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At last, replaceable bearings!

Nid acen drwchus yn unig yw hon

Would be good if the old bonding problem has now been fixed...I like the cinch system but was stung on the SLs coming to bits Turbine seem indestructible to me though, I use Hope BB which are fantastic, especially considering the wet and mud we get here, recently replaced bearings after 7 years use. The Hope cups are a bit slimmer than RF which means another spacer needed, but this gives a choice of chainline so not a problem for me

Mine doesn't autoplay - think it's my Firefox browser settings stopping it as hadn't found the pinkbike profile ones

Airbell isn't daft if like me you keep a cheapo bell on your bikes - really helps relations with walkers on shared paths. at least in UK. I've put an airtag inside my carbon frame but signal obviously poor as I keep getting messages I've left the bike behind, as I ride along on it.

Came here to moan about the cable routing, short droppers and lack of bottle cage - then saw price - none of this is really going to impact any realistic bike choices for me! Still, don't want affordable bikes to be getting any ideas here...

Lovely video - enjoyed watching that

Just been using garmin edge for navigation- plot route ideas on laptop, download gpx and then ride new places without stopping to look at map all the time (this is for off road exploring, or gravelling as I believe it’s known these days

IDK - put XT11 speed on my trail bike couple of years ago and after 5000km just don't think it's missed a shift - my first derailleur was 5 speed huret with friction shift so todays stuff is brilliant - electronic may be even better but I would be better off not working to earn the money to pay for it and riding more

Just a pump - mainly in case I didn't notice tyre was soft when I set out