What a daft name for a bike!
But what a bike!
A more detailed intro to my recent ownership of said snappily named bike is in the "introduce yourself" forum.
Since then I've been riding and testing it as much as I can!
One of the things that I get a little OCD about is mud and seals. I don't clean my bikes very often, preferring to leave a "protective coating" on to stop the paint oxidizing. I do however, keep as much crud as possible off suspension and seatpost seals, and scrub the worst off my chain and cassette.
To this end, I fit splash guards to the front:
And rear:
I added a bit extra to the rear to try and keep as much out of the pivot area as possible. Sliced up inner tube, duct tape and (matching) zip ties.
And for the seat post, more inner tube:
Last time I went out at night, I found the battery condition LED's to be a distraction. They are very bright at the side of your leg! A strip of duct tape worked , but I thought this old chainstay protector worked better:
Then went out for a spin. The mud wasn't up to the usual standard, but enough to show that it is an improvement.
Whilst out, I bumped into another e-biker (e-MTBist?) in the Forest so had a good chat with him. Our stories matched almost identically, and we accepted some good natured abuse from a bunch of non assisted riders with the good grace that age and wisdom allows. Looking forward to our normal Thursday night ride this evening, and the rain had just stopped. bring it on.
Mark
