What did you buy your ebike this week?

[RustyMTB]

Sexy new chainring. 1700 miles on the original, pretty worn eh?

 

[davosaurusrex]

Chromag Dagga pedals. Wanted some for ages for my size 12s but they're like rocking horse shit and mental expensive to boot, picked up a pair for a sensible-ish price on ebay

 

[Beaker2135]

Getting ready for spring with a rear triangle rebuild with #bluesealbikebearings

 

[JP-NZ]

More for me than the bike.. Impressed with how light it is and how comfortable. I haven't used it on a ride yet, my main aim was to lessen the wind noise on my airpods pro and it does that well.

 

[SwampNut]

The gen 2 Airpods Pro mostly eliminated the noise in the original version.

 

[steve_sordy]

Getting ready for spring with a rear triangle rebuild with #bluesealbikebearings

I'm a big fan of Blue Seal bearings, from Trail Vision.

 

[JP-NZ]

The gen 2 Airpods Pro mostly eliminated the noise in the original version.

Ive got Pro 2's and every review I have read says the Pro 2 are worse than Pro 1 for wind noise.

To be honest with you the Pro2 whilst amazing for most things are nearly unuseable due to wind noise outside from walking, running and cycling.

 

[SwampNut]

I have both, and have gone out with the gen 1 a couple times, and that's the opposite of my experience. I have no wind noise issues when biking with the gen 2, and a bit with the originals. I'm totally confused by your statement "outside from walking, running and cycling." So what else is there? You wearing these to skydive or something? I use them when traveling (so I'm walking or in an airplane) and for biking. They do both really well.

 

[JP-NZ]

I have both, and have gone out with the gen 1 a couple times, and that's the opposite of my experience. I have no wind noise issues when biking with the gen 2, and a bit with the originals. I'm totally confused by your statement "outside from walking, running and cycling." So what else is there? You wearing these to skydive or something? I use them when traveling (so I'm walking or in an airplane) and for biking. They do both really well.

Skate boarding, roller blading? Thats not the issue though. What mode are you using when cycling that has no wind noise?

As I said they do most things really well but riding downhill trails or through the city at 20mph plus in transparency mode is just full of wind noise. Thankfully the dropframe cuts a LOT of that out.

 

[SwampNut]

Oh, yeah, transparency should be noisy for sure. I'm always in noise cancellation, except when I stop and want to talk to riding buddies.

First world problem: Why don't they have one button to BOTH pause music and go into transparency?

 

[beanzz]

Why don't they have one button to BOTH pause music and go into transparency?

It's possible to map that but when I did that it kinda bugged out a little bit but there's probably a better way to add custom commands to buttons

 

[Expidia]

Well, this first bike stand in the pic sucked. Took it out if the box, put bike in it and it almost tipped over sideways so I slid it right back in to box and sent it back. The next pic is another one I just ordered. We’ll give this one a shot when it comes. It’s their welded version hence the higher price tag.

 

[irie]

Well, this first bike stand in the pic sucked. Took it out if the box, put bike in it and it almost tipped over sideways so I slid it right back in to box and sent it back. The next pic is another one I just ordered. We’ll give this one a shot when it comes. It’s their welded version hence the higher price tag.

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Have the same Willworx stands, no issues.

 

[JStrube]

I have the cheaper Willworx stand and it works great. I'm about to buy another.

 

[Expidia]

I have the cheaper Willworx stand and it works great. I'm about to buy another.

Ya, I can't believe that first one I bought in the pic by "Bikehand" had over 4300 ratings. I think these Chinese companies have their ratings somehow padded up. If you look at how narrow that back support is there is no way it can support a 60 lb bike from falling over sideways! Here is what that $60 Bikehand stand would work well with IMO . . .

 

[beanzz]

Does anyone know a good wall mount cos I'm turning my spare room into a more secure bike storage/workshop than my shed and to save space I would quite like to store my three bikes vertically. (Only one ebike currently but my housemate might get one)

 

[NULevo]

Does anyone know a good wall mount cos I'm turning my spare room into a more secure bike storage/workshop than my shed and to save space I would quite like to store my three bikes vertically. (Only one ebike currently but my housemate might get one)

I've got a one of these, they come in different sizes depending on tyre width. Been using for it over three years now, can't fault it.

Bike Racks | Ultimate Space Saver Bicycle Racks – Steadyrack

Steadyrack is the world’s most acclaimed vertical bike rack parking solution. Patented space saving design with 160° pivot for fold away storage. Learn more!

uk.steadyrack.com

 

[beanzz]

I've got a one of these, the come in different sizes depending on tyre width. Been using for it over three years now, can't fault it.

