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Good to see they're still working with WAO for the rims, rather than venture out on their own and end up with something inferior. There's A LOT of established confidence in WAO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pji603Mk-bA
The new Vivid Air disassembled in the SRAM support van on Jack Moir's suspension testing video
The video is from January this year.
Anyone know/care to speculate if they will offer a rim-only option? Been eying the WR1 Factions but the i9 rims are quite a but lighter which is appealing to me...
WAO DH bike from the other site. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/we-are-one-composites-prototype-downhill-…
These use their proprietary spoke and hub design, so no.
Sid release tomorrow??? Rockshox Instagram had this on their story plus a similar post to what they did with the Boxxer.
Lapierre called they want their bike back
https://road.cc/content/tech-news/superstrata-manufacturing-stops-amid-…
There was talk about the tech support being aimed at mountain bikes too, but looks like it was a bit too good to be true for the time being...
For folks who might not be familiar w/ the whole saga: https://escapecollective.com/the-superstrata-is-not-a-good-bike/
Didn't Revel make their DH bike using Arevo's tech? I'm not sure if they licensed the method or had Arevo make the parts but the machine looks the same: https://revelbikes.com/product/rodeo/
Faction rim is listed as 425g,
I9 rims (TR 300) listed as 406/427g
UL is 378g which is pretty light for a 30mm rim (and I weigh 60kg
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Any info on these burgtec grips on Ratboys bike from hardline? Sig grip?
Revive, 345 grams, same inner rim width
Revive is 25mm internal according to this: https://www.weareonecomposites.com/shop/revive-rim-1390#attr=5053
My mistake, I hadnt seen the UL 300 rim, I was looking at the Ultralite as a comparison.
Proprietary spoke design? What about nipples?
I9 has aluminium spokes that have the nipple 'built-in' - the spoke flares out to essentially make the nipple and it threads into the hub.
the old torchs are bombproff, and the spokes are super sturdy compared to conventional spokes.. hard to destroy.. so, the train of the inmortal I9 hubs passed a few years ago when they introduced the fancier hydras
But is a standard nipple compatible with I9 rims, if you have a hub from another brand that’s using standard spokes?
they had some problems with the driveside bearings and axles breaking though, far from the best hubs
https://pinnermachineshop.com/en-us/products/forever-axle-for-industry-nine-hydra-rear-hub?variant=40029158801505
Certainly not by design, perhaps by some janky hack. They don’t sell them rim-only anyways and you may as well get WAO at that point.
Disagree on the spokes I had two spokes snap in a bike case while shipping flying with the bike. Only time I have had an issue was with I9 wheels.
Srams' UDH spec models include a cable stop on the "Full mount" Model. Does this mean mechanical Transmission? https://www.universalderailleurhanger.com/
Sure looks like a cable stop. Great find. Couple more views.
SX Transmission here we come!
SRAM is killing the high end componentry right now in terms of sales, but Shimano is winning in every cat XT and below.. SX Transmission is inevitable.
Makes total sense. Every argument I've read saying why it needs to be electronic to work properly doesn't really make sense when there's potential to sell a lot and take advantage of the mounting.