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I went for a lightly used short travel Thudbuster I found on Ebay. Managed to get the previous generation of post which is lighter than the current model (and Kinekt). DIY hole drilled and rubber grommet fitted. For the grommet I found I had to trim the rear lip of the grommet, so it is more of...

Ahead of my 5.0 arriving I was a bit nervous about the carbon forks / Future Shock until I watched this video... (I'd maybe skip to about 5 minutes in for the single-track section). 😮 I felt a lot happier after watching that. I frequently take my 5.0 offroad on tracks (some of the roads around...

Thanks Stefan, I see the Vado SL in the USA is assisted up to 28mph compared to our 15.5mph. Based on 28mph I can see the stock gearing would work well, but for my legs and local terrain the small rear cogs were not being used. As you say, we often need to mod to suit! I confess I did not...

I've had the Vado SL 5.0 non-EQ for a few months now, great bike, but I hadn't appreciated the high cost of 12 speed Shimano parts, so I have just downgraded to 10 speed. Why do that when I have purchase such a high spec bike?! Well, I am used to buying 9 speed parts that are a fraction of...

That will be for KAM2005 to advise us when his 10-51 arrives, fingers crossed for you KAM! Hopefully the B-limit screw will let the derailleur clear the 51t cog.

Thanks for flagging that up Stefan. I was half correct and half wrong. That's what I have liked about this forum during my time lurking, everyone is very helpful and guru's like you go out of their way to assist. 👍😊

Don't worry Stefan, I've just checked the Shimano website out of curiosity, there are different models of the XT rear derailleur. My SL 5.0 had the RD-M8120 version, interesting it's listed as their 2x12 model. https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/product/component/deore-xt-m8100/RD-M8120-SGS.html...

Hi all, newbie first post here, been lurking for a while, loads of useful information, thanks! Just to say that the XT SGS rear derailleur is officially rated up to a 45T cog, I noticed when I removed mine at the weekend (SL 5.0 non-eq), see it stamped to the left of the top jockey wheel...