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having done a full rebuild on a spark last week i can say that bike sucks, so does the routing, the hidden shock and the whole concept ( broken bolts and all the crap that enters the headset find it's way down the frame where the precious shock is hidden ) such a crappy bike honestly
Do you remember on which article? Would love to read the replies lol
Good on them for fixing it on the spindrift, hopefully an indication of more companies doing that.
100%, Rebuilt a friends Race spark not long ago, It was terrible. the way the headset is made makes it one of the worst headset routing setups ive delt with as it comes up through the spacers/stem aswell.
Normal headset routing like found on the merida bikes is better BUT the whole thing would be easier if cable/hose housing wasnt so stiff.(my Merida one sixty FR is routed externally now.)
The hidden shock without any real cables is not bad... being so limited on shocks is a PIA though.(more for the genius and ransom)
Latest propain visit, last week article
If you scroll a few pages back here I posted a screenshot
Update from the man riding the bike, might actually be an updated routing on the tyee 6
Looks like a Tyee for me. The Spindrift will be more voluminous.
A bad workman always blames his tools.
Kidding…
Guy is claiming to be taking preoders for the 2025 Pivot Phoenix. Is this legit? https://bikemarkt-images.mtb-news.de/ls/70/7023/7023613-large.jpg
At that price I'd be very surprised.
4k for a frame without shock does not seem unreasonable to me. But I was wondering if the image shows the actual production 2025 phoenix. Or has that been posted already in this thread and is past rumor stage?
Surely the production model will be a carbon monocoque? Either way I can say for certain that it won't have a 190×40 mm shock!
I think that guy's just playing funny buggers.
It's not even the dw5 bike. I think it's a test mule for the standard Phoenix, probably from a factory visit article.
And duh it's not going to have a 190x40 shock, that's an Xc shock at best.
Well spotted. Funnily enough I noticed that the flight attendant version of the Vivid Coil is available in almost every metric size, yes even down to 37.5 mm stroke. I now have a weird urge to put one on a 100 mm race bike. SID-compatible Smashpot when?
The shock length is a standard entry in this forum if you don´t change it. Could be possible but we just saw a full carbon rear triangle on Kerrs Bike so I guess we will see a different frame in production some day.
Ah and note that these one is no HP one. The hole rear triangle is different -> https://flowmountainbike.com/features/pivots-prototype-downhill-bike-chris-cocalis/
So the rumour mill this week is swirling about the current Range being a single model year generation (spec/colour has been carried forward since release).
So the rumor is that the range won’t have updated colors this year…?
I agree it's hard to erase the entire 8#s of the electronics.
Generally electric motors are very old technology and have very little room for improvement. Maybe a mag case could shave off 1/2#.
Fazua's new 475 watt battery (direct replacement for my Relay battery) weighs 4.8#s. I'd expect that to be cut in half when the solid state batteries are commonplace in 5 years.
What I can tell you is that my 44# Relay (1300 gram tires, dual coil suspension, XL) handles pretty similar to a 36# Enduro bike. It's not exactly the same, but it's close enough descending and it does climb better with the motor.
Many, if not most, motor housings are already magnesium.
That being said, the power to weight ratio being touted by the new DJI and ZF seem to be a generational improvement over the current industry standard. I guess we will have to wait for them to actually show up in the wild to be sure.
As far as the price difference between e & non e, seriously I don't care.
Although I have 'means' now, when I was young poor and all on my own since HS, I still spent all of my money on the nice toys (sport bikes mostly back then).
Find something you love and do it till it kills you, I always say.
My understanding is that there won't really be a Range for 2025 and a likely early MY2026 will see a new platform.
From the latest Downtime Podcast, Texi said he’s testing a new “softer than anything out there” compound from Schwalbe
Gonna run my Maxxis tires bald until there is a tire out that has the same softness as room temp cream cheese.
Convince Adidas to license the OG 5.10 Stealth rubber to Maxxis; there's a rock-climbing technique called "smearing" that it was particularly good at (as long as the rock wasn't too hot).
/derail
I was just looking at We Are One's website and is it just me or is the arrival no longer on there? I see wheels and some arrival parts but no bike frames or rolling chassis anymore
https://www.weareonecomposites.com/en-us/collections/bikes
I noticed if you google we are one arrival you can find the bikes page but everything is sold out. Any idea whats going on over there? Hopefully a revised model and not shutting down bike production or something like that
and i'd say they can keep it as a race only, on the last MoiMoiTV video they're talking about how many tyres he's peeling through in days.
the current ultrasoft is amazing in terms of grip and how long it last, not sure something softer that wears immediately is better for the public...
I recall from a recent podcast with the head guy (I can’t remember his name) they were doubling down on focusing on wheels since that was their money maker. So maybe they are sold out and aren’t in a hurry to make more frames
They pretty much nailed everything except superboost. They'll never admit it, but in hindsight I'm guessing they chose superboost to incentivize customers to buy a new set of wheels with the frame ("rolling chassis" option). Thanks but no thanks.
I do have a non stupid boost set of WAO Convergence wheels and its the best carbon wheelset i've ever owned. Completely bullet proof and excellent ride quality.
Ive considered the wheels but the warranty of santa cruz is pushing me towards some reserves. The frame i probably would have bought except for only being able to fit a 150mm seat post. That sounds pretty reasonable if they are focusing on wheels and putting the bikes on the back burner for a while.
I have sent him €100 deposit to his Nigerian bank account but he is not returning my messages.