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Opinions have little to do with it.Peaty as the former GOAT lol!
The mullet bike is the new 2021 bike.
Did anyone else notice that when Bruni entered the finish he pointed to the rear shock to his mechanic. He then kept his hand firmly on the left hand side of his bars for a few moments. Probably holding down that button which we have sen pics of. Thoughts?
Maybe he dumped on low-speed on the fork at the bottom for the pedalling, and I assume whatever is up with the rear shock as something to do with that. It may have just been confirmation-bias, but I thought his bike looked like it was riding differently (firmer) in the motorway than the top of the run.
2. use the technology that is available to you. Theoretically this is available to everybody. It's the sponsors and/or the riders problem, if these things do not get used. And it's not like lockouts are something that nobody has seen. And even if they were, so what? Somebody figured out something new. And it's not banned. Where's the problem? It's not even in the gray area of the rules.
It has to be something trickier than that...
It could be a complete tune change for the shock (compression H/L, Rebound, bottom out control...) ?
In any case, the guys saying it's cheating are completely dumb ! In that case, the biggest teams using the hell out of telemetry are cheaters also ??
I mean it's not Loic's fault or Specialized fault if others do not consider pushing all the details to their maximum for a race run.
As for a completely different shock tune, don't see how bottom out control change could be achieved with a flick of a switch and don't see a need to change rebound settings (as rebound is spring driven in most cases). But different compression tunes are a possibility, we've discussed about this already after leogang. And a Push style system (two separate compression stacks) was also mentioned.
Writing it out now, by using a separate port, it could be adjusted. But honestly I'm not that sure it's very useful. I've heard people say that hydraulic bottom outs can be harsh and felt distinctly. I'd say it's mostly useful for huck to flats, if I'm not wrong? I think it'd make sense to solve bottom out issues either with bike design (progressive linkage) or a progressive spring to have a more gradual buildup.
From some folks in the know I have been told Live Valve isn't even close to being good enough for DH racing or EWS for that matter.
Suspension gizmos come and go at the WC all the time. They help but they never guarantee a podium finish...
Loic having a button on the handlebars could be just a trigger for a similar solenoid. And on a MTB it could just block off the oil flow, acting as a climbing switch essentially.
EDIT: I take it back a bit, it's a 4-pin connector, so they're using stepper motors. These then most likely adjust the valves in a similar manner as an external adjuster would. You can have a button to switch between two modes and have the modes preset in the control unit for example. So it's not just 'on-off', but again more like a 'Push dual circuit' system where you can do lots of things. Maybe even, for example, do a Fort William tune with a bit higher compression (and/or rebound) setting to cover the oil of the damper heating up mid run, given how long Ft. William is.
That looks tricky AF with wires and shit which is a mechatronic shock. Very cool stuff.
https://www.motorcyclistonline.com/ohlins-electronic-suspension-explain…
But yes, not very useful for loic haha