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On Saturday, coming down the last section of the flow trail at Helderberg, a guy took an awful fall and it looked like he broke both his wrists/arms. He was with a group of experienced enduro riders, who had no problems with the black trails higher up. I have not stopped thinking about him this weekend, and I really just want to know if he's okay. Please tell the oke we're feeling for him, and hoping for a speedy recovery. Needless to say, I was shocked, and don't feel like going really fast on my bike...

Wow Nick, what an awesome reply. Thanks for giving some insight into how the design decisions were made. I can see your point, and I think you're right about not overwhelming someone that wants to place an advert. It is at least quite easy to spot a trail/enduro bike just from the picture (it it's not a picture just of the saddle ????).

Forgot to mention, I'm talking about the classifieds ????

It would be nice to be able to select the "riding style" filter aka Marathon or Trail for all mountain bikes, currently this is only available for dual-suspension mtbs. A hardtail can be a trail bike too Is there a feature request page for bikehub?

Recently took a tumble with my mountain bike thereafter the the front hub was loose and I had a broken spoke on the rear. After spending way too much time trying to figure out what the best bike shop would be for the repair, or if I should try it myself, I threw out all logic (to me) and went to the closest one, Specialized. From calling to book the service, to taking the bike in, to receiving a notification that the bike was done (before 12:00 on the service day!), it was just a seamless, excellent experience. Then payment time came...And I nearly fell on my back... It was so reasonable, I cannot even think that I contemplated trying to repair it myself The cost of the whole repair, was to me less than the cost of the time I would've spent on just changing the tyre and topping up with sealant. I will definitely go there again.

In Germany lights are regulated by StVZO - Straßenverkehrs-Zulassungs-Ordnung or German Regulations Authorising the Use of Vehicles for Road Traffic, I think these regulations make quite a lot of sense: light-test.info/en/faq-en/169-stvzo-bike-lamps-regulations And basically provide rules for how high and bright your lights might shine (and no flashing at night).

I'll google these and see if this could work, thanks

Thanks for all the effort everyone. And thanks Theo. If it's not a tunable setup issue, then I will live with it, even though it is very frustrating. What I mean is, if this is just how the bike is brought out, then I probably need to adapt. I think you only realize how much you back pedal until you have a problem like this. Ratcheting is the one case, but if you stop (for whatever reason) and you want to get going, you typically first align your pedal to get your foot on, and that is back pedaling. I can't imagine you would be able to get on your bike on a steep/rocky/loose section without aligning pedals. Then the other case is where you stop, you reverse a bit to get out of the way, again you've back pedaled. You don't have to actually pedal, reversing the bike has the same effect. Taking the bike out of a the house/garage, reversing it, you've back pedaled.

Would I see the spacers? Lol, I don't see anything...

Thanks for all the feedback so far. It is the stock drivetrain, with 28T MegaTooth front cog. I tested the chain tension by pushing the derailleur forward while back pedaling and this makes no difference. The chain climbs off the rear cog at the top, so the chain is still properly wrapped around the cog up to the derailleur when this happen, which to me says the derailleur can't have any impact at this point. This would also eliminate the hanger, now that I think about it. After some further testing, I see it also starts climbing off from the 2nd largest cog. It must be alignment, but does that mean Trek made the bike with this problem?

Okay, the straight edge route makes sense, I'll try that. But if it is straight in the middle, gear 5/6, would it not make sense then to drop when not guided by the derailleur? The bike is a stock standard Trek Stache 5, I expect they would have the spacers right.

It is second hand bike that has done this from the start. But chain wear is something I should check then, thanks. I was also thinking it has to have something to do with chain line. As the deraileur is guiding nicely when going forward, but there is nothing to guide when going back, so in some ways it makes sense that the chain would want to go to whatever position is "0" alignment with the chain ring...

Whenever I'm in the lowest (biggest) gear (1x10 Shimano Deore) and I either roll back or pedal backwards, my chain starts to climb down the casette towards the highest (smallest) gear. This is bloody frustrating if you're on a steep uphill, you stop or fall over, try to align the pedals to get going again and then KACHRKIKIGHIGK!!!: the chain was 5 gears down and you just put full power on to get going. It does look like the wheel is correctly aligned. The gear shifts up and down are really smooth. Any reason why this happens, and ideas on how to remedy?

From Merida: The Big Trail range will arrive around MARCH next year (2021) and the 400 and 500 will be the models offered in SA….not the 200 sorry.

Found some: https://www.cyclesunitedonline.co.za/shop/maxxis-chronicle-29-29x3-00-exo/