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@weeksy I've use Brian's place (it's not actually him doing the work any more) a number of times for broken collar bones with good results. Magnets and lasers that sound like witchcraft but make a lot of sense to me when they explained the theories and I'm convinced it helps things.
Yeah i used him, but nearly 20 years back it was... along with 13-14 years ago, both when racing Ducatis and crashing lots... I was happy with the results, hence getting the big boys (girls) wallet out and paying him.
Hope he recovers well.
A bit of zwift racing to help with fitness whilst he is out?
That's the plan Robbo.... his first Zwift is due today/tomorrow.
He'd also just bought some weights to do lifting... but obviously they were not used lol.
STWraceleague... How big will his handicap be? Assuming he is wearing armour in most of the photos he must be 50kg max.
I’ve use Brian’s place (it’s not actually him doing the work any more) a number of times for broken collar bones with good results.
Glad it did something for you but I had three sessions in a row and it didn't even slightly help.
Was Brians wife that did mine.
Laser and electro treatments.
STWraceleague… How big will his handicap be? Assuming he is wearing armour in most of the photos he must be 50kg max
Dead on 50kg but he's only fast outside, he give up way easily indoors.
On hills outside even like Wall at Afan he oitclimbs me when in the right headset and riding with a mate. But I've never seen that replicated inddor.
Well there's just 6 days left now until the plaster comes off completely. He's now got a below the elbow version on as of last week, which has given more movement. Strength is open to debate and with a bit of a time constraint in his head for doing a days riding at Les Gets in just over 2 weeks time, well, lets just say i'm not fully optimistic. However, now we have the van, it doesn't matter if we take the bike 😀
We've swapped some of the racing about and cancelled the first of the Pearce series events we had and replaced it with a 417 Flyup race... He didn't really fancy his first one back being at such a tough track and completely unknown, so in a race move of being sensible, we decided to shoot to 417 instead.
That of course is where the sanity ends.
A couple of day ago i pulled out the Specialized Status off the rafters to give it a quick once over... the as per the other thread i noticed the brake issues, which i've now sorted. But as i was sticking the order in for the new brakes i was met with "he doesn't even use the bloody thing" from Mrs Weeksy.
And the statement would have been pretty much true and hard to argue against.. I think i've ridden the bike more than him in truth. Even that though is only 3 times.
I chatted with the lad about the Status who informed me, if we went to National DH tracks he wouldn't actually ride the Spare bike even if bike A was broken.... He didn't say it in a nasty way, but more in a 'don't think i'd actually manage to get down on it' and if it was down, it would be so slow it wouldn't trouble a timekeeper.
So as always, the cogs in the brain start grinding away and i've hopefully sorted a deal on this. Just waiting for the guy to get back from Holidays
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Which is a 2020/21 GT Fury expert. Carbon version of what he has, with a few variations. Size is the same (which is my only concern as to whether we'll need to replace 2 bikes in a years time instead of just 1 hard to sell DH bike).. But it ticks all the boxes as a replacement bike for days, or even potentially the primary bike.
the tyres are on backwards .....
when does the van get chopped in for a full on race wagon...
Awesome. If that fits you as well then you are sorted for uplift days too.
Saves you buying a DH bike for yourself + with the sale of the status means it's n(potential) - 1.
IT's a trade with the Status so works in that sense.
I can/could ride either of them for sure in terms of sizing, but it gets more complex in terms of bouncy bits as both are coil... I could ride them a lot easier if they were air, or he was double his weight lol.
Changing the spring in the rear of them is obviously a simple and quick job if we were to do an uplift... but the front is a bit harder work of course.
when does the van get chopped in for a full on race wagon…
In my perception that's what it already is... i can't afford a race transporter with bedrooms, kitchens etc and i don't have the road-space to store one either... The Vito fits the trail/site van perfectly i think.
New riding kit needed - that is a different colour. 😜
LOL there is that yes... but currently i don't know which bike will be the primary race bike and which the secondary.
