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It's the brake hose guide that catches my eye. Anyone know the manufacturer?
Good watch. Charlie Murray bike check. Stumpjumper 15 with vivid lyrik and brake ace sensors.
Vivid coil seems interesting on the bike.
https://youtu.be/uXJtsLQuVSA?si=Z21NcDtbThz69r82
I think it’s just a generic moto hose guide.
Do you mean that the performance of Grip X is lacklustre?
At least that would make it easy to choose between the Grip X and the Grip X2...
Not a gear box. You can see the derailleur in the shadow. Sad. I dont care what anyone says, the gearbox hype is like drivetrains moving to 1 by 10/11/12. Sure at first it was janky 1x10 One Up conversion kits. But now we have transmission. Which is cool. But what would be cool is better gearboxes.
I think the big news is Downamics is the official UK agent for countershox.
Oh and the brake setup is a carbon tube and a crf hose guide. I asked 😅
Grip X seems pretty widely accepted as a dud of a product. I don't know anyone who's bought one (maybe a sign right there). The red site guys talked about Grip X on their review of the new Ripmo a few months ago, saying it compromised the bike.
I got a Gripx damper for my 34 to swap out from my Grip2 since they were selling them for a firesale. Everything I've seen/read seem to imply that it's a pretty solid damper for a 120 fork. Why anyone would want it for anything longer than like 120-130 is beyond me.
I'll report back when I get to ride.... months from now.
I can see that. Based on what I read, when updating my fork from a Grip 2, the Grip X was not even on my radar. Only a couple rides (in the bitter cold) and the Grip X2 is feeling nice.
The looks will take some time to grow on you imo…and some might mistaken your forks for one from Manitou
Bikes that now have heavier, more expensive wireless shifting, that not everyone wants.
That shifting existed pre-UDH and the vast majority of the UDH bikes still uses cable-actuated shifting, so this doesn't compute.
It was less so about specifically having electronic shifting. More about a direct mounting rear derailleur. Any brand can license the UDH hanger (maybe not other drivetrain manufacturers) so their frame can fit both standard drivetrains but also this direct mounting wonder drivetrain that Transmission is stated as being.
I feel like there's been a bunch of speculation already, but looks like WAO officially confirmed they're no longer making Arrival's. On the other site, the Kamloops Trails Fundraiser, WAO makes it clear that the Arrival they are giving away is the last one they ever made.
Raffle Mania — Kamloops Bike Riders Association (KBRA)
Pivot showing off some new stuff...
Firebird getting the same high pivot DW suspension introduced on their Phoenix DH bike?
Maybe even sharing the same front triangle, or other parts? I noticed the seat tube angle is very steep on the Phoenix.
Right, same play as when they released the XD driver. Hub co's could license the spline pattern freely but only Sram could make the cassette. TBF, not all that diff from what Shimano did with the HG pattern. Def gonna be interesting to see how Shimano gets around Sram's patent on a derailleur.
More photos of Session
Actually, SRAM t-type AXS is a heavier, more expensive UDH specific drivetrain when compared to regular AXS and mechanical. While I haven’t conducted a global bike brand part spec inventory, it appears to me, that most wireless shifting equipped bikes are coming with UDH specific t-type AXS. This is exactly the reason why SRAM got everyone they could on board with UDH. To launch this specific drivetrain….and that drive train is heavier and more expensive. I would argue that my point does compute.
I feel like this happened before with Trickstuff and a Chinese company 🧐 now it’s Hope’s turn
https://www.instagram.com/dnisbrakes?igsh=MW9tMndjdnkwN3I1cA==
Or should I say Dnis brakes “better than Hope” as they claim on the comments
Using the tech evo levers and the “v4 pro max” caliper
Cast went live now with their lineup of stems and handlebars. Strong list of riders on their rooster, but probably the least innovative new mtb company i`ve seen. Anyone up for a "38mm!!! high rise" handlebar?
Read all about it:
https://castmtb.com/
Looks like cast is now live after being hyped by some big name athletes for a while
expensive stems, alloy bars, grips and a trials tire i guess? So nothing really new or that doesn’t exist in abundance already. The bar roll markings are nice but oneup also does that
Who is funding all of this??
Lemme guess... 9⁰ Backsweep and 5⁰ upsweep too?
Something just seems a bit fishy about the Cast brand... I'm not buying into the picture of these top riders joining forces to come out with just this. :D
Ronan Dunne with a saint crank that has a direct mount, xtr looking chainring
New Saint day should be an intentional holiday, whenever that comes around.
non potato view of the new gambler
Saint Saint's Day