Bike Racks | Ultimate Space Saver Bicycle Racks – Steadyrack

Steadyrack is the world’s most acclaimed vertical bike rack parking solution. Patented space saving design with 160° pivot for fold away storage. Learn more!

uk.steadyrack.com

Fantastic thank you, I had a quick look elsewhere and that keeps popping up

 

[RichT]

2022 Specialized Tero 5.0 upgrades:

This week: GX Eagle AXS Upgrade Kit - GS-GX-1E-A1 - SRAM (I was on the fence at $633 but my LBS got it for me for around $450) and this: PG-1230 Eagle Cassette - CS-PG-1230-A1 - SRAM, to go with a Praxis 44T chainring. The cassette will give me back my original 1st gear ratio (50t cog and 44T chain ring are almost identical to the orig. 42 and 36), while the 44T ring gives me a 5mph bump in top speed so I can now pedal at over 30mph at a reasonable cadence while still retaining the OE climbing ratios.


Also these Grip Stuby® and I’m quite pleased with them. I wasn’t sure about the one-piece design since it doesnt allow adjusting the vertical and horizontal independently but its working out quite well.

 

[theremotejuggernaut]

This week... A pair of Hunt Trail Wide wheels.

I'd been eyeing up new wheels for a while but the decision making process was cut short when the rear wheel decided to eat the rear mech.

Little bit disappointed that they weight 150g more than advertised.

1831g on the website, 1974g in the real world which has left me fairly unimpressed.

I'd also been considering a pair of 28h ex511s on 240s that I'd seen on ebay but wanted to go lighter. Feel a bit silly now as I'd have a far better wheelset for not much more money at the same weight.

To be fair, if the Internet is to be believed the Hunts will bend themselves around the first rock I find so maybe I'll end up with the DT Swiss set after all

Rear (no valve or Lockring)

Front (no valve or Lockring)

Despite being heavier than advertised I've still saved about 250g on the standard wheelset (RaceFace ARC30 on Shimano MT510s) and mostly from the rear wheel so I guess it's still an upgrade. Just not quite the 400g saving that it should have been.

Second disappointment was the tubeless tape. It was bubbled up all the way round the rim and the last few inches had lifted off the rim. I was tempted to return them but I've left them with tubes in for this evening to hopefully stick it to the rim properly.

Next day delivery was brilliant though. Ordered at about 13:00 yesterday and delivered today at 11am.

 

[irie]

What do they weight without the tape on?

As it happens, I stripped the tape off mine and re-taped.

 

[Shjay]

I have just built an Ex511 rim on Acros rear hub & weighs same weight & hub is 240g which isn’t heavy with Sapim race spokes

 

[theremotejuggernaut]

What do they weight without the tape on?

As it happens, I stripped the tape off mine and re-taped.

Didn't remove the tape but it's usually 5-7g per wheel? Definitely not 75g per wheel.

It doesn't feel as thick as Stans and thats about 5g per wheel I think.

I'll pull the tyres and tubes tomorrow and if its still not stuck, I'll pull it off and weigh them without.

 

[Wilbur]

Picked up the last set of Horizon V2 in the Wiggle sale. Very nicely presented - taped with aluminium valves, and box includes ARD inserts and sealant.

 

[paquo]

An I9 Enduro S w/Hydra hub rear . It arrived and seems high quality so now just waiting on a magnet that will hopefully work

 

[JStrube]

Fantastic thank you, I had a quick look elsewhere and that keeps popping up

For sure that Steadyrack. When I took my bike to RideWrap in Santa Cruz, they had a wall full of them & the guy spoke very highly of how well they worked. He said though, to double check your measurements. They had them mounted higher up than you could roll the bike in, which would not work for an E. Also, whether you use a front fender matters. The Fox front fender fits the standard MTB rack, but others might not.

 

[Armor11]

Got (for a very small fee) a freshly serviced set of (2022) Factory 36, 160mm, Grip 2 from a friend who sold his bike and didn't want them for his new ride. Will go nicely on the Levo. Also picked up a set of OneUp carbon bars to try.

 

[theremotejuggernaut]

Got (for a very small fee) a freshly serviced set of (2022) Factory 36, 160mm, Grip 2 from a friend who sold his bike and didn't want them for his new ride. Will go nicely on the Levo. Also picked up a set of OneUp carbon bars to try.

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I've got those bars on my hardtail. They're excellent.

I want some for my Rise but can't decide whether I want the higher rise bars this time. Its an expensive experiment if I don't like them

 

[Quinterly]

New noggin protection (the Bell I had was probably still fine, but it's one area that's probably good to stay current on and this one is so light):

And, OneUp EDC pump and tool. Since my Rail doesn't have water bottle bosses, this will slide into my pack for MTB riding but I'll also mount to he water bottle bracket on my acoustic road bike so it will fit both purposes.

 

[beanzz]

Some fork decals to go with my grips and pedals