Decided to ride at an unfamiliar track in the wet and ended up crashing into a tree; which bent my pedal. Considering crankbrother mallets for the larger platform and ease of clipping in. Has anyone here used them before? Whats your opinion on them?
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Toke my rims to get trued, guy in the LBS had one look at them and said they've far too many flat spots and pretty much need replaced.
Any recommendations? Or anyone know of any good wheel building sites?
My superstars are holding up fairly well, so might grab another near xmas when the sales go on.
Any recommendations? Or anyone know of any good wheel building sites?
My superstars are holding up fairly well, so might grab another near xmas when the sales go on.
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I am 100kg and very tall and recently got hope enduro wheels. I do mainly xc riding on natural trails with the occasional trail park. So far really good with no problems. The rear hubs louder clicking noise is useful as it warns people you are coming, for the first ride it was a bit annoying but don't notice it now.
I'd get a set of hope hubs, I know people who've used them and servicing seems a doddle. But at 23mm internal and 2kg of weight, I'd rather get a wider, lighter, cheaper set from Superstar.
Can't seem to see them in 27ID+. They seem to jump up to 35mm ID, for some crazy reason. I want 27-30mm. If I could pair them with a set of spanks, stans, or DTs I'd probably go for it.
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That's fair enough, I got them as they are very durable and easy to service.
I'd have no issues getting a set of hope hubs, but I definitely prefer wider rims. Suprised Hope don't offer them.
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I built up a new DT EX471 a couple of months ago onto my (10 year old!) Hope Pro 2, it's a very stiff rim (very easy to build) and a reasonable weight, if you want something wider then the 481 will do the job.
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Annoyingly they didn't publish the route beforehand.
Overall the event was badly organised, confusion over the start times, very poor signage (especially on the 100k, more people went the wrong way than the right way I hear!), no official timing or photos and no medal or anything to show for finishing. Makes me wonder what I paid £40 for just to ride my local trails!!
I did however do the longest ride with the most climbing of my life in some of the worst weather I've ever been outside for a sustained period in
Met some great people too.https://www.strava.com/activities/1177613882
My forks seemed to be playing up a bit towards the end, hardly surprising since they got completely submerged a few times
and the bike has generally been treated quite poorly in the year I've had it 
they would occasionally feel like they had locked out and a few "bounces" would loosen them up. The rebound knob has also fallen out. It seems ridiculous to pay ~£80 to get a pair of £150 forks serviced (Suntour Raidons) so is there anything I can learn to DIY?
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Annoyingly they didn't publish the route beforehand.
Overall the event was badly organised, confusion over the start times, very poor signage (especially on the 100k, more people went the wrong way than the right way I hear!), no official timing or photos and no medal or anything to show for finishing. Makes me wonder what I paid £40 for just to ride my local trails!!
I did however do the longest ride with the most climbing of my life in some of the worst weather I've ever been outside for a sustained period in
https://www.strava.com/activities/1177613882
My forks seemed to be playing up a bit towards the end, hardly surprising since they got completely submerged a few times
A lowers service is pretty easy, well my pikes were. Though by time you buy the kit...... Rebound can normally be used with an allen key?
Awesome, will have a look. Not sure I'm ready for building wheels mind....
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It's only the third one I've done, to be honest the first 2 (a pair) probably took something like 4-6 hours, but it seems to take me ages to do simple jobs. The book I used (WheelPro) was £7 and invaluable, to be honest my LBS only charges £30 for labour if you buy parts from them, so doing it yourself is not cost effective the first time, but the EX471 was easy and I got it right first time (took a couple of hours and a few cups of tea) I.E I've not had to retension or true it since building it and it's done plenty of hard rides.
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The trick with gps and mountain biking is you need one that updates your position frequently or it becomes very inaccurate due to showing twisting single track as pretty much straight. I have an old garmin 500 which I set to update my position every second. Some of the cheaper ones can update once every 20-30 seconds which is OK on road but not so good off road especially on tight twisting trails.
I'd love to have a go, but by the time I buy a truing stand, etc. I'm not sure how cost effective it is...But then I could always true my own wheels.
Cheers for the headsup buddy, ill be sure to keep that in mind!
Was anyone retarded enough to ride Ard Moors today?
I was!
Just watched the video on pinkbike. That looks like fun! I've not seen mud in nearly 3 years
Was anyone retarded enough to ride Ard Moors today?
I was!
One of the guys I ride with out here flew back for it... seasoned mountain-biker... did the practice run the day before no issues, came to the actual event and came off on the first corner injuring his leg... no more riding for him that day
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So the last time I did any mountain biking was about 2001/2002 I think, in my late teens/early twenties, back when 26" was the only choice...
I've ridden a SS/fixed gear road bike since then about 6/7 years ago, but nothing MTB wise, what can I expect with the new breed of slack/long/low bikes? I'll be hiring at bedgebury for a few times (think they have whyte 905 hardtails and some FS bikes) then will probably look to buy something decent next spring, probably a 29er but I'll try and get along to some demo days.
Things haven't half changed in 15 years, everything from 1x drivetrains to bigger helmets, dropper posts and 150mm travel being pretty normal
I've ridden a SS/fixed gear road bike since then about 6/7 years ago, but nothing MTB wise, what can I expect with the new breed of slack/long/low bikes? I'll be hiring at bedgebury for a few times (think they have whyte 905 hardtails and some FS bikes) then will probably look to buy something decent next spring, probably a 29er but I'll try and get along to some demo days.
Things haven't half changed in 15 years, everything from 1x drivetrains to bigger helmets, dropper posts and 150mm travel being pretty normal
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Managed to get a place at the Santa Cruz demo day at Glentress in a few weeks and got the choice between a 5010 and a Bronson.
Any reasons as to why I should pick one over the other?
Any reasons as to why I should pick one over the other?