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I cracked 2 2022 META TR's at the top/front shock mount
snapped an SX on the chainstay... same as this(not mine)I snapped my Meta SX : commencal (reddit.com)
Had a chat with a sram guy and he cleared this up for me - big issue with running new chainring and crankset with old eagle cassette is suboptimal chain line, the new chain is also not advised with the original eagle because the oversized roller will wear out the o.g. Eagle significantly quicker.
Maybe something like this, on the shop side there’s a bicycle section without products. The site is supremetechnology.eu .
There’s a good thread on VitalMX about interters. https://countershox.com/2022/02/11/how-does-countershox-work/
some guys said they bought them and will test. I wonder if the product would work better or less noticeable on a lighter mountain bike?
The Fox GRIP2 damper looks 5 years old, but it got a pretty important update that flew under the radar when they did the VVC adjuster inside the damper 3 years ago. Unfortunately, the knobs on the outside look the same so you can't tell it's different, but it's a pretty clever invention that allows them to fine tune their high speed rebound and compression shims in place on the damper rod without preloading them. The original GRIP2 damper (and lots of other fork dampers in lots of other brands) use the high speed knobs (on compression or rebound) to adjust preload on shims. This achieves the goal of increasing damping force through those shims but it doesn't do so evenly across the speed range, creating a digressive damper tune for heavier riders. Digressive means lots of damping force until you overcome the preload, then it blows wide open. Not ideal, but a pretty common way to deliver adjustable high speed damping for customers that doesn't require taking apart the damper and installing rider-specific shim stacks.
The VVC damper doesn't preload the shims, it actually changes their spring rate via a knob, which allows heavier riders to run more high speed damping AND have it more consistent across various shaft speeds. Think of preloading a coil spring versus changing coil springs- one is much more effective at tuning spring rate than the other. I haven't ridden one, but I love the thinking, and I don't know of another damper that can do what the VVC adjusters do. If you're curious, there's a pretty good video from Fox explaining how they work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krLP9cawQAA
It works great, at least on paper. Sadly, all the parts that are stacked in vvc mechanism have to be made to tighter tolerances than fox is capable of doing, so in real world the leading shim either has preload(at least in this case it has tuning range)or float(in which case high speed adjuster does next to nothing and overall damping is also very soft. If some really high end manufacturer like ext of bos came up with this mechanism I would believe they are capable of keeping the tolerances tight enough, but with fox? Forget it, only hight end thing about fox is their marketing. Oh, and prices lol.
I think Fox actually patented the VVC adjusters, so there's a reason nobody else uses it.
They've been working on the re-release of the Float X2 for 2024.
It's going to be much better they're hoping. Sea otter.
Some new things going on in the base valve, new bearing design, some new tunes, new trunnion eyelet that is thicker at the body threads. Like the old 2020 float x2 design. 7000 series bodies to prevent cracking on Trunnion. Hardend steel damper shafts I think for both x2 dampers.
Haven't heard of new fork/vvc stuff for 2024.
Ohlins does this with their variable clamp design in the TTX18. In the TTX18 they don't preload the HS stack with a spring they change the OD of the clamp shim. I have not seen a good picture showing how they do it.
Changing the OD of the clamp shim makes the slope steeper. They way others do it with the spring pre-load keeps the slope the same but moves the whole curve up.
A friend received one recently as a warranty. Supposedly addresses the trunnion issues. The label has a few new codes on it which are different from the 22/23 model.
Nice! Yeah that's the new new 2024. Should last much longer between services.
Haven't had any time on mine yet. Winter.
I got a call from their warranty dept today saying that they wanted to swap to the new 2024 as well. Only downside is it sounds like it's a different tune and I really liked the existing tune that came stock on my bike. They said they will pick a tune that closely matches as possible (given the new valving) - I hope it's not much different.
It is not much different. I've been testing a few new tune this winter and to be honest my bike feel better.
anybody have any new insights about the release date of the new boxxer / vivid?
I noticed a change to the Trek Session Factory bikes in a video they just posted.
Looks like like the chainstay pivot isn’t a full cnc unit like in the past. Maybe a brace that could be changed for stiffness.
I could be wrong since things change so fast, but Flight Attendant is still based on the bladder charger 2.1 damper, and hasn't been upgraded to the charger 3 yet. This likely explains why none of the pros are using it anymore.
Well the VVC wasn't that much of an upgrade since it made highspeed compresseion almost irelevant anyway.
I do agree tough, the old Grip2 HC was more compression than I needed. This is what a usefull range of settings is for, isnt it? But the new one felt like some twiddly knobs you find at any walmart fork just to look cool.
on the subject of release dates, shouldn't the embargo on the new Spez ended by now?, what happened, did they postpone the launch date?
https://www.bikeradar.com/news/devinci-chainsaw-steve-smith/
Not sure if they broke the embargo early, but the new Devinci Chainsaw is up. Not on the Devinci website yet
Looks good, like an alloy Spartan
Weird, Did Devinci forget about 6ft riders, less than 470 reach and close to 500 is too much...
current trend is brands relaxing those reach numbers... devinci didnt get the memo i see.
The latest photos of the unreleased sram caliper, the black one that looks a bit like the original Code caliper. It seems to look quite different from the previous prototype that was red with paint splat effect over it. The shapes around the pistons are different, the latest black one is flatter and the red one had some unusual looking shapes on it. The piston area had bulges in the middle that the latest black one doesn't have.
I'm guessing the current Code is staying and this will be released as a dh specific brake, but it's interesting that theres been no spy shots of any completely new lever designs to go with this new caliper.
I know the new code lever is different but its only changed to be closer to the bars, apparently the internals have not changed.
Does anyone know if the red one is still being spotted being tested out in the wild by pros? Anyone have any ideas on what the bulges on the red one were all about?
I'm hoping the eventual production version looks more like the red one but it seems the black one has a model name which suggests thats the version they are going with?
"The reach numbers should give riders plenty of room on the bike. They start at 449mm on the size S and climb to 469mm, 494mm and 519mm for the M, L and XL bikes.
Screen shot my man,
page is gone
Looked sick. They'll help fund to the work of the foundation. Its basically an alloy, park oriented Spartan (similar spirit to the Commencal Furious). Can't remember pricing.
Anyone have leads on products releasing at Sea Otter next week? Hope to see a few surprises.
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Strangely, this Devinci looks exactly like my next bike! 😂 Can anyone extrapolate on how Devinci managed to get another 10mm of travel? By a longer shock, by a different link, a combination?
The other site has the Chainsaw story posted.
The Chainsaw’s live on the other site!
And the details are sick!
Longer stroke
I've seem them out in the wild but not red....