Hello –
This is not broken. Screw the handle back onto the axle, and then unscrew the axle using the handle but do not pull on the handle.

The reason for the “pull” in the handle of those DT Swiss axles is so that you can orient the handle correctly when the axle is tight. If you pull the handle then it is disengaged from the axle.

Hello – I used to live just down the road from there in. I dont have kids, but here’s some stuff within striking distance:

If you can take a bike then road and mountain biking in the area is really good. Avoid Ironbridge on the weekends if you dont like crowds!

Buildwas Abbey – Free, kill an hour or so
Ironbridge museusms – Blists Hill is fun but expensive, but theres 7 to choose from!
A few castles in the area – ludlow castle is ace.
Canoe and kayak hire on the severn – from ironbridge.
Shropshire hills AONB for walking – stiperstones is nice
Attingham park – National trust stuff
Shrewsbury is nice – worth a visit in itself, but also
-Hawkstone park follies
-Falconry Centre
-Indoor market hall
-Quarry park is really nice and often has events on
-A few bike shops!
Bridgnorth furnicular, chips were good from the chippy at the top.
Ludlow is nice too, but a bit further away, nice castle and lots of good pubs.

Pubs:
Coracle in ironbridge for imported North American Ales – no beer garden, better as a take away.
Woodbridge inn @coalport bridge has an ace beer garden right by the river, and an off road cycle path right to it.
Salopian Brewery make lovely beers.
Ludlow brewing co if you make it over that way.
Myton and Mermaid at atcham has a nice beer garden.

I’d give pearce a ring – I used to live locally and they were always dead helpful whenever I popped in – if they dont have anything, they’ll point you in the right direction.

Worst come to worst, you could always book a demo bike from them – loads of ace riding in that area

https://www.pearcecycles.co.uk/home/test-bikes/

They wont be fakes, they’ll be generics shipped from somewhere you can buy them OTC – India/Nepal/African countries etc.

Only way you’ll stop this if they get caught up at customs (Luck of the draw – probably get a warning letter) or if the home/accommodation searches the mail.

Have you removed the rear wheel, and unbolted the shock from the swingarm?
If not, do this, and then move the swingarm through its travel while hitting the drift, and give it a bit of a wiggle and try and take the weight of the swingarm off the bolt. If frame/swingarm is not perfectly aligned/bearings have play in them then the friction can stop pivot bolts coming out.

Shropshire

Head north out of black mountain bike park, get on the A49, its an easy hour of driving to Ludlow on major roads.

In that area you have
-Hopton Woods – Super fun marked trail riding and a few harder DH lines
-Bringewood for trail and easy DH stuff, its ace but crap in the wet. Not much signed.
-Bucknell for trails, DH, and some big hits if you want them! Nothing/little signed.
-Mortimer – chilled out nice trail riding. Nothing signed.
-Long Mynd for actually fun natural riding – maps are available.

Pearce Cycles will point you in the right direction – they’re ace, the shop is nice too. They also do uplift days in a lot of these places. Worth checking.

Possible to link a few of these together in a single ride.

A little further up the A49 you have eastridge and stipperstones – both good but not as good as the other stuff I listed.

When you’re done crack on up the A49 and you’ll hit the M56 north of brum which will save an hour.

Probably the easiest good places to hit on the way home from black mountains without spending hours winding around wales. And if you’re looking to stay out, Ludlow is an amazing roman town, and the brewery is the perfect place to chill out with a post ride pint. I miss living in shropshire.

You also need to consider the audio source if investing hundreds in headphones, ideally you should have lossless format tracks, if you just have 96Kbps bit rate MP3’s then you’re not going to get nearly as much benefit

No – you’re paying for noise cancelling not amazing quality sound. If you want amazing quality sound, then neither the sony or the bose will deliver. They both still sound good/great though.

I have bose QC35, my partner has the sony wh-1000xm3’s. There isnt much in it, they both sound really good, they both cancel noise really well. Mine are coming up on 6 years of daily use, and I have just replaced the ear pads for the first time. I love them and they are worth every penny.

