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Why have Canyon made an Enduro race bike that makes enduro hard to race?
It is kinda ironic that people who who race at a level well above any of us average riders use much more conservative geometry than what the average rider thinks will allow themselves to ride at a pro level..
The hard thing with this is going to be frame compatibility. On bikes like the Enduro it will work. Stumpjumper no. There are so many frame out there that is will be impossible to make a full list. Definitely will work on the V1 Sentinel since people are already throwing 216mm shocks on there with trunnion adapters.
The performance version of the shock has the same shock shaft so this would thread onto that too. The goal is to do one specifically for that model though since it saves a number of parts and machine time... Would be less expensive as a result.
We aren’t pro riders, most have 9-5 jobs, families, and mediocre skills at best, trying desperately to fit rides in between house chores and responsibilities. What “we” need doesn’t even resemble what pro riders use on a race course.
I dont think there’s anything ironic about any of it, we’d all be well served to ride what we feel is comfortable, available and within budget.
Does anyone yearn for an F1, or NASCAR to drive daily? Are we shocked to find out that pro MX bikes are stiff, and bone rattling to ride on anything other than groomed MX tracks? Race bikes are race bikes, end of story. Longer slacker bikes are more stable at speed, so they might make up sloppy technique, tired and distracted riders, (the friggin debate that swirls around that).
A mullet geo adjust eyelet for DHX2 coils, is that right?
You can easier ride fast at the straight
So the average rider feels faster and saver on Long bikes and dont Need much skill on his normal trails
Have no idea why anyone thinks bikes turn less well with an extra 5-10mm of CS length. That's ridiculous. It's about being balanced and neutral between the wheels, that is where the stability comes from that benefits you everywhere.
Moir is 6' tall in reality.
There is a real aero advantage with internal headset cable routing. Personally I enjoy working on my bike so I don't care about extra maintenance. It also looks better.
You guys are hitting it out of the park.
Now, about some new levers for my code master cylinders…..
Tallboy: Bit lighter (frame is heavy for travel amount/place in lineup), internal frame storage, slight geo tweaks. Slight possibility they take the Blur platform and build frame burlier so it's more of a Epic EVO/downcountry bike. Lighter than current tallboy but with 120mm or 130mm travel.
SB120/130/150 situation: This is a hard one. Their new 6-bar suspension design on the e-bike is apparently one of the best on the market, but it's complex and heavy for trail bikes. That said, Yeti has other 6 bar patents that may allow them to match the weights of the current SB bikes (that are mid-to heavish frames). If they don't go with revised suspension designs we'll just see update geo. Yeti doesn't use box frame tube designs so in-frame storage might not be in the cards unless they do a complete redesign/which may be incorporated with the introduction of the 6-bar trail bikes. Or maybe not.
We are going to see a slowdown in progression of bikes these days. Even more incremental as geo is pretty much stabilized and pretty much all bikes going forward will be 29er or mullets.
It's also possible they were patented to cover the loophole, to protect the IP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51VJgvZ7Hxg
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