Oh and as some says, if it’s wet say bye bye to your brake pads, and keep an eye on your bearings etc… Cannock is made of ” cutting paste” lol

I was there on Tuesday…. I love the place but the trails are getting proper torn up… Lots of braking holes, and that takes the low out of some of he best bits there!

There is also a diversion about a 3rd of the way round ( by the big fire road cross road just after the “pixi” bridge and just before the big up down- oh **** – sharp left fire road blast, think its on the monkey. The diversion takes you o the left, and down to the bottom of the section before the north cliff decent.

So: the braking holes are a nightmare, there’s a diversion, and the polished pebbles are PROPER slippery, but you’ll still ave a blast !

That’s weird, and rather expensive too’!

Surely it’d be easier o just run…

We’ve got a vango Maritsa 700 and it’s a amazing family tent, we (the mrs) loves a bit of glamping so this tent is amazing, with it’s massive living areas bedrooms and wardrobe to keep our room away from the kids room.

You might get one for a few hundred pounds if you get lucky.

Canyon Nerve AM …. not strictly XC but I can out do all of my mates up a hill and then blast down the other side knowing that the lil old canyon will take whatever I throw at it. !

I have a Honda Stream, (Think of it as a Zafira with a Honda Badge) and whilst its not the most modern thing in the world its a absolutly brilliant little car, 2 seats that fold into the MASSIVE boot floor – when there up its a 6 / 7 seater. Decent to drive and on fuel, and most importantly its NEVER gone wrong, failed a MOT etc etc… as the MOT guy says every year when i call to check if it passed its test: Why do you call every year to ask if its passed – Its a Honda ! lol

Oh and it swallows loads with ease… Its had 8ft sheet of plasterboard in it, a Full Sized adult (Go) Kart, loads of bikes, and all of the Family stuff too.

Review Here

Rare and Expensive stuff’s what I wanna see 🙂

I use GEAX Easy Riders on my commute bike, and even run them on the trails in the summer.. not the lightest, but great grip all year round on road or DRY trails, and they wear really well too.

Buy em from Decathalon there dirt cheap.

Niche ? Bling

+1 on that!

Loving this… the forks are AWSUM!

Cheers everybody, I guess that Stans should be ok, or are any other brands better ?

BR:

Cos’ you know all about me, and my understanding of Bikes / mechanical things… I didn’t used to work in a bike shop, nor am I Senior Engineer in a with a large upmarket vehicle manufacturer at their Huge Prototype Vehicle facility, looking after a team of guys building 100’s of VERY VERY expensive & COMPLICATED vehicles each year. I understand **** all!!!!

My original question was “what could be wrong with this -have you got any experience that may help?” not “help me I don’t understand how to fix my bike”

I don’t know you, and you don’t know me, so I’ll leave it at that.

What would concern me more is if I was off on a 4 week MTB trip and couldn’t fix/understand the problem…

and as ANTIQEE said to inspect and potentialy fix the problem:

and not taking a chainwhip and cassette tool / wrench

LOL Crank Bros. Oh well, you’ve got yourself some huge expensive ear rings I guess.

Or NOT he wheels ride really nicely ! but I guess you’ve not ridden them!

Where in oz you riding I am in Australia and the cb distrubutors are really good so take you receipt with you.

Brisbane, Albert Park area, I’ve already hooked up with some riders over there for a few days (and hopefully a night ride) out. Where are you then… not that Oz is Small! lol

Did 2pure actually say it would work fine?

YEP !! to the manager of the LBS, when he called whilst I was present as the LBS mechanics where struggling to fit the cassette.

Should all be under warranty, but I am a little concerned… as in a week me and the bike are off to Oz for a 4 week MTB adventure!!! eek.

druidh:

The Bike was 2 rides old when i put the new wheels on, and I wasn’t about to change a perfectly good SRAM cassette, when 2pure (and Crank Brothers) said a SRAM 10speed would fit and WORK just fine.

Like you said 2pure’s response is eagerly awaited…

Right so the plot thickens..

LBS Visited with bike today, and there as pissed as me. They undid the lock ring and there was a fair bit of swarf in there… off popped the smallest sprocket to reveal no splines on the free-hub body! All worn away !!!

LBS have and are still tying to sort it out with CB distributors 2Pure.

LBS also showed me the parts and I couldn’t quite get my head round why SRAM cover the “knurled / grooved” inner surface of the lock ring by a clip in stainless “washer”!

Anyone know why ?

Shimano lockring’s / cassettes click as there tightened, and stop it loosening. I.E no stainless washer.

I’m thinking that the lockring may have also come slightly loose and allowed the sprocket a bit of space, and allowed it to slip ?

Thats my old thread there…

This seems the cause…

deadkenny – Member
Got freehub replaced.

