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Vital folks will literally screenshot pinkbike comments and still call it “the other site”
Is "I heard it on the chairlift" the MTB equivalent of "I overheard some guys talking about it in a bar"?
Where does the podium use roller bearings?!
In our wildest fantasies.
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More like Cannondale engineer.
we getting square stanchions next!
Return of the Cannondale Moto fork...
Yup! Or a Cascade Components "mullet" shock mount. Will all be cheaper than machining those huge rocker links.
And a +50mm chain-stay dropout piece!
On April 1st, we'll see the reverse mullet lower shock mount...
No - just one 😇
Haha right!
More so just fun seeing chairlift rumor of anything in the works. That’s why I had to screenshot
Honestly, roller bearings in a proper, non lefty modern fork with a separate damper and air Spring would be interesting to try. That was always the downfall of the long travel lefty, too many things crammed into such a small space for how much it had to move.
Sorry, notifications got turned off for this thread for some reason, so I didn't see it.
Rolled diameter doesn't affect the chain pitch. The pitch is the roller axis to roller axis distance. If you can mount it to the old stuff (after some wear), it's the same pitch.
Roller diameter technically doesn't affect the chain pitch, but it changes the way the chain interacts with the chainring and cassette. That's why I said effective not actual pitch.
At least in theory a T-type chain on a standard chainring has a higher chance of skipping because of the mismatch of roller diameter and tooth profile, just like an improper chain pitch.
I don't think it has turned out to be a problem in the real world, so it's mostly a technical issue.
That's because the lefty was designed back in the olden times when 100mm was long travel.
what a heater of a finale! i think luke meier-smith leaked the new Troy Lee D5 helmet...
at the startgate you could see the difference of the chinbar compared to the D4 and SE5 a bit better, too bad i'm not able to screenshot the stream.
If you can mount it to the old stuff after some wear the difference must be minuscule!
Pretty sure that's just the standard moto helmet they have been using all season.
found a better picture on pinkbike from race day, you're right it's a SE5, the paint scheme threw me off
Little birdy told me the d5 will have a new thicker foam core all around to help keep up with the higher speeds the riders are goin. I personally use se5 til d5 comes
was thinking something similar. too bad the D5 will probably be heavier and worse ventilated than the current D4 if the foam will be thicker. the jump from D3 to D4 in weight saving and ventilation was astonishing and makes still the best full face lid for me (park and racing on the enduro).
plus i personally think a A4 half shell won't be too far out in the future also.
No info, just saw on IG
KYB has been working on it for a while now
These forks were on display at an event in Europe. They’re 160 mm according to the eMTB YouTube channel that covered the event. Can’t remember more than that off the top of my head.
Sooooo ugly but but ahh I want to try it because it’s KYB!
Headtube looks exactly like this turd.
Is there anything at all out there regarding Specialized releasing a new Enduro? It almost feels forgotten about, which is quite strange for what was traditionally one of their biggest models.
I heard that the back end had too much compliance to be able to go out to the market (tyre buzzing seat stays). Charlie Murray is on the Stumpy and flying, could see them doing a LT, its not clear from his photos whether he's running a modified link, the bolt spacing between the seat stay and the shock yoke is a little further away.
With Trek launching the Fuel+, are spesh going to try and combine the Enduro/KSL/Kenevo to kill a few sku's in light of sales going back to normality ?