Recent content by DeRailled7

I had the same dilemma, i chose the Rail simply because the geometry fits me better. We don’t all have the same legs, arms, trunk length or proportions, therefore some bikes will feel too short, too long, awkward and some just prefect. Both the Rail and Levo are excellent bikes, just pick the...

Drops are fun and learning how to do them properly is a skill you’ve got to master if you want to survive the landing. Best is to hire a good coach for a few sessions. But back to your question, as many have said it’s hard to describe in words how to do it. Watching coaching videos is a good...

Black flies of Canada There’s even a song about them

You can tell from his voice that it still scares him just retelling his story. A big knife! Cougars are also a concern around here. I encountered one only once winter riding, he crossed in front of me, made me pause for a second.

Scary! Your heart must have skipped a beat, they are so impressive… and big… I see you’re on the Wet coast, have a listen of this podcast. It is the story of some guy from Quadra island who met a grizzly while riding. Listen preferably on a moonless night while camping...

The have names too, one is called Split Lips, another one it The Boss. Interestingly, The Boss lives around Banff and is knowing to have attacked and eaten black bears!

Hi everyone, one thing i really like about the pictures posted in this tread is it allows me to see sceneries of where people live and play, places I’m very unlikely to ever visit unfortunately. It always amazes me to see some of the places people go to and how spectacularly and remote some of...

A moment of reflection before going down

Welcome to the forum and congrats on the new bike. Looks mean. I’ll bet your ‘old enduro’ will be collecting dust from now on. There is no turning back.

Thanks for taking the time to describe your experience. I’m just about to do the 200hrs service as well and had noticed the discrepancies in the instructions. I had also noticed the ‘missing’ parts of the kit, I’ll be sure to talk to RS about it as well, thanks for the kit number.

Happy you’re finding this post useful. Another question i had about my XT derailleur was how much tension should there be on the pulley’s arm with the clutch on. That is how much tension to keep the chain tight and the shifting working smoothly. Turns out to be 4.4-5.4 Nm on my M8100. The...

The other day i noticed my chain was sagging, it was not tensioned by the derailleur anymore. The derailleur is a Shimano XT, my bike is a Trek Rail 7 with about 3400km on it. Engaging/ disengaging the clutch didn’t make any difference. My first thought then was that the clutch needed to be...

Beautiful painting and beautiful area. It’s becoming a very popular biking area. I’ve hiked both these peaks many times, spectacular views.

On old mining road along the Sheep river, Alberta. One thing i really like about my ebike is that it allows me to ride to areas that would be hard (for an old man) to get to on my analog bike. It was a 55km, 1250m elevation gain, loop to go to the Sheep river. Beautiful area.

Didn’t have much to say until today, but now yes, I just had all my bearings replaced in my rear hub and freehub on my Bontrager Line Comp 30. That’s 4 bearings and that’s after 3600 km. I didn’t think it was that many km but the mech. said for the way i ride it’s a good number. One hub bearing...