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Ultegra R8000 groupset. Road bikes Multiple chains. 6000-8000km per chain using squirt and smoove as lube. Current chain 8000km on immersive wax and it's till going quite nicely. Cassettes R7000 and R8000's consistantly do 3 chains per cassette. So around 18000km per cassette. My current immersion wax cassette is still with its it's original chain as above. Chainrings R8000 rings on the squirt / smoove bike are still going at 50000kms. The immersive wax bike still new on 8000km old rings. On my MTB with XT M780. I was also doing about 3 chains per cassette. And I did 3 cassets per set of chainrings. My current MTB which runs XT M8100 2x12 is still original rings and cassette at 4000km, but it's due a new chain.

This is the first time I am servicing my fork. Before it had been done by a shop.

Hey guys. Just need some quick input. I am busy servicing my Manitou Markhor by myself. I have changed travel from 100 to 120. Before the service I had an issue that my fork was not using all it's travel. It was getting about 60mm before "bottoming out" but there was still lots of stanchion remaining. Sag all set correctly. I read that too much oil in the damper leg can cause that and so putting a bit less than what Manitou recommends is beneficial. In the case of 120mm I've read that the fluid should be around 100mm from the top of the crown/stanchion vs 97mm as recommended by Manitou. Anyone else experienced this? I'm using motul Fork Oil Expert 5wt as damper fluid. And this also leads me to my next question. Is should we be following the service guidelines as gospel. Because they recommend using 15ml per leg of 5w-40 semi-bath oil. That seems quite low. When I cracked the fork open and drained it, barely anything came out. I want to make sure this fork is well lubricated and functioning as good as it can. Can I add more semi-bath fluid to the lower assembly? Maybe 20-25ml per leg? Would there be any disadvantage to that? I'm using Motul 7100 5w-40 fully synthetic as the Semi-bath oil.

I can't imagine every going back to a chest strap after getting My scosche rhythm 2.0. No wet chest straps in winter. = heaven

Quite a few pros have been seen wearing armbands. Including the likes of the Polar Verity Sense. And if you check out reviews on the verity sense and Scosche Rhythm by DC rainmaker you will see that they are just as accurate. We don't need clinical levels of precision and accuracy for a sports. So it doesn't really matter if the reading is off by a % or so. Unlike in a clinical setting it isn't going to be the difference between life or death.

Chest strap still. No optical technology. They should be updating the Tickr Fit. Guys the 1980s called they want their chest strap back.

Oh yes yes because obviously it was careless. Nice. One. It's like. I just left. My bike on the lawn with a sign "please steal me" . 🙄 No I definitely didn't take any precautions to try lock my bikes away whatsoever.

Reaming... By a 5 year old.

He disagrees with the conclusion that PT has formed based on what PT has seen of the Derailleur thus far. And because he disagrees with PT's assessment then the only logical conclusion is that PT is talking k@k

So much SRAM coolaid drinking going on in here.

If one had to choose between taking after a long slow day or a short intense day. After which type of exercise would it be most beneficial to take a protein supplement?

Hi guys. So just a quick one. I like to use Nutritech Premium Whey as a recovery supplement in my recovery regimen. I normally have it after my big long rides and don't usually bother with it after a short HIIT session. But I was wondering. When is the BEST time to use it? *should I use it after a big long slow ride. Like a 3 hour plus. *should I use it after a short ~1 hour HIIT session. I've also seen some online articles saying you should have protein before your ride. So I was just hoping for some input.

This is just a rebranded Winspace Hyper. Look for 1st party winspace Hypers as it may or may not be cheaper. But either way its a good frameset and very popular.

So I was with Cyclesure since 2016. But unfortunately they recently kicked me off as an undesirable. Unfortunately I hit a stroke of bad luck between 2019 and 2021. I lost 4 bikes and a wheelset totalling near enough 160K. 3 bikes and wheels to theft from the house and the last bike was getting hit by a car. We live in a very high risk area in Cresta close to Windsor and our landlord was VERY lax on security. So even though we did the best we could to lock up our garage and keep the bikes safe ultimately the perps were still gaining easy access to the complex grounds because of the lax security. So ultimately we bought our own place and moved to a safer complex and area. But I guess in their eyes it was too late as Cyclesure paid out the last claim and kicked me to the kurb. I'm now with naked. But after reading this thread I want to go through my Ts&Cs to make sure I am getting good cover. Anyone know what to look out for?

Sorry this is off topic but do we need to have licenses and all that stuff to ride Rooiwal?