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Nice, I was definitely interested as I find Oneup to have great design and engineering. But focusing so much on the "thinnest" aspect when my XTs are about 3mm thicker and thus have 1.5mm less clearance is a bit deflating to their argument.
Athertons belt driven DH rig A.200.G
Also tough because they’re about the same price as the Saints but I’ve also seen Saints on Amazon for $115 recently. The big thing with the OneUps is the weight. 142g less than the Saints is really good if they perform and last similarly.
When I raced BMX, flat petals were the only option.
Then toe clips, but I was a low-key gravel biker before the term was invented. Riding my Specialized Rock-Combo on the fire roads near where I grew up.
When I decided to buy my first serious mountain bike, I got CLIPLESS pedals because everyone else had them. I distinctly remember trying to slide my foot backwards after clipping in for the first time, and promptly hitting the concrete. Good times.
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Well I reckon that's the coolest bike in the world at the moment
I think the Gamux still takes the cake.
I prefer the Trinity myself
There was footage of Loris testing something last year that was completely covered but you could just make out the rear was different im guessing this was it or a newer iteration
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I posted photos on here of that frame loris was riding and it was a different front end with a cradle area that the shock sat in the middle of. This current bike they are riding looks like the stock front end but maybe changed the Seattube for different pivot locations and different rear end? Looks subtle changes, will be interesting to see what they end up with
everthing is adjustable with washers when they are mounted from below like those
They are not, they are grub screws with through and through hex hole and the body has a hole which means you can unscrew it from behind. But it screws in from the top.
Gotta forgive them. They're old. Technology is hard sometimes.
use shorter ones then?
very similar to the "sesh" proto in terms of the rocker and seattube junction...
I believe Trek are testing a new frame all together (I can't see the bend on the top tube the current one has) rather than just seatstays. I remember Vergier was riding a similar prototype some time ago.
of note, I dont think of them as fad bikes,
Just grinding your gears from a while back when you eluded to HP idler bikes being fad bikes.....
You absolute legend!
Just a minor blip on the path to Crab bike dominance...
Just beware of cut priced Shimano product on Amazon
I'll bet dollars to doughnuts they arent Shimano pedals, but a reasonable facsimile
I mean, it can be a HP/idler crab bike, flip turned upside down....
looks like crab, smells like a crab, boings like crab, prolly crab
Been a long time visitor... first tech rumor contribution, what shock is that? 👀
New Fox Float X2.
Performance elite X2 prototype.
To add some context, the reservoir isn't visible because of the way Frameworks mounts the shock.
From a previous post.
Rumor has it that Italian “friction specialist” Raicam is planning on growing in MTB with brakes but also e-bike propulsion… https://www.rideraicam.com/
Have heard through a couple of shop owners/industry members that the 2026 Fox lineup will be very, very good. Not exactly sure in which way(s) it's outstanding but I would consider their opinions to be in good faith