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change 104BCD to a new proprietary chainring?
The almighty Vault has been “maxxed”
DUB only.
103.99 bcd
who is? i've seen a video and it showed how much a " look we make this cool thing here"product is rather than being actually better in any way
Hopefully they find an axle seal which actually works 🤞
Automatic electronic locking/unlocking to go along with all their other gadgets?
Wonder if I can sell my Slash+ by June 26th...
Easy to be pessimist but Sram recently bought Time pedals & Velocio. Sram pretty much left them to keep doing their own stuff. Just made a better package for when Sram sponsor a team like HTsqd for Velocio or Sram equipped world tour teams for Time Pedals.
They sent an email to previous Crestline bike buyers last week with the specs etc and offering the chance to place their order before the public release. They only had 99 available so I wouldn't be surprised if there were only a handful left available by the time the actual public release happened.
Make tiers to how it functions. The NX Ochain has lead installed into it to make it a little heavier and 2° of disengagement. Then the GX is a smidge lighter but it contains more degrees of disengagement. The Eagle Pro Premium will give you 360° of disengagement as well a cool bird and the additional benefit of less mass moving on your body because you just emptied your wallet to buy it.
Yeti just dropped it's second-ever e-bike, the new MTe. It's pretty much a smaller version of their 160e in many ways, and is equipped with TQ's new HPR 60 drive unit. Full details and review - https://www.vitalmtb.com/product/guide/e-bikes/yeti/mte-66241
Highlights
- 145mm rear wheel travel // 160mm fork (compatible with up to 180mm forks)
- Carbon frame enhanced with Vectran plies
- 29-inch wheels with mullet compatibility via a flip chip
- Sixfinity suspension design
- TQ HPR 60 Drive Unit
- 290Wh or 580Wh battery options
- Integrated removable battery
- Integrated top tube display
- Adjustable leverage rate
- 64-degree head tube angle
- 449mm chainstay length
- Internal cable routing
- 12X148 Boost rear spacing
- Sizes: S - XL
- 3 build kits
- MSRP: C2 Eagle 90 Transmission - $9,850 | T3 XO Transmission - $12,650 | T4 XX Transmission - $14,300
- Weight (M, T3 Build, no pedals): 45 lbs (20.4 kgs)
Hilarious that I just posted the email sent to TQ dealers this morning and as the page refreshed I saw the post showing it.
Propain put their Sresh SL teaser out with a bunch of info
https://www.propain-bikes.com/us/sresh-sl-teaser/
https://escapecollective.com/is-sram-quietly-reinventing-the-chain/
More like reinventing the half-link chain.
Maybe not possible to tell from the pic but, anyone able to tell what motor it uses?
TQ hpr60
While I would love to be able to run odd sized chainrings again, I’d be pretty shocked if Sram has figured out a way to work around how much halflink chains stretch.
The shadow supreme is pretty beefy, but i don't see that playing well with gears...
Better have a bearing warranty for that price, 16 bearings. Bearing kit cost $220.
make it massive like bmx chains.
Really liking this trend of SL eebs having removable batteries. Put the small one on for after work laps and then the big one (or extra small one in the shuttle truck) on for an all day mission.
Yeti engineers when discussing how many bearings to use:
I annoyingly just thought of a better meme:
If you’ve owned or worked on a yeti with switch infinity, you’d probably be happy with more bearings instead
It’s easy to work on, throw away the old link, install the new one, be $300 poorer.
That applies if you’re not the first owner, if you are, well then you get a free new switch
Really? All their warranty policy says is lifetime against manufacturing defects not wear and tear.
I have had an si bike for 5 years now. They are way easier to service than replacing a bearing. When I noticed a little wear they sent me a new one no questions asked.