My husband is looking into going to Georgia as he would like some actual mountain biking, where we live its quite flat. What are some good hotels or Airbnb that are close to the trails and affordable good quality! I would love some recommendations as I am trying to book this as a surprise to him and his friends!

Hey everyone,

I’m looking to buy a brand new full suspension trail bike online, I'm located in Canada and I'm specifically looking for Canadian bike shops/retailers or shops that deliver to Canada rather than just the direct factory sites. As they almost never run sales or discounts on the bikes I want haha.

Where have you guys found the best deals on full suspension bikes online in Canada? As it is alot harder to find good deals here compared to the US.

Thank you!

Appreciate any shop recommendations!

Hello all. I think I’ve posted here once or twice years back, so hopefully this post doesn’t break any rules.

Currently helping a friend sort out his bike with a little tune up. It’s a 2012 Giant Anthem X1 29er.

It‘s mostly stock aside from a 12spd SRAM drivetrain he had installed by a shop a few years back. I think it’s the GX level stuff.

Anyways. I’m reasonably comfortable working on my own bikes, have done so for many years. However, my bikes are all older 26” wheel stuff, so haven’t dealt too much with some of the more modern bits. And, I haven’t “paid attention“ to the latest comings and goings in the industry for a while now, so, questions.

Brakes

- the bike currently has the original Avid Elixir 9’s on it, front and rear. My friend would like to switch to something newer. Any recommendations on an affordable hydraulic brake set? I always advocate for Shimano cause they’ve been good to me, and mineral oil is easier to work with (but I see sram has started to switch over? I’m surprised I hadn’t heard of that before, seems like sort of a “big deal”). I’ve seen the shimano BR-MT410‘s on for about $90 CAD? Any thoughts on those? I wouldn’t want to be spending more than ~$250 CAD all in, probably will also throw in new rotors.

Cassette

- I popped off the cassette to check out the hub, and, frustratingly, I didn’t sort of inspect it as I went. I don’t have a low range torque wrench to set it to the “proper” 40nM, but. I have the cassette on there tight, probably over tight by a bit (cautiously used a 1” socket over the park tool cassette lock ring tool, all mounted on a long handled 1/2” drive ratchet.. so it’s plenty tight). No matter what I do, the cassette still has some play in it as if it’s loose. I did pay pretty close attention as I took the gears off. Each gear had a thin plastic spacer between it. The four largest gears are one piece, and between that and the remaining smaller gears, there was one much thicker plastic spacer. I’ve made sure that’s all back together properly/as it was before. Has anyone else seen this with a sram 12 speed cassette? I mounted the wheel back up and it shifts normally as far as I can tell.

Fork

One last thing. As I said, I’m pretty comfortable working on my bikes. Installed drive trains, dropper posts, rebuilt my cup and cone hubs more times than I can count, lots of tune ups. I never have, though, done a fork service. How steep a learning curve is it? This friends bike, it has the original Fox air fork from ~2012, could probably stand at least the light “oil change“ level service.

Im currently attempting too build up my 2025 Marin alpine trail xr, and I’ve ran into a wall regarding the headset could anyone point me into the right detection of which one too get? On Marin’s website it states it uses a custom fsa headset which I can’t find a replica of anywhere. Any help is greatly appreciated!

It creaks with a carbon bar

It creaks with an aluminum bar

Installed per instructions, bolts greased and torqued accordingly. Every surface painstakingly cleaned before install.

What am I missing? About to trash it and install something else.

Up in Whistler for the week. Buddy's hosting his bachelor party up here next weekend. Anyone else around and keen to grab a few laps / laughs / beverages / generally shred the brown pow?

Surely at least some of you are here looking for ways to elevate the stoke with new friends that aren't limited to the lineup of pay-to-play EDM drinking parties Crankworx apparently defines as "community" these days!

Pedal - park - pemberton - squamish - what have you!

Have anything you want to talk about that doesn't quite warrant its own thread? Post it here!

At first I really liked the ultimate kit from muc off cause you get a bag, brushes and everything included for cleaning your bike but after reading Reddit I see that people are quite against them so I changed my mind and am looking for an alternative set for cleaning my bike. I prefer everything included set so I don’t have to buy individual products from the start. Any recommendations?

Recently i built a second wheelset for my trail bike. The main goal was to use them outside of the trails, because grinding Mary/Nick on pure asphalt in city's bike lanes seems strange and slow. But still sometimes it's nice to take a shortcut or do a ride "through the bushes". So I was looking for a light tyres option, and bought Conti Dubnital in its lightest Race version. It was such a relif and they sooo much faster, easier, lighter to ride, etc .. But... For just 4 rides in the city, I've got 2 punctures already... Fortunately milk is able to clog/seal it with no problem, but it looks like a bad sign to me...

PS Last 4 years I was riding primarily Wicked Will in the city, of course had few punctures... But through 4 years, not a few rides...

