Recent content by vertrkr

Mine looked fine too. I'd suggest calling around to see if a lbs has a facing tool. Some shop in Santa Cruz must offer that service.

I went thru this, might need your brake post mounts refaced: https://www.emtbforums.com/threads/had-to-face-my-brake-post-mounts-myself.41122/

No idea, it doesn't get below freezing in my area.

I'll certainly let anyone use it if you're near the East Bay Nor Cal. I was half tempted to pay it forward and donate it to my lbs but I'm also tempted by a Gen 5 Rail when they come out. I found a Reddit post of bike mechanics grumbling how often they have to reface mounts on new frames. One...

Bike: 2021 Trek Rail 5 alloy Short story: My rear brakes never worked well, rubbing, noisy, lack of power or uneven wear. Tried everything I know, new hardware, LBSs, nothing worked completely. Broke down and bought the ParkTool facing tool, now it's perfection. Longer story: I've fiddled...

If you don't mind spending a few bucks ParkTool has a blade and guide that really makes it easy.

I ran a pair of force am2 for darn near a 1,000 miles. Never had a slip or a puncture. However I only ride in dry/damp conditions and being in my 50's I'm not carving hard turns or catching air anymore. I do climb steep sections a lot that require my 50 tooth gear. I replaced them with E-Wilds...

In the US many seem to like the MTX Gold pads, myself included and I'm 270 lbs. Almost no noise on steep downhills and good stopping power/modulation with crappy trek oem brakes with magura mdr rotors. https://mtxbraking.com/

I switched to Molten Speed Wax (MSpeedWax) and could not be happier. I'm at 300 miles now and it still feels like a freshly lubed chain. The best part is the whole drive drain looks brand new, no build up of any grit or grime, haven't washed my bike yet as I typically don't ride in mud. For...

If you're looking for comfort these are nice. https://www.selleroyal.com/en_us/saddles/shop-by-usage/touring-bike-saddles.html

I just replaced mine. I recommend lubing the wire and protecting the metal connectors. One of them got a little smashed pulling it thru the chain stay and it was really difficult to get it back in the grey connector.

Best way is to put it in a tub of water and look closely. A slow leak is sometimes hard to see with soap/water method. I fought a slow leaker and it turned out it was sidewall porosity that wouldn't seal. I was using 200ml of MucOff sealant, vigorous shaking, laying on the side for hours...

You need a 10mm adapter since the spacing is based on the radius not the diameter of the rotor. You also might need new mounting bolts. The RockShox zeb manual says 9-13mm of thread insertion into the fork mount. These are M6 socket head bolts. Hopefully an adapter kit comes with everything,

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I'm on my 2nd pair of Michelin Force AM2. Both sets were pretty porous. It took extra sealant and a couple days to seal up. Rear tire soaked up 100ml so I added another 100ml. Front took 140ml. All good now.