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The "booster" looks like what you would see in a moto spring perch. Which typically controls the low bath fluid flow. I would be super interested in how it works on an MTB fork. I am surprised that something like this hasnt come sooner but there isn't much volume to play with on here. These might be really nice with a coil fork and messing with oil volume heights.
https://www.budracing-usa.com/us/kyb-showa-factory-style-fork-spring-se…;
IIRC Ohlins used a spacer in one leg to increase progression of their coil RXF36 m.2, I'm not sure if the current models do, but usage of a spacer for that purposes dates back a while with them.
thanks for the quick turnaround
Any idea if these upgrades can be done with a damper service? I assume the compression tune and negative spacer would be easy.
Please never use that term again thx
Kudos to Ohlins for simple no nonsense evolution of an already great suspension based on rider feedback. Tried and true TTX18 damper that just works and is easy to service. This is refreshing in a sea of flashy marketing crap we have been bombarded with all season. We don't need your butter cups and 17% stiffer generatively designed arches.
So they made it rely more on the air spring and less on the damper?
Less of what Ohlins has been and more like RS/Fox?
Thankfully nothing a tune won't fix. I love my RFX36 and TTX22M.2 coil.
It’s all backwards compatible, so I assume it could be done during a full service.
Correct. I believe it's in the spring side, though. I'll have the lowers off mine this week and can confirm, if anyone cares.
Found on the other website
From the other site.. could this be the new hope calliper? Looks to have a different bleed port.
No need to go by feel (though you are correct). As per their respective SDS's.
Shimano Mineral oil
Royal blood
low anti squad usually means low rearward axle path (without any idlers involved)
which i dislike.
but antisquat overall i a bit of a weird metric because it's calculation relies on the exact gearing and position of the center of gravity.
so it is always a bit of a gamble if the antisquat really works for you as intended
The shock is "live" on the US Ext website: https://extusa.bike/products/ext-vecta
$325 cheaper than the Storia V4. Euro pricing on the V4 is similar, so it will probably be around the same €750-775 in euros as well.
Good eye - IIRC that bleed port looks to be the same as on the lever someone posted here a few weeks ago. So we'll probably see a new bleed kit from them with two syringes for push/pull bleeds.
It's also the same as the one on their gravel caliper
Guys nothing new here, it’s a Mineral oil caliper, same as a E4, it’s been around for ages, it’s just the PM version of what dolface just posted above me
Just tried a GX shifter on a 90 group set. Works awesome only downside is that when you try the multi shift it gets hung up on the 52th. But indexing is perfect. So you could run an X01 shifter with 90 for a crisper feel. It would work flawlessly with an e-bike X01 as it is limited to two shifts at a time.
Just to be clear: my request for Dr Digit to refrain from using the kimono line is solely because it makes me think of Steven Segall slowly opening his robe at me without breaking his stare. I haven’t researched the term enough to know if I should find it offensive for any other reasons.
Yeah, when I think of “kimono” I think of Steven Seagal. Don’t even know how to spell his name I’m so flustered.
I am offended by Centerlock though. Definitely.
love a stabby Shimano brake but Centerlock would only be okay if Centerlock were all there is. It’s Betamax, cooler and better but just not worth it
I’m not sure why, but I have a feeling that these new brakes we're seeing from Hope, with their new bleed ports, will operate using mineral oil rather than DOT fluid.
The bleed ports are different from those on current Hope models (e.g. new threads, unusual positioning, different diameters), which could suggest a complete shift in the system's design philosophy—specifically toward mineral oil.
I know everyone is expecting an xtr di2 or whatever the electronic shifting will be called, but does the case code not suggest something else? It's set to 333 (after googling) is their first ever freewheel, the first Shimano product.
Are they just using this to build up some new products or is there something else going on?
They’re not different, see last post on “nerding on brakes”
No clue how to respond to this message in there tagging it
Di1 single speed of course!
It's not quite an E4 I think it might be 14mm pistons, but don't quote me. But NicoZesty is right, they do a caliper that's compatible with GRX or other mineral oil levers, there was a bike of the day posted a while back that was a custom Cnc'd frame, and that had a hopemano brake set on it.
Worth the hype anyway
“Get off my lawn”
That teaser video is a a ripoff of Shimano’s own teaser campaign for the xtr m950 launch back in ‘97.
Shimano/Hope (mineral oil) brakes are fairly common in the gravel world, so Hope definitely have experience w/ mineral oil
https://www.hopetech.com/products/brakes/gravel-cx/rx4-caliper/
Well...all the info already leaked yesterday, but here's the official announcement of the new EXT shock anyway: https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/ext-launches-vecta-0
why has shimano made their XTR and XT caliper so different?
i was really looking forward to XT's with a similar design to the XTR
interesting to see theyve moved to a LV oil to cure their other issues.
XTR is going to replace Saint brakes in my opinion and they really wanted to position it as more different product probably with actual extra features which is problem of the current line up where its just a badge, name and maybe some slight updates but nothing setting them truly apart besides the price.