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Help with choosing new wheels
After 18 months riding my 2010 Trance X2 t looks like I’ve given the wheels too much of a battering. They have a number of dings and wobbles in them and I’ve been advised by Bike Addiction that they are beyond repair.
After almost buying completely the wrong wheels form Gazza, 9mm instead of 15QR (sorry for pulling out at the 11th hour) I’ve realized I have no idea where to start and am hoping for some help from the community.
What I know is:
- I ride hard (probably a bit too hard) so need something strong
- I’m cost conscious and don’t need the latest and greatest.
29er handlebars
Hi Everyone I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and that stockings were bulging?
I'm in the process of building a 29er and wanted to ask people's opinions on having wide bars as opposed to conventional widths...I've got a set of 72 cm wide protharsis carbon bars, my current 26er has a width of 68cm.
How many people have bar-ends and would it be an option to add bar-ends onto the carbon bars to "take up some space"?
thanks
RockShox Reverb Stealth.... or equivalent
Just bought a 2012 Treck Remedy 9. It says that the RockShox Reverb Stealth seat post will fit..... Trouble is cant seem to get one anywhere! Anyone know where i can get one or another similar post? That is, one with the cable (or Hydraulic) release at the base of the post so that the cabling runs internal to the frame.
Blur XC carbon vs Spark RC
Hi guys,
Looking at a new frame sometime in the new year. Have ridden a 2011 spark, never tried the Santa though.
There's not much in it regarding cost. The Scott is a tiny bit lighter but then the Santa is a lot cooler 
Anyone ridden both?
Cheers
Stefan
Yellow lenses
I currently use a pair of Tifosi yellow tinted lenses when riding. A couple of times lately in this crap weather, I've taken them off when on the dirt (mud) so I could see better. Each time, it suddenly feels like I'm considerably closer to the ground, my forks are shorter and I'm at risk of going over the bars. Yet putting the glasses on initially (or like now) doesn't suddenly make everything seem further away.
Is it just the water on the lenses making things seem further away before I take the glasses off, or is there some other phenomena at work here?
Good tyre combinations for XC race
Hi everyone
I am looking for a good tyre combination which is made for XC racing and is suited for WA terrain
Tire sizing for 559x19 wheel-set.
Hello everyone,
I have a question in mind, I wanted to change the tire of my wheel set(559x19) from 26x2.1 to 26x2.35.
Will a tire size 26x2.35 fit with a wheel-set(559x19)?
thanks and hope someone help me.
Thoughts & advice on first ever bike build
Hi there,
Currently on an anthem but decided I wanted a bike with more travel for a bit more 'fun'. I've decided to go about building it myself for a couple of reasons. I'm a poor bike mechanic and this should be a good practical lesson and I also don't have the money upfront to drop it on a bike in the lbs.
RockShox Forks servicing
I have a set of Rock Shox Recon Race forks on my current bike that are not performing as they once did (remote lock-out no longer works, forks 'bottom out' on a regular basis). Is it cheaper to buy a new fork online (Wiggle etc), or service/repair existing forks? Sounds like a dumb question, but some cheap 2011 forks are available online! If a service is the sensible option, could someone recommend me a good bike shop up to the task? Cheers!
Stan's rim strips failing
I've been running the standard Stans kit to convert my non-ust rims & tyres to tubeless lately but I've had 2 of the rims strips fail in the last couple of months. Somehow the valve has come away from the rubber rim strip & it no longer holds air. The liquid doesn't seem to be able to seal it & I have to buy a whole new rim strip. When the first one failed I thought, ok just one of those things, but after the second one failed in exactly the same way it made me concerned. Has anybody else had this happen? Or am I doing something wrong?