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Pro Tips | Changing Bearings – Don’t Leave it too Late

Spring is almost upon us and after what seems like a never ending winter, months of jet washing and dirt ingress has really started to take its toll on our precious steeds. A lot of riders are finally deciding to freshen up their rigs and we are hearing a recurring theme ‘knackered bearings’.

If you leave it too long, the only solution is to get busy with the dremel
If you leave it too long, the only solution is to get busy with the dremel.

We have all done it some...

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How to fit Tubeless Tyres like a Pro

It is now accepted that tubeless tyres offer much better performance than running inner tubes. You are much less likely to get a pinch-puncture, they are pretty much thorn resistant, they shed valuable rotating weight and you can run much lower pressures and still keep a relatively good rolling speed.

A few years ago they were considered as ‘witchcraft’ by some, but even though they are now...

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How to change the Free Hub on your Rear Wheel

Until a few years ago there was no real reason to remove your free hub, unless you needed to do maintenance on your bearings – but with the introduction of SRAM’s 1×11 groupset, riders might now need to put on a specific free hub to fit the 11-speed cassette. Today we’ll show you how to fit the SRAM and DT Swiss free hubs.

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How to fit the Magura eLECT-System

Let’s be honest: who of you have set off downhill with the suspension settings on firm and then been surprised at the bikes poor handling? With its eLECT-System MAGURA has a perfect solution for those that are either too forgetful or just can’t be bothered with continuously adjusting their suspension manually. Here we’ll show you how to fit the system to your MAGURA suspension fork.

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How to Tidy Up your SRAM-Cockpit

A remote lever for your dropper post is an ingenious thing – provided you can easily reach it. But all so often we see bikes where you need fingers as long as Edward Scissorhands in order to actually reach the remote lever positioned somewhere near the middle of the bars. Here we’ll show you how to tidy up your SRAM-cockpit.

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