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Gearbox Geometron/Nicolai G1
That's what I figured. I have an XO1 mechanical group in good shape from another bike, maybe I'll install that when I build up the new bike and swap it out for the new AXS stuff when it's released.
@jakelecluse the gearbox is just a Pinion by the looks of it, nothing surprising there. The idler is a different thing though.
I knew about custom geometry, custom suspension is a bit outside that though. Interesting to know they can go full custom though (would make sense for them to be that adaptable considering they have everything in house).
Magura just splashed up this video detailing their latest wireless dropper seatpost, the Vyron MDS- V3.
The internals are explained and shown in the vid
- 700g approx weight
- 30.9 or 31.6 diameters
- 100, 125, 150 and 175mm drops w/ some adjustability
- remote has a matchmaker-like interface w/ magura levers
- the battery isn't brand-specific rechargable like a reverb, it's a replaceable CR2-style that they say will run for a year. there are rechargeable CR2 batteries easily purchased anywhere.
price approx $600 USD - https://www.magura-vyron.com/en
At 600ish that may be worth it for the next bike. Building up an e commuter rowdy enough for trailwork and the occasional xc ride. Just pop it in there for trail days and have a rigid post for commuting. Still a stretch but easier to justify than nearly 900.
Just saw a review of the new Vyron on enduro-MTB. Still delay and slow movement. It wasn't recommended compared to the competition.
Who pays actual msrp on Sram these days ? Reverb axs in Europe is less than 600$ on most big German sites...
They're $861 from all the major US sites
That's the old model
Nope, it's this version... https://enduro-mtb.com/en/
But Vital isn't social media. It's the comfy armchairs in the corner of the living room part of the internet where you can have honest to god debates!
Maybe the last place where the word honest can still be used
A goldie off Pinkbike by user chakaping regarding 6-bar and not-so-6-bar suspensions: "Well a single-pivot 4-bar is known as a "faux bar", so can we call this design a "sex bar"?"
Just a bit of a throwback
When will these tyres be available???
Probably not too soon. A Maxxis rep mentioned it in a Podcast that they offer the 2.5 DHR for their pro Teams only, and didn’t really show plans of releasing them to the public
When you typed DHR without the “II” I got excited. Something in my brain said OG Highroller. I miss that tire...
185, 200mm version are needed. I currently use a 185mm dropper, but my Geometron G1 can fit a 200.
New Zealand's way ahead of the rest of us here
Relevant?
Apologies for extending the tangent, but this has to be my favourite NZ advert ever.
Ruddy Aussies taking the piss! We don't sound like that at all... 😎
New salsa horsethief coming out this week and probably the spearfish too?
https://www.instagram.com/p/Clgt9WqMpW6/
New Scott bike coming December 1st, looks like an e-bike (small screen on toptube). I'll be curious to see exactly how much the frame differs from the normal frame, and where they decide to stick the motor.
I know e-bike tech isn't that interesting for most, but I like to think that these new brand of "barely e-bikes" like this and the trek Ex-e that nearly share the frame with the non-e counterpart could give direction to a gearbox/non-gearbox version of bikes...
The motor will be integrated into the pedals and completely unserviceable
Interesting,looks like they chose the TQ system based on the display
metadave has a very accurate crystal ball
are these the new code levers in this sram teaser for an aggy vid that just went up?
Don't see any difference with the currents one...
Those are the current levers