We've made friends with the GT Factory mechanic who is fairly local to us when he's not away at WC races, so i'll be chatting to him regarding the newer high pivot bike and which/what is better etc... Then we can potentially make some decisions on what we do from here.
All of this assumes of course the trade happens on Monday... but i'm struggling to see why it won't currently.
He really doesn’t need a backup bike at this level. Spare wheels, mechs, etc yes but a complete spare bike is over doing it imo. Wouldn’t even expect most sponsored riders to have a full backup at most races
He really doesn’t need a backup bike at this level. Spare wheels, mechs, etc yes but a complete spare bike is over doing it imo. Wouldn’t even expect most sponsored riders to have a full backup at most races
Well, there's little difference between a backup bike, mechs, chainsets, brakes, levers, shocks, forks, may as well just have them all attached to a bike ? i do hear that it's excessive.... but it doesn't really matter much either way, so therefore makes sense.
I would assume it's less about the spares and more that if one bike breaks you can just send him out on the spare until you've fixed the other one, much less time wasted which makes a difference if you only get limited practice on a new track.
I would assume it’s less about the spares and more that if one bike breaks you can just send him out on the spare until you’ve fixed the other one, much less time wasted which makes a difference if you only get limited practice on a new track.
Of course mate yeah, that's 100% the logic. If he has an issue with say his brakes, sure i can fix them, but while i'm spending, 10, 15, 30 mins fixing them he's missing out on practice time that he could be learning the tracks.
From my side, we've already spent the money to buy the Status, so it's not like there's a downside of having the spare bike in any way.
You don’t need spare forks and shock either. Chainsets too. Wheels are handy as setup for mud. Brakes are great if you just do happen to have a spare set. There’s a serious lesson learned in ruining your weekend by not just being able to say “screw it I’ll have a go as I’ve got another bike sitting there anyway”
Just as long as you also have a bike setup on a turbo at the top too. Otherwise it’s all still half-arsed 😉
Now that's getting excessive.
But anyway, we're falling into a minor issue of suspension springs.
I spoke to TFTuned about some fork springs for the X-Fusion RV1 front end who said "we don't do them, try Upgrade Bikes"...
That went half-well.... I was able to get in touch with them and they provided me with a spring chart.
THis shows the 'stock' spring is from 63kg rider weight up to 77kg. Currently my lad is 50kg... He's 5'7 maybe even 5'8 now but he's a skinny bugger, so weighs next to nothing. Upgrade bikes are unable to supply the 'red/soft' springs or have any idea where to get them.
It's possible there's a place in Italy can
https://www.bikesuspension.com/catalog/ENG/articolo/1659-ricambi-vari-per-forcelle/fqiaoraizm-x-fusion-rv1-spring.html
But waiting for an answer from them on that...
If i can't get any springs, it would potentially be a bit of a deal breaker.
Can you find the dimensions for the spring anywhere? There’s a chance something else could just drop straight in
Can you find the dimensions for the spring anywhere? There’s a chance something else could just drop straight in
NOt yet mate, information is quite limited on it... Which is a slight concern in the context of "who'll look after this if i do buy it"
I've sent out a few mails on it, the shock is fine, pretty much anything apart from Fox apparently fit according to my chat with JTech.
Hi weeksy. The recent issues your lads been having are my worst nightmare.
We sat down about 18mths ago and discussed scenarios of something similar happening to our daughter who is involved in her sport pretty seriously. We came to the conclusion that setting aside some of our budget for her to visit a sports physio on a regular basis was money well spent in the long run. It was expensive to begin with as it was every moneht at £50 a shot but it now tends to be if she has any niggles or before a big comp (She saw him last week before flying off next week to a World Cup).
The thinking was that she is now 18months down the line. She trusts him and knows how to work with him. BUT he also knows her and what she is capable of so IF something horrible happens he may be better placed to be able to sort any issues quickly. We also liked the idea that whilst she was growing and training, having someone who knows her would help us spot any issues before they actually become major issues.
Not sure if this is relevant but we spend so much time thinking about what will make them improve their performance we sometimes forget that investing in their health is just as important.
