Is your frame post mount? Just used these to convert from 160 to 180 on the rear on code rsc – works well.

Not really answered above – is the cable long enough to put the battery in a back pack when used as a helmet light?

@trailwagger – No idea how you quote on this forum but glad that someone caught on to the double entendre!

I am probably unusual in that I almost always ride with the mrs. We both started riding together just over 2 years ago. She waits for me on the ups and vice-versa on the downs.

Amazingly good. Just LT’d my own grey 120 after 18 months with it. Test drive on Sunday.

Do enjoy.

Expect to see this in a tubeless vs tubes thread very soon. Obviously a ghetto set up.

p.s. I am speaking from experience of tendinopathy and causing knee issues (not the same as yours). I have been following a programme over the last few months involving hip strengthening, flexibility work with regular foam rolling, lower body strengthening, trunk / core exercises, and upper body strengthening. I have reduced the riding whilst progressing.

MTB puts a significant load on the body. If you are not conditioned for it then it can result in injury (the none falling off and hitting a rock type injury).

As above do not underestimate this and do not resume cycling activity just because you think you are better. ‘Tendonitis’ turns to tendonopathy and can become severe and chronic.

Tendons don’t react well to total rest either. It is basically your body telling you that it isn’t conditioned to cope with the load you have put it under (the tendons). To condition it you need to strengthen the muscles and the capacity of the tendon (this is what the incline squats that I think you are referring to are all about).

Recovery is about progressive loading and monitoring of reaction – minor reaction is good as it is indicating adaptation to load and therefore strenthening. Prolonged severe reaction to load (essentially what you have experienced via MTB is bad).

Also need to consider whether this is just a biomechanical issue, or also contributed to by bike set up.

I think Martin Koban’s vids on youtube are very good as they explain the progressive loading, reaction monitoring, and things to avoid (i.e. too early return to activities).

Good look with it.

You also need to regularly do the ‘pad advance’ procedure with the guide rs to keep the bite point from sneaking gradually towards the bars. Wheel out, clean caliper (optional), pump breaks to advance pistons (keeping pads in), space pads, repeat as necessary.

But as above – guide rs on my mrs bike need some regular love to keep them feeling good.

RSCs on mine – contact point adjust helps massively with this.

Yep – recently used them for a groupset.  All good.

Sounds like they need a bleed.  Have you shortened the hoses during install?  Have you followed the pad advancement technique recommended by SRAM (wheel out, pump levers to advance pads, reset with pad space, repeat 2/3 times)?

With a fresh bleed and levers adjusted fully out as you describe there should be hardly any movement in the brake lever before pad contact.

These brakes are excellent but need a good bleed (easy with bleeding edge) and need playing with (pad advancement) as the pads wear.

Before

@trevmccdonald

That’s a different thing and a trait of the guide brakes.  As the pads wear the calliper does not adjust accordingly and the lever throw gets ridiculous.

Annoying but easy to work with if you have the pad spacer that comes with the bleed kits.  Wheel out, pump the brakes until the pads are almost touching (pistons will not pop out don’t worry) and then space them with the spacer.  Repeat 2 to 3 times.  Replace wheel and voila.  There is a youtube vid with a SRAM tech demonstrating this – think he calls it ‘pad advancement’.

May take some playing around to get the pistons advanced sufficiently to reduce lever throw without there being disc rubbage, but better than chucking in new pads every time it happens!

Good helmet.  Comfortable.  Not the most well ventilated though.  I do use the chin bar occasionally.

Will not suit some head shapes.  Got a small for my mrs and she doesn’t like the fit and wears another helmet all the time.  Don’t suppose you have a small head and like emerald green lol?!!!

Do you do anything about this (change tyre, replace sealant)?  My rear maxxis are sweating more than me at the minute but have just topped up sealant and carried on.

https://flowmtb.co.uk/

Bird aeris 120?

That title could be miscontrued – “ridding me of the mrs”!  Lose a ‘d’ lol.

Most if not all of my riding is with the mrs.  18 months ago she persuaded a lardy me to buy us some bikes.  She was thinking something with a shopping basket to pootle along the canal towpath.  4 months in we both had hardtails and 2 short travel full sussers.  Now she’s fully padded up inc. full facer if needed.

She is more tentative than me (read sensible) but much fitter.  She is encouraging my fitness and weight loss by riding together, and I am pushing her to try new stuff in terms of mild gnarl.

We’re both pretty crap but having a blast.  We don’t get enough time together due to busy working lives so this has been fantastic.

Depends if you like the mrs or not and whether you can get her into it and to progress.  Situation is different as we started together and she would be playing catch up.  Whatever you do don’t spoil it by making (encouraging) her to do stuff she is not happy with (this will vary ride to ride) and also keep the ‘coaching’ to the minimum as this can be received as criticism.

We have time booked with a female coach together in a few weeks (she’s happy about that) and I can’t wait.  Certainly need some coaching – me that is.

So utterly sorry for your loss.  Crying at the thought and can’t imagine being in your shoes.  Thoughts are with you.

Personally I think the ‘climbing’ on Gisburn Blue is easier than at Whinlatter.  Virtually all of it is fire road too.  In terms of difficulty I think it’s hard to call.  If you’ve both done Whinlatter I can’t see there being an issue with Gisburn.  As said you could easily make most of it fire road if needed.

SRAM GX.  Other alternatives?

I too am trying to learn (only been riding just over a year) and am also in mids 40s – old dog new tricks eh!

I have found the L shape advice to really not be that useful and not at all illustrative of the ‘thrust’ to initiate rotation that seems to bring my front wheel up.

This is actually the best illustration I’ve seen of someone who has this pat, and it’s not even a vid about manualling;

At 2:34ish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHldWHSQf7Q