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I think a gearbox could do wonders for suspension (or frame in general) layout if there was a wilder layout of the gearbox itself available compared to what we have now (Pinion and Pinionized Effigear). The Honda had a much higher pivot than contemporary bikes which was achieved by the gearbox.
Two problems with this strategy though - a lot of the factory teams are sponsored by either Sram or Shimano or more and more so by TRP. Those teams won't be running a gearbox anytime soon. Running a gearbox also means a brake sponsor is out the window unless the sponsor is Magura, Hayes, Trickstuff, Hope, etc., so a company that only makes brakes and not the drivetrain. Then, if you cover that part, if you want to go really wild, you more or less need to develop your own solution or at least work with an existing gearbox supplier to make something custom.
Once you're that far down the rabbit hole, how are you going to sell that bike to appease UCI's rules?
Paging Mr. Camp, doesn't RockShox hold a patent on stanchion marking and they REALLY do not want others use it? I thought I read or heard that at some point.
The Gamux guys are doing it, just takes someone to podium on one of those bikes to prove its competitive or someone like Neko to choose to race it
Oh, @Krispy , this is what I use to bleed an air Super Deluxe (it has a port on the damper body as well):
Aliexpress syringes (because Rock Shox ones broke, the nozzle cracks off and can cause a jet of oil to paint the wall if you're unlucky), clips, luerlock fittings, an M4 to barb fitting and a custom turned fitting to fit the imperial thread of the damper body of the shock.
or is it the patent for sag increments on the fork?
That DVO font is ironically hilarious. Only thing that could top that is some wordart.
You may be right. I'd be willing to pay a small premium to have the old microsoft word paperclip helper cartoon guy on my stanchion though.
I wonder if that's to support a UDH? AFAIK UDH doesn't play nicely w/ axle flip-chips; it only works in the long position because it needs to rotate back and up...
Looks like a floating axle on the DVO fork.
Yes, it is better overall. DHX shocks cannot provide adequate damping without a custom tune, have reliability issues and Fox's SLS coil springs last just over a season of hard riding, meaning you need a new spring almost every season.
The 2023 SD Ultimate is designed by a former Fox engineer funnily enough, so it has a few quirks, I'm looking at you random brass pin (yay lets clean brass shavings out of a damper now).
Krispy- glad you guys are having a good experience!
2 clicks LSC moves you up or down a tune (roughly), so you start in the middle and have 2 clicks more or 2 clicks less- so you can basically move up or down one full tune.
The HSC garden hose description is a good way to visualize it- the flow goes through an oval shaped hole and the adjuster can vary the size of the opening (from full open to about 1/3 open). Low-speed evens would be like a trickle of water coming out of a hose- use your thumb to cover 2/3 the hose opening- the trickle still comes out no problem. Crank the hose up and you get backpressure trying to push your thumb off the hose and water sprays everywhere (increasing velocity to pass through a small opening). That backpressure pushes on the shock shaft and resists compression motion on high speed events. On low speed events the trickle of oil passes through the small opening easily- hence no influence on low speed damping.
The LSC shim stack in the reservoir adjuster is not supposed to be messed with- very hard to open up the resi and not damage something and there isn't much to gain in terms of tuning... All the tuning is done on the main piston.
I think (I wasn't involved and I don't know 100%) the stanchions marking patent has to do with sag gradients. Fox has a Kashima logo on theirs- not an issue AFAIK.
Steve- myself nor Tim ever worked for Fox (we did both SD and SD Coil). Who are you referring to?
So why don't 2023 forks have them any longer?
I'm guessing a combination of:
1) reduced manufacturing costs - less SKUs (only need 1 set of stanchions for a fork model, not one for every 2 travel lengths)
2) they're not super useful when people swap air shafts / lengths
3) measuring fork sag isn't super accurate to begin with, and the Trailhead app's recommended pressures are a good starting point.
My bad, I heard from WC mechanics that the new SD was co-designed by a former Fox employee, disregard.
Can’t tell if there’s something different going on here from the electric RAD shocks Richie and co we’re running last season but that dial perpendicular to the shock looks new.
Remi Gauvin's instagram story (@remi.the.semi) has a side-on clip of a very red bike that he hid in the story before. Unsure if hiding new bike or just weirdly placed red triangle...
Ridden by a redbull athlete. Looks very GT-esque but I am not up to date on all the athletes in NZ right now.
My phone has been acting up and I can't post a screenshot. Someone jump in please
it may be rented… new slash?
Looks like a custom-painted Trek Fuel to me.
Thats just Loic Bruni riding a rental Fuel isn't it? He probably just didn't bring his Enduro to NZ
Rumor is the new Slash is going high(ish)-pivot…
Yep, I think Neko mentioned trek was testing a high pivot enduro bike at kanuga or rock creek in some podcast he was on (not sure which one, listen to way too many of them at work)
Definitely Bruni. And agreed, it looks like a Fuel EX to me blocked out in the still shot for being sponsor-incorrect.
That’s a current gen Enduro. Theres nothing to glean one way or another about what geo adjustments, suspension format, dropout configuration, or anything else that the next gen will have (Of course it’s going to have UDH though, because duh).
Also, Specialized’s execution of the chainstay flip chip, as on the Stumpy Evo and the Kenevo SL, is fine for UDH, as it’s based at the Horst pivot in front of the dropouts. The kind of chainstay length flip chip that Santa Cruz had on the first Megatower can’t work with UDH, but that’s a different configuration.
Bit more info here
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/dvo-previews-new-onyx-38-fork.html
Do we know anything about an updated version of the Reverb AXS? I’ve seen some heavy discounts on the current model this week.
There's bound to be a 200mm version coming. Unsure what other changes will be coming along with that, but the controller pods have 2 distinct buttons on them, so it seems probable that there's more than just the addition of a new length to the lineup.
With the Trek on the non-drive side, and the Nomad in soft focus, there's not much detail to see, but Miranda's bikes in today's SRAM announcement are clearly set up with the new stuff. You can tell the crankset is different than current models, you can see that the controller pods are the new shape, and—I could definitely be wrong about this one—the amount of exposed stanchion on the droppers has me thinking those miiiiiiight be 200s. Maybe.
Any day now!
Could be this bike?