Interesting food for thought that... something to consider for sure.
Sadly the broken arm was literally just 'one of those things' , he'll fall over countless times playing football, rugby or just messing about in school like all kids, just this time, it all went really wrong.
But he's also had a few crashes this season that have scuppered some results. The good thing is that this year has shown us a few things about how both of us see the next few years going in terms of riding and whilst getting to Nationals is within his ability... winning them... well that's just fantasy. But we're both OK with that, we're in this for the adventures, the laughs, the riding and the improving... if anything comes from it in terms of results, it's a bonus.
I know it looks potentially from the outside like we're all super serious about this lot... but we are and we're not... I like doing things 'right' and he likes riding bikes as much as i do... So we go all in... but that doesn't mean we're not enjoying it or we're missing out on time with mates etc, we do all of that, just within the same game of riding bikes downhill.
Well the bike swap didn't work out for various reasons. So we're currently still with the Status160 as the 'spare' bike. But it's advertised on Pinkbike for 'swap' for a DH bike. In his ideal world he has a choice between a 2021+ Canyon Sender, a 2020+ Specialized Demo or a Santa Cruz V10.. Yeah tell me about it, lol.
We've now got until the 25th to get him back out and up to speed, we're coming up to 8 weeks now since the break and doctors orders are still that we shouldn't be doing any falling off on it yet, although we're hoping that's now negated by some of the treatment he had.
Over in Les Gets we had a few deep conversations over racing and he's in a good place for it in his head and looking forward to getting back out playing 🙂
Hopefully today will be the first of many.... with a bit of Ridgeway riding..
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The boys are back in town 😀
Don't try to rush back from an injury, it rarely goes well.
Don’t try to rush back from an injury, it rarely goes well.
It's been 8 weeks since breaking... He's not done anything at all in 8 weeks... it's not been rushed in the slightest.
But i do completely agree with you yes..
Today was 30 mins of gentle Ridgeway.
If anyone is interested in a piece of Weeksy DH history the bike on which it all started is going to go up for sale!!
Ha ha ha. Epic !
Bit of a change on the mullet... it's been in/out/in/out/sold/swapped but somehow is still here. It nearly went last week for a Demo29 but the guy then messaged us on WhatsApp to say it'd been sold... which was a bit weird but i'm not losing any sleep on it.
In my book it should be staying long terms so he can have a non-DH bike as well as the race toy. You don't see the Pros on their DH every day every ride, so in order to give the boy some more chances on it, i fitted a different shock, i took the one that was the spare from the Trek and chucked it in for testing... It was a little better for him, but it was only i think about a 140 travel on the 160 frame he'd end up with. So whilst it was OK for a test, it wasn't really an answer as such longer term.
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So this is incoming, along with a spring for the lad and a spring for myself. We both love the coils and on the G170 the Bomber CR was great... so why not give it a go on the Status... I'll report back 🙂
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Looks interesting and seems more useful to have than another DH bike. Does the marzocchi shock have a thicker diameter shaft than the Fox dhx2?
Just on the Ripmo which has a similar yoke driven shock they recommended to run something like a DVO with 14mm shaft.
Does the marzocchi shock have a thicker diameter shaft than the Fox dhx2?
Sorry mate, i have absolutely no idea i'm afraid.
I've been testing it this lunchtime in the close with the 550 spring which is for me... It feels absolutely ace. I've got him a 400.. but it may be a smidgen firm (according to TFT spring calc it should be 403), or maybe my 550 will be too soft for me... Dunno yet.
I've got a grown ups day on the 23rd Sept and i'm certainly thinking i'll be taking this for the day. My only concern is giving it a bit of a test first as we've had a few brake issues with the Codes. I don't want to head to BPW and have issues on a day.
the tyres are on backwards …..
All the other stuff is great and everything but I can't move past this. Were they on the wrong way?
Were they on the wrong way?
NO idea, the deal fell through.
