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@NoahColorado Can I start an unofficial hopeful rumor about MRP making a boxxer/fox 40 compatible Lift damper?
I mean... that's what the kids on the street are saying.
Atherton EMTB with a Bosch controller? I guess with their construction method they could within reason prototype any motor/battery system quite easily?
Looks like full carbon to me
it's the same Orbea wild Dan was riding in the video... also the OR (and presumably the rest of BEA) under the blackout are pretty evident.
You can see the Orbea logo right on the bottom of the text box. Dan was shown in the first eeb video riding the Wild so I'm guessing they've got a few.
Their eeb is already rumoured to have an Avinox motor.
Ermagawd!!
Atherton to Orbea?
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DH AXS drivetrain may get public release finally?
So heres what we have on tap for 2026:
1. Ablative, Aero farrings and wheel dishes that are ejectable with small charges
2. Ablative, ejectable visors. Also using small charges. Perhaps with a bottle rocket to shoot it up and away from the riders face, like a pilots ejection chair.
3. Ablative armor on the helmet itself to reduce concussions. TBD if they are also ejected with tiny rockets.
4. Electronic jamming/warfare to prevent eebs (along with electronic shifting) from poaching your analog only trails
5. A Nintendo Switch mount on the handle bars to play mario kart while your ebike's lane keeping and auto-throttle rides for you.
Yes. DH RD will be released soon.
Also possibilities: Updated Boxxer & Maven Base Brakes (but with contact adjust dial)
Updated Zeb also (technically not DH). Another speculated possibility is upgrade kit for Maven SLV/ULT to install the Base cam system. People have noted that some of the pros had a gold colored cam in their Mavens vs. the red one that comes in the retail.
I'm unclear what difference in performance the Maven cams have ULT vs base? Dumb it down for me...
Ult/slv/brz have „swinglink“ in the lever which alters the mechanical leverage throughout the stroke so you have more power and less free stroke.
Thats what the „s“ in all guide/code rsc models stands for.
The base doesn‘t have the swinglink feature, like all code/guide R models. So they have a bit less power (also smaller pistons) and more free stroke than the ult/slv/brz.
I have the ultimate on my dh and base on my ebike and they are noticeably different brakes, the base feels a lot more like the old code rsc.
I'm more interested to find out if that pivot placement on the chainstay is going to be the new commencal supreme v6, or if it's intended only for the race team.
Also new Vivid and beefed up Lyrik - apparently the new Rock Shox stuff is amazing.
Sea Otter is going to be exciting!
It’s leverage ratio but for brakes.
think we will see more of this shock again soon?
I hadn't heard anything about new Vivid, but your comment did remind me that we've seen several photos of a new Super Deluxe with a ginormous air can, like Float X that Spec put on the Levo/SJ15.
@john_likes_bikes, @juliusk, @dwhere
I wrote you an answer over on the brake forum.
To that point, what would the purposed/assumed leverage change on a revised ULT be like compared to the current?
If we're not just talking DH, but all of what Rockshox/SRAM are going to roll out in the coming months... it'll likely be:
-DH Transmission RD and cassette
-Updated Zeb & Lyrik (with all the new LinearXL and bottom out tech we've been seeing)
-Possibly updated Boxxer with the same tech
-Updated line of Mavens, bringing the pad contact adjust to the Base level brake form factor
-Updated Super Deluxe (with the Geenie style can)
-Possible that we see integrate Shockwiz tech in the top-level offering in a variant of the top-level offering.
Does anyone want electronic gears on their dh bike? I feel like this is just sram repackaging existing components for the sake of streamlining production. Basically cost savings being fed to us as innovation without any real world benefits to the rider.
Problem with SRAM/RS, is they have a history of excellent innovation that they bring to market too quickly without working out the bugs.
I have fond memories of the first gen XX brakes. Ultralight seals and internal bladders that got eaten by DOT fluid. Ultralight mag levers that were so porous you literally had to bleed them every day just to keep enough fluid in the lines. I’d show up to the warehouse in the morning, admire the “DOT dew” on all the lever bodies, and re-bleed 20 bikes.
The first vivid airs to hit the market had a seal issue. The negative air chamber loved sucking all the air out of the positive, leaving you with the slackest dh bike with an inch of travel.
I could keep going, but I ramble and this would be a 100 pager.
The rumor I was told was that every Maven lever is getting a retooling of the “swing link”, since they got so much guff for having a heavy lever feel. If anybody in here has put hands on the latest 13 speed road and gravel stuff, you’ll know Sram can achieve an extremely light lever throw.
In other brake rumors, I’ve been told the other S company that makes brakes is ditching Ice Tech, going 2.2mm thick rotors, and abandoning 203mm sizing. Also, that bleed block you’ve been bleeding your 8220 brakes with? It’s wrong. It’s meant for the thicker rotors, that’s why your brakes feel bad.
iirc fox only has exclusive rights to the genie tech developed with specialized for a year or two
Honestly I like the feel of electronic shifting, but the cost is insanely high. For the same money you could buy a really good rear wheel, which at least in my opinion would have a much bigger impact on the overall riding experience.
the only way to make Shimano brakes feeling half decent is indeed overfilling them anyway, who stops at the bleed block
We forget that people have the nicest rear wheels and the nicest everything else and they think “ might as well buy some electronic shifting”
It sounds like Specialized dealers are being assembled at the start of February for a bike launch at trail venues. Nobody has an idea what the bike is, could it be Kenevo or Enduro or Demo or something else?
203 and the evil spawns of 223, 226 and 246 mm rotors should die a quick death. That and all brakes going back to DOT and all would be well in the brake world.
Adrien loron have many videos with this bike, he doesn't have a frame sponsor listed, any ideas ?
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