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Looks like just paint job
The 'new Vivid'... A theory. I kind of doubt the shock will be called a Vivid. Not with the Super Deluxes being recently refreshed, including the coil variant together with the air variant. So is this what the Super Deluxe Air DH should be (the actual DH variant just drops the lockout)?
The catch is, the air super deluxe has the reservoir body to piggyback orientation opposite to what the coil has. And the air Vivid, Float X2, Cane Creek DB Air and other similar shocks came about by 'slapping an air spring onto a coil shock'. The main difference caused by the different orientations of the air spring between the coil and air Super Deluxe is the adjustable HBO on the coil variant. This is not possible as the needle is mounted in the bottom of the damper body in the air variant. Flipping around the air spring would enable the HBO to be adjustable.
No idea about the naming, might be a Vivid, might be something else entirely (Totem vs. Zeb), but looking at it in the video Jack's shock does actually have a lockout as well.
Crazy thinking? There is no coil shock being ridden unreleased to go along with it. Plus, there's a good shot of it in Jack's video at 9:17-ish ( https://youtu.be/k8oD2GO_k9Y?t=558 ):
https://i.imgur.com/IOZYVbN.jpeg
Vs. the coil: https://i.imgur.com/HlqNC9A.png
If the new Boxxer is supposedly getting unveiled fairly soon, I can't see this not being released with it. It will be interesting to see where it slots in.
Dont for get that when the current version was spotted as a prototype it had a similar paint job.https://www.pinkbike.com/news/specialized-enduro-crankworx-whistler-2019.html
am i seeing external cups on the headset?
they are probably also trying to fix the seatstay problem, all these bikes are cracking at the same place in the seatstays, its happened to me once and a friend twice (in two years). Its at the point that they are just handing out rear triangles for free!
Santa Cruz throwing some shade on their instagram. Any ideas which brand? If I had to guess I’d say nukeproof but it’s hard to say.
Oh the through-frame cable routing is made of carbon, well I guess that explains why they’re so much fucking money. Who cares?
Answering my own question - I actually think it’s a Jekyll. Sorry nukeproof, I’m sure your frames are pretty inside.
If this is the case I wonder if he’ll get a slap on the wrists seeing as they’re all buddies at pon nowadays?
Edit: the height that the cable ports enter the frame at don’t quite line up with the Jekyll either.
Santa Cruz acting like they make some high quality frames because they don't glue in liners but at the same time show a void in their carbon which the unnamed frame does not have. The glued in liners might not be pretty, but at least they don't play a part in the frame's integrity
Now I only got a C+ in high school geometry but that doesn’t seem correct.
That tool cut off the worst part of the frame good job. Take your cup in carbon and and your superior cable tubes down the road
All I see is new brakes with older groupset.
The carbon on that mystery cut bike looks really well consolidated. Who cares if the glue squeezed out a bit? Don't be a dick santa cruz
Or better yet, maybe they can actually supply the frames ordered…. Instead of releasing a new frame every month and not being able to deliver frames/bikes(at least here in Europe)
Alu Demo prototype under Jordan Williams?
I really liked the Strive platform, the suspension really impressed me and I think the shapeshifter is cool for big days on the bike. BUT, having raced in Tasmania before I felt like the Spectral would be better suited for those rounds with it being more nimble, for me. With the long break after the first block I think I'll have plenty of time to get used to the Strive for the Euro rounds.
Am I seeing a void in the carbon layup in the right bottom part?
Saracen with a bag on their bike. That teams media presence is so poor they probably didn't even need to bother with the bag. Regardless, proto frame under there.
This is a nice added bonus to what is already going to be a busy year for SRAM releases. New Eagle, then the Sid line, and the Boxxer. Eagle release, a couple of months to cool off, then bam, another release, and then another.
Backlog of releases held up by the pandemic and then desperate spamming to try and invigorate aftermarket sales.
It’s awesome that you pop in here and mingle with us speculative plebes!! Thank you Jesse and good luck this season!! Go fast and take chances!!
re: braydon's zipp wheels - if it's been said, let me know and i'll delete, but his slalom rig wheels are just traditional 27.5 carbon rims w/ zipp stickers on them, nothing new or proto.
RE: Speculation on the new Specialized Enduro: It's been said a few times and sounds like it's pretty accurate that the new bike is just getting the Stumpjumper EVO treatment. Adjustable head angle, BB, chainstays. Probably some tweaks to leverage curve, carbon layup and base go settings. Won't get a full re-design until they make an enduro version of the prototype Loic and Finn have been riding. They likely have it in the works, but the carbon molds were set for the new Enduro probably before we started seeing Finn racing that prototype DH bike last summer. So the 'new enduro' might not visible different in Potato photos when compared to the old model.
RE: Canyon Strive vs.Spectral for Jesse: He's likely just waiting for the smaller size front triangle to arrive (an then have a lot of time to ride it) before he starts racing Strive. Note his use of the word 'nimble'. The current Strive 'small' in their lineup is a medium in other brands.
Hi all, any news on the upcoming product launch from SRAM/RockShox? March was rumored, right? Waiting for the new BoXXer to be released…
I hear March 23, and I think product is on its way to distributors in North America already...
March 23 for everything or for the Boxxer only?
It must be getting close, a lot of current product has disappeared from the SRAM website.
Wild speculation - Spec using Diverge STR rear Futureshock as a lightweight damper that fits somewhere between their Epic Hardtail and their epic full sus? (i.e. invert the Diverge layout where seatstay is instead flexstay and provides rear wheel travel instead of seat travel?)
That speculation ain't so wild, your guess makes a lot of sense.