Bose shops often have referb stock in. If you’ve an outlet place near you then it can be worth going to have a look. Cheapest I’ve seen them is £150.

Referb deal online here for the bose: https://www.bose.co.uk/en_gb/products/headphones_outlet/quietcomfort-35-wireless-ii-fr.html#v=qc35_ii_fr_black

Did you chuck a load of thicc grease in there? If so, then its probably this – ride it out, it will thin with time.

I was in Grizedale today – it was absolutely rotten.

Grizedale off piste can be full on, but it doesn’t have to be, there is all sorts to ride, and even the bridleway trails are way way better than the northface trail. As per chakaping said, stick to the rocky and more chilled out stuff and you’ll be fine. Bedrock will be greasy slippy tomorrow when/if they start to dry out.

I’d give nan bield a miss tomorrow – it’ll be soggy, windy and running slow. Big slog.

Whinlatter is ace for a trail centre, and holds up in the wet, but about 40 mins from grizedale.

Should be able to do it through your online banking – you will need to get the receivers IBAN code, and maybe the BIC code too (but probably not, I think they can derive it for you now!)

Glued in place.

https://www.specialized.com/us/en/faq/angi#:~:text=Can%20I%20remove%20the%20ANGi,the%20unit%20cannot%20be%20reattached.

Bike treks Ings had them in, all colours and sizes last week. Looks to be in stock on the website.

£30 for the 2L

I went down the strapping stuff to my frame route – never got a decent solution so, not what you asked for, but I just bought the 2L Dakine Hotlaps a week back.

4 rides in now, and holy shit, its awesome, wish I’d got one years ago.

I’ve got a tube (in a box), massive multitool, tubeless plugs and gubbins, phone, sunnies, tyre levers, pump, quicklink, mars bar, headphones and a lightweight rain jacket in there, and another water bottle in the holster if i’m going far. Its waterproof, and I dont have to mess about wondering if its gonna scratch my frame, or switch it from bike to bike.

I Don’t get a grim, sweaty back, and dont have to compromise what I can take on a ride. More importantly I dont even feel like I’m wearing it.

That spectral is a great shout – tried one out this weekend, its an all-rounder for sure, but one that’s good to go out of the box, and wont mind getting rowdy if required.

Endura MT500 Burner pants are absolutely ace. Picked up some on offer last year for £50, and they’re perfect.

Nice fit, stretchy material, zip pockets, lazer cut vents mean they dont get too hot. Best item of biking clothes I own, and I got them on a whim. Get back to the car after a gopping ride, and my legs are clean. Often find myself packing them when its even a tiny bit wet or cold out.

Also own a pair of the MT500 spray trousers. Fit is no where near as nice, they run too hot and they dont seem any more weatherproof than the burners. Hardly wear them. Cost more too.

Endura sizing is all over the place though!

The main thing you’ve missed is bikes are actually good now. 1x, dropper posts, suspension that works etc etc. As much as people like to complain about the minutiae, performance vs price is as better than its ever been.

Its basically impossible to buy a bad full suss trail bike from any major brand in 2020. There is too much choice, so pick something that sparks joy and go ride it.

Here’s something that you’d never get in Canada.

For 3 years straight Tignes bike park was free. Free parking, free lifts, free (clean) showers, free airbag jump, 150km of trails.

It’s no longer free. It’s £35 a week, or you get a free summer pass when you book a single nights stay in the valley.

Not the best riding in the world, but enough for a couple of fun days, and some amazing scenery.

Excluding unofficial trails –

Whistler day ticket:
£47
80km of official trails

Portes du soleil day ticket:
£27
650km of official trails

I’ve ridden a decent amount in the euro parks. I’ve never ridden at Whistler, but I have skiied there.

I think the main problem with the European alpine bike parks are that they’ve gone for quantity over quality. 650km of riding in the pds according to their website. But dig a little deeper and you’ll find loads of that is forest roads, or long featureless descents on single-track that’s had no work on it in ages. Don’t get me wrong, there’s amazing riding – but lots of it is underwhelming.