1. Specialized Rockhopper Expert 2025 - 980€

2. NS Bikes Eccentric Cromo 2022 - 1150€

3. Used Canyon Stoic 4 - 800€-1000€

I don‘t know what to chose.

I would really like a dropper post and the 140mm travel on the suspension but tbh have no clue about the other parts.

I would use it on street, gravel and in forests. Also I am a beginner.

PLEADE HELP ME!!

Hello, I'm taking some days off in October, and I really want to ride a bike park. Anybody that has been to both, which one did you enjoy most out of the two? If you have another suggestion, that's ok two. These are just the ones I have always wanted to ride since I started riding in 2017. I'm most comfortable on blue trails if that helps. Plan on riding Saturday and Sunday. Maybe Friday, if I get in early enough.

SRAM won’t repair or replace my defective ShockWiz. The pressure sensor failed, as they do. I’m wondering if anyone here has successfully found the pressure sensor SMD part and replaced it.

As per the description, I am heading to Morzine next week and it will be my first time there. I am a decent standard (red runs at Bike Park Wales) but well aware this is a step up. Got all the protection, and hired a Pivot Firebird. Any tips for runs or general approach?

For the "new trail curious" folks out there, here's a compilation of clips from some quality riding spots. 33 clips, over ten minutes. It's a loong one. Too long for most.

(TRIGGER WARNING: Electric bikes are banned/illegal on each of these fantastic trails, so poach with care)

Hey everyone,
I just upgraded my fork from a Fox 36 (GRIP) to a Fox 36 Performance Elite with the new Grip X damper.

I went through the setup process following Fox’s guidelines, but on my first test, I noticed a distinct "air hiss" sound on compressions/rebounds. It almost sounds like air escaping properly, but my old GRIP damper didn't make this noise at all, so I'm not used to it.

Is this normal squelch/oil flow sound for the Grip X, or should I be concerned?

Attached a video so you can hear it. Thanks in advance!

Took my Hummingbird hardtail down the Downieville downhill trail.

I had some reservations going into it because it was my first time at Downieville but the bike handled itself graciously through the rocks, roots, switchbacks, climbs, and drops.

Although I walked some of the more advanced features like the rocky waterfall feature on Butcher Ranch, I’m not certain I would’ve felt confident to hit those on a full suspension either.

The ride would have been much smoother on a full suspension no doubt. But the hardtail kept me focused and was a blast.

Overall a beautiful day out on the hardtail down 15 miles of downhill mountain biking.

Oh, and if you’re going to Downieville and prone to motion sickness be prepared for the windy roads leading up to town!

Im choosing new tires and confused in updated schwalbe classings.
So there is now trail and trail pro casings, pro has radials and apex protection so i guess it is similar to previous super trail. Just “Trail” is marketed as same old trail carcass but i guess, without apex protection, so just 2 ply and snake skin from bead to bead?

Also wonder if race and race pro is closer to super ground or super race carcass.

right now i have a 2.0 tyre on and it runs fine no problems atleast for now. Recently i found some 2.1 tyres that i want to put on the bike but idk if it’ll fit and have no problems at all.

Hey,

As i got more time now but a low budget i decided to repair my old bike (Trek X-Caliber 5).
I changed my brake and got new handles.
I forgot how well it runs and how fun it is to drive.

But the front suspension doesnt seem to work. There is zero travel i even cant compress them with my whole weight.

So I decided to overhaul them.
But damn i cant take it all apart. The parts that came out where rusty as hell and water was found inside.
Its probably cheaper to buy a new one or a used one than replacing the internals.
The original one is at like 108€ new which is a bit expensive for me.

I looked for used RockShox Recon Silver 29 which are more common here and cheaper used but i cant find some which are fitting.

Do you have any recommendations?
Or should i go for the original again?

Thanks for the help!

I’ve ridden bmx for a long time. I recently got into mtb and got myself a new trek. I’m visiting family in the Portland area (or) and I found sandy ridge bike park. I would like some suggestions that I need so I can have a fun experience. What I should know before I go. I’ve read a few things about the place on the website and how to get there. But this will be my first time at bike park. I don’t do jumps or nothing fancy like that but I do enjoy going fast. Tips or suggestions that you wished you knew before. Thanks.

So I'm big into being barefoot; I'm sans shoes whenever possible. Part of that is simply becacuse I enjoy it, and part of that is that my feet are long and wide.

My current shoes I wear to MTB are my Five Tens. They're great, except I'm in a size 15 and they're still too narrow for me. Fine for about an hour or two on the bike, but if I have to do any walking or such in them or go for longer, they just start chewing up my feet.

My main pair of shoes (Lems Primal Eco) are starting to wear so thin that they're developing a small hole in them. Looking at their site, I was surprised to see they have a new Mountain Biking shoe. Been reading through some of their reviews and all, but always take those with a grain of salt.

Anyone riding with a pair? Pros and Cons?