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Not that I see the point for a 22t FOR MY RIDING, but still
ITT: People with no tech rumors arguing about how big their dick— er, uh, I mean how big their legs are
Looks like it is still lugs with carbon tubes. Maybe a new iteration? (From Jordan Williams' IG)
Who posted this?
22-52? At that point you need chalk mate as that's rock climbing not cycling.
No. You'll reach the largest cog, shift the Hammerschmidt and be forced to move across the cassette. There's a reason I said you'd have to pair a Classified-esque system with a 6spd 10-42t cassette. While Classified and Hammerschmidt were devised to replace 2x front rings, their shifting performance is anything like a front derailleur system. You should be using it all the time, not some of the time and be throwing the chain from one end of the cassette to the other while shifting the front too.
Jordan Williams. I updated my post since the top of the screen was cut out.
Have they worked out how to offer OEM service kits yet?
Its mostly tongue in cheek, I think either product is pointless with modern wide range cassettes.
However, if you find the need for one, it makes no sense to put the overdrive in the hub when you can instead put it in the crankshaft, unless you want BOTH to get a 4 speed transmission!
Side note, Id ride a 4 speed cassette if it could shift, I have no need for all the other. 52, 40, 25-30ish and 10/9.
Looks like the XTR cranks are going back to the old pinch two bolt system again...
I can hear it squelching already.
Brand new open bath technology. Comes with the air already mixed with oil in a patented "OIR" blend so you don't need to worry about pesky seals and stuff.
Says paralel rezy, meaning the 2026 variant will come in either or options, paralel or sideways?
I saw that and thought maybe remote options
wasn‘t jordan also late on the lugged proto? loic and finn were already on the proto while jordan was riding the old alu demo. maybe there is/are only 1 or 2 of this new demo available now. or jordan could be riding what he knows for now after coming back from injury.
You are aware of people are running 600g cassettes these days,right? And dh casing tires on double blue flow trails lol
Some of you are way too sensitive. Different sized cassettes are good options for different people and different riding terrain. Not everyone needs a big wide range cassette all the time.
Haha that hits right home 😄
If they managed to make it resist the extreme pressures that Asa must have put though that shock, my respects to Fox.
I highly doubt that they didn't have to rebuild the thing every two runs, though. But one can dream...
Whatcha mean Chaz, doesn’t everyone live in Squamish?
For places where climbs and descents are less than a minute long(most places on earth) modern tractor pulling gearing seems a little… off.
I wish more bikes(looking at you Fuel EX Gen 6) could fit bigger chainrings so we could make better use of the wide range casettes.
The part of me that rode nothing but single speed for a decade laughs internally.
This looks like a sleek implementation of a Tuned Mass Damper:
I totally get the idea of what these are supposed to do but even they admit it's not a true damper. https://www.rimpactmtb.com/tmd
It seems to be just springs with no damper on the unit so it's a shake weight, any momentum in the weight "smoothing" the trail has an equal or greater opposite effect, right? It's basically a Canyon KIS but for a different purpose or a fork/shock with the damper removed... aka a pogo stick.
Not hating, just trying to read through the marketing.
the KIS was more similar to a Hopey steering damper in that in provides resistance to turning and in the case of the KIS, help it recenter.
The TMD is a free floating mass that helps dampen certain frequencies by oscillating between the two springs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuned_mass_damper
Spec also lists Evol LV which likely reflects the larger air can shape.
Yep. It's a shakeweight.
A weight (or "mass") on a piston that can damp the intensity of the oscillations ("shakes") of the structure to which it's attached. That damping can be tuned to target certain frequencies of oscillations.
That Wikipedia article Primoz mentioned is really informative. Here it is again:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuned_mass_damper
Imagine the look on his face when he finds out people put gigantic shake weights in sky scrapers to mitigate earthquakes
This is one of the stranger uses of a Sankey diagram I've seen... What is it even saying?
I think it's actually used more to lower the swinging of the skyscraper because of wind loading. But yeah, the most widespread use is in skyscrapers.