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It’s not even a big problem for future Commencal owners, because majority of bikes will end up in bike shops with cracked frame warrantys before the headset dies. And then the bikeshop will have to deal with headset cable routing and bearing replacement.
Dude the ACROSS headset lasted like 3 rides for me. Imagine, 3 rides and you have to disconnect, brake, transmission, seatpost
Has anyone seen any Rockshox athletes running flight attendant on their bikes? I haven’t been able to spot any from my casual peruse of the footage from the first 2 EDRs.
I remember Charlie Murray (NZ) was running flight attendant last year after it got released but don’t know for how long that lasted
It’s not Meta. It’s Tempo
Yup, Steve pretty much talks openly about it in the comments.
They won't sell you the 1.8 lower bearing seperately over here. Only the lower cup assembly for £80 (there are ways around this)
Can attest to Wolftooth making quality chainrings, 2 seasons on one with minimal wear so far. Camo bash looks pretty slick imo, might have to spring for it
Anyone know anything about this BrakeAce thingamajig on Sam’s Crestline?
Nevermind, found this: https://bikerumor.com/brakeace-brake-sensors/
Ps. Not affiliated in any way, just curious as to what it is
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/hq-tour-brakeace-worlds-first-brake-power-sensor-app-combo.htmlThere was also an article on pb from TEBP:
New Bike from Revel?
Wouldn't surprise me if they update the geo on the Rascal.
Can we talk about how this sport has completely jumped the shark for a second?
OEM parts is $4. This doesn't even come in blingy colors.
Yeh that’s right. I’ve been seeing over the summer (our southern summer) that he hasn’t had it on and obviously not on any other athletes it seems this season. Just curious as it seemed targeted as a racing product but the top racers don’t seem to be running it.
Maybe the most absurd thing I've ever seen. I'm not against small batch, boutique parts, but anyone spending that money on something so frivilous needs to be audited and forced into buying food for the needy or something.
And you know some bloated consultant that rides 8 hours a year is going to buy it and crush his bottom bracket torquing it on with the longest wrench he can find.
Old news and still probably in prototype phase but this even says META 2023 on top tube.
Rascal is due for an update but fwiw a dealer told me it's an updated Ranger...
Both versions have been seen, the screen caps of Killian Bron's Meta I posted up-thread show headset routing...
Why anyone would buy that at that price is completely beyond me. Ceramicspeed can get f’d, burgtec makes the same product, in a variety of colors (and are a way cooler company) for $10.
https://burgtec.co.uk/product/shimano-crank-bolt/#
I believe he's riding a tempo in that screenshot, forget where I saw it be he was remarking how good the short travel bike was on aggressive trails.
Did y’all just now hear about CeramicSpeed or what? You think $40 for crank bolts is outrageous, definitely don’t read about their $2K pulley cages. Folks buy the $40 crank bolts so other people have an easier time seeing they also bought the $400 bottom bracket.
There are two Commencal Teams racing EDR Worldcup, the Enduro Project Team is still on last years prototype with TRP Components and normal cable routing. The second team, Commencal les Orres, seams to be on new Frames with new Sram stuff and headset cable routing. There is a bike check on insta that clearly shows the new Frame.
I'm quiet sure that this will be the production frame.
For me the meta V5 is one of the most interesting new bikes of the year, but I'm not sure if I want a bike with headset cable routing, because I want a normal dropperpost and a normal shimano drive train.
You wont need to worry about the headset routing as The shop will deal with it when they replaced the cracked frame
note: ive broken 3 commencals in a year.
Is the quality of the frames so bad? I have never owned a commencal bike and non of my friends owns one, so I have no comparison. All of their frames appear to be quite burly and overbuild. I know that a lot of old supreme frames failed, but is this also the case in the meta range?
I know a lot of people with great Commencal frames. I had a supreme with no issues and Currently riding the new V5 supreme also.
I’m not sure if they are “overbuilt”, it depends what you are comparing them to?
I’m looking at a Meta SX, any known issues there? Never had issue with my Meta AM.
Anyone heard anything about new Fox stuff coming to market? They've got the RAD electronic shock in active development and new fork damper they were testing a while back. GRIP2 is ~5 years old and probably due for a refresh...
GRIP 2 IS 5 YEARS OLD??!?!?!?
Damn i'm getting old