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There are very few high high pivots out there in any case. Even the Forbiddens and the Norco Range are only quite high, a real high pivot was the Zerode
The Hammerschmidt part isn't really necessary unless you'd have only like 5 gears in the rear (little point in doing that considering that would require custom hubs to have any real benefit to it). It would make sense with huge jumps between the cogs with the front gearbox acting as an intermediate gear. It would have to be in the range of 1:1 and 1:0,85 to make any sense for that though. But with the big jumps, shifting on an e-bike would be a death sentence for the drivetrain.
Now if only Gwin knew about the mud clearance of CrankBrother's Mallet pedals.
I still am shocked that he can race on HT's, take a foot out anywhere on course and get back in.
but to be fair, IFR doesn’t have the best track record lately providing every team rider with protos at the same time.
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Plus it might be sitting deeper into the travel without the shock in the bike than at full squish, for example resting on the seat tube here with ample clearance when at full travel with a shock in there.
Is this just me or does is troy brosnan running a new set of lowers on that blackbox boxxer as they kinda look like zeb lowers? maybe a blackbox 38mm boxxer
It is different. Not sure about the 38 mm though. Troy's fork does look a bit thick, but not sure if it's 38 mm thick... Time will tell.
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New super deluxe shocks featuring the same adjustments as the new charger dampers.
I can't wait for the painted Frameworks to be released under the label of IFR
And, in any case regardless, Sram has lately been putting out new suspension products in the spring, around april timeframe if I'm not mistaken. It has been said we will see the new ZEB, Lyrik, Pike chassis (I'm expecting the vent valves on the lowers plus the Flight Attendant changes on the internals, so the updated spring, Charger 3, whatever it brings, and the Buttercups) and the new Super Deluxe this coming April as well.
https://www.taipeicycle.com.tw
The last time I went (2019) there was not a lot to see on the gravity side of cycling but this year's iteration does come close to a potential number of new product launches in the coming months. We may just see a scoop or two this March.