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Hulsroy
Dammit
Bike worked well today, apart from chattering in gear 11 (one from lowest) that I couldn't sort out by playing with the tension adjuster. Needless to say this is probably the laziest way of trying to sort it out - a bit of attention in the bike stand and I'm sure it'll be fine.
The rims make the tyres come up larger than expected - a lot larger than Howards, and he has the same tyres (but on narrower rims), and they provided a lot of grip and a surprising turn of speed off-road.
The brakes need to be burned in still, after ~ 60Km of riding I can still ride through the back brake being fully on, which is a bit surprising. I suspect I need to get the rotors wet, that's worked in the past. At the moment my old, twin piston Level's with smaller discs significantly out-gun the now fitted XTR four-piston calipers with big rotors.