Recent content by EchoLima21

True. The stock bloody hubs are atrocious; ‘Bearings gone oval? You bought a Roval’. Spesh warranty, though, is flipping amazing. They paid for that wheelset. And the three G3 motors and two battery harnesses (or did we 🤔).

Hello there, geezer! Conversely, my Specialized G3 Levo freehub went tits up after three rides (warrantied) then again four months and 600 miles later (also warrantied). Because Spesh couldn’t source a replacement OEM freehub they (after some haranguing by my LBS) replaced the front and rear...

Hi all, I know that Spesh can come in for a hard time for various failures, but on this occasion both they and my LBS (Ace Bicycles, Burpham) really came through. My G3 Turbo Comp's freehub went tits after just three rides and was warrantied straight away. About a month ago it went again - pawls...

There are a few shock manufacturers who who guarantee (Marzocchi/Fox for a start) coil shocks attached via a yoke like the E-160 uses. The yoke design puts too much stress, they say, on the shaft and they therefore won’t honour warranties. I have seen folks use, for example, the Marzocchi Bomber...

Where was that, dude?

Cheers dude.

Thanks, but perhaps I wasn’t clear enough. Does the mullet (and drop of circumference) mitigate the problem of saddle height when the seat is down? My understanding is the lack of insertion depth prevents a ride getting the saddle out of the way fully. Does the mullet help here?

Hi all and thanks in advance for any help. I’ve tried searching the forum but I can’t find the answer to this particular question: Is the K SL’s dropper/insert depth issue (mostly/totally/not at all) resolved by mulleting? Best wishes, David

The compression adjustment alone is a significant upgrade and the cost to change wasn’t that high after I moved on the OEM. They are just (as you’d expect) higher quality.

Zeb Ultimate forks on the trusty E-160S. Truly outstanding kit.

Redlands gap jumps

The German “100bhp limit” never really was (there was an ‘limit’ on kilowatts) and was abandoned long before the R7. You might be confused with TÜV, which are strict laws on what can be changed on road bikes. The French did have a 100bhp limit (until 2016/17), but the R7 was actually de-powered...

Depends where/how you ride, I suppose. Rocky jank/loam/mixed/trail/enduro etc etc I have a Fortus 30 wheelset which wasn’t expensive. Probably not enough angry bees in the hub for some, but it’s well made and puts up with my nonsense.

Shorter crank arms solves the problem of the very low bottom bracket and strikes without any reciprocal woes.

Orbea seem to have a thing for cheapo cup and cone hubs. A plague on ‘em. Get some Hope Fortus in there at the very least.