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[EnduroIntern]

What rise bars are people running? Thinking of going higher than my current 20mm ones.

Just went with 35 rise one up carbon bar.
Really like it. And feels better at cornering and over chunk.
But it is most likely placebo

 

[xcel]

FML installed new rear shock, fastened one side of the upper bolts with 17nm as per manual, did the other side - head of the bolt sheared straight off without the torque wrench getting close to 17nm.

 

[JayX2A]

Thanks for that I think mine is very similar type of noise but mine will not creak unless I pedal very hard. I will get it out again tomorrow and thoroughly go through it to see if I can make it creak like yours.

Did you give it a go? I didn’t have time to do any greasing before riding today so still creaky.

Annoyingly my front tyre lost a load of air but still managed to limp home with what it kept inside!

Will get on to the creak this week to try track it down.

 

[JayX2A]

Just went with 35 rise one up carbon bar.
Really like it. And feels better at cornering and over chunk.
But it is most likely placebo

I’m an idiot. I have some 35mm rise oneups on the bike I’m selling so swapped them out to give them a try.

 

[Julie_X1]

Just went with 35 rise one up carbon bar.
Really like it. And feels better at cornering and over chunk.
But it is most likely placebo

Same here. Except mine is the e-carbon bar.

 

[Johannes]

Just went with 35 rise one up carbon bar.
Really like it. And feels better at cornering and over chunk.
But it is most likely placebo

I went with a 38mm rise carbon bar from PNW. Quite happy with that.

 

[JayX2A]

So it’s been a few rides now and loving the bike but few more changes to happen this week. The 20mm rise was not for me on the bars. My 35mm oneups are now on.

Just don’t like these TRP brakes. Swapping them over to the XTs from my old bike. Well my local mechanic is swapping them lol

The Wolfpack tyres I tried were a bit weak. They were ok but sidewalls not great. My mate was selling a set of brand new Maxxis for mates rate so just seated them today. These wheels are a joy to work with. Tyres are pretty easy to get on and seat so been no major swearing lol

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[Fd3chris]

I took mine to a friend's and we stripped the motor out and greased everything while putting it back. I think it was a dry pedal after all of that. Went for a long ride yesterday in Gisburn forest in the UK and not one creak.

 

[wizard604]

Finally got around to taking off the Bont-trasher tires and putting on Assegai & Dhr2s. The thick rim strip on the wheels made it extremely challenging to mount the new tires. Normally you can just position the tire in the center channel and the tire will go on easy. The rim strip is so thick that it doesn't give you much room to play with. I did manage to mount the tires eventually resorting to every trick in the book. But in retrospect I should just have removed the rim strip and replaced with regular rim tape. It would have been a lot less effort

So just a word of advice to everyone. Yank that rim strip and replace with rim tape. Save yourself a lot of frustration

 

[JayX2A]

Finally got around to taking off the Bont-trasher tires and putting on Assegai & Dhr2s. The thick rim strip on the wheels made it extremely challenging to mount the new tires. Normally you can just position the tire in the center channel and the tire will go on easy. The rim strip is so thick that it doesn't give you much room to play with. I did manage to mount the tires eventually resorting to every trick in the book. But in retrospect I should just have removed the rim strip and replaced with regular rim tape. It would have been a lot less effort

So just a word of advice to everyone. Yank that rim strip and replace with rim tape. Save yourself a lot of frustration

I was lucky that I had my old carbon wheels. The DHF/DHR slid straight on. As good as those rim strips are they have previously made me very angry lol