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Hey we heard you like draggy high pivots, so we added a drag box to your high pivot!
embedding kavenz insta post here for the deets. they need 20 orders to make the frame
I still don't get it how having the tensioner next to the tyre and so down low is a good idea. People constantly mention how low the derailleur cages are on modern drivetrains, but those are always protected by the rear wheel while the BB gets MUCH lower at bottom out. Add a rock in there and you have a slight case of hard touching.
Drag box sounds like a tv show I would probably watch!
To be fair, the way shimano do this is that the motor powers down with some charge left in the battery for the display and shifting to keep working. So you might get a few hundred meters less of range, but still plenty of shifts to get home. (That said, pedalling a full fat 24kg ebike in off is a miserable experience even on the flat.)
If you compare the G2 caliper and the "new" level 4 piston caliper, it is same as G2. So the new Level is G2 without swingling.
Lol no, that embargo date for the SRAM Transmission was set early last fall.
If anything TRP should have caught wind and not released on same day. Everyone in industry knew March 21st was end of SRAM's embargo.
I simply remember Santa Cruz doing so to we are one a few years back. Hard to compete for eyeballs with Danny mac launching a product. Guess my inner conspiracy theorist got the better of me here 😂
In reality it’s likely all these releases correspond with the big cycling convention going on right now.
Agreed. Having the tensioner in the place of a rear derailleur location would mean a tiny bit more unsprung weight, and the lower pulley will be pulled up when suspension is near bottom out. But still rear derailleur location for the tensioner seems a lot more sensible to me.
The only reason why everything was launched yesterday is Taipei cycle show to draw people to their booths there. it's no different than Sea Otter launches....
speaking of taipei, saw this random video from the show. haven't watched it all yet, but at 8:00 - TRP ABS brakes? hardly any detail, but shows a dual-disc setup. is this old news?
@sspomer that's not a dual disc setup, the smaller, black 'rotor' is the speed sensor ring. There's an inductance (I think so?) sensor near the caliper sensing the holes and the solids thus calculating the rotational speed.
https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-0a674e586db066287752e63566f102ad…
Motor bikes have the same setup: https://www.revzilla.com/blog_content_image/image/62260/Honda_photo.jpg
It happened to me once, my AXS battery empty right after a long DH section, and I need to do a 3.5 miles slight incline climb out. Not a long climb, but it would have been painful since bike was in high gear.
Luckily, it was a weekend. So I decided to just sit down and wait... sure enough, 3 mins later, a small pack came up, and I spotted 1 rider had AXS. I kindly asked for favor to borrow his battery to make a few gear shift. Made it back to the car in lower gear 😊.
LOL @coyoterun waiting for another axs user for battery. that's hilarious!
thanks @Primoz for info on the brakes.
here's another taipei vid just b/c they're fascinating even if not much MTB content
Chris King is back in business. 6 hole option are now available. But only for 15/20x110mm front and 12x148mm rear hubs....
https://chrisking.com/?fbclid=PAAaaKlMwU7JBEkrLGZepIDCacGs6hjXpKqCM7Vbb…
Hopefully this is not prophetic
Pretty sure the axle is the main thing holding the derailleur in alignment (I have one and installed it).
Yup. DM-ed bee_kay77 about that.
New product tomorrow from Ochain:
maybe it’s the the adjustable external version?
I watched this video yesterday, seems to bring about the same criticism: https://youtu.be/rDxgxHiijF0
He also mentions that there's a toothed washer facing the carbon frame, which in theory should wear into carbon dropouts over time and gradually push the derailleur out of alignment. Honestly I think most of the potential problems with this design would be solved if they just added limit screws, but no now if your frame tolerances aren't very tight (which seems to be a common issue) your shifting might be permanently screwed.
If manufacturers can fuck something up they will
Ochain???
How can a derailleur thats aligned to the axle be out of alignment with the cassette?
I feel like people are trying really hard to crap on this tech, but it seems pretty dang dialed.
Rant mode on
1) How is standind o the derailleur body be a test of durability? Take a big rock and bang the derailleur and the cage with it, very hard, hand seee what happens (might be actually super tough, but when is the actual body the problem with durability?) 2) I get it that PB editors are just chasing money nowadays, but them keeping calling 4-bar frames 6-bar really grinds my gears.
Rant mode off.
On a more serious note, The saracen looks cool, they went away completely from their previous platform. Also interesting that it looks to be a split pivot.
I'd love to try one, but been tall and hence riding bikes with large stack (and hence large head tube) it pretty much rules out a Dorado as you just can't fit one on most bikes. Seems like a great fork.
My Merida E-mtb had this in 2019, Powered the Shimano Di2 mech via cable wired into motor wiring block, was so trick at the time. Ripped the cable out a few times but never severed it.
The issue with that Di2 was the mechs were so weak, it shifted so nice but any stick or mild topple over cost you $700
Axially.
I would assume you can adjust by using the "micro" adjustment", either on the Sram AXS App, or on the shifter/pod.
Standing on the derailleur is marketing BS. Fanatik gues tried to be more realistic (I wish the dangle would be in a way of travel). Quite impressive how much impact survived even the old AXS gen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3QzPxdN1e4
If your axle and cassette aren't aligned then the derailleur alignment is the least of your issues!
Its a worry when someone who is a bike mechanic has no idea.