Hello Vital MTB Visitor,
We’re conducting a survey and would appreciate your input. Your answers will help Vital and the MTB industry better understand what riders like you want. Survey results will be used to recognize top brands. Make your voice heard!
Five lucky people will be selected at random to win a Vital MTB t-shirt.
Thanks in advance,
The Vital MTB Crew
New Intend brakes:
Take my money. FFS, just giv'em to me. Precious!
Trail/Enduro version: 950 Euro (incl. VAT)
Downhill version upgrade (Refrigerators): 45 Euro (incl. VAT) for each caliper
Brake mount fit kit upgrade: 17,50 Euro (incl. VAT) for each caliper
...aaaand they're sold out
For now. Just first batch. I think I will keep my Trickstuff, though. Even though these guys seem even better thought through..
Laurie on hope cranks here with saint decals??
As with (almost) any intend stuff they seem to be the bees knees, super well thought out, no gimmicks, a bit pricey. But Cornelius sure is one of the guys I don't mind paying.
Some details like the brake fins which don't have to be discarded... Or freely spinning brake hose... Or "stacked" pistons... So nice!
Has been for a loooong time, consensus seems to be it's because Shimano doesn't make a short enough one (I think I saw somewhere he runs 155s)
eagel eye!
Has been since he signed.You'd assume they are the 155mm length ones.
taipei day 3 vid from china cycling.
Updated bike builds from The YT Mob, with some changes since early season testing, and of course featuring the new SRAM drivetrain. Details and pics:
Jack Moir Spec:
Height & Weight: 186cm / 83kg
Frame: YT Capra 29” XL (-5mm shorter seatstay from L frame)
Fork: Rockshox ZEB Ultimate 190mm / 75psi 1 token
Shock: Rockshox Blackbox
Wheels: Dt Swiss EX 511
Tires: Maxxis Assegai 2.5 / 25psi / Maxxis DHR 2.4 / 28psi
Inserts: Cushcore front & rear
Cockpit: Renthal Fatbar 31.8mm 40mm rise and 760mm wide / Renthal Apex stem 50mm
Cranks: SRAM XX 170mm, 32t
Pedals: Crankbrother Mallet DH
Drivetrain: SRAM AXS XX
Brakes: SRAM Code RSC / 220mm Rotor
Dropper Post: Rockshox Reverb AXS
Extra: Mudhugger Guard, Sendit Nock Handguards V2
Christian Textor Spec:
Height & Weight: 183cm / 79kg
Frame: YT Capra 29” L (+5mm longer seatstay from XL frame)
Fork: Rockshox ZEB Ultimate 170mm / 65psi 0 token
Shock: Rockshox SuperDeluxe Ultimate Coil / 375lb Spring
Wheels: Dt Swiss EX 511 / FR 541 laced to Industry Nine Hydra hub
Tires: Schwalbe Magic Mary First Ride DH Casing
Inserts: No
Cockpit: Renthal Fatbar 31.8mm 30mm rise and 760mm wide / Renthal Apex stem 50mm / ODI Elite Pro Grips
Cranks: SRAM XX 170mm, 32t / O-Chain R 9 Degrees
Pedals: Crankbrother Mallet DH
Drivetrain: SRAM AXS XX
Brakes: TRP DH-R Evo / 203mm Rotor / Shimano hoses & oil
Dropper Post: OneUp V2 / 210mm
Extra: Mudhugger Guard, Sendit Nock Handguards V2
How is Christian on TRP brakes and Jack on Sram? Wouldn't the whole team be riding the same brand?
https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/yt-mob-takes-enduro-uncaged…
If you throw in Kasper Woolley (who is injured), all 3 riders on the same team are running different brakes and so far I've seen Schwalbe, Maxxis and Continental tires on their bikes. Seems kind of strange for a "factory" team to have that many different components, probably makes keeping spares a pain.
As far as I know, YT has embraced a Mob Mentality (SWIDT?) and allows independent component and perhaps clothing sponsors.
Blister Podcast had a multi series interview with EXT founder Franco Fratton. He actually patented the spool valve design but sold it to Multimatic.
Fratton's argument against spool valves is that the extra level of precision they provide is not necessary for a bike and these valves are much more expensive to manufacture as they require more precise tolerances.
On a car, where you have weight at the front and rear distributed across two separate contact patches (left and right tires), having this precision/symmetry is very important. Car's weight distribution is also relatively static, especially compared to a MTB where the ride makes up a majority of the sprung weight and its constantly moving.
On a bike, there is only one contact patch per axel so this level symmetry is unnecessary. Shim stacks allow you to create a damping curve that is very close to ideal which you can make slight adjustments with external dials.
Push's HC97 damper uses a shameless spring setup so Ohlin's might have something similar or wildly different that doesn't infringe on Multimatic's patent if licensing isn't an option.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for spool valves. I believe they have a much longer operating lifespan than shims.
One of the defining ideas behind this year's YT Enduro Mob was to let the rider choose their own parts.
They were all allowed to pick their own components. Kasper is running Shimano brakes for instance.
I can’t be the only dork on here that sees this, and wonders when we’re getting dropper posts that drop without sitting on them…?
so is Blackbox the official name of the new shock? curious to see if they can pull that design off without the reliability issues of X2
Blackbox is like "skunkworks".
Seeing the Avid levers brings back not so fond memories of siezed up lobster claw hands trying to survive silver mountain top to bottom runs because I couldn't afford Saints back in college.
Instead, the brakes seem to be routed through the handlebar. Worse?
What are we seeing? a sram transmission controller?
My best guess would be that rather than having a different controller for the dropper and shifter, they are using identical controllers that are interchangeable and mountable on either side of the Handlebar. That way they only have to manufacture 1 controller. I also heard rumors that they are going to make the 2nd button on the dropper controller able to control the modes of Flight Attendant without taking your hands off the bars.
Yep...
correct, 1 axs pod for everything, left, right, post, gears, flight attendant, as stated in our transmission launch feature https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/new-wireless-mtb-shifting-sram-transm…
The pictures of spool valves do look like they are erosion wire cut, so yeah, jolly expensive.
Thanks for this info though, it's a good insight into things.
pit bits from TN national. not a ton of new stuff, but...
https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/pit-bits-tn-national-downhill-and-xc-…
Lotsa changes. Wonder if Jack Moir will settle into the year and revert back to a more historically normal bike setup for him, or if he's planning on running the super mega enduro downhill bike for the rest of the season. Especially odd because it seems like a lot of riders are underbiking for Maydena vs. a lot of the steep and deep Euro rounds and Whistler. Things to watch. If we're to believe those parts specs in his bike check, Jack is running for the first time:
190mm fork
Cushcore front and rear, or at all
Coil shock
Longer reach frame