The MTB thread

I agree with northwind, good budget forks and work well if you keep on top of the maintenance.
It's really easy to do, plenty of you tube videos, all you need is some Allan keys, a hammer, some rags and a decent grease.

Some of you might remember me putting my orange five black gold up for sale until I saw the light!
Unfortunately I'm getting moved abroad with work and cannot take my bike with me, so I need to sell. The bike is located in Edinburgh, if anybody is interested give me a shout, I'll try and get some pics up later, but in the meantime it can be found here
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2012-Orang...item4ad57cef43
John.

[Kenzie]

How often should they be stripped and cleaned and what sort of grease should I use?

Depends on use but I did mine every 6 months or when they felt like they needed it. The grease I used was the general purpose one from halfords
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...5705&langId=-1
Any lithium based grease will do the trick though.
John.

[northwind]

I neglected mine and they wore, after that I was cleaning them and greasing them about every 15 minutes

[Kenzie]

The wife and I took the bikes out to Alton Water on an 8 mile loop to give them a baptism of mud. Great bikes, but I lost one of the little pedal reflectors when I clipped it with my shoe spike. Cleaned off as soon as we got home and put away.



Didn't get much worse than this though.

[northwind]

Yesterday was the Glentress Seven, launch day for Tweedlove

(http://tweedlove.com/)

I don't usually do cross country race stuff but this one's always good, we blagged free entry in previous years for helping build the course but I've worn their generosity a bit thin now. Previous years I've been in a trio (7 laps) and twice in a pair (8 laps), this year without really having a goal, 7 laps- 49 miles, 8900 foot of climb (and descent!), pretty sure that's my biggest day on a bike. I am so shagged today it's not funny Kind of in awe at the fast boys, it's not just the fitness, it's the speed on the descents, on ridiculous skinny xc bikes.

Ironically I sold my XC bike last month... Next best thing:

IMG_2719 by Northwindlowlander, on Flickr

Did miss the granny ring though!

Next up, the Enduro World Series. I figure this is an upgrade, I usually get beaten by loads of people in enduro races, this time at least a bunch of them will be world champions

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by Kenzie

The wife and I took the bikes out to Alton Water on an 8 mile loop to give them a baptism of mud. Great bikes, but I lost one of the little pedal reflectors when I clipped it with my shoe spike. Cleaned off as soon as we got home and put away.



Didn't get much worse than this though.

I found two puddles bigger than that on my road ride today, not quite as muddy though.

[Kenzie]

Can someone help me with a gear issue I am having with my daily? The front gears will shift up but won't shift down to the middle ring. The only way I can get 2nd is to shift down to 1st then either back up or try and catch it. I have put a new cable on but no joy.

[northwind]

How does it all feel in use? Stiff or anything? THe mechs can seize up over time and there's more force involved in an upshift than a down, so that's a likely one