Mountain Biking

BikeYoke Revive MAX is what you need - plenty on eBay for a decent price. The best dropper money can buy, totally reliable and easy to service and rebuild.
 


Don't do biking, brought this for Rollerblading, but I thought I share it here as well, since people might be interested.

Troy Lee Long Sleeve protective body armour, it's not as stiff and rigid as I thought MTB gear would be, it's very loose, soft and light. I got the XL size, but wish they did a XXL. 100% you need to work a light shirt under this or it be almost impossible to take off.

I have to say, I'm sure I looked at every single body armour there is for MBT'ing, looked at so many reviews on Youtube and elsewhere and honestly couldn't find a better shirt than this that offered protection in all the right parts.

All the parts apart from a few can be removed, so you can adjust it to your liking. Since I don't want to hurt myself again, don't think I make any changes.
 
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My back brake went a bit spongy, got around to picking up an Sram dot5.1 kit with bleeding edge.
Not looking forward to doing it tbh.
First time nerves and all that, not scared of the fluid, but of my patience wearing rapidly thin :mad: Bah Humbug!

Got a fresh new Cassette, Chain and Front ring ready to go as well.
as long as amazon sent me the correct front ring anyway.

don't know why I',m even bothering with winter coming up, I won't ride much and if I do the bike will just get trashed twice as fast
 
Had a serious case of brake fade with the Codes I fitted to my Scout. I know we have been here before. The Codes were removed from my Status for this very reason which saw some MT7 Pro HC3s and larger rotors fitted.

Anyway, with this in mind I decided to replace the death wish system with another MAGURA set and so far I couldn’t be happier. It’s money I didn’t want to spend considering it’s a thrown together bike however I would like to keep my face and teeth as they are even if I’m no oil painting.

With the new seat and grips with bike looks rather nice on my personal opinion even if it’s a little “loud”.

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Brake pads, wheels, tyres, discs, cassettes etc are all interchangeable now between the two bikes which has made like so much easier. 3 sets of wheels with 3 sets of unique tyres accessible for either bike as and when I like is rather convenient.
 
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Took the MTB out for the first time in what I reckon is probably 2 years+. Only went down bedgebury which if anyone knows it is hard to call even an XC track these days but it was still good fun. So much faff though! Theres a reason I have been on the road bike so much since the boys arrived.

Amazed at how little I actually had to do. Take the tyres off, and clean the tyres and refill with sealant. Take the chain off, degrease and regrease. Pump up the suspension and that was it. Brakes could do with a bleed but are absolutely fine. Drivetrain all works perfectly. Cheapo dropper works perfectly.

Only issue that i need to actually look at is the 36 grip2 fork. I tried to inflate and it wasn't working. The air that was in there was fine but I couldn't seem to change the volume and I didn't have time to figure out why. Worked fine if a little soft. Will pull it apart one evening when I have time.
 
Anyone have any good recommendations for bottle cages? The standard metal one which the bike shop fitted to my Trek lost a bottle at some point yesterday. I had no idea when it happened less than an hour into a 4hr ride and it was pretty unpleasant for the rest of the ride. I might just replace with the same as on my road bike, but wanted to gauge opinions.

I do like those Fid lock ones with the magnetic mounts, but don't fancy the cost as i'd also want to add them to my road bike!

Keep switching between making my road bike more gravely and my hard tail more gravely. A lot of the gravel trails near me are quite rocky/technical and i'd initially put some 40mm tyres on my road bike as liked the benefits of the hand positions for the longer stuff. It's still not quite suited to the rocky single track around here though so i've ordered some 45mm knobblier ones. However did the same route yesterday and it felt much better on my mountain bike (excluding the pain in my hands). The main issue was how slow/tiring the road sections were.

Currently debating the following
New tyres - The current ones are 2.25" and quite aggressive MTB tyres which came with the bike. I think some 2.25" fast rolling tyres would make a big impact. The terrain is dry loose rock and anything too technical gets walked at the moment.
Better gearing - Currently a 10-44 and 28t chainring. I'm missing gearing for the fast stuff. Thinking of sticking some SRAM Eagle AXS on. Seems it's around €400 for the groupset and i don't need to replace the brakes. That'd give me something like a 36t chainring and 10-50 cassette
Comfier grips - Possibly even aerobars or those bar end things.
 
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Also trying to consider whether to add a dropper post. There were some sections yesterday where i found myself shifting weight, but the seatpost being high to the point i'd drop behind the saddle and then if i had to brake my nards went into the back of the saddle and then sometimes i couldn't get properly into position as it wasn't natural to move up before coming forward.

Being able to adjust seatpost on the fly would be much better for that kind of stuff.

