Video: 5 MTB Basics You Can Check Yourself
Tom’s checking his bike after a hard racing tour, and takes the time to delve into some basic parts of the bike that every mountain biker should know, but many are unfamiliar with.
00:43 What is a freehub
1:46 What is a headset
2:52 What is a bottom bracket
3:44 Removing Shock
5:01 When to bleed brakes
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i'm confused
“Do you a this specific tool for this frame operation”
-“Mate you gotta book it in with the mechanic”
“Yes I understand, but are you able to…”
-“yeah just book it in”
…two weeks later…
-“hey yeah nah we don’t actually have the tool to do that job”
Where are they breaking?
Maybe I’m missing something,
I see a complaint about a guy who cracked his down tube through the frame protector, and then lots of “buddies” citing the same similar story, but with very few details. Then another story about a broken chainstay, both warranties were declined.
Not calling you out, more just curious really, I’ve got a buddy on one, and thought I’d give him a heads up, but I don’t see a lot of justification at this point. I imagine this is one of Speshs highest volume models, so there might appear to be more sues than what would be considered normal.
Get any pics of your buddies broken bikes?
Joining a Facebook group of owners of the specific bike….
Do you see how the story evolves with a couple questions, at first it was poor Spesh manufacturing, thin ass carbon tubes,etc.
I think what you’re seeing is a few broken frames, of what is one of the largest bike manufacturers, highest selling model. Any of the Spesh frames I’ve looked at, worked on appear to be very well made, with no glaring quality issues, but sometimes those are hard to see in carbon.
They might not be to the same standards as Santa Cruz, but thats reflected in the pricing as you noted.
What do you think the volume differences are between Spesh and SC?
all im saying is, broken downtubes like that shouldnt ever happen.
Mines 5 months old but gives me the nerves lol
Things break, stuff happens, they’re built by humans that make mistakes and things go pear shaped sometimes. Just offering a little context to what you might be seeing.
As a note, Cotic notes on their website that you can’t hang their bikes on tailgate shuttle pads, as their steel down tubes are so thin, that they can dent from being banged around like that.
Keep this in mind, as really, that’s not a warrantable item, as you’re not exactly using the product as intended.
Cotic noted that this only ever became an issue when they started selling bikes to Canadian customers.
its currently listed for sale as it freaks me out a little haha
You’ve got “friends” with broken EVO down tubes, so I’m assuming multiple,
You’re freaked out that it could happen to you, so much so, that you’re selling your bike, and you’ve done nothing to mitigate the potential for damage on your own bike?
Nah man, I’m calling shenanigans,
No one sees a buddy get punched in the face, and doesn’t duck when they see the guy coming at them. You’re a muffin stump if any of your comments are true
you can think whatever you like LOL its cute you care so much for me and what i want.
...battery for vaporizer...
...the time? Twenty past four...