On the bright side, the bit of seat post I’ve had to extend means my first aid kit can stay. Means I can still grab and go for local rides without bothering with the hip pack
Yeah the bike doesn’t seem to be holding you back Pete! Bad luck with the various niggles, none of that here, although maybe I’ve not been riding it hard enough. Only thing I’ve got is a rattle which I’m hoping is coming from the internally routed hoses.
I do run tubeless but can’t quite bring myself to head off into the boondocks without some tubey backup. Reckon I’m being over cautious?
Yeah for local rides it’s bottle and whatever’s strapped to the bike, for bigger days I picked up an Evoc hip pack with hydration thingy, used twice, love it...
Hmm, maybe I need to have a rethink. Perhaps my desperation to ride without a pack has blinded me to possible adverse consequences. I need to swap the spring (again) so that would be a good time to test full travel and see where my tubes end up.
The tube is just about out of the way, it might touch on big compressions but I don’t notice and I figure something will wear down until it doesn’t.
It’s funny you should ask but i was just thinking today I’m not sure I notice a massive improvement with the SLX calliper. The levers are...
Yeah I’ve gone for the Proguard too, just fitted, doesn’t look too bad, we’ll see if it makes a difference next time it’s wet. Don’t imagine it will keep my back dry but might keep the worst off the bike’s sensitive underparts
Yeah maybe I wasn’t entirely clear in amongst my rambling. Procedure would be:
Front brake - unbolt and swap over. Easy.
Rear brake - find/salvage/buy a couple of metres of old brake hose, plus your new brake. Use hose cutter to cut existing brake hose close to lever. Use barb tool (linked...
OK, if it’s any help to anyone, here’s the word on brake changing: no, you don’t need to remove the rubber grommets. Buy the Park internal routing tool and pull that through with the old rear brake hose. Then spend the next three hours trying to get the new hose through, slowly discovering that...
Been a while but if it's any help to anyone I've had a couple of rides ant my local trails, mix of fire road climbs and red graded single track downs. 20km with 600m of climbs, usually left on Trail with a bit of Boost for the steep bits and never dropped more than two bars out of five so far...
Hi all, Alpine Trail E1 owner here, delighted so far. Replaced stock 35 Gold RL with a Domain RC, excellent upgrade for anyone considering it. Also about to fit a set of SLX brakes which should help with stopping such a mighty rig.
Question for you guys: anyone had any experience of routing...