Decision, which Whyte?

[Taff]

We will have just got back from a week in Snowdonia so as is often the case, timing is not grand (and I've just spent all my money on a new bike )

[porter_jamie]

If i had to replace my e150rs (mk1 650b) id be going for the new 150 29er i reckon. Top job

[Taff]

If i had to replace my e150rs (mk1 650b) id be going for the new 150 29er i reckon. Top job

Without a doubt it's worth a test ride if you can get one.

[Taff]

And here it is, I've had a couple of miles to fiddle with setup and now the child has just buggered off on it

[weeksy]

And here it is, I've had a couple of miles to fiddle with setup and now the child has just buggered off on it

Sweeeeet.

[millemille]

And here it is, I've had a couple of miles to fiddle with setup and now the child has just buggered off on it

When someone asks you to describe the colour you can say, with justification, "it's all of the orange..."

[Couchy]

Nice, single click changing is there for a reason. I’ve seen gears fold in half, chains snap and rear mechs break changing under load in full power mode so make a point of backing off when changing and only one gear at a time

[Taff]

Nice, single click changing is there for a reason. I’ve seen gears fold in half, chains snap and rear mechs break changing under load in full power mode so make a point of backing off when changing and only one gear at a time

Yeah, I know and it's just something that I'll adapt to pretty quickly.

I was chatting to a bloke on another one of these at the start of the down hill trails, and when he set off I could hear the click bang click bang click bang as he changed through the gears under full load. I wasn't the only one cringing as he did it.i really was waiting for the 'oh fuck' as his chain snapped.

[Taff]

And here it is, I've had a couple of miles to fiddle with setup and now the child has just buggered off on it

When someone asks you to describe the colour you can say, with justification, "it's all of the orange..."

Burnt orange if you don't mind

[millemille]

And here it is, I've had a couple of miles to fiddle with setup and now the child has just buggered off on it

When someone asks you to describe the colour you can say, with justification, "it's all of the orange..."

Burnt orange if you don't mind

Yep, all of it...

[Couchy]

Nice, single click changing is there for a reason. I’ve seen gears fold in half, chains snap and rear mechs break changing under load in full power mode so make a point of backing off when changing and only one gear at a time

Yeah, I know and it's just something that I'll adapt to pretty quickly.

I was chatting to a bloke on another one of these at the start of the down hill trails, and when he set off I could hear the click bang click bang click bang as he changed through the gears under full load. I wasn't the only one cringing as he did it.i really was waiting for the 'oh fuck' as his chain snapped.

Lad I’m with is like that, still is despite one day bending the top gear over 90 degrees and ending his ride

Oh and it’s ginger

[Rp1]

We all know the ginger flymo's are the quickest

[Taff]

Well I wanted another KTM, but apparently they rust...

[Taff]

I've done about 100 miles on this now so a little update.
I'm starting to gel with the bike but the front end has been feeling vague, like it's bouncing off every little root and rock so time to have a fiddle with the forks. I went to chuck in another token, so starting from the start, took the air pressure reading, 85 psi and check sag.... 10%
Oh ffs, no wonder the front feels so bloody hard.
Now that it's set back to 30% it should feel a lot better. Strangely, the rockshoks app suggests I should be running 95psi, that would give me about 2% sag.

I've read loads of people complaining about the brakes being shite (SRAM code RE), so on one of the first rides I took mine for a roll down a big and really steep hill, holding the front on until I could smell the burning and it's tip top now
As winter mud is here it got a Gert big mudguard on the rear, some think they look shit but for me it's all about keeping the boar shit off my back and it works.


I noticed this on the weekend..



It turns out that by fiddling with a little plastic shim in the dropper, you can reduce the travel by 30mm. I suppose it could be handy if you feel that the post drops too far, a bit like using the enduro collar on the reverb

[weeksy]

That's clever... does it just decrease the drop or the overall length ? Would be useful if the post was too long and you could reduce it's actual length by 30%

[Taff]

Yes, it reduces the length.
The shim seems to stop it traveling right to the top of is movement.
So if my Mathew wanted to ride it, I could set it to -20 and the seat height would be about right for him without adjusting the seat post clamp. I'm not telling him about that bit.

[weeksy]

Yes, it reduces the length.
The shim seems to stop it traveling right to the top of is movement.
So if my Mathew wanted to ride it, I could set it to -20 and the seat height would be about right for him without adjusting the seat post clamp. I'm not telling him about that bit.

That's brilliant and for exactly the reasons you state there.

[Taff]

The one supplied with the M&L frames adjust between 170 & 140 mm

[Taff]

The postie has arrived....

I've had to relocate the rear light because where it was at the bottom of the dropper interfered with the mudguard, so I found this handy little seat rail mount



And I really dislike the separate batteries on the cheap Chinese lights that I have so I got one of these from CRC



Night riding is a go go go

[Taff]

A little update 3.5 years in.

The only bits that I've replaced is the drivetrain, bearings - frame, wheel and freewheel, I've flushed and cleaned the brakes a couple of times a year, and had the suspension serviced a couple of times.
I need to drop the motor to change the gear cable and dropper post outers, but I haven't go around to buying the right size security torx bit yet.

It's done about 2000 miles now and my riding is split about 70-30 in favour of my Canyon doing more xc type stuff, but when I fancy the up down up down singletrack stuff it's the whyte every time.

The last time my forks (zebs) went for a service they told me that the internals were wearing and I should think about chucking a charge 3 damper into them, which was the plan for this spring...

But then I found Fox 36s with the grip 2 damper on sale in Merlin cycles for £445, so that's a no brainer.
I need to cut the steerer down to size this afternoon and then start twiddling the knob things.