My local bike shop is horrible. I will avoid going there at all cost. My purchasing dealer (90 miles away) is fantastic but I don't want to drive that far just to see if they warranty the tire. Hopefully the Maxxis Minion DHR II wears better. I'll swap it out this morning. If it lasts longer...
Thanks for the feedback guys. I've never seen the knobs pull away from the casing before. I usually just wear the tread down. The terrain here is pretty hard on tires I guess. I was hoping to get more than 50 rides out of my tires. Oh well, I'll swap this factory tire out for the Maxxis Minion...
I have 675 miles on my rear tire and I'm trying to determine if it needs to be replaced. It's a Specialized Eliminator GRID Trail 29x2.3. What do you guys think? Is this tire going to fail soon or does it have a few more rides in it? I ride exclusively on dry hard pack rocky trails.
I had six broken spokes on my rear wheel in the first month or so. Specialized swapped out my wheels for a new set (different brand/model). No broken spokes since then.
I have no idea what Specialized recommends.
But, I did a lot of riding this fall with outside temps near 38C (100F). My rides involve a lot of climbing in turbo mode and max motor temps were routinely 71C (160F) and as high as 77C (170F) a few times. The first time I saw those temps in Blevo I...
I switched to the Shimano D03S resin pads. They are hard to find. I ended up buying 3 sets from a couple different places over the last month.
Four rides so far and they are silent. I broke these pads in just like I did the OEM metal pads but my metal pads were horribly loud.
They actually broke in different locations around the wheel. The reason I know is because they replaced all the broken spokes with chrome plated spokes. No black spokes in stock to match OEM.
They re-trued the wheel after each broken spoke was replace BUT, I'm thinking they didn't back off on the tension for all the remaining spokes and retighten them equally. Maybe that's what you are referring to?
I'm not a technician but it makes no sense to me that they would replace the wheels...
I'm actually running higher pressures on my Levo than my prior analog bike. I ran Cush Cores in my analog bike because I used that bike at the downhill bike park. Much higher speeds and loading and much rougher terrain than where I'm riding this Levo. Compared to my Stumpjumper, I'm riding this...
Got my bike back from the shop. They replaced my wheels under warranty. Actually upgraded me to CF! I did my second ride today on the resin pads and they are still silent. Really happy with them so far!
Update:
Specialized decided to replace my OEM aluminum wheelset with Enve M635's (carbon fiber). Did my first ride with them today and no spokes broke! WhooHoo. Really impressed with the shop I bought my bike from as well as Specialized. Fantastic customer service!