Lots of good advice here, but no one has mentioned the conditions you ride in. If you typically ride in muddy, gritty and wet conditions you are going to have to do a lot more maintenance. For instance, in a the worst conditions a chain ring might only last 1000km whereas they have been known...
My tip for Finale - get a guide (there are tons of hire shops with guides) for the first day or two. Then you’ll have a much better idea of where to go and how it all works. Then, If you’re confident in using maps/GPS etc you can download all the routes and go on your own.
Garmin instinct 2. Got it for less than £200 (in Switzerland no less). I didn’t want the models with maps as I can’t read them without glasses and they are too heavy for me to wear when cycling as they bang around on one’s wrist. Battery life is at least five days unless I use gps. If you get...
Eco only sucks if your motor is not tuned for you. On my Kenevo with original settings I hardly used Eco as it just felt like pedaling a heavy normal bike. Trail wasn’t much use (I live in the Alps) so I used Turbo most of the time. I increased eco to 30% which is fine on the flat or slight...
If you really value warm extremities then heated kit can be a revelation. I use heated socks (controlled from my phone) which can have many other uses. Heated gloves are great as well and if you want to go the whole hog go for a heated vest, which has advantage that you can have it off for going...
The picture is the crush washer for the right (damper) side, which seems impossible to order. The crush washer for the spring side is just a simple 8mm plastic washer and these are easy to order in bulk. I’ve also used a copper washer which is standard on motorbikes for anyway when an oil seal...
I’m a mountain guide and have worked outdoors all my life, sometimes in pretty bad weather so here is my ha’p’worth; I’ve used Marino base layers for years (icebreaker is the best known brand and one of the original ones but there are lots on the market now), mainly for ski-touring, which has...
Actually, you CAN take your bike without the charger if you live in Switzerland. There are charging stations all over the place which consist of a box with an integrated charger and a cupboard with all the common cables. If there isn’t one for your bike there is a system to report this so...
Many good points here and I echo the point about the ability to repair/maintain motors. It’s one I’ve made before in forums and in magazines. I can accept newer, better motors coming out - we want progress after all but I want my old motor to keep going. I know there are lighter motors than my...
I use Stans fluid and it leaks out of the sidewalls of my Maxis tyres. It looks like condensation on the tyres, ie it is clear little droplets. It does not look great and it picks up dust and muck but i don't seem to lose pressure. However, the recommendation is to change fluid every three...
I have just completed a 200 hour service on my 2018 Lyrik forks. I wrote to Sram to find out the correct 200 hr service kit which I had upgraded with the newer Debonair C1 upgrade kit (a relatively cheap upgrade which improves performance noticeably) and got a message back with the code number...
Shout out for Jeremy from Sram. I wrote to Sram to find out the correct 200 hr service kit for my 2018 Lyrik forks which I had upgraded with the newer Debonair C1 upgrade kit (a relatively cheap upgrade which improves performance noticeably) and got a message back with the code number. However...
Why don’t you get your motor repaired by ebike repair centre (formally performance line bearings). I had my second Kenevo motor serviced there and have done 3500km trouble free since. You have the great advantage of having a motor which can be repaired at a fraction of the cost of replacing it...
To answer my own question, I got this answer from Rockshox:
Thank you for reaching out to double check what 200hr service kit you need for your upgraded RockShox Lyrik RCT3 B1. The shop that recommended part #00.4315.032.644 is correct. That part number is labeled 200 HOUR/1 YEAR SERVICE KIT -...
I want to order a 200 hour service kit for my 2018 Rockshox Lyric RCT 3 (on a Specialized Kenevo) . The fork originally came with a solo air spring but I upgraded it with a Debonair spring. One shop says that the correct service kit is ROCKSHOX SERVICE KIT B1 200H FOR LYRIK / PIKE DEBONAIR 29+...
I would, but six weeks is too long to be without the bike, and chf 200 is too much for a simple and quick job, especially when I can do the job myself. There is not much that can go wrong with the air can (apart from leaks) but if I suspected a damping issue, this would be a warranty case.
For what its worth I asked my LBS about changing my Rise from 60 to 85 and the chap said he had tried both and preferred the RS tune of 60nm as the bike felt more natural and he got more range. I guess if you ride with others who have got full fat bikes and ride in turbo a lot you might want to...
I have a 2018 Kenevo and a 2022 Orbea rise. The main reason I got the Rise was because of the limitations of the 500w battery in my Kenevo. I enjoy both bikes and like the contrast between them. If a ride is technical and/or very rocky and not too long, I'll take the Kenevo, which is very good...
Agree. Kit is on order! I like to do all my own maintenance, on my bikes and motorbikes. For me it is part of the pleasure of owning a bike. I was just shocked that the shop thought it was acceptable for a bike to be off the road for a month and half and cost 200 quid for what is probably a...
I went to one of my local LBS yesterday and asked about giving my Fox rear shock a 50 hour service (removal of air can, replace seals and oil), asking about a service kit. I was told that I should let the shop send it off to Fox for this job and it would cost about chf 200 (about £190) and it...