Cheers uncle somebody- I’d seen your blog before when looking at the remedy. That’s a tidy install! What makes you want to change from the remedy to the slash?

Rode a slash 9 yesterday- got to say it felt pretty great.

PH is increasingly full of diesel mondeo driving mouth-breathers these days.. there are some frankly shocking views expressed on there sometimes.

However the first reply to the thread made me chuckle..

Are those the Point1 racing pedals mbarnes? What are they like?

Looks nearly as much fun as mountain biking…

It’s under setup – training pages – user defined iirc

Wow, Nasher- thanks for the response. Great to hear it from the horses mouth!

I have DRCV on my fuel and like you say it just seems to work- I cant notice any non-linearity with it and I regularly hit near to full travel so the second chamber must be opening. Given the Slash is a very similar setup; i.e. just longer travel I wonder why there is that difference? Perhaps with the longer travel platform encouraging you to ride it harder the air can is simply underpowered.

Out of interest how to you have the suspension on your Mega set up; CCDB shock? Float on the front or something else?

On another note there are lots of threads on MTBR about people fitting coils to their remedy’s- maybe it’s possible to fit them to the slash as well. I see what you’re saying though; shouldn’t a bike like this come set up right to begin with..

I’ve got a test ride booked so we’ll see how it rides and if it suits my style/abilities/commitment 😀

1. Reverb post – Will change how you ride forever
2. Tubeless tyres – Better in every way and no punctures
3. Modern hydro formed slack framed FS – DH performance, all day usability

I had a carpark ride on a slash 8 which was certainly heavier than the fuel but I didn’t think it was horrendous. The 9 must be a little lighter due to the X0 stuff..

New fork for the fuel is still an option, I guess either a 32mm fox float with 15mm axel or a rockshox of some sort? I know nothing about RS though!!

The new meta looks great but I could never buy one after the experience my friend had. Snapped 3 frames I think, warranty took forever to sort too. No doubt they’re fine bikes but I’d always be wondering!!

I think a lot of the bikes mentioned are in fact pretty similar- the important thing IMHO is getting the suspension set up right for you. Some bikes this seems dead easy, others its a little harder. Buy one that fits and take the time to properly set up both fork and shock and it’ll be brill 🙂

You could try one of those tubeless patch kits you can get. It’s a plug that goes through the tyre- similar to how it’s done on car tyres. Clarkes and others make them I think, probably crc stock them?

Yeah saw the dirt review, in a way it made me want the bike more! A guide’s bike is always going to get hammered and he’s got to be at the opposite end of the scale of who this bike is aimed at compared to myself. I can understand in his place how the talas fork isnt much use- but for riding the bike at trail centres as well as proper mountains it could be brilliant?

Messiah- thanks for the info- does your mate have any specific comments about the cable routing?

The dirt review does mention the chain guide not being much use.. I’d be swapping the brakes to my xtr’s and depending on how I got on with the transmission might go 1×10 XTR. At that price you would expect things to be perfect, having said that brakes etc are personal things.

Thanks also for the heads up on Canyon- not something I’d considered rondo.. They’re certainly good value- just not sure if I’d feel uneasy about buying direct and warranty concerns.

Thanks- I had considered a full on DH bike, I’m just not sure how often I would use it. Even in the alps I think id rather be on a bike I could hit single track with.

I’d considered the remedy but 2 things are putting me off; I demod one in 2010 and didn’t really like it(I realise they’re different now but all the same the feeling is still there) and secondly the thought that’s nagging me is ‘is it too similar to the fuel’? Would I spend all that cash changing and then want to spend even more on a new fork and front wheel. Remedy is only 32s after all.

I’m going to demo the slash, I’m not too hung up on the price- yes it is expensive but likely to be ballpark the same as a similarly specced alpine 160 or spicy.

Off t Blaenau Ffestiniog tracks next weekend with the fuel and mate with his 100mm Giant … Can’t wait!

If you’re weeping oil onto the stanchions then yes you need new wiper seals.

The other thing I think it’s important to check is the amount of fluid in the air chamber. You’ll need a 26mm socket, depressurise the air side and then undo the air topcap with the socket. There should be only 5ml of float fluid in there I.e not much. If there’s more then it’s migrated through the air seal from the lower leg. When I did mine all of the lower leg oil had migrated to the air chamber. This means you can’t get full travel and te fork feels harsh. It’s a totally different fork now I’ve serviced it!!

How do you get into the air chamber to remove or add fluid?

It mentions in the fox service instructions to put 5ml of float fluid in the air chamber but I cannot see how to do this?

20mm isn’t it?

Orange 5.

…not sure if serious

Wish I was going! Have fun!

Take a look at Pure Mountains who operate out of Los Bercules in the Sierra Nevada. Lovely location.

Used the site to book a day in August- looking forward to it!

