Soldato
Thats no jokes if it goes wrong lol
Big Bike Thread
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The local hills are: Leith Hill, downs and hogsback..
I used to mtb every weekend back in 1999.. now... it almost killed me running/walking around the local park. Idea for this is just to give me a starting point without the "it's raining" excuse.
Nice one - let us know how you get on.
Soldato
I wouldn't choose either personally but out of those the 40's for sure
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I may have a £5 off £50 spend.
I usually lose these things so I took a picture of it with my phone. I forgot to take a photo of the back so I cant see the expiry date
I'm sure it's fine, it's not even a month old yet.
Email in trust if you want it.
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My reverb is dropping about an inch when I sit on it...
What are my options? I've checked pressure and its at 250psi (god it loses a lot when I disconnect my shock pump!)
What are my options? I've checked pressure and its at 250psi (god it loses a lot when I disconnect my shock pump!)
Soldato
Soldato
It doesnt lose it when you disconnect the pump, it loses it when you connect the pump.
Schrodinger's shock pump; it's fine until you check it
Soldato
Thought about that. Decided against it.diet ?
No. it loses it when I disconnect the pump.
Trust me. I'm Welsh.
Soldato
No. it loses it when I disconnect the pump.
How can you tell without connecting the pump again? (and therefor losing the pressure when you connect the pump
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Soldato
Because it makes an "air escaping" noise when I disconnect the pump and not when I connect the pump.
Soldato
When you are pumping you pressurise everything after the internal valve of the pump (the chamber for indicator on the pump, the pump's hose, the air chamber of the shock). When you disconnect the pump, the chamber for the dial on the pump and the hose depressurise and you hear the air escaping. None of it comes from the shock chamber.
When you reconnect the pump, air from the shock chamber flows into the hose + dial chamber of the pump (hence why you see a pressure reading as soon as you connect the pump) this is where it loses the pressure.
Of course it's possible you have a dodgy pump and it does actually release air when disconnecting. Try and disconnect it very slowly. If it lets air out of the shock chamber, there will be a point when you are disconnecting that you can stop and fully depressurise the shock. If you cant find this point, you're not losing air from the shock.
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Right ok - may have to try another pump then. The pump reads 310psi and when i take it off and back on again its 250psi.... If i take it off and then back on again it read ~250psi.
PS: thanks for explaining touch
PS: thanks for explaining touch
Nice! Not sure how I missed both those videos. Think I'll be stripping the bike down and boxing her up
Time to buy a spitfire I think Begbie!
(and a non-potatwoe action cam so that we can see the riding out there, it looks ace!)
ps: The Jewtube video looks sped up - not that I'm saying he looks fast, just that the video's a bit odd, motions are odd.
It's probably a cheap camera and the FPS causing issues with youtube, seen that happen before.
Dude, if I wasn't trying to buy a house before leaving I'd probably be seriously considering as I'll be on extra money too. But until I'm out, I'm having to be ultra tight :/
Went out around Rivington tonight, love these pedals so much better than Shimano SPDs, just feel like a flat but my feet stay put. Great for the really bumpy uphill stuff.
Actually it's pretty decent build, I have a road tyre for the MTB from the London-to-Brighton in 2006 I'll slap on for a hour session today.
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