrdan]

Nope. Just squished and deformed.

 

[Jor4s]

Finally got my hands on a Vala

Picking it up tomorrow.

I purchased an S kit build. Looking at making a few changes.

Can someone tell me their opinion on the stock Maven Bronze… are they up to the task or should I swap them out.

 

[Mario Antony]

I find it generally funny that engineers have spent hours to work perfect geometry and suspension kinematics and then avarge joe buys the bike and just adds 10-20mm suspension travel both ends and says it’s much better that way and those guys who designed the whole thing in the first place don’t know what they are doing . I understand that if you are big or light you might have to special tune the suspension, but adding travel ain’t it…

Design Engineers are limited by product manager/marketing.

You can adapt the bike for your needs, doesn't mean it's for everyone liking

 

[FastFR]

Went for the 1st service on my Vala on Tuesday. So I had the opportunity to have my bike weigthed by the shop for the first time. It's the X0 AXS version in size Large. Result is 22.18kg in riding configuration (including tires liquid, pedals HT T2, Topeak Ninja mini tool, etc.). Even taking off the Topeak multi-tools off th bike I'm reaching 21.9X Kgs.

Anyone of you have already tried different setting on the Bosch motor ? I have now properly setup my bike (position, suspensions, etc.) but I'm not 100% happy with the Bosch motor settings. For me, I never use Eco (will try moving by +3), Tour is fine, don't like EMTB (will try to replace by Sport) and Turbo is ok.

 

[irie]

Design Engineers are limited by product manager/marketing.

You can adapt the bike for your needs, doesn't mean it's for everyone liking

The marketing/sales need for products to have showroom appeal drives the practice of cutting steerer tubes really short. So seat height can be adjusted to suit the owner of the new bike but not handlebar height! An unbelievably stupid practice.

 

[Bndit]

The marketing/sales need for products to have showroom appeal drives the practice of cutting steerer tubes really short. So seat height can be adjusted to suit the owner of the new bike but not handlebar height! An unbelievably stupid practice.

Not with Santa Cruz or Specialized, they have "long" steerer tubes. At least I have had on my Large bikes.

 

[Gaba83]

Finally got my hands on a Vala

Picking it up tomorrow.

I purchased an S kit build. Looking at making a few changes.

Can someone tell me their opinion on the stock Maven Bronze… are they up to the task or should I swap them out.

I also own the S-kit. So far, I have only upgraded the GX to AXS Transmission. The brakes work great, sometimes even too strong for the rear wheel (maybe the rotor is too big?). Mine came without Fillmore valves and with the rear brake caliper not fitted correctly. Apart from that, I am really happy with it. I am considering upgrading the fork to an X2 damper in the future, but I am not sure if the investment is worth it for my riding level.