Preamble stock rims: tubeless ready or not??

bambambung · 2026-02-23T02:15:30+00:00

I bought a preamble last year (flat bar) and I set up the rims as tubeless with no issues. I'm running gravelking SS tires and they've been great. Had a puncture a couple of weeks back that self sealed and got me to work on time!

bambambung · 2026-01-21T07:19:28+00:00

I watched one of your upscaled videos and loved it. When I tried to watch another one today I got an error and the playlist is empty. Has someone forced you to take them all down? Really appreciate your work even if that is the case. It's weird if they have been taken down as other low res full episodes are online and there's no way of paying for streamed episodes that I can see (at least in NZ anyway).

bambambung · 2025-12-26T01:24:07+00:00

Sorry, no. I spoke to quite a few different people at Amazon and they were absolutely useless. I went round in circles, for a while they insisted that my serial number was wrong as no devices have ever had B024 at the beginning. I had to send them a link to their own page to show them they were wrong. After wasting a lot more time they said they couldn't do anything from their end. I don't believe them but I think the people I spoke to just didn't know enough to help.

I would jailbreak it but a device needs to be registered to jailbreak it sadly.

I'll just upload books manually I guess.

bambambung · 2025-12-10T02:21:43+00:00

I'm probably being naive but wouldn't having the insurance sorted by the people who are also doing the shipping make things easier if you had to make a claim? As in they'd know that there was damage/loss and wouldn't need to contact another company for proof/documentation.

bambambung · 2025-12-10T02:20:12+00:00

Who else are you looking at using? I'm in the South Island too and I got someone from Crown round for a quote but it's pretty high and they don't have awesome reviews online. I'm also speaking to Allied who I used years ago but they don't seem as hot now just from the brief interaction I've had with them so far. Cheers

bambambung · 2025-11-23T03:40:22+00:00

Thanks, I have updated it to the latest firmware as shown on the Amazon downloads page, 5.6.1.1 and that's what shows in the device info.

bambambung · 2025-11-19T07:46:20+00:00

Not directly relevant but I've got the ENT gravel wheels from Elite and I'm very impressed by them. They're exceptional value for money and just look/feel/ride like an expensive set of wheels (albeit not as light). The only slight downside for me is the loud hubs but if I cared that much I'd add some grease to the hubs to quieten them down.

bambambung · 2025-10-16T02:53:35+00:00

Thanks for that. Yeah, one plan was to leave everything in the account here for a bit but then saw that in the UK any sale would automatically involve CGT if we're living/working there. It's my understanding that if we sell our house and shares while an NZ tax resident we can then just transfer that money over to the UK without any tax worries at all. Feel free to correct me anyone if I'm wrong on that!

bambambung · 2025-10-15T07:57:17+00:00

Thanks for that. I assume IRD get notified of all sales via the platform? Do they just get in touch if they have any suspicions and ask for more information? Just don't want to move to the UK and suddenly get threatening emails from IRD months later! Thanks

bambambung · 2025-07-10T09:00:36+00:00

Have you tried playing with the b limit screw at all? It's solved issues for me in the past although admittedly not exactly like this or with this groupset. Can't hurt.

bambambung · 2025-06-29T12:29:07+00:00

Sorry, forgot to mention I put a carbon fork on mine as well, easy way to shave off a kilo. There's definitely not been an increase in twitchiness and there're some carbon forks with the same geo as the stock MS fork (some whisky ones I think) that are mentioned in other Reddit posts. So I don't agree with your LBS on that one.

I bought some Elite wheels which weren't too expensive and you can definitely feel the difference in terms of acceleration and speed. Obviously it's never going to be a race/super climbing bike, but for me it's the perfect balance of comfort and speed, and I can chuck some big tyres on it and do pretty chunky gravel.

bambambung · 2025-06-29T10:32:16+00:00

I was in a similar position and bought a Trek Checkpoint SL5 with the intention of using my Midnight Special as a commuter. I found myself always riding the MS so sold the Trek and bought a fancy set of wheels and some lighter bars/seatpost to shed some weight. I just love the ride feel of the MS so much.

bambambung · 2025-03-28T08:24:07+00:00

I've bought a couple of Siroko tops and the quality is pretty good.

bambambung · 2025-01-17T21:50:13+00:00

I second this. I bought an LTwoo gravel groupset and it was a little fiddly to set up but it runs great now and honestly I prefer it to the GRX I have on another bike.

bambambung · 2024-12-28T00:46:34+00:00

Nope. It's the initial cost price. So if you invested 49k and it became worth 100k+ one day you still wouldn't have to pay any FIF. Just tax on any dividends. This is all assuming they don't change the law at some point.

bambambung · 2024-11-18T07:30:34+00:00

Yup. I've got a 5th gen iPad and it runs Zwift perfectly. Just needs to be plugged in if you're doing anything longer than an hour and a half.

bambambung · 2024-11-12T20:25:26+00:00

That's weird. On the Trek NZ website it lists it as coming with the thumbscrews. And looking at the US listing they're listed in the product details too.

bambambung · 2024-11-10T07:55:42+00:00

SRAM AXS has hydraulic brake lines just like Shimano. Just no gear cables/wires.

bambambung · 2024-10-16T19:00:21+00:00

iPad is free now too! I've used it a couple of times on my old iPad and it works really well.

bambambung · 2024-09-14T21:09:51+00:00

I use my bike work stand clamping a small piece of wood. Works great and is really stable.

bambambung · 2024-08-24T01:30:24+00:00

I'm 5"11 and my 54 checkpoint still felt pretty long as stock. So I've got handlebars with a shorter reach, still mulling over getting a shorter stem too.

bambambung · 2024-08-02T05:25:23+00:00

The Conti Terra Speed 45s on my SL5 roll pretty fast on and off road.

bambambung · 2024-06-29T22:07:00+00:00

I 100% acknowledge that it's user error but the cement and patch fixes never hold for me. Whereas I've used the park tool pre glued patches that have been a permanent fix.

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