XG-1275 fitted today and looks pretty cool to my eyes. Unfortunately they could not source a X01 chain so I had to settle for a GX Eagle chain. Shifting is noticeably better but that might be because it had a mini tune up. Looking forward to tomorrow morning when I can properly go through the...
Expensive week for me.
I have ordered the XG-1275 cassette as my LBS did all the checks and confirmed the hub can take an xD hub so I will get this fitted in 2 weeks time.
I made the mistake of asking them if they could check and adjust the AXS in the mean time and they took off the cassette...
@Stefan Mikes I am not sure I understand. Anything above 25km/h surely cannot damage the motor as it is not in play? Also, you keep mentioning 35km/h as some kind of maximum but I assure you it is not and I regularly hit 40+ when I am pressing on - there are also other cogs to choose in any...
The 46T recommendation was instigated by me. The AI initially recommended 44T but after some questions about where I ride and my riding style then it threw in the 46T as a possibility. I use the bike as transport and a little bit of fitness as well if I am going somewhere where I do not mind...
Fixed the front light. the little plastic attachment was 10 pounds with delivery which is a bit crazy but I had no choice. It is now rock solid with no play and I am still a bit confused how the previous part was so loose.
Next project is getting the Eagle AXS gear change working smoothly...
Had to take the bar clamp off to to add a bit of tape to try and get a firmer grip on the light slot but the plastic fixing slot snapped off pretty easily. I have had to tape the light to frame for now :oops: The bike is only 2 years old but the list of issues to fix are building up now.
To...
Another month, another rattle.
This one was easy to locate, the front light just rattles around and has lateral movement of around 10mm both sideways and up and down, so just flapping around. I have not had time to have a proper look but I could not see anything to tighten.
I did notice the derailleur hanger had a lot of scrapes to it and remember thinking how that happened.
Bike has never been dropped or crashed and I am super careful with it. We did leave it parked and locked with her Brompton outside the restaurant yesterday - I wonder 🤔
Something is still not right.
Spent the last hour 30mins realigning and micro adjusting and the gear change is still poor. Looks like another trip to the bike shop next week.
Mine is this:
SRAM X-SYNC 44T chainring, 110 BCD
It was a bit fiddly but I managed to get the 3 remaining screws from the chainring off. It does look a bit ugly without the chainguard but I suppose I can do without. Just gave the chain a proper clean (I could detect no damage) and will attempt...
Anyone that bought a Vado SL and kept the Chain ring stock will have one fitted I believe.
It is the circular guard screwed into the chain ring that I am talking about. Not sure if it has another name.
It seems the bike was upset about my earlier comments and chewed off its own chain guard this morning to teach me a lesson 🥲
Not sure how it happened. Cycling along to the opticians and the gear changes suddenly became noisy and then the chain guard ripped off its fixings.
Changing gear is...
Went for a ride with my wife to a restaurant yesterday, she was on her electric Brompton.
"How do you put up with that awful noise?" she said as we were side by side.
She has a point, her motor is barely perceptible while mine is ... well you all know.
As I understand it, your levers are not much different to my 8100 XT levers - you will love the one finger operation I am sure.
The overall feel and modulation of that full setup should be really impressive.