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the ultimate in pedal kick back elimination!
seriously though, they have to be fun on a DH bike, don't they?
I could see these being a helpful training tool for isolating different skills in a coaching environment (like doing drills with only one ski), but to me these things look terrible for general use. And I don't just mean because you can't pedal, I mean I wouldn't want to ride skate parks, dirt jumps, or pump tracks with these. Or A-Line. I don't want to keep my crankarms dead level when I'm riding. Dropping an outside foot lowers my leverage point on the bike by 175mm. Why would I want to lose that? Also, when I'm pumping, I can move my center of gravity even higher and even lower using the cranks, and do really complicated stuff into and out of corners where there's a pump bump in the transition. All of that gets obliterated when you just stand on a crank spindle. I think cranks make bikes more capable and more fun to ride, even when you're not pedaling.
The e-bike story arc is now complete.
Strider bike for adults after they first take off the training wheels.
Looks like a Lahar's 3rd cousin twice removed. I dig it.
cue all the 'but what about motorcycles' comments
The lostco guys made a video on basically the same concept. I remember it being described as "always feeling you have the wrong foot forward"
O/T Is there a consensus on what the correct foot forward is?
looks like they're the creation of that Lee likes bikes guy. I've always thought that guy was kinda an idiot.
I just made an account to make this comment, I'm the guy in that video. They definitely felt bizarre and completely wrong the first couple days with them, which is all we showed in the video. After riding them more I started to love them, and I'll get them on again once the bike park opens. They're not an advantage over normal chainless riding, they're just goofy and fun.
Lots of people reached out to buy a set from us, but ours was just a one off we made. If those people put their money where their mouth is that guy's gonna have some sales.
Left, wait no Right.
I intentionally swap my forward foot to get used to it and hopefully lessen any side to side strength imbalances from riding.
My initial reaction (well, next after "I want to give that a try") is that these will exert a torque on the BB shell that it doesn't normally experience,because the pedal load is now cantilevered and applied directly rather than transferred radially by a crankshaft, and I wonder what that means long term.
Edit: Threaded BBs are already slightly cantilevered, since the bearings are external to the frame, but only by that very small offset distance. So this might not necessarily be a new force, but I think it will be significantly greater.
What I took away from this Charlie is that you’re still riding 175mm cranks
Has anyone considered the possibility that the belt might in fact be the weakest part of the gearbox ecosystem? Sounds like most of the concerns over gearboxes on the wc circuit involve belts slipping.
ALL DAY
All these new bikes coming out, but is Yeti ever gonna update the SB160? I don't see any reason why they would tbh. I was just marveling how they knocked it out of the park 6 years ago (sb150 basically same) and have been able to just sit back and print money since then, maintaining consumer awareness purely through their race sponsorships.
I wonder how long they will be able to go without a refresh...
Big changes will be happening across yetis sb line but haven’t heard timeline yet
Left. Obviously
https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/left-footright-foot
Sorry about that, while I've heard the rumors I stay out of stuff unless I've got links/data to back it available to everyone. Exxxx Cycles dropped the new S90 drivetrain and it's been out on an indexed page but not linked on their site for a while now. Thats the stuff that i understand the red site listed the patent for. If it makes up for any perceived shortcomings on the chromag bits?
Keep an eye on bikeinn, I believe they're a distro but also do consumer sales. Seems they took down their reverb listing but we may have a new longest drop contender.
Very interesting! I'd have my money on 5Dev but it doesn't match the hints.
usually not before summer/fall 2026 and i guess at least the longer travel bikes (140 onwards) could get the six-finity system from their e-bike and DH-proto replacing the switch-infinity.
Nah dude, those crancks are still way to long...
In a turn situation requiring lean? Yes. Otherwise? No.
Which one is it then?
Brembo Specialized?
Make's sense after Brembo bought Ohlins
video of the zoceli vysoko in action (only a photo was posted the other day)
https://youtu.be/udOUZ_T9-6I
I’ll let Brendog answer that
MTB Technique Rumors and Innovation
Maybe this is a dumb question. But can someone answer me why we still use yokes in this fashion where the eyelet/hole is vertical and not horizontal? Or does someone have the patent for a yoke that does this? I remember watching the Starling Bikes and Ohlins video about the Tiguan and they discuss how brutal yokes can be. So why does the yoke not twist to have a horizontal orientation? If this is a dumb question Ill fully accept the insults to the chin.