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Um, youre not entirely wrong there Bub... (let me put my flame suit on while I type) BM gets frames/bikes in and 'replace' the tubless with tubes. On the sale of the frame, the top of the pops sales person flogs you a tubeless conversion and adds 2 valves, 2 sealants and (if needed) 2 tubeless tyres (I presume used rubber that came with the frame orignally) Yay for the good salesman! In reality they remove the tubes, pop a vlave back into the rim, add some sealant and pomp it up for you to head off into the sunset happy as larry on your new fiets. I was told first hand by that top of the pops salesperson that they convert the bikes to tubed to ensure the wheels stay inflated whilst on the show room floor - then when the bike gets sold its is offered as an upgrade to tubeless. Maybe its changed now but this was the MO about 9 months ago when I popped in to see a bike that they had on sale. So perhaps the OP has some merit for being grumpy about it leaking past the valve and loosing pressure. Our hubcourt has been correct in giving reasons as to why it was leaking and how to repair/fix it by changing the tape, re-seating the valve (or replacing) and adding fresh sludge to the wheel. Sure, simple fix and worth it. But I did point out that the tyre was never cleaned of old sealant when it was replaced onto the rim which, to me, shows poor pre-service-inspection checks or at worst, just sommer quickly delfate the tyre, remove the tube, pop a valve in and sealant and re-inflate the tyre. Dealers are all the same - it doesnt matter if its for bicycles, cars, home appliances or drugs. They're there to make money and are not really in the game of repeat business due to the nature of their product. Everyone likes a happy ending, and to me it would be prudent of BM to reach out, take the OP's hand and sort his wheel out with a new valve, some tape, a bit of elbow grease to clean it and some fresh sky into his round (I mean, if it a cost issue I'll donate the effing R100 to replace those items). Lets not miss the wood for the trees here. Happy customer, happy dealer and happy marketing for future sales. Win for everyone.

And yet we feed the troll.... Makes us feel better when we sharpen the pitch forks

Anyone else notice the excess old sludge build up on the tyres and rim? BM could have at least cleaned that off before putting them back onto the rims. Sies man Righty-o then, look, a defroster 🔭

Wait - hang on. Where do you take your husky ride on to get punctures? And while we're at it, show us a peecha of the tool kit you carry on the mower for emergency tyre plug repairs

Karkloof - what a place

A boer maak a plan and uses a cable tie

Yep, its amazing how they play/prey on the unsuspecting

How would you know of that scam? 🤣

That video scam was run by a saffer back in the late 80's. He exploited the Scope magazine( who remembers... ahemmm... 🤥) adverts in the back pages South Africa was a rather conservative country at the time, it played right into his scam. Could you imagine going to the teller at the Volkskas/United/Perm/Trust bank to deposit that cheque, to the teller that knows your mrs from the cake and tea group that congregates after church every sunday. If I recall he was caught by the plod back in the day but was never actually charged with anything as he did give a legitimate full refund - it wasnt his fault that the person that had the cheque never deposited it

Who's the professional company that's handling it?

I changed from XTR to GX AXS only becuase I wanted to be the cool kid on the block and so far, I'm happy with the choice. I guess its all about how you look after your gear - regardless of what gear it is. And there is no excuse for a battery going flat during a ride either - to me that is pure rider error and unforgiveable But we do have good back up in complete SLX and XTR trains in case the GX AXS decides to have a wobble. So back to xt or gx? I'd go with XT all the way but with an XTR shifter Here endith the confusion post on different gear

@TheoG Quick - go to your local and order one... PLEASE! If you dont, I will on your behalf! 🥳

On closer inspection, that doesnt look like rust but rather the previous owner (or you?) used the wrong grease on the clutch system. That brown gunk looks to be coagulated grease on the shaft itself. Im sure with some elbow work you can get it clean again and re-use that P axle and clutch. But dont scrape it off with a sharp blade or with sand paper. That will damage the surface the clutch rides on. Try remove the axle, then soak it in some strong cleaning agents like petrol, acetone, thinners etc to release that old grease Of course, if you have 360 ronts then just buy new and be done with it

yep

And I see he keeps on sharing that mtbwesterncape page of his to all the european facebook pages....

I see he even creates fake people to ask cost questions so that he can reply to them making it look legit. That Bradley Burrow chap is a ghost** **meaning that if you report it to the ghost person our dear friend will get the private message and will then block you from the page He sure is a clever chap

Here you go Ruben - DM me and I'll send you the LBS details. They're in Germiston, Johannesburg Replace these parts, give the spring a good clean and you'll be as good as new. And use the correct lube too - any decent light bicycle hub grease... not the junk for car wheel bearings

I'm looking forward to the 1h30 again or less into Kyalami - on knobleys 😈

Remove that cage and give the coil spring on the other side a good once over with cleaning material. I'll be at my LBS tomorrow and check if they have a new clutch kit for the XT - I'm sure they do. Will let you know Doddy does a good tutorial on how to do it all yourself:

Thanks for the info Steady 👍

Is that a POTS? Havent seen those in years 🤣 But seriously, whats that Rapide dropper like? I need a 31.6 125mm but they dont have and I'm sceptical to use a bushing for a 30.9

I found myself guilty of running down to 1.1 on the rear and 0.8 on the front and happy as larry... until I snake bit the f*&$%ing rear on saturday afternoon and had endless issues in keeping it inflated (value gave endless cr@p after bombing it) I'm going to run up a bit on the pressure again to to prevent the bites. 1.1 was just a tad too little. But I do think the 30mm wide rims make a big difference in allowing you to run softer pressures on wider tyres - if you want to...

It's the same as the 12 speed clutch for deore, slx, XT and xtr Check the smaller lbs, they tend to have a better variety of spares

Do you need some cable grommets? I have some which might fit. Send me a snap of the port please