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Definitely a high-pivot ebike
There's a 6 piston caliper coming from Hope soon, i've seen a couple on sponsored riders, paired with the new Evo Levers all in full red
They’re using the 6-pot again? Thought they decided against it several years ago when they were testing it with the tech3 lever… probably saw that Lewis are selling some 6-pots and decided they want a piece of this pie after all as well…
Internationales de chelva: New lapierre proto beneath anne
New clipless pedal from Renthal:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DU2f7bsiEVo/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Seems they're targeting the Ballast Bros with this one:
The weight with pins installed is an official 630 g.
Pins per pedal: 16
Dimensions: 104 mm x 111 mm
Q-factor: 55 mm
Colors: Black/gold
Availability: Immediately
Weight: 630 g (pair, weighed)
Price (RRP) €199.95
Data taken from the German mtb-news.de site.
If I'm not mistaken that "few" years ago was more than 10 😁 And there were almost no ebikes then, but the things have changed since and the need for strongest possible brakes is bigger than ever...
Six piston brakes for the Surron crowd?
You’re mistaken - I’m referring to the protos that were being tested during the 2018/19/20 seasons, not the old ones from 20 years ago. In 2018 there were numerous e-bikes!
May be Hope needs to invest in a pair of Maximas, part them out and check what makes them tick in order to be the strongest 4-pots out there, and, I don’t know, reverse engineer the crap out of it! 🙃
No need, the Hopes match the Maximas already (according to Enduro Mag's latest testing):
Starling Big Bird 32/29 mullet!
Bikeradar has some additional details: https://www.bikeradar.com/news/renthal-revo-dhc-trc-pedals
TQ powered Sight. Should see info on the builds this week.
They say “proprietary binding” but when you go to their website it says “fully SPD compatible”
So what’s unique about them then?
I wish more companies weren’t afraid of deviating from SPD cleats, I feel like they really limit innovation.
What sort of pedal/cleat innovation would you like to see?
Does CB have a patent that prohibits brands from using their system? Not that I don't like their pedals, but I'm curious why we don't see any 3rd party options for cleats or pedals. Would love a steel cleat that lasts more than a month.
Silca makes Ti cleats for Crankbrothers, they’re even on sale! 😏
https://silca.cc/products/titanium-cleats?variant=39441748263010
Looks like the Ripley SL is out
geo changes per size are straight comical. good looking bike though
I’d like to see more entry methods. Crank Bros are the only pedals where you can just slide your foot forward across the pedal and it will catch. They’ll also re-engage if you just stand on the pedal as you ride. I think that’s the reason they’re so popular with the gravity crowd despite their issues.
Personally I find the “toe down” SPD entry method to be distracting in technical terrain. I’d like something that keeps the ease of entry that Crank Bros pedals have without the durability issues or vague centering.
With the amount of horizontal space that gravity pedals have within the platform area, I think you could use that space for a wider and flatter clip mechanism.
I wouldn't put much weight in the enduro mag test findings - the results don't make any sense.
I see a few issues:
1. Shimano XTR, XT, and SLX all have the same mechanical and hydraulic power output, but the test results show them as being wildly different.
2. They also show TRP DHR evo as dramatically underperforming XTR. Having used both, this is just incorrect...
3. And lastly, XTR being next to Maven in terms of test results in laughable. XTR is a cross country brake compared to maven stopping power.
Based on the wild discrepancy between mechanically equal shimano stoppers, I assume their test methodology has large error bars that we are not seeing in the data presented by them.
Pedal rumors aren't all that interesting... but I can't resist. Have you tried the new CL-MT001 shimano cleats? I'm not going to say that they provide exact crank brothers entry/exist vibes... but they are A LOT closer then the sh-51's were.
My living room clip in/out tests confirm this, got the CLs on my new shoes and SHs on my old so was able to have one on each foot to really feel the difference. I'm a fan. Can't wait to test on trail!
Likely a DJI avinox m2 ebike judging by them hiding the motor
With a 36 up front its appears to be another Sight VLT version. "Sight VLT DJI Gen 4" is the likely nomenclature.
It appears to have a wired remote (two cables entering the right hand side of the frame) so I don't think it's DJI. The HPR60 still uses a wired remote so most likely that imo.
And, no offense to Norco, but I am not sure they'd be the first to market with a M2 Avinox motor. Atherton bikes said mid-April, so likely Sea Otter.
Plus, as mentioned above, it doesn't appear to be wireless controllers.
Kinda derailing this thread now, but a couple of counter arguments:
-XTR, XT, and SLX aren't "wildly" different in the results, there's about 10% decrease in recorded power between each of them with stock pads (they didn't test XT and SLX with the Sinter pads). Since they used the average of 20 decelerations, I would say there is some underlying (=real) reason for the differences.
-TRP's DH-R EVO always felt a bit low on brake-power-to-finger-power ratio for me, compared to several other brakes...
-remember that they tested with constant power at the lever (4 kg of force on the levers for all the test runs). With the same pads and rotors, I have no problem believing that the XTR can land next to the Maven at a specific, constant lever force. This doesn't mean that the Maven doesn't have more "headroom" to borrow a term from the audio world, but XTRs definitely develop quite a bit of stopping power without too much lever input. You call them "XC" brakes but that's just because they use slightly more exclusive materials to keep the weight in check, as you also pointed out they are based on the same mechanical/hydraulic layout as XT and SLX.
Anyway, this discussion should probably move to a brake thread now.
According to the enduro mag test, XTR is more powerful than Dominion A4 and TRP DHR Evo, and close to the same power as mavens.
I don't think their lab test is an accurate reflection of real world riding, because it's definitely not what I have experienced.
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