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I think we have known these were coming for awhile but this is the first time I’ve seen the Tacky Chan radials on something other than a race bike. (Post from Crossworx Instragram)
Change just for the sake of change... See the recent Cracker Barrel debacle..
Prezactly
That is the CEO of Crossworx personal bike, so chances are he has some buddies at Schwalbe and may get the tires for testing.
And also, schwalbe sponsored rider Raphaela Richter's partner is the guy who welds those frames, and I believe she works there at crossworx every now and then - So might be a connection there too.
So I still dont think they are very available for us "regular" people
What is it with German online retailers and accidently publishing stuff early?
Short travel, no high pivot incoming
It will be super cool to see what Forbidden comes out with, given their high pivot history and pedigree. If this is indeed true, I'm going to start saving money now.
Or the Germans got their signals crossed and were trying to sell heels.
Would be a bummer if this turned into a copyright problem for forbidden (bikes)
Warning! AI Slop
Forbidden testing out their new high-heel suspension platform:
It seems that Ai is confused again..
That website post is from 2024, so not sure if it is related to the Reya
Well... It's still not fully understood, just like magnets.
GPUs now cost five morbillion dollars because of people who rub their belly while laughing to shit like this
I have actually touched a Tacky Chan radial. They're real, and I'm excited
Also RAM prices. Insane.
Screw the shoes, I'm more interested in those cranks.
Thought this would have trickled over from team rumours already but I guess not.
It's already been covered actually. A while ago in fact.
It's a 4-bar modification to the Dissent using the original front triangle.
Anyone with a CNC could make one of these out of a dissent and a vitus sommet if they really wanted to
Anyone with a CNC could make a Gamux Sego too if they REALLY wanted to
Touché
Maybe there's a better thread but
Assuming they kept the leverage curve mostly the same, wouldn't it be easier to just add a floating brake arm
I'd say that the assumption of keeping the leverage curve mostly the same is the issue here - I'd say the reason to go this way is precisely optimising the leverage curve.
I'm not that intune with how the leverage curve is affected by different pivot positions, but time and time again we've seen multi-link bikes driving the shock from the lower link - Specialized with the original Demo and the two current tube and lug prototypes, Santa Cruz moving the whole lineup to be lower link driven when the majority of pedaled bikes previously were driving the shock from the upper link.
Granted, the way Dissent has the two pivots positioned, it's likely this was the easiest way to drive the shock with a horst link, but still, I'd say there's something in there connected to the leverage curve.
Checking back on the existing Dissent, the linkage that drives the shock is essentially the same (vertical link, chain-stay & link connecting the two) I'm guessing that the leverage curve is about the same as before. As opposed to a floating brake arm, the crab link lets you change the axle path so you can optimize both the anti-rise and anti-squat (though in this setup you can't optimize them independently).
Surprised there is no press coverage of the fact that Atherton is making an e-bike. Not even a rumor, they announced it.
I honestly thought they would never go electric
Was in this thread back in October...
https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/The-Hub,2/2020-MTB-Tech-rumors-and-inno…
Wasn’t the V10 driving the shock from the lower link way back?
so you want them to go out of business?
In the announcement video they say it's something they've wanted to do since day one.
I'm curious to see how they integrate the battery into their existing design style. I could see them doing something similar to the Cotic ebike, where the normal bike tubes are also used on the ebike, but with an external battery. Will have to wait til Jan to find out I guess.
V10 always had the lower link drive the shock all the way from the first gen in 2002. But first lower link driving the shock trail/enduro bike was the Nomad 4 in 2017.
Edit: nvm I forgot the Driver 8 existed.