Further on the 10sp compatibility. Definitely with the SRAM at least the top cog does not slide onto the freehub, just sits on top of the cog beneath and spins round. The lock ring tightens it up though and stops it spinning.

Not sure if the cog has engaged with the splines on the freehub after being compressed down by the lock ring, but I’m concerned about it. A deeper lock ring may not make much of a difference, don’t know.

Done it up with the current lock ring I’ve got and all seems solid and tight. Though went to a lower torque as not happy with high torque steel in aluminium

LBS here I come.

Apparently it’s delivered this week however I’m away on a course but on my return I’ll get on it!

Don’t you mean your missus will get em off, and get on it (the bean bag you filthy minded bikers)! lol 😯

the spacer is literally a hairs width. and without it the rivets on the back of the SRAM cassette hit the flanges of the hub.

Br: hence my post… LBS will be getting a visit as the wheels are only a a month or so old.

i’m hoping that the sprocket is either totally clear of the freehub body, or its something else… if its been half on and has slipped off taking a chunk of the edge of the freehub with it I wont be best pleased!

SRAM cassettes are the same width as Shimano arn’t they ? I assume there is a “Standard” width adopted by all manufacturers ? :-/

Munro’: any links ?

SRAM chain with SRAM split link.

I’ve poped a paint mark on the small sprocket & next one up… and guess what the paint marked sprocket has moved away from the second sprocket – slipping clockwise.

LBS are gonna get a piece of my mind if they have over tightened and junked my hub!

PePPer: that would suggest that the hub would now be knackered, right ?

cheer for all the super quick replys everyone

The lock ring is he one that came with the cassette, which came on the bike (Canyon) I just upgraded the wheels, so swapped it all over… bike was 2 rides old when I swapped the wheels out. so I doub’t its the lock ring suggestion above.

LBS will DEFINATLY be getting a visit !

lambchop – Member
Just need to get him some decent full finger gloves from somewhere!

Decathalon do some pretty darn good un’s I got a set for my 4 and 5 year old son’s the other week… there just like proper adult gloves “suede” palms, snot wiper on thumb etc… there brill for about £9 a pair if i remember.

No beer: done that but just cant get it spot on, and I don’t like riding with a disc rubbing on a hi spot.

BR : that’s the plan tomorrow afternoon, or Friday when I get 5 mins to pop down to the LBS.

there is a small nylon spacer between the cassette and freehub body – as supplied with the wheels, and told to fit by distributor. but how would that affect the small sprocket ?

I’ve never had a lock ring relax its torque before… seems tight enough although I’ve not measured it with a torque wrench.

just look at how often you spot a go-pro on the TV … that ays it all for me.

I.E it must be good, to be used on the TV.

nah new cassete, new sprocket… when I Give it some power and look down, I can see it move maybe a tooth worth then stop slipping.

go pro hd hero 2… Just got my one from the states and it rocks… noticeably better than my bro’s hd hero (1) get the LCD backpac too it makes a world of difference, and turns it into a “proper point and shoot digi camera 🙂

Yeah I know, On the “Movie Maker” I was using to edit it all together over my lunch breaks I couldn’t increase the frame rate, and its only using every 4th photo, not every one as I would like.

Any suggestions for great PC video editing Software ?

Cheers,

Voted, just to see what Ya mrs looks like scantily clad! lol

No problems… give us a shout if you need any more advice / info.

BTW it’ll ride amazing when you’ve finished building it up! My one does 🙂

right. here you go:

http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=17030992

loads of photos on here.

That link is talking about a Nerve XC not a AM.

I’m guessing that your after this bit of the BB cable routing! Looks wrong, but it IS correct.(I’ve added the Loop Velcro to stop any potential rubbing to the inside of the crank arm / bb shell.)

Oh and this is the underside, with the lil’ plastic inserts…

Has that helped ?

I’m doing the Mud Run at Eastnor Castle this weekend….10k “run2 around the landriover prooving ground trails, 20k MTB around the Eastnor estate, and then a lil 3k “run2 up and around a river to finish! Ouch.

Shuld be fun. 🙂

He’s a just “a bit good” at none handed riding! lol

That guy has made some amazin stop motion videos on him Vimeo channel.

I bought a hot walk for my youngest, and it is BRILLIANT quality, and he was “riding” it in under 15 mins ! (He was 20 mths old at the time!!) and then went onto a proper (with pedals) bike and again after a hour max was riding that ! (on his 3rd Birthday)

The Hotwalk then did training dutys for son No2 … and is still perfect. – Its amazing how fast a lil un can make one of those “bikes” go! lol

I’d advise against a crap one, and go for either a ridgeback scoot – alu frame, or the hot walk… the hotwalk weighs very little so is easy for the lil’ un to move along.

Just lil ol me then …

Cannock was a right Mud Bath yesterday…. but really good fun. bit of ice on some of the fire roads but in general great.