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Is Gillchrist still on his "yeti lite" program riding kendas? Or is he up there with Richie and them these days.
Oh good, a power meter on my O-chain DH crankset. Finally.
Probably being used as the pedal sensor for Flight Attendant.
https://www.sram.com/en/rockshox/collections/flight-attendant
true, Ryan is on Yeti Shimano and Richie on Yeti Fox. But, based on past race builds both have either fork at their disposal. So its still same bike, same course, different forks.
Is that... Jordi?!
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some different looking 40’s🫣
Hm. Shame. Not inverted. Its trash.
that front tire tho
New DHF he's been on for a few weeks now. Hopefully it's dropping soon with their new casing... One can hope.
Holy side knobs
Got this in my Google news feed but it was gone before I could open it.
Airdrop just released their new Filter, looks like a solid fun bike!
Airdrop Filter MX - 141mm alloy framed mountain bike - Airdrop Bikes Limited
As a consolation that lower crown is inverted imo
what are on the brake calipers?
I think those are sensors for the Fox live valve system
https://ridefox.com/products/live-valve-neo-kit
<in Will Ferrel's voice from an SNL skit, with the cow bell>
I NEED MORE SIDE KNOBS!
For reals, looks good to me. Would bang. Take my money naow!
I have any way to predict that Fox is doing this, but I'd be interested if they went for less torsional stiffness on the new 40 crown. The Podium is supposed to be comparable to the new 36 in terms of torsional stiffness, and it feels great. Because the 40 crown is so much flatter, it looks like Fox was able to make the lowers longer, which would allow for more bushing overlap. I wonder if they're trying to copy some of the Podium magic by adding fore/aft stiffness with more bushing overlap while reducing torsional stiffness for better steering.
These are all speculations. Richie Rude is running the 38 by choice at Crankworx, so it's also not a sure thing that all Fox athletes are as enamored with the Podium as I was.
good engineering?
Good eye, and that's hilariously bad. I'm 99% certain that no one planned out hose routing before making this arch for the test fork, and somebody had to get out a drill and give it their best shot. At least I'm hoping so, because that hose location does NOT look ready for prime time.
Will probably end up somewhere near the 36 placement.
Obvious Fox didn't read the silent bikes thread. Missed opportunity to just line the small hole with furry side Velcro and smash the cable through.
Are you talking about the holes in the fork arch that will let more dust, mud and debris in around the seals?
If only there was a big hole in the arch they could just run the brake hose through...
I think they are talking about how the brake line has almost no clearance with the side knobs of the tire.
This angle from the other site makes it look like this wasn't a random mounting point. Make sure that front wheel's true!
Yeah, there is absolutely zero chance they have a mould that's that far along and show it off as not final. I guess they're going to band aid it with an angled hose guide in the footprint of the original.
Either that or someone is gonna get rich selling kashima zip ties.
Maxxis still hasn't figured out angled side knobs 😪
Jackson really struggling with those straight side knobs 😂