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- Arsk.
- Yeah, an Arsk.
We've got loads of your questions submitted underneath,
the other videos from last week's Ask.
Lots of good questions.
- Very good.
- So we'll get in there and try to answer them.
- Right.
- Neil, first question is from AJ,
and he says, "Carbon wheels, worth it?
Thinking of upgrading my DT 1700 Splines."
- DT Swiss.
- "on my Dune Carbon to E13 TRS Race Carbon rims."
Oooo. - Oooo.
I don't know much about the E13 wheels.
- "Welcome your thoughts," he says.
- Carbon wheels, I have mixed experience with.
I use 'em quite a lot.
- I like them, sometimes.
Don't always like them, I've broken my fair share
of carbon rims.
- Have you?
- So, obviously an alloy rim will bend and buckle,
a carbon one won't.
It's either good or it's not and it'll snap.
- Yeah, yeah.
- So I do run them on a cross country bike, love 'em.
They feel super fast, they're light,
so the un-sprung mass feels good.
However, they can be broken and to be honest,
those DT wheels are amazing. - Yeah.
- If I was buying wheels, I would buy DT alloy wheels.
- Yeah, well, so there you go.
That's a good hint to what you should do there.
I'll tell you what as well is that changing to a carbon rim,
and I've changed the ride--
- It's so stiff that way as well.
- It's so stiff.
Yeah, so it does change how the bike feels.
- That's a big thing I noticed, it flexes that way,
and so when you hit bumps (grimacing)
but they can be nice as well.
- Yeah, can we just hear that noise again?
- (grimacing)
- It's very good.
Right, next we've got Greg Giannikos.
He says, "I want a new bike.
I'm thinking of upgrading to a small trail hardtail,
"upgrading from a small trail hardtail,
but I love everything from XC to Enduro.
Is a 140 to 160 mil full sus capable
of longer and comfortable rides,
- Yes.
- or is pedaling going to be suffering?"
- You might feel like it a little bit to begin with,
but a 140 bike to me feels pretty small that is,
and you can get miles on 'em.
I've ridden my Scott Ransom,
which is 170 mil, something, 175, for like 50k.
- Yeah.
- So the lockhouses start of those bikes will
pedal really well but a 140 bike will be really fast so-
- Yeah.
- I'd say do it.
- Yeah. And those 160s, really, they're Enduro bikes
I mean, how far do endure riders that 'em these days?
- A long way, a long way. 50k a day.
- You can do it on those bikes.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Definitely, yeah. Don't let that hold you back.
- I know people really capable of doing that.
- And I tell you what,
to prove the differences in those bikes,
we saw a good example when you rode
and then sold a Titan Coro.
- Yeah well he rode his-
that's a 100 mil bike actually, really hard.
- Yeah, well let's have a look at how that went.
- Three, two, one, go!
(upbeat hip hop music)
- Right, Neil, you're on form today.
You're on form, but I'm gonna test you with Matth-
Me and Matthew Finch have come up with
a question you will not be able to answer.
- Oh, go on!
- This is hard, right? - Tell me this question.
- Matthew Finch says, "Should I be aiming to use all or
90 percentage of my travel on regular rides?
I currently seem to use around 60 or 70 percent-"
So not all of it,
"of my fork travel. Should I lower the PSI
even though the sag is about right,
or keep the extra travel for the occasional massive hit?"
- Ooh!
- There. Stumped you!
- It's kind of complicated because if you're
going for a mellow ride then
you wouldn't wanna use all your suspension.
If you've gone for a mellow ride and you do big drop off
- Hmm.
- Then you've used all of it then,
it depends on the ride really.
- I see.
- But I guess you are using most
of your travel for your normal rides, I suppose
so you can easily let out a bit of pressure,
try it out and if it-
If you're still, you know, got stanch you're not using
then, let them out a bit lower.
- Yeah, get the use out of it.
- [Neil] It's pretty easy to do, so just have a go,
get an o-ring, most forks and shocks have o-rings on,
but if they don't just put a Zippo on there,
so if you check exactly.
- Right, now we've got Justarandomguy,
Just-androm-guy, that's a hard name to say.
"Hi guys...
- Well, you know what?
I looked into this. - Hmm
- And I don't think there is a brand new downhill bike
on the market with 26 inch wheels.
- That is amazing!
- They're all 27.5 and obviously 29
there's a V10 just come out in both.
- Hmm, yeah.
- So, no.
- That's crazy.
- So, Rocky Mountain used to do it-
with a, what was it Slayer? No Maiden.
You can put 26 inch back in there if you wanted to.
So, no there isn't.
- [Martyn] So that's weird isn't it?
'cause, I mean, it's not long ago that we were going
oh these wheel sizes, really?
