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Would be fun to see this bike put against the clock with an impartial test rider on a variety of enduro world cup tracks.
It looks so sick for fast and rough DH style trails. But it's hard to believe it would perform against the clock on tight trails. Seems like almost all the enduro racers, whose livelihoods depend on results, are tending to size down for enduro racing.
grx has no cassettes, uses mtb/road cassettes. new saint could just be a new version of the drivetrain, but you use the xtr brakes
no, the date has been set for early june for awhile now.(unless its actually been bought forward but Shimano said the below date)
5/6 june is expected date, Rep's around the world now have XTR wireless and brakes available to dealers.
XT to follow in the weeks after.
Upgrade kits similar to the original GX AXS will be available aswell.
Rumour is They will be available as soon as released by media(XTR, Saint.)
a six bar can have antirise and axle path verly independet from another. on a four bar rearward axle path usually mean high antirise or at least lots of change in the antirise.
the Supreme V5 for example has a very consisten antirise of around 100% but is a high pivot bike
MM in the house with the insight! Had to ask my Salo' friend what SKU's meant
I heard new Shimano brakes (with a new mineral oil?) in the 10 days from the shop
WAO released a limited run of stems and bars today, available on their website
https://www.weareonecomposites.com/en-us/products/the-bar-stem
https://www.weareonecomposites.com/en-us/products/the-stem
I'm assuming these are the bars they showed off last year at Sea Otter and never appeared again until now. The stem looks like it's slightly different from the previous version, as well.
I love the look of these bikes. I've only ever seen Aston talking about them, though, and the website is limited on info with ordering. Does anyone else have experience with ordering from him or owning one?
He is not selling them so the only way to try it is go meet with him, that or win the raffle for the bike (that only happened recently I think).
https://www.egerie-velo.com
The benefit is that you can have fairly high antisquat around sag point, but (like Yeti does with the dogbone link that goes over an inflection point, just like switch infinity) prevent excessive chain growth further in the travel to reduce pedal kickback.
different because the former one was designed by 77designz
New mud guard apparatus for AON racing. I was thinking, could the mud affect a gate more than a chain if it gets thrown on it? (What the guard here seems to be for) A chainring tooth would fairly easy push any mud through the chain link gap, do gates do equally or less efficiently?
Did i miss a discussion about this Shimano lever design?
Maybe like 3-5 discussion, These are expected to be the new 9220 XTR Brake that should be released around june 5th with the new XTR Di2 wireless groupset. Similar design XT M8220 brakeset are rumored to be launched shortly after the XTR M9220.
So far no info/rumors if SLX or Deore might have similar levers update at a later date.
The 8200 brakes [2-piston] are already up for sale on AliExpress. Having the reach adjust inside the lever instead of out front is interesting. I don't see a bite point adjust, but the picture isn't great. Hopefully they're reverse-compatible with current offerings.
There are no gaps in the belt, and I could see if mud is bad enough it could cause belt skipping or even. dropping.
Maybe they need to add some relief grooves or holes on the cog to help clear the mud...
They are the new XT/XTR's
I think someone mentioned earlier that there will be no SLX for the new Shimano stuff. Sad if true.
more power for anyone over 200lbs + some proper bigger rotors, in width and overal size(yes they make a 220 rt66 but its rubbish)
Looks like a bigger rotor gap so hopefully.
Hopefully gone to stainless pistons with an insert so they stay cleaner and dont go all rough with brake dust when your really hard on them, their current seal + piston grip is great an allows them to get alot of retraction(wish more brands were able to get quicker and bigger retraction, assuming they can maintain feel)
I would say the bite point adjustment is visible here at the bottom. I still can't wrap my head around that thick area where the hose connects. It looks just ridiculous, and I'm really curious about the reasoning behind it. Also, what is LV Oil?
They're just copying srams retarded decision to tuck the hoses up against the bars as though we're all roadies that are going to integrate them into our bars and headsets. I thought we'd effectively communicated to manufacturers that we didn't want that shit but Shimano is late to the party and has misread their customers once again.
So now we get more cable rub and noise from both the major brands, unless you're a weirdo who buys Scott I guess. Gives everyone else a little more motivation to explore other options.
Low viscosity?
Finally some better oil from shimano that doesn’t require bleeding every other week?
Great excuse to ride proper brakes, maven excluded you’re not missing out from either brand
Well Shimano levers needed an upgrade, I had long stopped using them. A recent Shagura build pair, made it obvious most of the Shimano problems were from the levers.
LV oil might bei Low viscosity oil like Putoline, to avoid the current problems
Let’s also hope they figure out caliper seals so you don’t get wet pads out of the box 8/10 XTs lately have been a warranty job before even installing them
Shimano oil is already way lower than Magura Royal blood and that green stuff OEMs use sometimes. Are they really going thinner?
Source?