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Yeah and he crashed at snowshoe
I would have agreed, but Noel has been letting a lot of deets out on the Warden and Delirium... that's my guess.
https://bikes.com/pages/the-wait-is-almost-over
The pic at the bottom looks familiar...
He crashed because his shoulder or bar end slightly hit a tree. Tires weren’t the issue.
Fox 2025 trickling out. Sea Otter is coming up quick...
Doesn't appear to be any external differences on the Float X2 vs 2024, except for a new Kashima gold reservoir decal replacing the orange on aftermarket shocks.
More evidence gold will be the theme for MY25.
Spesh UK either have too many or there is a new model inbound
stop astroturfing marketing campaigns in mountain biking
New Dreadnought getting closer?
https://www.instagram.com/p/C5Wbu6Ov_VS/?igsh=MXg4cDh6eGtlbHNrNA==
Check MTBr next 2 weeks!
Raaw sent out an email that said the new jibb is coming on the 11th.
This could be awesome, I wonder if it’ll have the adjustability of their other bikes, and I wonder if the rear travel will change? 140 rear travel although a small change would make it an even more capable all rounder.
you believe 5mm of real travel increase would make a difference?
5mm
like less than 1/8"
Theres no way youre feeling 5mm of rear travel difference, give yer head a shake
Links 404 but the new V2 Dread frameset is listed:
New Sight VLT?
They’re all in on high pivots
You need to re-learn metric to imperial conversions.
I can guarantee you that 5mm of real travel would make a difference as there actually is a difference, maybe its slightly more room for bottom out ramp up, run a little more sag and a more progressive tune , or maybe you run everything the same and it just gives you 5 mm more travel and 5mm more breathing room - would it make or break a bike ? No… but if it didn’t have any tangible effect why would yeti make lunch ride additions and why would other brands such as Santa Cruz make bikes that can be long shocked ?
I’m guessing that’s a Range based on the color. My LBS has a couple so they are ready for Tuesday’s release.
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/sram-patent-shows-compact-motor-x-battery…
Can we have a 'stupid ideas' thread where we post any and all stupid idea to do with bikes? Just enough for it to be public to prevent stuff getting patented... Thought about USB-C charging for eBikes 5 years ago -_-
usb c would be 240w max with future revisions. batteries can‘t receive full power over the whole charging process, that would take a while to fully charge?
Yeah, but you usually have the full nigh to charge it... Compared to a normal laptop I'd say it could easily be up to 10 hours to charge it if we're talking about a 500 Wh battery.
I'd say there's a reason ebikes currently have purpose made chargers, but it might be possible to make do with a USB c charger as well. Might make for a good selling point even if it is just a backup charging option.
First high pivot emtb?
Hell no. A lot of the original Haibikes with the small drive sprocket on the Bosch motor had an idler. I'm guessing they took advantage of it to raise the pivot as well (motor clearance and all), but in the other hand not to the tune we see with actual high pivot bikes of today. At the time it was used for packaging as the drive sprocket was around 20t and thus limited pivot placement a lot.
Crestline
Honestly its not a bad idea. We know companies come here. If there is a specific forum that shows how stupid their prototype frame is with its new flashy feature that no one asked for *COUGH* INTERNAL CABLE ROUTING…….. *Cough*… then maybe. Just maybe. Someone will say, “yeah ditch the idea.”
Rocky Powerplay's are all mid-high pivot
Crestline e-bike isn’t high pivot. Rocky Mountain was the first HP Emtb I can remember.
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Stupid in quotation marks, meaning what might seem stupid to someone is another man's patent kinda idea...
My Fugitive can be short or long travel depending on the rear shock travel.
if we take a 2.7 leverage rate on a 50mm rear shock travel we get 135mm.
2.7 on a 55mm rear shock gets you 148.5, so lets call it 150mm rear travel. Youre gonna notice that.
Theres a big difference in shock travel, and rear wheel travel
5mm of additional rear travel, not a chance.