NO idea, the deal fell through
We will never know, how unsatisfactory. Good to see the boy back on a bike, I am seeing his coach on Friday to see if I can capture some of his speed 🙂
I am seeing his coach on Friday to see if I can capture some of his speed
Awesome, tell her we said Hi please. We're currently waiting for him to get some strength and training back before a winter of some coaching.
Upcoming events we've got planned are
25th Sept 417 (we were supposed to be at Pearce but felt we didn't want his first race back as a super tough one)
2nd Oct, Pearce Hopton Woods.
16th Oct MIJ at FoD
27th Nov at 417.
Apart from one race which is at Farmer Johns, it's not like we can enter any more, there's none in the British Cycling calendar to book. So we're going to spend the rest of winter trying different things out like Dyfi bike Park, Revs, BMCC (or whatever it is now) and just enjoying the riding. But still getting out most weekends. My plan (not necessarily his) is to spend more time in Surrey Hills, FoD off piste, on the Status/Fuel, just to give us more time on the bike, but with a bit less cost instead of just uplift days.
Today if the rain holds off, we're off out after school for a proper trails ride.
I’m uplifting in the 17th September at Cwmcarn - never used the uplift there before. I plan to do a few runs of the official downhill then use it to uplift the Risca off piste. Got a 2.2 mile road ride round from the bottom of the off piste to the uplift start so think I’ll get in every other uplift. Hopefully it’ll work ok!
I’ll let you know how it goes as it could be a good way to practice some steep ish tech.
@weeksy, have you spotted the race on Friday 23rd Sept at FoD? Work and school might get in the way I guess. I am giving it a go along with SE at Milland on 25th.
No mate, but I'm at bpw with mates that day anyway.
Ahhh bummer. I am hoping it isn't too gnarly, maybe should have asked before I entered 🙂
Link us up matey. I'm curious even if not racing
Got a 2.2 mile road ride round from the bottom of the off piste to the uplift start so think I’ll get in every other uplift. Hopefully it’ll work ok!
doing it without missing the uplift is possible, but challenging.
Best of luck with that shock on a Spech.
I've had two of them shit their pants due to the extra leverage the shock clevis causes.
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Interesting. If it does we've got a dpx2 and a monarch rt3 spare that'll fit it.
Spech have now stopped fitting coil shocks to the Kenevo due to this problem.
Heard of a few Stumpy evo's doing the same thing too.
If you slowly put weight onto the seat from full extension you could actually see it trying to push the shaft into the body at an angle.
Stupid design that's not needed.
Wish everything came with spherical bushes that don't put any stress on the shock from unintended directions.
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You just can’t ride properly on clips. The cleats would need to be in the arch to weight properly round corners,
But then you cant use the shock like a MacPherson strut, which of course I'm sure no manufacturer is really doing . . .
Thank you.
Well, interesting one "I prefer the dpx2" after some testing
Probably likes the pop of the air shock as he’s quite jumpy perhaps? You could try a faster rebound setting on the coil and see if that helps
That was pretty much how he described it yes. No biggy. It'll be on classified in 10 min
25th Sept race at 417
2nd Oct race at Pearce, Hopton Woods
9th Oct race at Stile Cop, Cannock
16th Oct, race at FoD
27th Nov, race at 417.
That was pretty much how he described it yes. No biggy. It’ll be on classified in 10 min
I think I’d persevere with it a bit longer - speed up the rebound as that’s adjustable on that shock? He has a coil on his GT and he always says he prefers that bike to the Status…
I hear you Joe.... there's been no interest in it anyway at the moment, i may even fit it and use myself tomorrow with the stiffer spring installed. Depends where we go potentially, if we hit 417 or FoD. I'm not actually sure when he'll next use the Status anyway as from the above, we're racing most weekends. The only one weekend we're not racing, he's away doing family stuff... So it'll mostly be the GT getting ridden.
First day back on the bike for daft lad and he hears 3 kids talking about a gap from one line into the other. Apparently it's a 'thing' so the daft sod goes and hits it.
It's only about 20' so not really an issue but is off camber and very unknown lol.
He's daft as a brush at times
Hey, i had to think of a name for the thread.... that's the best i came up with.
