Recent content by Bicyclenut

Upgraded my fork on my Levo SL to a Fox factory 36. I put my 34 on my wifes Levo. Love these bikes. Best investment ever at age 51

Former bike shop owner. Been involved and wrenching on bicycles since the 80's.

I've been using Shimano SPD's on my mountain bikes since their inception. They give you so much more control of your bike. Your foot becomes 1 with the crank arm, more control. But don't let that scare you. You must adjust the clip tension to fit your riding style and experience. There is a...

Here is mine from todays ride.

Im sorry I dont remember the size of the nut. I just took the magnet to my local hardware store and found one that screwed on.

Here is my XT center lock rotor with my Cateye magnet. Also a picture of the back side with the locking nut.

I used XT also. Just grabbed the XTR pic for reference. XT/XTR have the same cutouts, and YES referring to the small holes above lock ring.

I too put Chris King wheels on my Levo SL and ran into the same problem. Specialized does make a center lock ring with a magnet, but wont fit on the CK hub. I had bought Shimano center lock rotors. In the cut out of the rotor spider I put a round magnet from an old cateye computer magnet, the...

One last update.....After my last post, I stated that I had it all figured out. I took the bike out for a longer ride and the creaking noise came back....I was so perplexed as to what was going on. So I started all over looking at what was going on. I finally was able to isolate where the sound...

My hope is with this thread, is if someone is thinking of doing what I did, they do their research. Hopefully they see this thread and find the answers they need from my trial and error.

HAHA! So true

Well....yes and no. Maybe I should have just upgraded to top of the line Sram. That would have been so much easier. But what came on the bike was such low end, I didnt like it, So I knew i was going to update the drivetrain anyways. Ive always been a Shimano fan so i figured I'd go with...

For those interested, here is the update. Yesterday I received my front chainring from Garbaruk. The chainring is very nicely made. I measured the width of the teeth and compared it with a M8100 12spd XT chainring and the Garbaruk is slightly narrower, but just about the same as the Shimano...

did you replace the front chainring and chain? Mine was making a bunch of noise really loud and was the chain and chainring.

Forgive me if this has been answered before but I haven't seen any answers in the forums. I recently bought the above stated bike and Im just not a Sram fan. I figured I'd customize my bike with what I want and that being Shimano XT. I figured I'd go 12 speed. So I bought all the components. I...