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Howdy folks. Longtime lurker, first post.
Just put together a Vitus Nucleus 24 for my 9 year old son. A couple of questions for any Nucleus 24 owners out there:
1. Is the bottom bracket supposed to look like this (see photo)? I feel like there's a shield or something missing. How does that not get gummed up with crap? None of my/kids bikes from various companies (Marin, Kona, etc) have this going on.
2. This is my first kid-sized air fork. Does anyone have any thoughts about what air pressure to run? My kid is 80-90 lbs or so. But of course the fork air pressure suggestions only go down to "under 140lbs" on the sticker. Any issue with running the air pressure lower? Or is there a minimum where the fork won't work if you drop it lower?
3. Has anyone moved the brakes way inboard for better 1-finger braking? I feel like my kid could handle that with the hydros and I'd like to get him away from the 2-3 finger braking habits he got into using v-brakes.
4. For the future, has anyone added a dropper? There is obviously cable routing for one, and there are a couple companies offering droppers that should fit. But I'd like to hear if anyone has actually done it successfully.
Thanks all!
Just put together a Vitus Nucleus 24 for my 9 year old son. A couple of questions for any Nucleus 24 owners out there:
1. Is the bottom bracket supposed to look like this (see photo)? I feel like there's a shield or something missing. How does that not get gummed up with crap? None of my/kids bikes from various companies (Marin, Kona, etc) have this going on.
2. This is my first kid-sized air fork. Does anyone have any thoughts about what air pressure to run? My kid is 80-90 lbs or so. But of course the fork air pressure suggestions only go down to "under 140lbs" on the sticker. Any issue with running the air pressure lower? Or is there a minimum where the fork won't work if you drop it lower?
3. Has anyone moved the brakes way inboard for better 1-finger braking? I feel like my kid could handle that with the hydros and I'd like to get him away from the 2-3 finger braking habits he got into using v-brakes.
4. For the future, has anyone added a dropper? There is obviously cable routing for one, and there are a couple companies offering droppers that should fit. But I'd like to hear if anyone has actually done it successfully.
Thanks all!
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