You all told me.....

DC said:
didn't know you could alter pressure in the forks !!! i can lock them or have them on spring ,then to use them with the forks working.
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Udders seems obsessed with altering air pressures for some reason, I wouldn't worry about it too much and given it's a HT and used for gravel path and flat woodlands, no jumps or stunts it'll be just grand. :thumb2
 
Cabby said:
Udders seems obsessed with altering air pressures for some reason, I wouldn't worry about it too much and given it's a HT and used for gravel path and flat woodlands, no jumps or stunts it'll be just grand. :thumb2
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I did a bit of fine tuning today, and am getting there. Also sent the seat back, and fitted another today, so will try that tomorrow or Friday.
 
Cabby said:
Udders seems obsessed with altering air pressures for some reason, I wouldn't worry about it too much and given it's a HT and used for gravel path and flat woodlands, no jumps or stunts it'll be just grand. :thumb2
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Maybe when you finally get your heavier emtb and have a play with the pressure settings you’ll finally realise that they can make a huge difference to how the bike performs. One set of pressures does not work for all circumstances like you seem to think.

And wasn’t it you that was messing around with the suspension on that last motorbike of yours? Why was that? Maybe because it didn’t work as well as it could straight out of the box?
 
Udders said:
Maybe when you finally get your heavier emtb and have a play with the pressure settings you’ll finally realise that they can make a huge difference to how the bike performs. One set of pressures does not work for all circumstances like you seem to think.

And wasn’t it you that was messing around with the suspension on that last motorbike of yours? Why was that? Maybe because it didn’t work as well as it could straight out of the box?
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The guy has a HT ebike, that clearly said he did nothing spectacular on it, yes he may need to set it to his weight but after that given what he does, what benefit would him faffing around further do for him ?


I'm in no way disputing that changing air pressure in your shocks, be it mtb or emtb will change the riding characteristics but lets be clear here, most on here who have them, don't do anything to exotic with them, do they ? as my Oi emtb'ers topic showed.

So my logic stands, set them, forget them cause from what seems the type of riding most do on them, they are unlikely to need repeated faffing about with them and lets not forget the age of our clientele here, most are fat over 50 tossers unlikely to be doing ski-jumps any time soon.

No sure about what you mean by messing around with suspension on my last motorbike unless you mean me referring to the scrambler having the worst suspension I've ever felt on any bike I've ever owned. I had a tweak of the preload, made feck all difference and just left it then sold it.

You're petty dig about finally getting one :yelrotflm that was a hopeless attempt to wind me up :comfort
 
Toddmeister said:
It's called "fettling" and it is a highly contagious disease which affects many cyclists

Nutty just has an extreme form! :D
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Not really, I’ve only changed the seat and peddles so far. It’s early days yet. :D
 
Cabby said:
Udders seems obsessed with altering air pressures for some reason, I wouldn't worry about it too much and given it's a HT and used for gravel path and flat woodlands, no jumps or stunts it'll be just grand. :thumb2
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And that’s exactly where the bike is used , one flattish gravel paths, nemce not needing a full on suspension model
 
The Nutty Duke said:
Not really, I’ve only changed the seat and peddles so far. It’s early days yet. :D
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And now on your third seat ?
That ISM was surely perfect ? Your chiropractor recommended it and he is an elite cyclist, or sumfink ......:-)

Show us your new one.Go on...:-) (You still got the wrong one,but getting warmer.....)
 
Cabby said:
The guy has a HT ebike, that clearly said he did nothing spectacular on it, yes he may need to set it to his weight but after that given what he does, what benefit would him faffing around further do for him ?


I'm in no way disputing that changing air pressure in your shocks, be it mtb or emtb will change the riding characteristics but lets be clear here, most on here who have them, don't do anything to exotic with them, do they ? as my Oi emtb'ers topic showed.

So my logic stands, set them, forget them cause from what seems the type of riding most do on them, they are unlikely to need repeated faffing about with them and lets not forget the age of our clientele here, most are fat over 50 tossers unlikely to be doing ski-jumps any time soon.

No sure about what you mean by messing around with suspension on my last motorbike unless you mean me referring to the scrambler having the worst suspension I've ever felt on any bike I've ever owned. I had a tweak of the preload, made feck all difference and just left it then sold it.

You're petty dig about finally getting one :yelrotflm that was a hopeless attempt to wind me up :comfort
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It wasn’t a petty dig at all! I’m not trying to wind anyone up either. Merely pointing out the fact that altering suspension settings for individual people and circumstances is essential. You’ve done it yourself! I was trying to point out that because you’ve not ridden a much heavier emtb in “ anger “ for a long period of time and over totally different terrain you don’t realise just how much difference altering the pressures makes.
A “set and forget” attitude wont work. If you’re just tootling about on fire tracks and footpaths then yes, it possibly would. Going cross country and down a few runs wouldn’t.

Up there in Scotland you have some fantastic places to go. I’ve been to quite a few of them myself. Glentress, Innerleithen, Fort William etc.....admittedly I used my downhill bike for most of them but the same rules apply.
 
I’m now going to sort of contradict myself because my downhill bike is on springs and not air! Rebound and preload still apply though. :D
 
This guy has always been a fan of the Levo it’s interesting to here his take on this cube - Interesting that he at one point says that although the CX motor has a lower 75NM it feels as strong as the Brose motor.
 
The Nutty Duke said:
I didn’t realise the Levo had to be on all the time. The great thing with the Cube is you can switch it off completely, and ride it like a normal MTB. A heavy one, but it’s doable! If I want a tough workout, I try and keep it switched off as much as possible, which is reflected in the calories burned stats.
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The Levo doesn't have to be on all the time, why would it?
 
I can confirm that the Cube crashes very well. Me, on the other hand, not so much. :tears
 
Out on my HT Levo at every opportunity, which is most days at the moment. I mainly ride the cycleways but occasionally venture off the beaten track into forests and tracks etc. Fitted a trail watts battery extender as well as a Suntours suspension seat post.........and a comfier seat :thumb :rolleyes:

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