Recent content by MartinFa

Though only to the original purchaser, I believe.

Hi - yes, the factory fitted adaptors are fine for the Saints with 220mm front, & 200mm rear, rotors. However, the rear mount is not perfect for 200mm rotors - not even with the Codes. I think I had to jack up the back end of the rear caliper with a 0.5mm spacer/washer between mount & caliper...

FoD is pretty much my local/go to area, although it's actually about 50 mins away by car, over the water! Although I've been going there for more years than I care to remember, it's only recently that I've started going further afield than Pedalbikeaway/Sallowvalets area. I did "discover" a...

That's very good of you - thanks for the offer. Whereabouts are you and where do you ride? I come with a slight "group health" warning: I'm the world's slowest going uphill! Downhill is a different matter.

I've had problems with it on & off for several years, but - yes - landing from a drop on one of the downhill lines at FoD, my ankle just gave way 😬. Game over. Can't do tomorrow, but Monday could be poss. Not done the Gap this year - nor ever done it on eMTB before, so I'd be happy to do that...

Sounds good - I seem to be running short of riding buddies! However... yesterday, at FoD, was my 1st time back on a bike for 8 weeks after having partially torn an achilles tendon. It's far from being100%, but a lot better than it was!

Pity you're not still in Bristol/Yate area: I have a friend for whom that'd be spot on. Though he's away for a couple of weeks now.

I think I'm decided on replacing the SRAM Codes with Shimano Saints on my E160RS V1. I have 220mm rotor front & 200mm rotor on the rear. If anyone here has made such a switch, could you let me know if the calipers will fit ok on the original mounts? On the front I have a Post Mount 180-220...

Just to clarify, what are the "these" in your case? Do you mean the Codes? Thx.

Thanks for the reply. I'm away ay the mo so can't take a look at the bike, but I can't quite get why you had to take a grinder to the rear brake mount? The original Whyte mount for a 200mm rotor has clearance for the magnet, or did you have a different mount or rotor fitted? Thx again.

Do you know what adaptor you used for the rear when fitting the Hope brakes? On my E-160RS, my rear wheel has a 200mm rotor and the Whyte WHYFM200 adaptor, which is a pretty bizarre fitting as Whyte use a flat mount on the rear stay. Front adaptor for the Fox 38 forks would be Hope mount M. Thx.

An update after quite a few rides... I got wind of the new SRAM HS2 rotors - 2.3mm thick, so I got myself a pair of those to replace the junk ones that were on my bike: 220mm front, 200mm rear. I bled the brakes, during which I accidentally pushed one of the pistons out of the rear caliper, so...

Don't apologise for your English - it's better than many Brits can manage! But there are no hills in Belgium, so you don't qualify for an ebike;);)

I bought my 1st emtb last month - 2nd hand. It's a Whyte E-160RS V1, ex-hire bike. In this case, the motor has been replaced prior to its sale - like zero miles - and has full warranty, and the drivetrain was also brand new. It was a good £1.5K off the new price, so it looked like a great deal...

The ride in the Quantocks yesterday was cut short - firstly by one of my mates breaking his mech hanger (same bike as mine :oops:), then by my other mate losing pressure in his shock which, when we tried to pump up, found it had blown a seal. So not a real test of the brakes, though - having...