- Yeah - Hmm
and then-
- You know, as far as putting 26 wheels in a bike
designed for 27.5-
yes, you can, but it's going to be low,
so I wouldn't want to do it to be honest.
All the angles are still going to be the same,
but, you'll be super low so,
you'll be whacking your pedals everywhere so.
- And you might find,
depending on the shape of the chain states,
you could get a bit of rubbing
if the tires move that far back
to a closely fitted chain state.
But I doubt it, I doubt it.
- True, never thought about that.
- Yeah it could do, could do.
- Yeah.
- Yeah so, no (laughs) is the answer.
- Romain Charpié says "Hey guys...
So, that's a good question actually.
- Well, I've not used Hope for a few years but-
- Well, you know what, it's an interesting question
because in my riding career I have used Hope and Magura.
That's it. I've never used anything else.
- But we were talking about Magura hydraulic.
- No, I used to use Hope disc
Magura disc when they first came out
and they were amazing actually,
when they first came out. - I've got some now,
they are flipping powerful - Yeah, however-
I think they are a bit ugly.
- What, the Magura?
- I don't really like the look of 'em.
- They're not that bad.
- But, the power of them and the feel of them I love
so, I would get them,
even though I don't love the look of them
'cause it's a bit poncy thinking about looks over function.
- The one thing I would say is that
if trials riders are using them
and trials riders are using both Hope and Magura
Danny Mac's signature brake is Magura, of course.
- Yes.
- Then they work.
Because trials riders
do not put up with brakes that don't work.
They're not interested.
- I would say, if you can, try them out,
because there's definitely some brakes
I just like the feel of them,
they're really light. - Yeah, that's important to me
- I've got some cones, SRAM cones.
They feel amazing, on my Nukeproof, really light movement.
- Yeah I really feel like-
I can almost tell if I'm gonna like a brake
just from when I put my hands on it
and I'm like hmm..
If the lever's not quite right
- Yeah.
- I won't- I'm not into it.
- And, I haven't ridden a bad set of disc brakes in years.
That don't work, they all work really well so.
So go for the ones you like the look of and the feel of,
I say, cause they all work.
- That's a good point, there's not really a-
I've not had a set and gone (he sucks his teeth)
these are crap. - No.
- Disc brakes are just good.
- Although these brakes are exceptionally-
- Except from road bikes, I got-
You see I finally got road bike disc brakes on.
- Yeah?
- When I had a Kaaa- what is it called?
Calpag.. er no, Calnago.
- Calnago. - Yeah.
And that had disc brakes and I was like oh, amazing!
It was one of the first ones ever and they were rubbish.
- I had road bike with disc brakes on it
and I went around the corner, locked up,
hit a car and broke the bike in two, broke my jaw,
broke my-
(laughs)
- You know what?
Actually we worked out it was because of the frame.
- What?
- The brakes weren't working 'cause of the frame.
- Oh, right! - And it just-
They kind of- rushed the idea and it just-
- Oh - Yeah.
The frame couldn't handle it, it's a shame, eh?
Road bikes, again, stupid.
- So what are we doing here, Martyn.
- I dunno, I dunno,
but we're not talking about them anymore.
Okay, Danny M says...
- Yes, re-grease it, also file it off so it's not sharp.
- Yeah.
- I don't know exactly but there'll be a measurement,
there'll be a line, so measure that
and make sure you've got that left over,
if you see what I mean. Simple?
- Yes, I can see where that is.
- If you can see where that is,
you just cut it and make sure you've got-
mark it again, I would, with a little score or something
and make sure you've got that in.
'Cause I have seen frames snap
if you haven't got enough in there
the seat post goes (bang).
- Still wanna do it?
(laughs)
Scary innit?
Getting a hack saw out to anything's terrifying.
(laughs)
- Right, You are smashing the questions today, Neil.
- Ah, thank you.
- You're very very good at this mountain bike stuff.
(Neil laughs)
Ran Weisberg says "I love your show"
and that's all he says, no it isn't really.
He says..."I just got a new Canyon Torque and
found out that I cannot fit inside my car...
- Oh time for a new car!
(laughs)
- "As I used to. Do you have any idea of how to transport
them as I don't have a lot of money left
(laughs) after buying it
and I don't want to invest in a roof rack"
Why not? What's wrong with a roof rack?
- I want to check the shape of the Torque
because some bikes, depends on the down tube
like I struggle to get them onto my roof rack
cause of the way it clamps on.
I reckon that'll be fine with most racks.
So, yeah there's options.
Ones that go on your tow bar, ones that go on your back.
No racks are particularly cheap, to be fair.
- I like listening to you say racks.
- Rack!
Great rack! (laughs)
I like the roof rack 'cause stays on permanently.
- Well I'm afraid Ran doesn't want a roof rack,
so you've got to suggest something else.
- Well, trailer?
- Do you know what I'd do? Ride the bike.
