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I'll be interested to see the new E29 for sure as it seems that Spesh is leaning in to slack STAs & short CSs. The new E29 could be a step backwards.
If this is true, Specialized have done an amazing job keeping it under wraps prior to the bike landing in shops. Not a single spy shot has surfaced and it's not been spotted under any of the team riders at an EWS (or whatever it's called now).
Prior to the current version's release, there were a number of pics like these floating around. Did NSMB's whining have an effect?
I highly doubt there's a new enduro coming or it would of been raced already at EDR.
Close out sales on stumpys and enduros locally here. Shop guys said there is a new Stumpy coming soon but didn’t know anything about a new enduro 🤷🏻♂️
I thought there was no way this was true, but yeah it sure seems like it. It's super sensitive to miniscule changes but there's almost no way it's actually 170mm, and if anything it's closer to 180mm. I guess sometimes it "rides like it has more travel than it does" because, well, it actually does.
I know this had been mentioned in a bike check article from the Gamux team on the other site a few weeks back. But it looks like manitou might have a production ready version of the 2-bolt Dorado upper crown? Probably too optimistic to assume it’s a drop crown with short offset so it can be used on a wider range of headtubes too?
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwx-XwfNC-b/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
High vs low also influences travel a lot too. Putting it in high increases the eye to eye by 3 mm. If you integrate the leverage curve for the enduro on our site you get 176mm as well
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New Fox Proframe out, the RS remains the same, the regular Proframe gets the updates, specifically adjustable visor which the prior/current regular Proframe didn’t have. Some other stuff too
https://flowmountainbike.com/fresh-produce/fox-proframe-2023/
I don't have one myself, but seeing how popular the Enduro has been, I'd bet a lot of people could benefit from a 'Long Stroke' link for a 205x65mm shock. No idea why Spesh made the leverage ratio so high.
Does the Transition Spire also have more travel in the high setting?
They weren’t alone at the time. Both the Megatower and Nomad ran similar strokes. As long as sag can get set properly it’s fine, but it definitely makes that harder for anyone on the heavier end. A lower leverage link for a 65 on the enduro certainly would be an interesting thing. No guarantee it can work out but definitely at least going to look at it out of curiosity.
Don’t have my computer with me so can’t give an exact answer, but on the Spire I would expect it to be a very small difference if any. The enduro flip chip is effectively the same as increasing the length of the shock yoke, which makes it sit in a higher leverage portion of its curve. Meanwhile the Spire is moving the lower shock pivot so it’s actually giving it a unique, albeit very similar, curve.
I think it could be more progressive, have a 230x65 (or at least a 65mm stroke shock) but it REALLY needs a steeper S.A.! Even in 2019, it was a bit slack... I wouldn't change anything else for the geo.
Regarding the Specialized Enduro - UDH is missing at the moment, could be a problem for 2024.
At least if you want to sell SWORKS bikes for 14k...
In my view a 65mm shock is a must on a 160-170mm bike, a 60mm stroke is OK for a 150ish mm travel. A 180mm frame would be best suited to a longer-stroke shock - in light of this, i think Devinci have nailed it with the Chainsaw: a 70mm stroke for 170mm of travel and a 75mm stroke for 180mm of travel.
new fox fork damper incoming called "LMT" according to the newest dialed video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TYdXxorCH8
@2:15
"LMT" might be the name of a new damper (like GRIP or GRIP2), but it also could be a tune code for the fork. Could be three letters to indicate rebound shims, compression shims, and no idea what the T is, so "LMT" could mean something like "Low, Medium, Threshold." Although that nomenclature has a very Rockshox sound to it.
could be, but 2 of their technicians called it a "LMT soft damper" specifically, sounds to me their's more to it than just a tune.
but my guess is we will know more soon when they're already spilling the beans.
i'm intrigued, grip2 is awesome, hope it's nothing electronic.
Hope so, I'll need to look into that. That was the one complaint I had is I can't bring the front end tall enough without a shit ton of spacers for the bar clamp.
I was thinking tune as well. The 2021-2023 Grip2 cartridge is available in 2 tunes.
When discussing the 2024 rear shocks they were mentioning new tunes that don’t match up with 2021-2023.
Fox hasn’t posted 2024 parts lists yet so no way to confirm.
If we assume Specialized isn't going to change the layout, all that bike needs is subtle updates to be modernized, and they could race that bike without camo and we would be none the wiser.
All it really needs is a new Chainstay with UDH and it's ready to roll. And bin the carbon wishbone keep it alloy they crack all the time apparently.
They stopped making the mid link (the vertical link behind the seat tube) in carbon. It's alloy only now. Supposedly that was the one that was breaking.
New grip2 dampers for 2024 have compression changes and new springs in them.
Also the new X2 compression tunes are a lot simpler. New base valve pistons with more flow and new valving on the base valve as well.
Also the head tubes crack and vancan cracked his downtube twice i think.
Did the X2 ever fix the wall thickness issue that was causing the cracking?
They briefly listed all the 2024 valving specs a few months ago, and I'm bitterly disappointed I didn't note them all down as soon as I found them because they have since been removed. Not a lot of use if you don't have the new base valve piston but it would still have been a good resource!
I'm fairly certain it was the top-tube on the S-works models that would consistently crack right where it met the seatstay.
That's where VanCan cracked his, and that's where my riding buddy cracked theirs.
Oh yeah, Fox have updated the damper body and eyelet for 2024 and are rolling out updates for older shocks. Anyone who has a <2024 shock that breaks should get it repaired with the new bits when the send it in.
My friend cracked his at the headtube, then another one near the BB. Another friend also broke at the headtube if I remember correctly.
I have a friend that is a bit overwheight and he bought a Fox DHX2 to replace the X2 and he has like 40% of sag with his coil... he said nobody makes one with a spring rate of about 800 like he would need on that bike! I have 65mm stroke for my 155mm of travel... 60mm stroke for 176mm of travel doesnt work! lol