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On the whole handlebar alignment thing... I once watched 2 friends argue for at least 30 minutes over who's bars were off and by how much... The best entertainment one could ask for while enjoying a beer...
how to straight bars:
www.thethingswecreate.co.uk
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Speaking Ali, the laser bar alignment tool is dialed (if it fits with your stem)
Good guees. Solid burn.
Thing in common is they both get deleted when butthurt happens.
Is Morgane Charre running her front Neo sensor on the handlebar instead of the brake caliper? That cable doesn't appear to be waiting to be reattached to the fork. Interesting way to potentially run a sensor.
I actually prefer bars to be slightly out of alignment because I made myself get use to it and now it never bothers me if its its not right 😂
That's the handlebar remote (see the cable going to the ring controller on the bar). Allows the rider to switch between the preconfigured shock tunes. It's shown in the app / manual, but I've never seen it for sale.
The "sensor" you're referring to is the battery and transmitter.
paul aston-atron part 2
This is old product, but cool to see the in-between stage prototype from the old DHX2 to the new version. That eyelet is a hybrid of both.
Ken, I think that DHX2 might be a special orientation of the resi for fitment?
https://thelostco.com/products/2026-fox-dhx2-shock-250-x-75-mm?srsltid=…
Meanwhile, somewhere in Germany...
Wild. I've been gone too long.
somewhere near winterberg?
If it is, you didn't hear it from me. 🤣
so, announcement this weekend?
Here we go again. 🥳 (Throwback to page 851).
I was already quite surprised that we didn't get some shots of this stuff when the YT b-team raced it at Poland two weeks ago.
FWIW somewhat answering my question from before - I emailed Egerie about getting a bike made and they only do face to face delivery, they do not ship.
Still very cool to admire some of his work and Paul's bikes, though!
heres a link to many manufacturers who will sell you one
Category:Bus manufacturers - Wikipedia
This is funny it doesn’t deserve downvotes
ahhh, the handlebar remote that wasn't available at release. Never saw a pic of one so it was a bit puzzling.
Not sure if it's been discussed in the bike industry or internets too much, but I'm kind of into this:
https://www.inventwood.com/
Looks like Magura has a new MDR-P rotor 🧐
Let’s hope with higher quality rivets as well
what's on henry kerr's gamux (from Q2 loudenvielle after he crashed...thankfully he's ok b/c w/ his OTB crash, it'd be easy to say "ejector seat?" external resevoir for rear brake? ABS type thing?
Data acquisition unit of some type?
Could be a water reservoir to drip onto the rear brake and cool it, this is something I've seen used from time to time by racers over the years. Sounds like the track is hard on brakes, so some cooling might be beneficial.
What a contrast from last week when people were having issues with cold brakes.
Back in the 90’s many riders (including Warner IIRC) experimented with water dripping from a bottle onto the rear disc to prevent them heating up. Could it be that Kerr rides a bit ‘draggy’ on the rear brake which, especially on the steep lower sections at Loudenvielle, could have been giving him issues?
Edit- Finkill beat me to it.
Definitely a dripper.
Surprised they didn't go to 223mm rotors first? Bigger rotors drop temps quite a bit
thanks all on the dripper thing. had no idea!
so does the back brake really heat up that much? i'd think the front is where the real heat is (maybe there's a dripper there and we can't see it).
Saddle activated brake... If you sit down, you slow down...