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With all due respect, outside of BK's prototype, how many have we seen broken? There were rumors about a production frame broke at a Hardline event and this one..
I'm not keeping a spreadsheet or anything but I think I've seen about 4 or 5 now.
Do you recall if they all seem to have broken in a similar fashion to the one posted here? If I see 4 or 5 broken the same way, that's enough to call it a pattern..
BK's snapped seat stay from Hardline. Video of it - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PgKqMeKE_Xw
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BK had a broken seat stay with the production bike.
Our rental shop Phoenix had a broken seat stay.
This one is a totally different location.
Yeah, those are all locations that definitely should not pivot.
I heard it's gotta go back to prototype phase, wasn't quite ready
Adding a third chain this time and maybe another shock but its just for the bottom bracket bash guard to compress.
An extra 1-2#'s of CF reinforcement on a DH bike just makes sense.
What am I looking at exactly here?!
Ride wrap announced they are sponsoring the team.
The new demo has me a little confused. Is the new drivetrain that they are using specifically just to mitigate kickback? I was looking at it wondering if this is going to be a bike designed for those who want to put in an aftermarket gearbox in the future. They just replace the whole… box? Thing? When this originally came out I didnt pay it much attention since it seemed every week it was being changed drastically anyways.
The old one had a lower pivot, which performed well enough, but it seemed like Specialized were concerned about it being too low down and at risk of being scuffed or bashed on rocks. When they moved the linkage out of the way, it changed the pedalling characteristics a heck of a lot, and not for the better. So either they could have made it with an idler that doesn't let the chain wrap around the chain ring for more than 8 or so teeth, or they go for the 2 chain route. IMO the chain system is a packaging compromise to fit the linkage they want in a way that isn't at risk of breaking on rocks etc.
There was one posted here from a DHSE race at Ride Rock Creek that broke in the same way this one did.
Couldn’t find if anyone has posted about this since. But looks like a new Allied trail or enduro bike? Given the BC40 is 120mm I’d bet over 160mm. Ridden by Anna Yamagucci (sp?) at Trans Cascadia. I just hope they keep that raw linkage…
Nice find! Poked around a little and found this on the other site:
I think they moved the pivot for performance reasons, not to protect the linkage from rock impacts. A bash guard could cover that and would add ballast very low down.
Those rearmost frame bearings are going to last about 3 seconds. I think i'd take a filing cabinet over this.
You can find photos of Finn dragging the link thru the ground. It was a pretty clear problem for the race team let alone a bike you intend to sell to the public. For me the redesign takes it from a bike I’d have zero interest in owning to a bike I simply probably can’t afford.
SRAM Motive brakes seems to have gotten an update on the hose exit angle:
https://www.sram.com/en/sram/mountain/collections/brakes/brake-collections/heavy-duty-brakes
I was bummed they Motive didn't launch with that, but now it seems fixed. The new versions end with A2 instead of A1, but otherwise seem identical.
Since it runs a Lyrik up front, I would guess its probably a 150/160 bike, or maybe one step smaller. Or as the trend is of lately, a bike that can run multiple setups with different links.
From the pits in Lake Placid today (Pit Bits vid coming in a few hours). What looks like dimples on the stanchion of a Boxxer, I'd assume to reduce friction. Forum expert opinion thoughts?
Looks like there are 4 holes in a row on the tube too.
Some sort of air volume adjustment maybe?
Bushes with dimples (to hold lubricant) are quite common, I guess it could work on the other sliding surface. Wonder what it does to the fatigue life of the stanchion?
The holes let oil up to the upper bushing… those are already on current 38 boxxer.
Someone patented the channel around the bushings.
I’m sure fatigue is been calculated and tested. RS didn’t mess around with fatigue.
Also curious how they’re making the dimples.
That is better. Though I tried and tried to make it work, I never took a bike out of the workstand with the previous routing because it was so ugly.