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  1. Daniel J Méssem
    eBikes also tend to be beefier, bigger brakes, stronger frames and forks, stronger wheels. Depends on the bike of course, but this could be a very good bet. Extra power on the climbs would be a game changer! Big brake rotors make the world of difference, I went from stock 160mm to 203mm ice tech with finned pads for the cooling.
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    You also mentioned being a complete noob, so some of the comments might not make sense (when I was a noob I had no idea what a fork stanction was, or brake pots) so feel free to post/pm options and questions While getting a strong bike is important, getting out and riding is more important
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    I'm not too far off on weight and am pretty hard on my bike. There are a few things I've found to really matter over the last decade or so of riding Fork: 32mm quick release forks are too flexy, minimum 35mm thru axle (check out the stanction width) something like a rockshox pike/lyric/Zeb is strong Frame: I found light cross country bikes too flexy for me, there might be stiffer ones, but in general Wheels, specifically the rims, light cross country rims folded, something nice and strong, especially with larger wheels (Stan's flow are my go to) Shock: being able to turn up the damping is important, the base tune is for the average rider I'm on a giant reign 27.5 now, nice and strong, if I try out a friend trail bike I can feel the flex straight away
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    146.294.20.55 Port 8080
  5. Daniel J Méssem
    Yep, have not seen the 11-42 yet
  6. Daniel J Méssem
    Looks like xt m8000 is available this week in parts of Asia and Europe...
  7. Daniel J Méssem
    Pm sent for pwc 27th!
  8. Daniel J Méssem
    Count me in for pwc intermediate / advanved
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    No response? You don't feel that you have a responsibility to let us know which shop?
  10. Daniel J Méssem
    Preordered couple form chain reaction
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    Sweet!
  12. Daniel J Méssem
    Home made spoke tensiometer Made it with hand tools, actually works very well. Resolution is better than the park tool one.
  13. Daniel J Méssem
    Builders warehouse had some at a stage, not sure if they still do. It was in the fixtures area, with the nuts and bolts in a red packet. Also from these guys online http://netram.co.za/2206-polymorph.html
  14. Daniel J Méssem
    Made one from prototyping plastic You just warm the plastic up, make a shape, use the plastic crank thingy as a mould, done
  15. Daniel J Méssem
    in the legth of the derailer cage, for a 1x11 setup its pretty important to have the medium cage, the pully is offset, a medium cage will rotate more than a long cage, thus making more use of the offset
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