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Another long torso guy here, 5'10" 30" inseam, current bike is 27.5 462mm reach (50mm stem), 613mm ETTL, 76.5 ESTA, 65.5 HTA, 1215mm WB. New bike is mullet, 480mm reach (40mm steam, so really it's +8mm reach from old bike), 603mm ETTL 78.1 ESTA, 63.5 HTA, 1266mm WB. It's going to be a decent jump in size for sure, for climbing it's mostly FSR's here so not really concerned, I only care about descending.
Funnily enough I ride a size "small" road bike (54cm TTL, 49.5cm STL).
Also, a lot of people buy too much bike for what and how they ride. Plus my logic is, if you save energy on the climbs, it'll be easier to compensate for the gear on the descents, as you'll be less fatigued.
Looks like a new (or maybe just cut) DHR2ish tire on the front of Rude's bike from this past weekend's BME race in Big Sky. Side knobs look different to me.
Mondraker has stated this is not the end of the updates for 2022, more are on the way... For now, get a load of what they've shared thus far!
Anyone seen the 951 series from Intense? Haven't paid attention to their bikes to know the context these bikes are landing in, but seems like an interesting little offshoot from the main brand.
https://wheelbased.com/2021/07/29/handlebar-integrated-master-cylinder-assembly-by-sram/
This will be great to deal with at work...
Seems like at least you can remove one at a time...
I guess it does cut down on chances of ruining a cylinder, but it also feels like more to go wrong...
It seems it extends bar width too, so instead of occasionally ruining a cylinder from a crash, you can now occasionally ruin a cylinder from cutting too close to a tree/rock/gate
oh and did I mention specific bars? You just watch they'll make the hole proprietary somehow
Reminds me of this:
https://www.drivingline.com/articles/is-there-any-worse-than-a-plastic-engine-cover/
So if someone buys a bike that meets their needs performance wise but takes 2 hours to replace a small part, they're now $140+ dollars in labor. I've had one recently that ended up having to replace two brake hoses because of how tight everything was from the factory just to replace the stem and bar after a fitting. To get the new one through, the BB had to come out. Of course it was press fit which didn't come out well so the BB needed to be replaced as the plastic housing cracked. The cables and housing also needed to be replaced for a 10mm longer stem and a 20mm wider bar which would have been 20 minutes including a bar wrap for a regular set up. For the customer, his 5600$ road bike cost 300$ to fit and ended up being a couple hundred in parts and labor as well, and it's hard to explain to a customer why he's paying for a new pressfit BB because the BB on his brand new bike exploded during removal because careful removal wasn't really working. Or does the shop now just eat the cost of this? That's insane and wasteful and it's just looking to get worse. It's not helping 99% of riders out there.
Oh, but who cares about adjusting bike fit on a high performance road bike, amiright?
Does your fork looks something similar to this?