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where is this screenshot from?
If it were me, I'd be designing the BB cradle they attached to the motor mounts to be tuneable with weights. Adding 5lbs, maybe more, right at the BB would make the bike feel pretty incredible. Sprung/Unsprung mumbo jumbo.
It's just annoying at this point. We know the bike, so obviously it's something Ohlins shock-wise. Nobody else in the top 10 is sponsored by Ohlins which rules out rider competitiveness, and if it's tech that's found on MX or their other branches, it's not like it's not available for competitors to see and study already. I don't get why they've been covering this up for years and can't help but attribute my annoyance to Loic
I just think its pretty cool really.
Well I was definitely a little off -the BB link drives another rocker that drives the shock (sort of like a flipped Knolly 4x4). The other site's got the diagram covered already thanks to Matt Beer.
Do you actually think Loic is the person who decided the shock should be covered?
I remember a post on here around the end of last season where someone described what he saw when the cover was removed. I think they said there was a small motor that adjusted the shock preload.
Looking like that, I think the cover must be there for some other porpoise.
Good job the track isn’t mega high speed where covering lumpy bits of your bike in plastic would give you an aero advantage
pit bits photo gallery
https://www.vitalmtb.com/photos/features/pit-bits-fort-william-world-cu…
I downvoted you to keep the 69 upvotes intact.
Its not a skinsuit, just because they list one piece clothing separately doesn't mean that a skinsuit isn't one piece also, things can fit in multiple categories at a time, Skinsuit = Road bike clothing, Skinsuit & One piece clothing. The seperate mention of one piece clothing here is included for things like dirtsuits.
Does someone want to go back and find my post where I predicted that this was going to be the same as the Norco, but with the ABP?
Skin Suit ≠ Road Bike Clothing.
A skin suit is... just that. No Zipper, no hem-line, no features normal to cycling attire.
Skin Suits are currently prohibited in UCI Road Cycling.
'Dirtsuits' - can someone autocorrect this weird bowl of Cheerios??
Whyyyy does Cube do this? Whats the point of a horst link if you're just adding a floating brake?
Time trials fall under road cycling by the UCI, and skinsuits are most definitely not banned for them.
For the wetter areas of the world, dirtsuits are onesies for mountain biking to shield you from...dirt.
Anybody know anything about the e*Thirteen Sidekick hub? Sounds like some interesting tech.
Then you obviously should have said TT instead of 'Road' because your statement still stands as incorrect.
Your definition of a skin suit is not the one that the UCI uses.
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uiBDxv2acF57DHFDiiw98Y-1200-80.jpg
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tRCByVD7LPm7u7C6fvkRnj-1200-80.jpg
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/igLu8droGTQx39pPELNdvk-1200-80.jpg
These are all examples of what the UCI consider to be a skinsuit and are legal in Road/TT/Track races.
This forum is FIRING and I am so happy for it.
Note to Moderators: please delete my Account.
K? Thnx
All this pajama talk and nobody has posted this yet?
How does it stand incorrect? My statement was that Skinsuits are road cycling attire, TT is categorised as road cycling by the UCI, so skinsuits are road cycling attire.
Just because something exists in a subcategory doesn't make it not part of the parent category.
Can we get to page 600 already? I want to party!
Haven't heard anything officially, but I'm curious too. Seems like it could be similar to how a free coaster works, where a mechanism disengages once spinning to allow a built-in amount of slack, but that's just a guess.
When we get to page 666 Im going to give everyone a little bit of hell and start asking questions about tire treads, brake modulation, brake pads, calipers, ebike battery specs. All of it.
Amazeballs
I wonder if it’s using same tech as the Tairin hubs.
https://www.tairinwheels.ca/product-page/silent-shogun-rear-hub
Maybe more like :
https://www.freenightbmx.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Kp9yoDuwjeM
I think that might be Fin’s bike.
Ah, yeah, looks like stiffness tuning is the next area of gains for mountain bikes. Lew Buchanan posted this the other day (not sure if I didn't get it here actually, forgot where I got the link from, sorry): https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6Jfh2utF8t/