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The infamous new Eagle drivetrain releasing tomorrow.
Looks like a new AXS shifter on Nino bike and old AXS shifter on Andri.
Width of those chain stays is certainly interesting 🤔
And nice photo of the new GT Fury on PB
I get what you mean, but Neko's bike isn't exactly low tech! It's impressive what Neko's done on what I imagine is a relatively small budget.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp5QsiJLtx_/?igshid=OGRjNzg3M2Y=
On mrp instagram there is a post with an air shock, looks very similar to the one seen at see otter yars ago but with piggyback.
Hazzard air?
Wasn't the Hazzard Air due to be released for a while now? Were there setbacks in the development process?
As for the Demo: https://i.imgur.com/d3uxQVn.jpeg
My 2 cents. I'd say there's a rocker in front of the BB that is being pulled on by a link going under the BB and compressing the shock. And the pivot for said rocker is covered by the (lime marked) plastic side covers. This picture also pretty much confirms that the lower bolt we've seen in the pics under Finn can definitely not be a main pivot as the chainstay would hit the BB under compression.
Could be wrong though, QED, Yeti DH bike (split pivot and all).
i should block his Twitter asap
haha yeah Pulp is number one for podcasts and fantasy but anytime he speaks MTB you can almost guarantee its going to be about the Tazer. I believe its just an alloy version of the Tazer MX through WPS dealers
and that new FSA bar
If im a dealer with the current bikes, pretty psyched
on that pulp post lol.
New drivetrain on there
Nah thats just a worn XT 12 spd drivetrain.
I'm still holding out on my guess from way back when we first saw it under wraps...seems like it could be accurate?
I'd say the shock is mounted more forwards with the link driving it less triangulated as a gut guesstimation, but yeah, something along those lines.
I guess you could update the simulation off this picture to see where the shock reaches to from the front mount? Maybe even try out a trunnion variant for shits and giggles (Super Deluxes do come in a 225 mm trunnion variant).
If this analysis is correct, then Specialized is abandoning their very-forward main pivot. Thats a shame. I loved how the high (even rising) antisquat performs on their current Enduro.
Good photo of the new shock from trek factory racings page
those trousers look too big, long for the rider.
Remember that spesh with the funky seat tube, looks like its going to be a road type bike (groad, gnarvel or whatever the latest offshoot is). Sent it to Wheelbased, but looks like he got asked to pull it. Spied it on one of the Spesh UK employees insta stories
[Edit]
Wheelbased hasn't posted it yet, hit the post button earlier by mistake!
Nice one! Here's Wheelbased's blog post on the Spesh patent application: https://wheelbased.com/2023/02/05/bicycle-frame-with-angled-strut-by-sp…
I get that the main purpose is marketing, but from an engineering perspective a dropper post with a tiny bit of suspension built in would be a much better design/solution (like the Bike Yoke Divine). I guess that frame profile is recognizable from a quarter mile away......
https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/commencal-enduro-project-bike-check-new-meta
TRP drivetrain coming in hot!
But if they do that they can't sell you a whole new bike...
The revised "Vivid Air" ?
What's that rear tyre? Also doesn't look like a mullet, at least not set up as one in that iteration.
Super Deluxe Air with an adjustable HBO.
More MY23 super deluxe coil with an air can.