Recall seeing some posts in here that just going for something at the cheaper end of the market is the way forward? Do any offer some kind of suspension dampening too? Am hoping if i swap to AXS groupset i can route it out through the cabling for the current derailleur.
 
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Martynt74 said:
Also trying to consider whether to add a dropper post. There were some sections yesterday where i found myself shifting weight, but the seatpost being high to the point i'd drop behind the saddle and then if i had to brake my nards went into the back of the saddle and then sometimes i couldn't get properly into position as it wasn't natural to move up before coming forward.

Being able to adjust seatpost on the fly would be much better for that kind of stuff.

Recall seeing some posts in here that just going for something at the cheaper end of the market is the way forward? Do any offer some kind of suspension dampening too? Am hoping if i swap to AXS groupset i can route it out through the cabling for the current derailleur.
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The single biggest upgrade you will make is a dropper post. Once you have one you will question why you never had one before. Its more than just a convenience, it changes the way you bike and how you take your lines giving so much flexibility by allowing you to manoeuvre the bike as if the seat wasn't even there. Banging upgrade, do it!
 
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The single biggest upgrade you will make is a dropper post. Once you have one you will question why you never had one before. Its more than just a convenience, it changes the way you bike and how you take your lines giving so much flexibility by allowing you to manoeuvre the bike as if the seat wasn't even there. Banging upgrade, do it!
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Cheers, i will add that whilst this is a mountain biking thread, i'm more interested in the trail/XC style riding rather than anything downhill. It just so happens that around here there's always the risk you come across something very steep/technical to connect some trails and yesterdays ride was the first time i really felt i needed it.

Second question, can any front fork have a remote lock switch? It's a Rock Shox Judy (non air). I usually leave it locked because otherwise it's tiring work riding up hills with it bouncing all over the place, but i think often forget to unlock it for the bumpy stuff!
 
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Cheers, i will add that whilst this is a mountain biking thread, i'm more interested in the trail/XC style riding rather than anything downhill. It just so happens that around here there's always the risk you come across something very steep/technical to connect some trails and yesterdays ride was the first time i really felt i needed it.

Second question, can any front fork have a remote lock switch? It's a Rock Shox Judy (non air). I usually leave it locked because otherwise it's tiring work riding up hills with it bouncing all over the place, but i think often forget to unlock it for the bumpy stuff!
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It might not be compatible however...

Type in the serial number on the back of the fork into the website below. This will tell you exactly what Judy (TK, Silver, or Gold) you have, as well as the fork casing (A1, A2, B1, etc.), I've just checked my ZEB and I have a whole host of files to have a mooch over. The same works for checking if you have A1, B1 and so on for SRAM brakes too as an example as getting parts there is also a minefield.

https://trailhead.rockshox.com/en/

Once you've done that, refer to the spare parts catalogue and search the section for your fork to see what is or is not (as may be the case) available. There are plenty of PDFs on the page, it may take a while.

https://www.servicearchive.sram.com/ (now the following site I believe) --> https://www.sram.com/en/service

Once you've found what you need, refer to the service manual for disassembly and reassembly instructions (again, there's plenty of PDFs, if it has the facility, you will find it. If it doesn't then it obviously won't)

I hope this helps.
 
Yeah that's really helpful thanks.

I'm definitely leaning towards making my Trek a more off road long distance bike and leaving my road bike as it is for the time being. Main thing is trying hard to reign myself in and just upgrading the chainring/cassette (10x Deore) instead of going for the Eagle AXS groupset!
 
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Also trying to consider whether to add a dropper post. There were some sections yesterday where i found myself shifting weight, but the seatpost being high to the point i'd drop behind the saddle and then if i had to brake my nards went into the back of the saddle and then sometimes i couldn't get properly into position as it wasn't natural to move up before coming forward.

Being able to adjust seatpost on the fly would be much better for that kind of stuff.

Recall seeing some posts in here that just going for something at the cheaper end of the market is the way forward? Do any offer some kind of suspension dampening too? Am hoping if i swap to AXS groupset i can route it out through the cabling for the current derailleur.
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Brand X are great, can be cheap in the sale but even not in sale they'll still be a good price.

Fidlock is your answer to a water bottle, the 800ml one I find is good as it's got a cap over the mouth piece to keep dirt out.
 
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Dammit, was hoping Fidlock wasn't the answer! Maybe it's just one of those things you bite the bullet with.
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I'm the same, hated spending £30+ on it but, it's the biggest bottle I can fit on my bike (the sideways twist off mechanism means it doesn't hit the top tube) and it's stayed put on drops and rough trails.
 
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