Please help me build this Ribble 725 hardtail

Thank you!

More pictures of south Tirol please!

I used one and it survived. My missus now has it in her gravel rear wheel.

I like the easy serviceability (the special grease wound me up though) and bought a more expensive 240S on the basis of liking the 350.

Shimano hubs are great if you know how to look after them

Look after? What's that?

Aka - not riding your bike

Also, have you been to the EdScoble school of replying to old posts?

Sexeh.

I remember buying a new MTB...

No, he's sober when he does it. I just take the newest shit on-screen and have at it. Everything old is new again or something.

I'm riding in a bikepark with lots of rocks and roots and noticed that my rear tyre is crying in some spots, does this mean I should increase the pressure a bit?
Edit; the pressure was 1,5 bar/22 psi, it dropped a bit quicker than I expected

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More pictures of south Tirol please!

No idea about the weeping tyre I’m afraid but echoing @Simba here

Haha okay! I'm now in the Dolomites though... It's lovely here, great for cycling (if you like climbing) and lots of things to do and see.

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Should've paid a bit more attention to the spoke tension:/ some nippels were completely unscrewed..
Still really like the Microshift derailleur and shifter btw! Works great and feels good.

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It turns out that I messed up the rims by riding on them with the low spoke tension:/
I got the wheels aligned but there are big differences in spoke tensions now...
So I'm after some new wheels... does anyone have recommendations? I would like to go 35mm inner width now, budget is 400-500£, there are a few complete wheelset options, Raceface, DT swiss, Hope etc or should I go handbuild?

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Did you loosen all the nipples before you started over?

I would personally go handbuilt for that budget, or Chinese carbon with dt hubs

Get a set of hopes. Changed all my mtbs to hope for their reliability and serviceability. Second hand pre built 650 wheels aren't mad money.

I didn't, I brought it to a wheel builder and he said the wheel needs to be rebuild but this Ryde rim can only be build one time because of deformation.
Another thing I'm considering is buying the same rim one more time (for the rear wheel) and change it and reuse the rest...

Yeah just get a new rim (and new nipples) if the old one is fucked, rebuild using the same spokes. I usually tape the new rim to the old one and switch the spokes over one by one so they’re in the same place. Then true and tension.

That's a good tip, thanks!

This looks great. Looks like you had an Inbred in one of your pictures - did you go from that to the Ribble? And how do you find the difference? I'm tempted to do something very similar, as I've currently got an old school Inbred - 26" wheels, straight head tube, I'm surprised it's still rideable to be honest...

I've got some Light Bicycle rims handbill onto DT Swiss 240S hubs, apart from the EXP recall thing they've been faultless, and I can't tell the difference between them and my Santa Cruz Reserve wheels when I ride them.

Yep I went from the Inbred to the Ribble, the two bikes are so different you can't even compare them. The inbred is a xc bike and the ribble a enduro, the latter is way more suitable for rough terrain and bike parks but feels quite slow on flat terrain. I love how the big fork and slack geo makes it feel like you ride everything, even rough downhill routes.
The difference between the grip and comfort of the 26" tyres and the 27.5x2.60 is massive too.

Interesting, thanks. I do enjoy xc riding as well, so might be annoying to feel slower on the flatter stuff! I need to try and test ride something newer and slacker, with bigger wheels.

Then it might be better to go for a 29" with a bit narrower tyres and a 130mm fork or so. Plenty options out there!

Some small changes, replaced the resin pads for metal ones and really happy with the different feel, didn't expect to really notice the difference.
Also installed a new stem because the other one got bend in a big crash and a longer brake hose up front and a new dropper cable so everything is smooth again.
Now riding in Portugal, great tracks and scenery but no ski lifts so lots of climbing:)

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I'm turning this bike into something more bouncy soon:)

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