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What bike to look for
My wife and I have just started on the basic MTb track at Hornsby track
We have basic trek bikes with fork suspension only
We are looking for help on what bike to upgrade to that will be ok to use on the intermediate and advanced tracks
What budget should we be looking at for something decent
Cheers Jason
Second set of wheels
Hi all,
bit of a newbie question here. I want to get a second set of wheels which I can put some slicks on for commuting, was thinking either shimano MT55 or Mavic Crossride (any recommendations?). Wondering what I actually need to get along with the wheels, from what I can figure I need the wheels, disc rotors and a 9 speed cassette (riding a Trek Fuel ex9.5), is there anything I'm missing?
Thanks all!
Ben
Xc race tyres
Anyone tried anything new in preparation of the comming season particularly for WA conditions or will I be running a racing ralf and a rocket Ron
Wheels - Have you damaged a wheel?
I am looking at getting a spare set of wheels to save my lovely carbon hoops for races, but it occurred to me that I probably only need to get a rear wheel as I would assume that wheel damage is on the rear 95% of the time as it bears the vast bulk of the weight. No point in wasting cash unnecessarily.
Do you agree or disagree?
[Mod. moved to MTB gear - you're talking about MTB wheels, right?]
Replacing Hayes trail with shimano XT
Hi
I'm thinking of replacing my Hayes trail disk brakes for some shimano XT brakes. Can any one tell me if this will work. My bike is a kona hoss so I bought the bike because I'm around 130kg and it was sold as there Clydesdale bike.
I'm going to try and do it my self.
Will the rotors that r already on there work with the new brakes or will I have to replace the rotors as well.
I'm going to get them of CRC.
Any comments about the best way to do this would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Tim
Fox fork seals questions
Hey
I about to change the oil, wipers and seals on my fox 32 forks and just wanted to ask if anyone had a trick or ideas for a home made tool to help seat the seals. This will be my second time doing the seals and I had a bit of trouble seating the new ones the first time. I know that fox makes a seating tool but am not interested in buying it as only do the seals a few times a year so not really worth the money.
Thanks Chris
Ctd 130 fork
A mate just bought a 2013 trek fuel 8 secondhand never been ridden all was good untill first trip out playing around with the settings on his shock and fork .He forgot to to go back to trail or descend and left it in climb for a short run down hill in margs under the pines no big jumps .Problem now is when you turn the lever on top of the fork it makes no difference to how they operate.Unfortunatly he never got the warranty paper work when bying the bike any ideas what has happend
Specialized Sworks Epic World Cup -First Ride Impressions
After picking up my new 2014 Sworks Epic World Cup just before Christmas, I’ve had the opportunity over the holiday break to give it a good work out, and thought this an opportune time to share some of my first ride impressions.
for the full review goto:
http://sxcracing.com/specialized-sworks-epic-wor...
But for some early insights:
"....the first thing you notice is the agility of the bike. This being a mix of the slightly more aggressive geometry of the world cup, with steeper head angles and slightly shorter chain stays..."
Corroding nipples
Anyone else had the problem of corroding nipples (wheel nipples!!) on their alloy nippled carbon rims? Just had the third one go on my Roval SL wheel, and looks like half the rest ready to let go to.
see here for longish ongoing discussion on failures in Enve Rim nipples (and others) http://forums.mtbr.com/wheels-tires/enve-wheel-n...
Another interuption to training !@**%^&!!