After a random message via an old Pinkbike advert i got a WhatsApp to see if i was interested in swapping the Specialized Status for a DH bike...
Pics were exchanged, messages exchanged and I made the trek to Shropshire today to collect and swap for this.
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Like the lads current race DH bike, it's a GT Fury. This is the 'expert' model. It's 2 years newer than his current bike and a little bigger. It's also got 10 gears which will help with some of the local rides.
The current plan is to use his first GT Fury as the race bike, but with a view to potentially moving to this by the end of the year, either way, one of them will be the Race bike and one will be the 'spare' and emergency bike just in case we have an issue on a race weekend. It's then just a case of jumping on the 2nd bike and it should be fairly familiar to him.
It's pretty much immaculate condition and feels pretty nice in the Close riding round, so much so that i think i'll be the first to test it on a ride tomorrow morning 😀
It was going to be a surprise for the lad, but i had to call him and check he wanted to go all-in with non-trail bike and both his bikes being a DH. He was 100% on this plan.. Whether that's a 6 month plan or a 5 year plan, well, we'll see.... but it's the plan we've got for now 🙂
It'll get it's first proper run-out at 417 on Monday, i'm curious to see what he'll be racing on at the weekend..
Spech have now stopped fitting coil shocks to the Kenevo due to this problem.
Heard of a few Stumpy evo’s doing the same thing too.
If you slowly put weight onto the seat from full extension you could actually see it trying to push the shaft into the body at an angle.
Stupid design that’s not needed.
You've got your be shitting me... I can't believe Specialized still haven't worked out how to fit a ****ing shock to a bike.
My Enduro ate 4 shocks before I demanded an ohlins on warranty and sold the bloody thing. The fourth shock lasted less than 80km of xc riding.
Unbelievable.
Yeah part of that is why the Status didn't ever get ridden with the coil. I actually sold it yesterday on eBay and of course the bike itself went today.
It was a shame as I quite liked the Status, I was even considering keeping for myself but that was getting a bit crazy
Looks nice. How's he going on with the arm.
Arm going well thanks. Still slightly lacking strength but he's compensated for that with balls instead.
Tomorrow will do a few times runs on race layout to see roughly where he is.
Plus back to back testing between bikes.
This time next week is first race back.
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So, how was the day on the bike for the first time. Well technically the 2nd as we spent last night playing with some of the bouncy bits to get it in the right area.
Then today was 417 flyup, with both suspension testing and back to back testing on the GT Fury old 18. The conclusion was, he loves the new purple one, but was only fractionally quicker on it.
Throughout the day he tried a 300 spring, 350 and 450, settling on the 350.
On blue raccoon he was 1.5s quicker on the purple.
He also set a 2s PR on Dubby Skipper and it's 14th overall on Strava.
I think tomorrow we're removing the Magic Mary off the back of Barney the purple dinosaur and fitting a DHR.
Along with fitting a spare set of SRAM Guide Rs we have, he wasn't that keen on the TRP Slate, but could easily just be pads. But we'll keep things the same anyway and put Guides on.
Then it's a bit of testing and race next Sunday.
I also tried it and liked it, but with the fork springs I simply couldn't get it to work for me. Just too soft. But was to be expected
Removing the magic Mary from the rear should make it a bit faster rolling on most stuff. DHR2 is my preferred back tyre even in slop.
Just didn't have time before this morning. I could've fitted his other wheels but that's a bit of a faff as would need cassette etc.
Was just a shakedown and test day today so no biggy.
New shock bushing installed, the other was loose as a wizards sleeve and you could feel the play in it.
Then onto the brakes and completely ballsed it up... the wheel spun and ripped off the end of the bleed tool in the caliper !!!! It's not the first time i've seen a stripped/broken one, but a bit of a pain as you can't buy the part on it's own.
So i've thrown some race/kevlar pads into the TRPs for now and that should give him better braking anyway.
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And that’s one of the reasons why you bleed brakes with the wheel / pads out. As well as making sure you don’t contaminate the disc rotor / pads with brake fluid.
