Search results for query: *

In 2020 I replaced the original tires on my 2019 Turbo Levo with Assegais front and rear because the internet convinced me they provided the most traction. I had no complaints about them, so I bought new Assegais about once a year for 5 years. A few weeks ago I decided to try Schwalbe Albert...

I have a nonthreatening medical condition that results in extra-sensitive dangly bits. The Spesh Phenom on the bike now is tolerable, and is better than the Ergon I tried, but I'm wondering if there are other sufferers out there who have found a saddle with a big enough cut-out. If that's you...

A guy on a commuter ebike passed me as I rode home from the trail head. Before he passed, I heard a duck quack. Have any of you encountered a bike horn that sounds like a duck? I don't think I want one because it wasn't very loud, but it did make me smile.

Due to what I've been calling medical excitement, I haven't ridden since early July. But I could work on the bike. I: replaced all the suspension bearings replaced all the wheel and freehub bearings did the 200 mile service on the fork shock (it has a coil spring) cleaned the brake pistons...

Due to a period of 'medical excitement', I've been playing video games rather than riding since early July. Yesterday was my first ride after playing Stranded Deep on my pc long enough to have survived 100 game-days. I felt a strange compulsion to pick up every meter-long stick I saw along the...

The Specialized schematic shows a spacer washer (part 5) between the horst link bearing pairs. But the diagram appears to be showing the carbon part, because my alloy part has a built-in ridge separating the bearing pair. (Which makes pulling the first bearing a ton of fun!) - Does that mean...

It was very hot today, up to 106F (41C) according to my Garmin. It was educational to see that my heart rate was a solid 20 beats/min higher today than back when it was in the low 70s (21-22C). The first 10 miles of the charts below are the exact same route. I needed trail mode (middle of 3...

TL/DR: I'm pretty sure it was the chainring. A new one made the sound go away. My '19 Turbo Levo started making a new noise recently. - Only when pedaling. - Silent when coasting. - Louder at higher loads. - Derailleur adjustments are correct, shifting is good. - Wheel and freehub bearings...

The bearings on my Hydra rear hub felt a bit stiff, so I followed the Industry Nine video tutorial to knock them out. The bearings turned out to be fine, so I cleaned everything up and began reassembly. But, I couldn't find anything in the garage to fit over the drive side of the axle. The I9...

Every spring, parts of my regular ride are bordered with big thistle plants that hang over the trail. Even the plants without pointy bits can hurt when they whip your shin at 25 mph. I thought it would be easy to find shin guards that are simply pieces of curved plastic with a pair of stretchy...

Near the end of a recent ride, my Levo suddenly started making a truly horrible noise when I pedaled. It sounded like metal scraping and it was loud! My first thought was that my recently-rebuilt Brose had a bearing failure. I could feel crunchy vibrations through the pedals. I began to...

Experience has taught me that, when shifting gets noisy and nasty, the chain gap screw (aka B screw for some reason) has adjusted itself. It never seems to be the barrel adjuster, low limit screw, or high limit screw. Or a bent derailleur hanger. How many of you SRAM derailleur guys (11...

I'm posting this to (maybe) help other riders diagnose an annoying click sound when riding rough trails. The video description has my (failed!) diagnostic steps and the click sound can be heard clearly in the video. TL/DR: Annoying and somewhat alarming click heard on rough trails. Click...

A few years ago I rented an emtb (before I owned one!) in the Swiss town of Zermatt. My plan for the day included seeing how close I could ride to the Matterhorn. The trail was still "officially" closed for the winter season, but this was late May and it was comfortably warm in town. And I...

My OneUp 100cc pump with all of their integrated tools disappeared last fall. Either I lost it or it was stolen. I told OneUp my sob story and they replied with a coupon for 40% (!!!) off the replacement parts, which arrived this morning. That is how to build brand loyalty! Not through...

I used to enjoy shallow(ish) stream crossings. They are only around for about half the year, then the stream goes completely dry. Naturally, I kept hitting them faster and faster. Then I spent some serious money for a Brose motor rebuild with uprated parts by @Bearing Man "s US affiliate at...

I've never suffered a completely broken chain, at least not since starting to ride mtb as a middle aged adult 24 years ago. (I rode everywhere before getting a driver license at 16. Then not.) I was doing a half-a$$ed clean in the garage this afternoon when the towel caught on the chain. A...

I finally spotted a bobcat on my regular ride in Pleasanton Ride Regional Park. I've been hiking and riding here since the early 1990s. They say there are mountain lions (aka cougar, puma) and bobcats in the park, but I had never seen one before. This pic is quite fuzzy for reasons I won't go...

Woohoo, I got a trophy! Thanks, guys!

I've posted many times about my "regular ride", which is mostly inside Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park in California, USA. I've been riding my Turbo Levo there for 4 years despite the fact that doing so is technically illegal. I remember stopping in the parking lot to tell a park employee about...