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...Can you honestly say that you had no warning whatsoever - that on previous rides it had worked perfectly and then out of nowhere snap ? ….. of a sudden the gear shifting went tits up , i could adjust the barrel to get a range of gears and it still worked sluggishly but the frayed part inside sto...

Damage to a Mavic rim from the use of steel levers.

Turn off the backlight and Glonass. Bluetooth too. I think that navigation and displaying the map eats battery too.

There's a firmware update that may help things https://ebike-mtb.com/en/fazua-evation- ... te-review/

Looks like cross threading damage to me (stripped threads, damage to one side of the pedal face...)

KM2 wrote:Mike. I would be interested in a couple, or more.

I'm in the US, so shipping would be pricey. Also, I don't know if the foam in them has degraded, as they're pretty old by now.

KM2 wrote:The quality of the modern ones is very poor compared to the old ones. Don’t have the resilience.

I used to use those saddles. I might even have some in a parts bin. I used a Turbomatic saddle also.

I think they still make the Turbo.

Graphene is very expensive. I bet there only a trace amount in this lube.

Headsets lasted a lot longer when they went to cartridge bearings and larger diameter steerer tubes which reduced fretting motions that pit headsets. Of course water intrusion is still a problem. Brucey may disagree, but I still have an original Shimano cartridge bearing headset on a 25 year old bike.

I wish someone would come up with a tool to get an even bar wrap.

You are not on the small-small combination as there is a tooth from the top gear cog shown in front of the top run of chain in the first photo. Therefore, I think your chain is too long.

So I bought this light from Amazon and it’s brilliant. Came with a clip on it very bright and hooks on to the saddle bag brilliantly! https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200610/fe3b01bd6b151d47ce5d078e44c015b8.jpg How bright is that light as compared to a Cygolite Hotshot? Can you post a link?

i'm all confused now! :roll: i've always, i think , used the small/small method and i've never had a big/big issue doing it that way, in fact i've never seen anyone even the various workshops i've worked in /used over the years fit a chain using big/big - i think i'm going loopy thinking about it :...

Those Sil-Tec coated Shimano chains, in my experience, seem to be pretty smooth and quiet.