Rizal Philippines
6.04.2021
There were a lot of things I learned from my incursion into MTB world
1. While others are debating about use of rim brakes vs disc brakes I was busy understanding this:
1. Hydraulic brakes vs cable brakes, For hydraulic brakes, use of mineral oil vs. DOT 5 (for SRAM avid models
2. Bleeding hydraulic brakes (bottom bleeding, the hacks for bleeding Substitute - syringes
3. Centering brakes (in three directions)
4. Conversion from 160 to 180 mm; the adapter kits
5. 4 piston vs 2 piston
Which is better the 4 piston or bigger disc (180 mm nd 203 mm)
6. The icetech technology by Shimano; floating disc by Sagmit or 3 Pro
7. The one by two by and three by conversion. Why two by is better
How can you have two by without buying Deckas.? All you need are 4 spacers
8. The disassembly of the free hub body to access the pawls
9. I missed this - tightening the hub with lock ring vs the cone. (That is why I had difficulty
with xt hub of an MTB
10. Hacks for missing umbrella bolts of hydraulic brakes
11. Disassembly of front hydraulic shocks. The tools you need and the cleaning needed. How
can you prevent expensive repairs. Why rubber hoses that can be cut can be used as rubber
seals of the piston assembly. (It is difficult to buy these small rings/kits)
2. Canvassing or reading the e commerce ads:
1. Access and/or buy from reliable platform. Lazada is better;
2. Buy from Philippines store and avoid foreign stores. Do not buy from sites without reviews
comments, or none sold
3 Do not access the viber number of the seller. The e commerce platform will not return your
payment if the transaction goes awry
4. VERIFY READ VERY WELL WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. THERE ARE MANY MISLEADING ADS. Sometime they are selling a bolt or a nut or sticker. But the picture
advertises the whole bike or equipment
5. The prices are misleading. Sometimes they post the price for the left part or right part but not
the entire set you intend to buy. You have to press the family color to know the exact price
6. You have to canvass very well; sometimes stores that are near one another can have massive
price differences.
7. Do you really need the upgrades being pitched. Sometimes you dont. But their pitches are so
good and being bombarded constantly that is why you succumb.
3. Know excactly the adventure that you want? Road ride, trail ride or bikepacking
Trail ride can be very dangerous and is not for every one. Practice have conficence before going
on trail ride
4. Use your gears to the max when climbing. That is why MTBS are preferred over RB because of wide range of gears at your disposal.
5. The one by or two by does not make your bike go faster. You will have additional expenses but
you get slower for dumping the high chain ring. or the low low granny gear if you go purely
one by. You do not save a lot of weight by removing the derrailleur or the changer. The cogs
which are larger have added weight.
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