I noticed some scuffing from the chain on the inside of the Mojo HD’s carbon fibre rear triangle stays a while ago. The culprit is the limited clearance between the frame and chain when running on the smaller cogs, adding in the fact that when you’re running on the smaller cog you’re going faster and the chain is probably going to be slapping around more because of that. (more…)
There was a time in the early 90’s when like many other MTB’ers I was a chronic weight weenie. I was reminded of just how bad the obsession was the other day when I came across the original box for my Selle Italia Evolution Carbon Titanium Saddle while unpacking stuff in the shed. I guess keeping the box all these years isn’t a good look either… it is a sweet box though! 🙂 (more…)
How cool is BikInventions Squirt? It’s frickin genius! Squirt is a waxed based dry lube that ride after ride, week after week, is somehow keeping the Mojo HD’s drivetrain bizarrely clean, gunk free while purring along quietly and efficiently as a good lube should. (more…)
Hard to believe this time last week Castlemaine was flooded in parts. No rain since then, just lots of sun — the tracks and trails are dusting up already, you’d never know it had rained at all. (more…)
Late 2010 RockShox started shipping an updated 12mm Rear Maxle Lite to address hub failures, most notably the Hope Pro II, when used with the tapered Maxle. The updated Rear Maxle Lite did away with the external taper, instead its consistent outer diameter providing better support for hub internals. Here’s an excerpt from the related SRAM notice: (more…)
It ‘s not hard to sometimes get disorientated when riding in new areas — especially on trails that continually loop back and forth, round and round, through bush gullies that all start to look the same after a while. (more…)
Do or do not, there is no try. This rocky line has caught me out before… I choke way too easily sometimes. (more…)
Well I guess trail conditions in Central Victoria could be best described as damp this morning, as the leftovers of the weather system that flooded southern Queensland and northern NSW passed over. (more…)