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BTW any news about Norco's new dh bike?
http://avalanchedownhillracing.com/Cartridge%20Kit/RAMP.htm
As for Devinci, it was a test, making a test bike and saying the intention was to make a faster bike doesn't necessarily mean that was achieved. It could have been slower or worse on some other way. But you don't know that until you test things.
Also, it's Unior Devinci, not Devinci UR - UR rides Polygons
As for second tier team, which teams are first tier? Are GT and Pivot part of that?
Also it says that the DH bike sales thread has some traction and with the rumors that they're taking time off DH it sounds like the Wilson maybe on the chopping block or the "we'll keep selling it until sales really"
https://wheelbased.com/2020/12/24/bicycle-rear-suspension-by-specialized/
looks like the new Troy Lee A3 could be announced soon, i like what i see
tech specs of the A3 helmet
So we all know that Loics suspension has been super dailed for a while now, and a lot must be with all their data stuff. But here is my thoguht, sort of connected to the data capabilaties within their team. I know that Jack Reading did something with weights on his bike, and presumably with some input from Chris Porter. So there must be something to it, Chris Porter does not mess around when it comes to Racing.
So what stands in the way of the big teams to mess around with this, and specially the ones with alot of knowlage in data acqusition? It makes a lot of sense for those guys to really get some solid data on the matter, i do get the Jack Reading have done a lot of testing, but it must be on time and feel. What kind of data would you get with testing on different steepnes, bikeparky, gradient, natural. There must be some wight you could put on/in the bike for a certain kind of track, if you have data to back it up.
And to clarify, i am not thinking of that Black box in his bike, that has been discussed plenty. My hunch is that this has been going on for some while.
Would they be able to keep something like this a secret?
Would it be hard to hide t from view? Not really, there is plenty of space on the bike where you can easily fit heavy inserts, some of those multipurpose inserts are very popular in non DH MTBing (edc,swat, bontrager tools etc), you have a lot of room in the crank spindles, seat tubes etc...So if you really want to, there is plenty of space and no one would notice...Only company that was doing something that could have gone mass market is (or was) orange with 329 frame.