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Has there been any word on Zipp? I noticed the 3Motos are discounted everywhere and SRAMs site has them listed as out of stock until 4/11, I'm wondering if a new iteration is coming soon.
Mahalo are usually only riding on Trek bikes, but this one doesn't look like a Trek as per OEM tires/wheels.
Could simply be the new Altitude.
Looks like a full SRAM build so that makes it unlikely that it's the new Altitude...
Rocky Mountain are doing full SRAM builds since T-Type, go check 2024 Instinct builds.
RM are also associated with IFHT films (Mahalo) so it's not that unlikely that a new promo video for the 2024 Altitude will be made by them.
Good photo of lower link on Canyon. photo: Ben Wilson (IG)
FWIW I haven't heard a bad word about the performance of them from people actually trying them out...
And they will be ridden in the world cup if that's any consolation at all. Probably not though.
I agree, every single owner I've spoken to who has actually tried Lewis brakes has nothing but great things to say about them. Great modulation, great power, nice construction quality etc. I'm very curious to try them myself next month. Everyone who has bashed them and called them cheap sweatshop made brakes, unsurprisingly has never even tried or seen them in person. If I try them and they do turn out to be junk, I will have no issue admitting that but every person who actually has hands on experience seems to think they're stellar brakes.
Looks like the new Marzocchi 38 chassis is close to being unveiled.
Needs to drop already. Take my money!
not a fan of the new font
I'm definitely thinking 6 bar on it, with the axle pivot instead of a chainstay pivot, possibly with a pivot location concentric to the bb, but maybe not too high given where the idler is, and I think it'll have a vertical shock mount, or at least more vertical, that belly portion being where the shock mounts like the old Giant Faiths and Giant Glorys
Just speed up the rebound a click and it should be fine.
Some custom decals, maybe some chrome and red, like the old Z1 Atom Bombs would be cool.
Its not my bag either, like a poor interpretation of minimalist design
Could be worse, could be
mrzcch bmbr....
I hate that I even typed that
Looks to be doing the same Ancillotti rip-off nonsense that Speicalized is doing, but probably more along the lines of a high pivot faux-6 bar like the proto Norco that the King is on.
But the folds in the diaper at the top does look like the outline of a normal, horizontal upper rocker link. Maybe a 6 bar (or faux-6 bar) high pivot like Commencal, but actuating the shock from both ends like Mondraker?
New Spindrift? I've been expecting it for a long time. But based on the ongoing sales since rampage, they probably overstocked the current version quite significantly and had to get rid of that first.
Definitelly looks like a 2way compresion dial on that photo, the other ones were edited/blacked out it seems
Or Tyee with a Zeb? Shape looks similar.
It'll T up with GT's rebranding beautifully however.
PB just dropped their review of the dual crown Selva, the "Formula Belva"
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/review-formula-belva-dual-crown-enduro-fo…
Not sure I could tell them apart from that picture and I ride a Hugene.
A feature is published on Vital too, for a few hours already.
The TLDR:
"But the coil negative spring lets it down. For heavier riders like me, the extra air pressure creates an abrupt feel on touchdown, forcing me to compromise on support. For lighter riders, the spring should work well, but then the rebound could become too slow."
As soon as I saw that it uses a negative coil spring that was non-adjustable I knew it wasn't going to be worth getting. Unless you are at the exact intended body weight, you won't get full travel or you will get a harsh topout, as the reviewer found. He compensated by running less pressure and more compression, but it also appears the rebound is too aggressive, so even fully open it was too slow. Shame, the chassis looks promising. Doesn't Formula offer custom shim stacks that are user-install friendly? Perhaps that combined with a coil conversion kit could make this thing come alive.
https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/introducing-formula-belva-d…
Haha missed it, because it was at the bottom of the page for me, 2nd to last article.
Looks like the new Scalpel is dropping, but either it shouldn't be on the homepage yet or they forgot to unlock the article
the user installed valving is for compression only (they call it CTS). but yea, seems like some weird misses on this, especially since it's not like they don't have the features / tech already existing in the Selva.
They must be late since PB already published their article
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/first-ride-2024-cannondale-scalpel.html
Hopefully they will do the dual air and coil versions as they have with the Selva
Coil negative springs are bad engineering at this point. Coil negative springs only available in one weight is just sloppy customer care.
I think I found the reason why:
"there was an incident that ended the ride prematurely for another journalist. This particular rider, who weighs in the neighborhood of 190 lb (86 kg) went a little deep off a 5-foot rock drop, and the resulting landing force ended up snapping the frame at the seat tube near the shock mount area" -PB, on their Scalpel article