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BretonM
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That sounds great.
Did you find it handled it well?
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Did you find it handled it well?
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BretonM
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It's just that I got The Landy but can't get over how much I dislike the fork.
I think my best bet is to sell or swap my Landy and get a good hardtail with a high quality fork.
And when I look at the prices of a raidon or epixon fork, I could by a bike for that (which I have done in the voodoo)
sarahale
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Yes very well, what sort of riding are you hoping to do with it?
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BretonM
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Yeah, could do.
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BretonM
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General commuting but most importantly trail riding through muddy, sandy, rocky conditions.
Thanks.
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that is a bargain, I'm sure that raidon fork is an air fork, get yourself a shock pump to set it up, my Specialized Hardrock Pro has the Alivio groupset, it has been very good.
sarahale
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I commute on it with semi slicks it's great bit heavy but means I can go round the woods or towpath on the way home if I want year round. Then in the summer I fit chunky tyres and go round the surrey hills, original gearing wasn't fantastic for steep hills so I've had that changed now. Apart from that it's perfect for what I need.
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BretonM
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Just picked the bike up, it's a bit scratched but for £70 you can't go wrong.
The front tyre has been changed to a Maxxis High Roller and the rear is the original Maxxis Ardent.
It needs new grips.
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For some reason, the front brake is so good that it feels almost hydraulic. Amazing!! But the rear brake is almost non existent. The front brake lever feels like it is stiffer and needs little effort to brake but the rear feels loose and doesn't work efrectively.
From visual inspection I couldn't see anything wrong,
Any ideas??
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I am sure that the brakes are hydraulic on the Hoodoo, as I mentioned on the Voodoo Bantu thread, that my daughter has a Bantu, that has hydraulic brakes fitted, the front one is a 180 mm disc & it does pull up literally on a sixpence, perhaps some new pads and possibly a bleed at the LBS will sort it out, in it's day the Hoodoo got top reviews in the mtb mags, I reckon a bit of fettling/upgrades will give you a cracking bike, as for grips have a look at Superstar components website, their lock on grips are really good with anodised end caps to match your bikes paint.
I thought they were Tektro hydraulics. If you can't see a cable at the disc it's hydraulic. If the lever travel is different, I mean very different, it's possible one needs bleeding. It's entirely possible that you need new pads. I don't know which Tektro's are on it but here's a youtube video about how to bleed 300's, The principle is the same for all hydraulics.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWssERgU2fw
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWssERgU2fw
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BretonM
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Cheers
DRM
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If your pads are worn, they will allow you to pull the lever further back, if it was mine I would fit new pads front & rear simply because you don't know what state they are in, & if they wear down to the metal, they will score & ruin the discs,leading to more expense,and you wont stop! better safe than sorry with brakes, again if you aren't too good on the spanners get the LBS to do it as they are the last thing you want to fail!