Whistler bike park on the other hand looks like it gets actual features, good progression of lines/difficulty, and a solid maintenance crew. I would be willing to bet that the trails in Whistler are a step above. You gotta pay the scene tax in whistler though, and the village is an absolute zoo!

As always for anything cycling/running/tri/outdoor tech head to DC rainmaker and read the review. Ray will answer all your questions (including the ones you didn’t know you had!)

https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/07/garmin-edge-explore-review.html

You can quickly and easily share routes from komoot/strava.

The maps are great, and nav is really easy. Screen is easy to see, the battery lasts ages and it will re-route if you go wrong. I was planning on using mine strictly for the road, but it goes on the MTB now too. There is a trailforks app too, so you can quickly send trailforks routes to it.

In short, its a great device, good maps, feels bomber, great battery and hardware. Just suffers from the garmin UI/software.

Any scope to trim the seat tube?

Even though its a slightly messy solution, I’d be tempted by a brand x post, and a bit of dyneema (or similar bit of string) to limit the travel on the post. Easy to adjust and cheap as.

You can pinpoint exactly where lockdown starts.

Puruple = 2018
Orange = 2019
Green = 2020

I’ve got a pair of these for gravel.

Alpin – they are 2 bolt/SPD only.

Had mine for 2 years I think, still look good. Wouldn’t want to walk too far in them (more than a km or so), as they’re not stable like an mtb shoe, but miles better than full roadie shoes. Lace retainer works well. Do get some hotspots on longer 4+ hr rides, but nothing major. They fit me well and my feet are on the wider side.

What you are looking for is called a lone worker alarm.

Cheapest is the app versions, then standalone devices, then spot-type tracker things. Used them a fair bit on oil/gas/mine type sites. Almost all of them use the gps so they can come find you if you have a fall/are immobilised/die.

For example:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trustyox.okalone&hl=en_GB

Theres shed loads of them out there, so have a google and see what meets the requirements and budget.

Priti Patel is not good at the talking.

the room next door – Priti Patel pic.twitter.com/kwgEdJKGLr

— Michael Spicer (@MrMichaelSpicer) February 4, 2020

Bluetooth connection will be shoddy if its trying to go through your body. Bluetooth works super well in air and really badly through water. Minimise the amount of body between receiver and source – see if that solves the issue.

dhrider – I’m sure you’re right, which makes it really annoying that the nukeproof website lists it as.

Rear Axle: Sram Maxle Stealth M12x1.75 174mm

If you’ve bought 5 replacements already and none of those work, then post a picture of the original axle with the etching visible and the replacements you’ve bought next to it. Then we can be sure to get the right size.

This is probably what you need:
https://r2-bike.com/ROCK-SHOX-Thru-Axle-Maxle-Stealth-12%C3%97142-Standard-Frames-174-mm

This one is available on prime:
Maxle

Again though, if you’ve bought 5 and none of them are right, post up a picture before you buy another.

Had a van with these exact symptoms. Traced it to a dodgy earth connection.

I’ve lived in the lakes on and off for the last 30 odd years, and seen a lot of this sanitation work going on. I dont really get it, but it seems to be the way that the national park is moving. The paths see an unreal amount of traffic, and so some repair work is inevitable. Big fills like this are questionable, especially as most of it will disappear into the beck or the bottom of the descent with a shitty winter.

Im not trying to yuk anyones yum here, dont get me wrong – However (unpopular opinion probably), all those “classic” lakes rides like parkamoor, kentmere, borrowdale bash etc are all massively over rated.

They might have been fun and challenging in 1995 on sketchy 1995 tech, but on a modern bike they are mostly super easy. Leaving difficulty out of it, the descents themselves dont really offer that much fun for the amount of effort/road/gates to do them – parkamoor for example, bit of bed rock, but mostly loose gravel meh. Garburn pass, just bouncing down a big ol pile of rocks. Top of kentmere has been wrecked by people dragging their brakes down peat bogs in wet weather and is just a pile of ruts that gets bigger every year.

