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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.
"Designed to push the limits of what's possible on the roughest terrain..."
Spec'd with EXO casings 🙃
Gotta keep that spec sheet weight down. 😆
Totally. It's frustrating because if someone has an issue with the tires, they don't blame the PM at the bike brand, they blame the tires.
Found that photo on instagram. Not sure if that was supposed to be in someones instagram story or not so i kept their name out. Much clearer shot of the new vanth
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do we call that a second seat tube?
New yoshimura finished works finished ee-wings. $1400. Way too rich for my blood but I admit they look gorgeous.
Idk what to call that lol. On a bright side because they took the pivots off of the seat tube there is nothing to interfere with dropper insertion. Looks like it should be able to clear 200+mm droppers without an issue. Also couldnt tell from Priority's instagram post but it looks like its mullet as well
it's a $100 upcharge over the base eewing MSRP. i'd be curious how much surface hardness improvement it offers. my oldest set of eewings is ~6 years now and it has the visual appearance to show it.
I saw a batch of these being assembled in a shop a few weeks ago. They had some stealthy Maxxis tire patches on them. Care to comment?
definitely some benefits, full dropper space plus freedom to put their pivots wherever they need.
seat twob?
I like the shape of the front, but the rear swingarm style isn't the best looking. It would look a lot better with a regular rear triangle, a bit like the production privee bikes have.
Agreed. Im wondering mostly about the stiffness of the rear triangle. Im not a huge fan of the look but at the same time the way it lines up with the top tube makes it not as bad as i thought it would be from the original pics
pit bits video from lake placid world cup
Rear end be like....
It’s our new OEM hot patch style, replacing the current white logo version.
Same great taste 👅