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Oops, similar situation TQ HPR60 search and Yeti's new eeb just popped up.
The other levers that Hope do on Joe Barnes new bike (11th pic)
From back in March:
https://www.instagram.com/share/BAQGYREHPB
…Dave Weagle visiting Evil for a Q&A then “off to Taiwan” ]
Who’s going to do the screen grabs from the new Finn testing vid??? I saw a HR3 on the intro shot which was interesting and also seems like a lot of looks at the new brake.
Well, the master cylinder has a similar enough silhouette to some of the TRP's but that seems to be where the similarities end. The styling is unique enough when you look closely. Caliper is definitely different. Interesting bleed port placement
finn on the new prototype specialized
does anyone else hope the derailleur is fakeNews?
I’ve heard they are alive and active. I think they know they need updates and are working on them just slowly. They are doing a lot event wise and media. Can’t wait to see what they are doing and hopefully a longer travel free ride/ downhill bike!
As much as I want that to be the case, I don't think there's enough room there for a gearbox.
Looking at that second picture, I don't think any current gearboxes would fit, so unless Specialized is making their own...
Unfortunately it's probably more like Pivot's DH bike :/
SRAM now offers an upgrade path from mechanical to wireless Transmission. https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/sram-launches-gx-eagle-axs-transmission-upgrade-kit.
2 chains is becoming a thing...
My money is still on that little pulley wheel "sprocket" doing double duty as a tensioner and drive sprocket. Clearly not enough room for a gearbox. "Maybe" a second chain. Highly unlikely but not totally impossible.
How awesome would it be if there was a chain hidden in there like the old three-chained Cannondale Fulcrum.
There was also a couple shots of the Ohlins shock in there with a view to see more of what they have going on. Electric valve on the HSC circuit. Maybe we are getting close to them sharing the info on it.
That appears to be a Hillbilly not a HR3.
Duh, my mistake
vid is private now 🤷♂️
So it's just a cover on the chain from the cranks to the upper chainring not a gearbox. Probably to keep dirt out because it's so exposed and act as a chain guide. Also good e-bike development for motor and suspension.
sram cranks are interesting. so it's either the SRAM DUB mount or new Bosch style ISIS mount and that's what is available. or its a new sram dh 7 speed rear.
This is what I believe is going on….
2 blue chainrings/sprockets and the red section of chain is concealed inside the “box”. I wonder if it doesn’t infringe on the DW patent because the 2 gears aren’t vertically oriented from each other.
If they come out with a DH bike and don't call it the Undead they should be fired. Out of a cannon. Into the sun.
I wonder if there's some kickback mechanism in there a-la ochain or sidekick.
Not big enough for full blown gearbox but room for more stuff than just sprockets.
Also surprised they're getting away with no upper guide on that chainring.
Major overthinking here - but that banjo crimp fitting looks very similar to the ones used on the Hayes Dominions, not sure any others use one structured exactly like that. You have a sortof indention near the banjo end followed by horizontal lines, most others lack that indention. The lever adjuster is also similar to what Hayes uses.
May not mean much in either case, a rotary reach adjuster is hardly unique and I'm sure those fittings just come from a supplier in large quantities, but maybe worth noting.
Am I showing my age, or you showing your lack of age?
Uh... no. That's precisely why they need to bring the name back. Sometimes companies have iconic and excellent names from years past that would totally apply to their new platform and instead call it something else. Or use the iconic name on an ebike.
I’ve been saying that ever since Finn posted himself riding it on insta. No one agreed with me lol. It’s a full carbon molded rear triangle. Pretty production for sure
Pretty underwhelmed TQ only managed to find an extra 10nm after what looks like a redesign of the HPR50.
I was hoping they’d managed to get close to full power but without the pregnant BB areas of current e-bikes.
Spose it doesn’t matter cause the 580 battery looks fat anyways.
It seems like TQ will release 2 motors
Evil name their bikes in versions, Wreckoning v3, Offering V2 etc, seems pretty obvious if they offered a new DH bike it would just be called the Undead V2 🤷♂️
But as mentioned previously they have been very quiet lately, I doubt a DH bike is high on their priority list.
They’ve been doing in house carbon mold protos for a while
breeden goes into deets about the intense M1 gearbox DH bike
They have been using the Enduro seat stays on this and the previous iteration of the bike. Old one has sandwich hanger, new one has udh