Mountain Biking

[ichabod crane]

Saturday coming is officially new bike day

Awesome what are you getting? My Amflow should arrive this Saturday!

 

[robj20]

Have you tried the mavity tyres from Schwalbe? I've not used the Radial version but ran Super mavity Magic Mary's on my DH bike for years. Solid tyres and hold up well at Dyfi and Antur Stiniog (which I'd argue is harsher on tyres than Dyfi).

Saturday coming is officially new bike day

I find the opposite, zero punctures at Stiniog and I go there a lot. Multiple punctures at Dyfi.
Id say the mavity tyres are more Enduro oriented, the SuperDH is what you want for uplift and has a lot more puncture resistance. The Radials are at the minute a little of a compromise when it comes to DH.

 

[SpudMaster]

Awesome what are you getting? My Amflow should arrive this Saturday!

The new Orbea Rallon enduro

I find the opposite, zero punctures at Stiniog and I go there a lot. Multiple punctures at Dyfi.
Id say the mavity tyres are more Enduro oriented, the SuperDH is what you want for uplift and has a lot more puncture resistance. The Radials are at the minute a little of a compromise when it comes to DH.

Not sure on the latest version or the Radial tyres but sidewall wise there was barely, if any difference between the Super mavity and Super DH. Super DH where thicker under the tread though. Maybe they've changed though in recent years, not bought a new tyre in over two years now.

I've never had a puncture at Dyfi and only one or two at Stiniog before they smoothed the trails a fair bit. I was basing my judgement on the fact that Black Powder and Y Du are or where pretty much rock and slate all the way down.

 

[Repta]

Dont think id be using a £15 bike for my type of riding

Dyfi has a downlift too!

got fed up of eating these maxxis tyres. Ive done 3 rears (DH casing) since October. Bought a pair of Kryptotals will see how they fair at revs next week

You had the same experience as I did last Friday it seems, in first 3 runs took out 2 DHR DD Casing and a Assegai DH casing, all big slashes to do hope of plugging. Ended up throwing toys out of pram and buying Kryptotals from the shop and had no more issues over several days riding there.

Had been meaning to move away form Maxxis as both me and the wife seemed to been cutting the sidewalls a lot in the last year so forced my hand!

 

[ichabod crane]

Both bikes arrived today and have been built up and tested, all in good working order and ready for a proper ride out tomorrow. I did really want the SC Vala but there are no medium frames available in the spec I wanted so I would have to wait for the new model due in a few months, plus the sale on the Amflow and a bit of negotiated discount meant that it was better option at this time value wise.

 

[faheemrazzaq]

Just bought a Trek Marlin 7 Gen 3 2026 as my starter bike for some mountain biking action. Not looking to do anything serious but some calm and easy forest trails. How often people service their bikes?

 

[Andrew Moore]

Just bought a Trek Marlin 7 Gen 3 2026 as my starter bike for some mountain biking action. Not looking to do anything serious but some calm and easy forest trails. How often people service their bikes?

It depends on how caked it all gets.

With the nasty muddy weather we have had I do my pivot bearings, headset (+ where required BB) and wheel bearings every couple of months. I clean the forks, shock and dropper after each ride as well as the jockey wheels, cassette, chain ring and chain after most heavy runs.

Forks see a lower service every couple of months or so and a major service to them as well as the shock once a year because it’s expensive and I’m too lazy to do it.

When it’s dry, it just gets a basic wash down and the whole lot sees a full going over every couple of months or so.

I don’t mess about bleeding or changing fluid in the brakes too often as I’m finding that the Hopes and shimanos don’t really need it BUT the Magura brakes seems to cook fluid so get a flush and fresh oil as and when needed.

 

[robj20]

Just bought a Trek Marlin 7 Gen 3 2026 as my starter bike for some mountain biking action. Not looking to do anything serious but some calm and easy forest trails. How often people service their bikes?

Depends on so many things. Conditions, how well the pivot points are designed. My current bike one a year is actually looking more than enough for pivots, fork I'll do once a year, shock maybe every two.
Wheel bearings, again depends on the hub, I don't service mine I just replace the bearings as and when it can be many years.
Dropper posts I just keep them clean, not worth paying money for preventative maintenance when it's cheaper to buy a new one instead.

 

[SpudMaster]

Still need to whack my Renthal bars and Magura MT7s on it.

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