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After replacing the rear shock due to a scoring mark appearing on the stanchion I am now able to ride the beast again! But this isn't without its problems. I have come to realise that the almost broken stock LX rapid rise rear derailleur is now 7 years old (and so are the jockey wheels). therefore I have bought a new XT one from www.flatoutcycles.co.uk. Can't recommend these guys enough for second hand bike parts. they sold it for half the RRP price and it looks in almost new condition! Delivery was respectable considering it was free. Ordered on Saturday, fitted to my bike by Wednesday. I'd had the website bookmarked for a long while but had not needed anything for a while. I knew the time would come though.
I decided to go for a TF Tuned Rock Shox Monarch RT3 shock as I'd heard good news from them and they lots of flexibility when it comes to adjustments. I had mine tuned to the highest compression damping as the Reign frame has a ratio of 3:1 on the Rock Shox tune chart. I often bottom my shock out on some of the bigger drops out there so I wanted something quite progressive in feel to catch me at the bottom of the stroke. Anyway the Monarch has been fitted for about a month and it's taking it's time to bead in but it's getting better and better.
As I had some spare Amazon vouchers I bought an RRP Neoguard for the fork. I was not expecting much but it really does make a difference when your blasting through a muddy section. I think I've bought it at the wrong time though; at the end of winter. In these conditions where I live the dirt is like clay and this first of all, provides no grip for the tyres meaning you have to dab a foot, this then gets between your foot and pedal. meaning you have no grip between your shoes and pedals. To cure this I've bought some longer pedal pins (read shin diggers). These are 2mm longer than the existing 8mm socket head bolts fitted to my HT Nano Thru-Pin pedals. So far they are working very well. The only problem is they have torn through the tread on my one year old Shimano AM40 shoes. I'll need a new pair of those then......
Anyway, Here's some pics and a video me and a friend made.
After replacing the rear shock due to a scoring mark appearing on the stanchion I am now able to ride the beast again! But this isn't without its problems. I have come to realise that the almost broken stock LX rapid rise rear derailleur is now 7 years old (and so are the jockey wheels). therefore I have bought a new XT one from www.flatoutcycles.co.uk. Can't recommend these guys enough for second hand bike parts. they sold it for half the RRP price and it looks in almost new condition! Delivery was respectable considering it was free. Ordered on Saturday, fitted to my bike by Wednesday. I'd had the website bookmarked for a long while but had not needed anything for a while. I knew the time would come though.
I decided to go for a TF Tuned Rock Shox Monarch RT3 shock as I'd heard good news from them and they lots of flexibility when it comes to adjustments. I had mine tuned to the highest compression damping as the Reign frame has a ratio of 3:1 on the Rock Shox tune chart. I often bottom my shock out on some of the bigger drops out there so I wanted something quite progressive in feel to catch me at the bottom of the stroke. Anyway the Monarch has been fitted for about a month and it's taking it's time to bead in but it's getting better and better.
As I had some spare Amazon vouchers I bought an RRP Neoguard for the fork. I was not expecting much but it really does make a difference when your blasting through a muddy section. I think I've bought it at the wrong time though; at the end of winter. In these conditions where I live the dirt is like clay and this first of all, provides no grip for the tyres meaning you have to dab a foot, this then gets between your foot and pedal. meaning you have no grip between your shoes and pedals. To cure this I've bought some longer pedal pins (read shin diggers). These are 2mm longer than the existing 8mm socket head bolts fitted to my HT Nano Thru-Pin pedals. So far they are working very well. The only problem is they have torn through the tread on my one year old Shimano AM40 shoes. I'll need a new pair of those then......
Anyway, Here's some pics and a video me and a friend made.
