Recent content by miko

57mm seems like too much stroke for a Trance, I would have though they were 51mm, but check. It might still be possible, but you'd have to make sure the extra travel doesn't let any frame parts contact at full compression.

Yeah go for it. As long as you go with the above, the hose is in good nick etc.

Yeah, I don't know why these bikes got large cans. I think they were trying to make them feel plush, but it just didn't work.

My pleasure. Make sure you watch all the reverb vids, if any of it doesn't make sense, feel free to message me. I'm pretty busy, but will try and help if I can.

Would you split, might be interested in the bar.

Happy to help. I've spent years obsessing over the details of different designs, I guess that's part of being passionate about MTB, but you can definitely disappear up your own arse doing it :) My advice, ride as many as you can. If you don't know how to setup a bike then get help with that...

I did a full seal kit but reused my top cap. Just to confirm, are you talking about the top cap that you can see externally that has RockShox etched on it? If so, you only need to partially disassemble the post to change that (be very relieved!) so you don't need any special SRAM tools unless...

Fellow Reign rider here. I was never happy with the Fox shock on mine, but that was more of a reliability thing than anything else. I've replaced it with a Monarch which is user rebuild-able if you're keen enough. You can also pick up different shim stacks for it to further tune. However...

I've just rebuilt mine, it is finicky, but not overly hard if you actually think about it. The first stop is always to bleed it to make sure that system is working properly. If there is air in the line from the remote then the poppet valve inside the post will always be open and it will not be...

I've had decent time on a DW Link (Ironhorse MKIII) and now a Maestro (Giant Reign). I think you can get far too wound up in the technical differences that won't necessarily make that much difference on the trail. The MKIII climbed like mad and did well on the downhills, but nothing like the...

The head tube on Reign's are really long, so it's a possibility, you'd have to measure them.

I rode Buller by myself and was a little worried about it. Took plenty of supplies and checked in with the village to let them know I was out there and what time I expected to be back, plus my missus knew. The more people know about where you'll be with the best accuracy you can give them, the...

I guess if you're really keen you could try painting the whole post in soapy water, pump it up and see where the air is coming out. If it were me I'd probably just spring for a full service kit. It's 3 years old. For a component with sliding surfaces such as this (and forks, shocks) there are...

If you're reasonably mechanically inclined you can rebuilt it yourself. There are vids out there detailing strip down and service kits are available about the place. I'd only try it if you've done similar before, e.g. rebuilt forks or disc brakes

What sort of BB's will that limit him to though?