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Norco should be in production soon.
They took the video down! Mo had the video up too and now I can't seem to find it. Interesting.
Live on Evil https://www.evil-bikes.com/pages/the-offering
No more Superboost.
I can't remember for sure.. Are the special project frames done in house at Yeti? I don't know why, but I thought I recall reading that somewhere..
NO SUPERBOOST!!!!!! The world is healing
Evil’s new Offering is here, and they are joining us for a ‘Forum Hot Seat’ to answer any questions you might have - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/new-evil-offering-forum-hot-seat-evil-bikes
TLDR: it’s no longer super boost (as some of you already mentioned)
FIRE OFF ALL YOUR QUESTIONS IN THE HOT SEAT FORUM!
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If anyone has connections with scotish underground, there is a prototype Titan on the loose
Wow Evil really had to still give us something to bitch about by making the seat post 30.9
Oh come on it’s lighter and my 5 yro one up v2 is working smooth ever since I got it
Isn’t 30.9 the most common?
You might be thinking of 31.6. But then, Specialized, Norco, and I'm sure other brands use 34.9. Seatposts are one of the last areas of MTB standards that's just a total mess with no rhyme or reason for it. What really is the weight difference between a 30.9 and a 31.6 seat post lol we're talking .7 of mm difference.
Nice, been looking forward to riding that bike since I loved the range.
I unintentionally ended up with 4 bikes with 30.9 seat tubes. So now I'm a 30.9 evangelist with only my emotions to support it...
I like the idea of 34.9 because bigger must be better (right?) and all sizes fit with just a shim if necessary.
It's not about weight, it's squeezing out clearance I'm pretty certain. But then again, we are talking about .7mm. Okay it is stupid!
I just had to order my first 30.9mm dropper to fit my new e-bike as that is what it runs. I would have rather had the 31.6 because I already have one and I think a small increase in diameter is helpful for bushing overlap, reducing binding, etc.
435 chainstay across the board...
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Can confirm this is real.
You think the guy at Avalanche suspension is "interesting", Howard Messner was on another level of insane. Ohlins actually cut ties with him for abusing customers pretty much. Sadly he died in 2022 but that man turned shitbox harley davidsons into bikes that were less shit that's for sure. A true suspension genius.
I was his first Australian customer approx 15 years ago, I had to talk to him for weeks to persuade him I wasn't a nigerian scammer lol. I had to go to my local library and use the fax machine to place my order he was that old school. Then have friends I had made from Forums pay him in person. Was the biggest ordeal but once those remote resi ohlins went on my Dyna's it was all worth it.
FWIW nearly every single dropper post offering both 30.9 and 31.6 models use identical internals, including bushings, in both models. I don't think there's an appreciable difference between the two. There's a valid argument with 34.9 but at the same time, now that droppers are mature enough, I'm not sure most people are actually experiencing the issues with 30.9/31.6 posts that 34.9 was meant to solve. Companies are just too good at making em' these days.
A 30.9 post fits everything modern with various shims.
Fun fact about seat tubes: 31.6 just so happens to be the ID of a 1-3/8” diameter, 0.065” tube.
We have 31.6mm seatposts because some engineers were lazy/clever.
Not a fan of the new eeahhh-lins logo 🤨
I ain't putting a shim on my $6,700 base model Evil!
In all seriousness, I've never gotten Cane Creek shims to actually work without some amount of slip.
Don’t forget all the Ducati dorks
I've got a 30.9 post in my 34.9 Sight and it hasn't slipped yet. It does start to creak every couple of months after enough muddy water washes down between the shim and post and takes out all the grease. Slightly annoying, but it's a 3-minute fix when I do my quarterly teardown (cries in PNW winter).
Grease goes between the shim and the post, carbon assembly paste goes between the shim and the frame. Never had an issue with slip or creaks from this area. I own four 30.9 posts and just shim for everything when swapping bikes, if required.
Well, I haven't heard this one before. 🙄
But is it laterally stiff while maintaining vertical compliance?!?
I've got a beer can shim and carbon paste that keeps my post where I want it..
"...are one of the last areas of MTB standards that's just a total mess with no rhyme or reason..." ROFL🤪😁😂😛