Cheers sailor, so when the suspension compresses does the excess cable now loop near the mechs rather than by the seat tube? Think i'll try that as when the cable bends at the top, down shifts are near impossible.
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Orange Blood mini review
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Posted 11 months ago #
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cant be arsed reading that massive review.
in summary?
Posted 11 months ago # -
yes the cable loops out by the rear mech. I replaced the mech cable with a JagWire one which allows for sealing of the open section under the top tube and ever since it has run perfectly. Prior to doing that I was still having some problems with shifting which was down to crap getting inside the cable.
The above was my last resort, if it didnt work I was going to re-route along the chain stay, over the BB and up the down tube, I already bought the stick on cable guides but havent needed them.
Posted 11 months ago # -
WTF is going on with that seatpost on the green one? That is an abomination. Does the owner actually ride it like that?
Posted 11 months ago # -
It's called a Gravity Dropper, you may or may not be familiar with them, they've been about for a while...
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What do you think the "dropper" part of the name is for?
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"Dropping" it when riding on technical terrain; as I wasn't at that point, I didn't bother. I'm sorry it's upset you so much...
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I'm just amazed that you can ride on any territory with the post that high. Seriously, that's not normal. Your arse must be higher than your head.
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I'm amazed your amazed.
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Having suffered a fairly saggy mid-stroke on the RP23 BV with XV can that came on my 2011 Blood, I swapped the XV can out for a standard volume can yesterday. A vast improvement - I was previously having to ride with the ProPedal on all the time to try and firm up the rear. No need for PP anymore, it feels a lot better and I can tell from the o-ring that I'm using "appropriate" amounts of travel instead of nearly bottoming on every hit.
Posted 11 months ago # -
Think I've fettled my rear shifting too.
I cut a length of fairly rigid rod from an old golf umbrella canopy and I have taped it to the rear mech cable, from about 7cm up from the lowest cable guide on the seat stay up to about 7 cm from the bottom of the top tube. The top cable guide on the seat stay now has a loosely fastened zip tie through it. This allows the cable to move but forces it down towards the mech were it makes a nice wide loop. Seemed to work perfect last night, I just need to neaten it up a bit and post some pics.
Posted 10 months ago #
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