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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...

The threads on the up/down chain guide adjustment lock screw are ridiculously fragile. Mine provides two options: (1) The chain guide will eventually drop to its lowest position (close to the sprocket), which results in the chain rubbing on the guide. (2) I try to tighten the adjustment lock...

It may be that I'm the last Levo owner to realize this. It certainly felt like a 'duh' moment when the epiphany hit. My first motor removal / installation was done 2-3 years ago when I had a dirt cheap stand that didn't provide much range of adjustment. I did all the work with the bike in the...

I sent my wounded motor to Bearingman's US affiliate, who tells me the refurb/upgrade will be about $1000US This cost includes a new motor shaft to replace my corroded shaft (chuckle). The upgrade is said to include added sealing against water ingress, which is what killed my current motor, as...

I think the sprag clutch in my 3-year-old replacement Brose is failing. Since the bike is more than 4 years old, I sent the motor to Bearing Man's US affiliate, Ebike Motor Repair in Tennessee. Have any of you sent your motor to this place for service? I'll let y'all know how it goes.

This post is just a data point for anyone paying attention to Brose motor life. My sprag clutch is failing after 3 years of frequent riding(averaging 20 miles per ride and 3-ish rides per week). I got the motor error code on the TCU yesterday, and now back-pedaling is very stiff. I plan to...

I noticed this mark yesterday. Today I cleaned the area hoping the mark was just dirt. It's still there. It looks like a crack, but my fingernail doesn't catch on it anywhere. It seems to be perfectly smooth. Do any of you in the US know a shop that is good at carbon repair? Have any of...

... because I am a 3/4 scale model of a human being. 28" inseam and 29" tires. I watched an mtb coaching video about how to hop off the back of the bike if you need to bail before a feature. This option never occurred to me, so yesterday I simulated an off-the-back bail in slow motion. Even...

Many (most?) of you may say "Of course I can stand on one foot with my eyes closed! What a silly question!" Well, I can't. My right ear is deaf due to inner ear and nerve damage from a long-ago accident. It's a bit of a struggle to balance on one foot with my eyes open. The bike related bit...

I thought I needed to disassemble, at least partially, my X01 11-speed shifter to replace the cable. That is a mistake I will never make again! The internal clock spring vanished into the garage ether, and I doubt I could reassemble the shifter even if I found all the parts that went TWANG...

I just removed my fenders and heli-tape for the summer. My alloy rear triangle could use a touch up, but I don't what can of spray paint to buy. Have any of you found an off-the-shelf product that is a reasonable match for the factory black? I've read here in the past that Spesh guards their...