- New car, just strap the boot down with a bit of rope.
Volvo v90.
- Ooh. You'd get a bike in the back of that.
- Boring.
- Boring!?
- Yeah.
- (sniggers) You drive a Golf!
(laughs)
Golf.
- Okay, right, Damanik Alfiano says,
"I recently had a crash."
- Me too.
- (chuckles) That's rare!
"and I had a small crack on my full face helmet."
ooh! Do you know what? It did it's job.
- Yeah.
- "Do I really need to buy a new one?"
- (laughs) Yes.
"I'm low on money and think my helmet can still protect me."
It can't.
- It's one of them, it depends.
- No.
- It depends how bad it is. - No.
- If it's a bit of a-
- No, no, no. - You can never tell.
That is the problem, you can never tell.
- No, No.
Remember when this guy was good at answering questions?
(Neil laughs) It just ended.
Yes, You can only have form for so long and then it goes.
- Well hang on, hang on, pop to the Karon,
which has got multi-impact stuff on it.
- That's a good point, actually
there are helmets that specifically yeah, but-
I- I think if you've got a helmet that's got a crack in it,
- Yeah, get rid of it.
- It's done, it's done it's job.
- And if anything, like, the stuff inside
the EPS is squashed at all then-
- Yeah
- Get rid of it.
- It's your head, man, you can't mess around with it.
Helmets are hard, they've got to go on your head
absolutely right, they've got to be fantastic,
and they've go to look after your noggin.
We actually did a video recently, take a look at this,
about how to make your helmet fit perfectly.
- A helmet is an essential piece of equipment
when it comes to riding your bike, of course.
It's also super important that
it's fitted to your head correctly.
So let's take a look at the specifics of how to do it.
(rock music)
- Right, time for Correct Me if I'm Wrong.
Our chance to look at some of your riding
and see if we can help you improve, which is great.
- Love this bit of the show.
- Sent in via the uploader, we'll take a look.
- Yes.
- This is Joe Brimbettersloch in South Wales
riding his Nukeproof Scout 275.
Same bike that Blake's got. Nice little roller-
Oh! I thought he was going to clip that stunt wheel hard.
Bit kicky wasn't it.
Oh he's come up.
Joe, you've cut it a little bit short and a bit nose down.
We've all done it.
- Yeah.
It's just before the takeoff,
he just checks his speed a little bit.
- I would say yeah, you kinda messed up the first jump
a little bit and that case I'd just sort of go
not this time, roll through, come back, have another go.
- Mm.
- You can see there's a bit of a wobble,
and actually there is where you lose a bit of speed.
- Yeah.
- So you didn't have quite enough speed to clear that jump.
- And I think you messed up that first roller,
because you went for a little bit of shape there
and then as you landed in that shape
it created that little jerk
in the straight towards the takeoff
and then you're not quite set up.
- Don't pull on the bars, that could send you
a bit sideways.
- Yeah, absolutely.
- This is Robert.
- Next one.
- On his Canyon Spectral
riding the Dreamline in Hannover, Germany.
- Oh, nice!
- Trying to improve his jumping as well.
- It's always about the jumping, innit,
Correct Me if I'm Wrong.
- [Neil] Here we go, so, we've got a table top,
Robert comes in- thing about this,
that gets me, is timing.
See he's crouched down-
- Yeah.
- [Neil] He's standing up already.
- Yeah.
- So there's no pop to get that lift
- Ooh look at that bike coming up to meet him now!
Oof. Yeah. So it is-
- [Neil] You did think you got it wrong, anyway,
you said about timing, but definitely timing.
So leave it Later, pump right into the first jump,
and then you'll get the lift.
- Yeah.
Yeah and if you're starting to learn jumping,
which it looks like you are,
that takeoff is actually quite a kicky takeoff as well.
- Yeah.
- It's quite a short takeoff for a sort of, learning jump.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Our last one comes from South Australia,
this is Jamie on his Norco Fluid.
Oh, it's his little brother who
tries to jump this 29-foot jump.
- Oh man, I've seen this.
- So we've got a mattress on the back of the downslope
- Oh thank God.
- [Neil] I tell you what, he's not shy though.
- [Martyn] Boom! Bang!
- Oh that was wicked!
- Wow! I tell you what,
it feels harsh to correct him, right?
- That was amazing.
He jumps well, it's just big.
- Send it!
- It's really big.
- Look at that booter, it's just like whoa.
- I mean what you could have done was
if you just popped up a bit more high-ly, you probably-
Look how high he was!
(laughs)
Yeah, I don't think it's fair to correct him.
- [Neil] No.
- [Martyn] It's maybe just a round of applause,
well done, Jamie, very nice.
(clapping)
Good try.
- Bit faster, but I guess you probably know that.
- It was very good.
- Awesome.
- Yeah, very cool stuff.
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