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Gold lowers for the 50th anniversary makes sense.
I thought Fox forks couldn't get any uglier.
VPP patent is now expired so no more licensing fees open up option for brands. Might see the same when the DW4 patent expire.
Same thing that happened when Horst link patent expired around 2016? and DT/Hugi star ratchet for freehubs 2 years ago ?
Seems that top tier guys run non-kash for the off season. Same deal when the 38 dropped
I ride 4 chips.
Same on all fronts, 200 front and rear on organic pads, but I came from the SRAM Code Ultimate Stealths and Code RSCs before that. Just got back from a trip to Santa Cruz area and finally got to ride mine up there, maybe I got lucky but the lever pull feels exactly the same as my Stealth's did, but the brakes are way more powerful so you can brake later with one good stab of the levers then let off and keep rolling. BIG fan so far...
that link is smoll
Doesn't the Intense Tracer also use a BB-concentric lower pivot? It'll be interesting to hear (eventually) if this new Rocky rides like existing VPP bikes, or if they've managed to do something unique... for better or for worse.
New Norco XC bike incoming?
Probably the new VLT Range that he was riding a few pages back. There is a Sight coming as well.
but where will the dyname engine fit on the powerplay model
I can assure you that the new Altitude rides like like a Rocky Mountain, but better! We wanted that firm feeling again; had to go back to our roots.
I get that its been expired for a bit, but still, why? Horst link usually rides better, and as others have said this looks like an Intense clone with the bottom access frame storage, concentric BB lower pivot, and short VPP links.
They were trying to lower the center of gravity as much as possible with that one, which they succeeded, that shock is low. My understanding is they worked very hard to keep the poppy feel of the old bike mixed with the VPP style lay out, which usually doesn't work well together. I'll follow up when mine gets here.
Blackbox Boxxer too. Naturally it'll be getting 3.1, but what else being so new?
Flight Attendant, you can see it on the top of the right fork leg.
True. Forgive me rumour gods, for I didn't look at every pixel before commenting.
Frame storage is not bottom access. That alone would be enough to pick it over the Tracer for me.
here's a real pic of luca's canyon in a tuxedo
a full-body bike tuxedo could be rad for mechanics. wouldn't have to clean anything. #bringBackForkBoots
Funny, I was thinking the same thing- bike washing is gonna be way easier. It’s like a nitrile glove for your DH bike!
Yes there is.
Perhaps not ideal for windy days (or maybe I've just been riding deep section road rims too much lately).
It can’t be positive for the suspension movement either.
No Mavens for Luca by the looks of it
probably more aero too, anyone remember the aero trek session?
sorry, i was being sarcastic about having a bike tuxedo on full-time
The popularity of bike diapers the past few seasons just cracks me up. How soon before the UCI bans them?
The force required to compress the suspension is magnitudes higher than the diesel required to bunch the fabric up. It wouldn't make any difference.
They're definitely more aero though, wonder if they get banned on those grounds.