Try slowing the rebound setting right down- I had the same problem on my fox float 32s; going real slow on the rebound sorted it and it doesn’t pack down on repeated hits at all.

Still have an original mini front brake from my ~2000 muddy fox (actually had cantis when I bought it, so was a considerable upgrade)

Hurmmm, had something similar recently. Was at Afan with my riding buddy (both of us on full suss) and several of his work colleagues, most of who were on boardman hardtails. The weather was foul; chucked it down all day W2 was a river; killed a set of pads and my front wheel bearings.

Every Fireroad/singletrack climb, they were faster; fine we let them through; afterall it’s a group ride but I wouldn’t want to hold someone up. However when we got to any descents, where we were quicker- did they let me though ? He’ll no they didnt. Was sat on someone’s back wheel for most every fun bit. Towards the end I just hung back to have the downs to myself. Worst thing was at the bottom of the last descent my friend had really bad leg cramps but they just rode off again into the distance, I of course stayed with him; mates out for a ride etc and we just tootled along back to the cottage at a sensible pace, not very sporting on a group ride IMO. Won’t be riding with them again!

On the plus side, we’re off to coed y brenin & blaneau ffestinigog soon.. Can’t wait!

Just to say (for balance) mine never does this and I lift the bike by the saddle all the time. I read in the manual you can pull the post up in an emergency if for example you damage it. The op seems to be saying it drops down again when you let go- there’s not much point lifting it up if it’s just going to return to where it was so it seems to me this is different to that ‘mode’

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Cut mine with a sharp stanley knife- went straight through the hose.

I found the tricky bit was threading the hose back on the barb; got a few gouges on the outer. Seems to work fine though!

21st July 2012 was the date I heard in another thread.

Just make sure it’s the cheapest hairspray you can hold of- the good stuff isn’t as sticky

Even cheaper with the helmet / pump bundle; £314!

Worth noting the trail bundle includes maps but not heart rate and cadence sensors. You can pick up a hr strap for about £40 iirc.

woop! can’t wait 🙂

I don’t personally mind riding in the rain, it’s the bike damage that annoys me. I was at Afan a few weeks back and it chucked it down all day, I managed to do a set of brake pads(Resin, my fault), both bearings in the front wheel, both gear cables and my garmin edge got so much grit on it all 3 buttons stopped working(Just got a warranty replacement). It also took me about a week to dry out my shoes and osprey bag.

Other than that, twas great fun… especially the slightly mental locals that we ended up in a lock-in at the local pub with in the evening. Total nutters, but great fun 🙂

Fyi Specifically states in my reverb instructions not to use seat post shims. Dunno what happens if you do, probably nothing.. Or instant death perhaps, who knows.

There are quite a few I think! One I’ve been considering lately is the long-travel rip off. I have a decent 120mm travel bike, I’ve recently been thinking about 160mm bikes- it seems that the manufacturers expect me to pay almost twice as much to gain 40mm travel. I appreciate the bigger dia forks are more expensive and pivots are possibly burlier along with thicker tubing. There is no way those changes can be the reason for the price hike, it’s just manufacturers being greedy.

There are quite a few I think! One I’ve been considering lately is the long-travel rip off. I have a decent 120mm travel bike, I’ve recently been thinking about 160mm bikes- it seems that the manufacturers expect me to pay almost twice as much to gain 40mm travel. I appreciate the bigger dia forks are more expensive and pivots are possibly burlier along with thicker tubing. There is no way those changes can be the reason for the price hike, it’s just manufacturers being greedy.

I really love mine, it’s great for rides in new areas like when I went to the peaks recently- I don’t know the area well but my riding buddy and me were able to follow a fairly complex half day route without any trouble. I also have a custom map for swinley loaded which shows all the single track- makes it much easier! I also use it to track my commuting road miles and training.

That said I am on my second one, same as jonk- one wet gritty ride in Wales and both the physical buttons stopped working, also the power button for some reason. From now on if I’m offroad and it’s raining hard the edge is going in my pack. IMO the design is not as weatherproof as it should be. The rubber protector is ok, but the design isn’t tight enough to actually prevent grit laden water from washing down around the buttons.

Can the Haven’s (Front and rear) be converted after you’ve got them to the different standards; QR/QR15/20mm, 142x12mm etc or are you stuck with the choice you make when you buy them?

Darts..

If their reference is road cycling the distances sound small…
get some non-cycling friends (aka normal people).. they are impressed if you ride your bike 5 miles into town and back.. let alone off road in the rain..

Indeed, I told a non-cycling friend the other day that I regularly ride 15miles each way to work. Judging by the look on his face he’d not have been more shocked if I told him I’d just got back from the Moon.

Thanks for the heads up, rode with one of these on Friday for the first time and it was great! I’d been undecided if I should get one but they are seriously handy.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=76717

I have just picked up one of these and so far it seems great.