So annoying / but at least you’ve got spare brakes!
If you have to buy a new calliper you could get the old style Code ones and then you’ll have a Guide RE which is a good chunk more powerful than a guide R / RS etc. although you lose the bleeding edge bit with that older caliper
That caliper/kit only goes on the turbo bike anyway usually... so as long as i can get teh TRPs happy for him it's all good. Hopefully the better pads will sort that for him.
If not you can buy the caliper rebuild kit, but that seems excessive as i only sodding need a tiny part of it.
Not exactly a lifechanging amount.
Question Weeksy. Why buy Guides when much better DH brakes from SRAM are available - Code R or RSC depending on budget. Appreciate that they may be ok whilst your son is light and races locally. But show them a decent length decent and they’re quickly overwhelmed.
Yeah don’t buy the worst Guides going - they aren’t even cheap on that link. If staying sram at least go guide RE or Code R.
Yeah don’t buy the worst Guides going
This unfortunately. Definitely an odd choice of brake for a DH bike that’s heading towards nationals and the like.
There's a budget fellas I'm afraid. I have spent a bucket load lately.
Guide Rs are what he's running in the blue GT and happy with them.
I'll bow to your knowledge though if there's better for not crazy money.
Weirdly we had Codes on the Status and neither of us were impressed.
I prefer Shimano these days after using on my Trek, but the lad likes SRAM.
Obviously being from CRC I can easily can that order.
Merlin for example have some Shimano and Magura at not crazy money.
Maybe the TRP will do now they have new pads... Dunno.
But yeah, link me up with alternatives please fellas. Remember, I'm no expert to this game, so I often just go in half cocked
For that money you would get Guide REs. Which have the older Code caliper. Looks like chain reaction have them in stock and should save you enough for a drink
We have them on the older ebikes and have never let us down. Used in all conditions in the UK and abroad.
The two newer ebikes bikes have Code RSCs and Magura MT7s. The REs are on par with them and our Saints for power.
https://www.tweekscycles.com/uk/sram-guide-re-hydraulic-disc-brake-1349931/
Do the Guide re have bleeding edge port?
Not being a regular contributor it’s quite difficult keep up with this thread and work out what’s happening and what bikes are actually owned on any one day!
Whilst I’m all for change I do sometimes wonder if having a bike for any length of time might help with your lads riding, something he really gets used to for a season and knows inside out.
Maybe it won’t but it worked for my lad, luckily he loved the bike I first got him and progressed massively on it over the season before moving on.
Seems your lad is a decent rider but I’m not sure all this chopping and changing will be helping him too much.
Well the purple bike is a spare bike, rather than his race bike. But he's testing it to see if he actually prefers it over the 18. I don't know which of the 2 will be his race and which will be his spare, I think timed practice will decide that
We're being a little ridiculous having 2 DH bikes I'll be the first to admit, but I'd hate for example to turn up at Pearce on a Sat morning and do a full day of practice, then warm up Sun and something break before the race meaning we pack up and go home without racing. Excessive yes, but hey, why not.
We've only swapped bikes due to sizing before now, from the Liv to the Spec, etc, they were swapped when he grew out of them. We sold the Sworks when he decided to race DH but it was getting too small by then anyhow.
The GT/both DH bikes are expected to stay, again until/if he grows out of them.
Surely it’s worth giving the trp a go with new pads and a bleed before buying new brakes?
For what it’s worth, if you are replacing I’d echo the Guide RE love. I’ve run them for a few years on one bike and 18 months on another when I got fed up with leaky shimano zees. Plenty of power, more modulated feel than shimano, cheap and reliable.
I think the problem with the TRP is as much the lever shape as anything, they're quite a long lever, so I've moved them inwards on the bars to try and give better leverage for him. Despite him being tall, he's still a bit weedy and especially with the recovering arm, a bit lacking in grab power. So even if the TRPs are at their best, I'm not sure they'll be ideal.
I was just kinda preempting the conversation before we go out tomorrow and he tells me he's still not impressed and it's then too late for weekend.
But he's got the other bike anyway