Dont get me wrong – theres amazing riding here, but bang for buck, parkamoor is not among them.

However you view it, it’ll be back to normal in a couple of years – in the meantime, try something else!

Garmin Instinct® Graphite (Newly Overhauled)

Stretch the budget by a tenner for this factory referb instinct!

Heres a comparison showing the same spot, for those struggling to see whats happened here.

9.2% so you can blast off too.

Hello,

There are no suppliers for Turner spares in the UK, it seems that you have to deal with Turner directly. They also dont seem to list the bushing sizes anywhere, and the rebuild kit is really expensive, especially with shipping and charges on top.

You can get replacement bushes from Ignus, I think this is the one you need, however, its probably worth measuring up first.

https://www.igus.co.uk/product/67 (JFI-0809-04 I cant seem to link directly to this size) – for the seat stay/rocker link.

Full range – if you’re feeling adventurous.
https://www.igus.co.uk/iglidur/plain-bearing

Have a read of this thread, some super good information in there:
https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/sqeaky-turner-bushing-anyone-got-a-spare-one-going/

200mm is the eye to eye measurement, this is the distance between the points where the shock attaches to the frame

51/57mm is the stroke – this is how much the shock moves.

The new shock will fit straight onto your bike (this is the 200 measurement!), but might not actually be usable for you – consider the following:

If your bike has a leverage ratio of 3:1, for every 30mm the rear wheel travels, the shock will move 10mm. Your bike has been designed around a 51mm shock stroke – if you install a longer travel shock, even though its only 6mm, it allows the rear wheel to travel much further (6×3 = 18mm in my example!) This often means the rear wheel will hit the frame, seat tube, compromise the geo of the bike and funny things can start to happen depending on how the leverage ratios change. It will also void any warranty you might have.

More often than not putting a longer travel shock in either doesn’t work or compromises so much handling its not worth it. I think (not sure!) you can get a spacer to reduce the travel on these shocks which would take it back to 200×51 – I would ask TFTuned about that.

According to this:
https://www.cube.eu/fileadmin/2016/cubeworld/FAQ/Bearing_Sets_Lagersets_2016.pdf

The part number is: 10527 if its an alu frame, or 10502 for the carbon.

10527: https://www.bike24.com/p2185408.html

10502: https://www.infinitycycles.co.uk/17603/products/cube-bearing-set-stereo-2017-ams-main-pivot.aspx

Both with bearings included.

Hope this helps.

Core – give Merlin a ring, they’ll sort you out the correct size.

I’m 6ft and on a 53 and would say it’s perfect size wise.

Bought it to see me through lockdown, put 1000 miles on it so far and no issues at all.

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For any punk pop fans

https://serato.com/dj/pro/downloads?systemrequirements#system-requirements

Hardware reqs here.

I was touring in south east asia when this whole coronavirus thing kicked in, and had to leave my genesis CDF there.

Got back to the UK and with no trails within striking distance from the house the first thing I did was pick up a really cheapo gravel bike to see me through lockdown. I’m supposed to be moving abroad for work when this is all over so I didn’t want to spend a fortune.

Ended up with this – discount codes/loyalty points brought it down to £650.

https://www.merlincycles.com/merlin-malt-g1-tiagra-gravel-bike-2020-147541.html

Good:
Cheap
Looks good(ish)
Full Tiagra Drive Train
Full Carbon Fork
Good Tyre clearance
Full mudguard and rack mounts

Meh:
Cable Disks
Bit Heavy but not unreasonable
Internal Cable routing (I’m not a fan YMMV)
Weird sizing – they come up very big. Am just over 6ft and went with Merlin’s recommendation of a 53. Fits well.

Bad:
Finishing kit
Crap Tyres

Chucked some 38mm hutchinson overrides on it and a new saddle and bar tape. Put about 500km so far on it. A mixture of road, hardpack gravel and easy singletrack.

Final verdict: Bargain