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Mavic slr people's thoughts
Thinking of buying a set for this years races for my 29er any comments would be great before I take the plunge
Gopro set up
Wondering how people have set their gopros up to record footage .I got a hero 3 silver for Christmas of the wife and while its great seeing the ride footage when I compare it to footage on YouTube it's no we're near as good .Thinking we have the settings wrong just seems to fast when watching back and to wide any help would be great
Thanks
Duncan
Bush Fire Advice
The recent fires in a popular riding area of the Perth Hills have highlighted the potential risk to mountain bikers. Bushfires occur every year in Western Australia. Safe mountain biking means planning for bushfire emergencies before leaving home.
Avoid riding in the bush on days of severe, extreme or catastrophic fire danger or if there is smoke or fire in the area. You can check the Fire Danger Ratings on the Department of Fire & Emergency Services (DFES) website:
http://www.dfes.wa.gov.au/firedangerratings
In the event that you are caught in a bushfire:
manly dam on 29er
i was recently in sydney and decided to hire a bike and ride manly dam, to my dissapointment the lbs told me they only had a 29er, this will be a waste of money i thought, but may as well give it a go...
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
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
Gopro helmet straps for vented helmets
Is anyone useing this type of helmet mount I can't use the sticky mounts as my helmet has to many vents any other ideas of how to mount the camera to my helmet
Thanks
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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 !@**%^&!!
Tyres
Hi everyone I just brought a giant STP zero looking at getting back into riding again and I need some new tyres I currently have maxxis choice roller 26x2.4 on front and maxxis ikon 26x2.2 on the back any advise on what to get I ride a bit on the road as well and is there much advantage of having the UST tyres ?
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Garmin Edge 500 HRM problems
Got an Edge 500 Premium Bundle earlier this year and have had to send the HRM and the whole lot back 3 times now.
Read all the help sites about getting the HRM to pick up properly (swapping the battery around, removing the battery for about 5 mins, resetting the Garmin itself) all to no avail. Even using a different strap. Battery charge is fine (checked that too)
All work for about 6 weeks and then the whole cycle starts again. HRM detected but no reading, or reading 60 BPM in the middle of a 4 hour race.
Anyone got any tips, besides sending it back again.