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They must have a bit too many sb160s in stock they need to get rid off 👀
Is enduro still a thing ?
How many new enduro bikes have been released in the last year or so? Sure feels like at least from a product perspective, options are pretty limited these days. Seems like there’s a lot of 160-170 bikes that are 4-5 years old. Megatower, Spire, SB160, Slash. I guess the Firebird, Rallon and Nomad are fresh.
The minimal changes to the firebird and nomad compared to the generation before shows how we almost converged in enduro bike geometry. Nothing new is needed in that saturated market.
People also just get bored of one thing. We've been riding enduro bikes for years now.
I ride exactly the same trails as I used to on the fleet of enduro bikes I've had over the years, but now I do it on an optic built like an enduro bike (but with 140/125 travel).
Same trails, different dynamics. lots of market lost to e-bikes obviously but for the rest, it'll come back around I think.
I still remember the Evil Following craze…
Just like GP forums, I swear.
Where's that new specialized again? Patent for the 170mm design lodged in 2023 iirc.
Enduro is going through a multilayered image crisis, but still the largest segment of bikes within my friend group.
Meanwhile dual sus single crown overall still seeing plenty of updates. Did rider perception/wants/needs change or should the definition of enduro bike be malleable and rhyme with mall fountain?
They might feel that way but you can already see in the ebike site forums a few different things counter to this- first, because the motor is relatively widespread now its lost some of the allure of exclusivity or uniqueness. Second, some first movers to the A2s motor are reporting that its great but not perfect, due to excessive power delivery and energy consumption, motor knocking, etc. Its not the marketing dream that was pitched, but very good like its competitors. Third the bike industry needs to learn consumers hate pregnant downtubes and i think it’ll be fine.
I also don’t feel bad for manufacturers offering zero cross brand or even generation motor compatibility to accelerate product lifecycles. Bad for consumers, generates excessive waste, and commoditizes frame manufacturers unless you do every motor (e la pivot).
My prediction of super enduro bikes with dual crowns has yet to pay out, but it will. Mark my words.
So my qustion is, can tin foil hats be used to thickn rotors?🤣
Not sure if supposed to be there, but this french shop has it listed in stock
https://cycles-azam.com/velos-de-route/2569-9299-nukeproof-tracker-fs-shimano-deore-m6200-12sp-5400928761727.html#/45-taille-s
2500€ (a tad under 2200£) for M6200 12sp and a Domain
Frame looks very similar to the mega, just with a different seat stay bridge and external routing on the mainframe. Great price, excellent platform to upgrade as things wear and need replacing.
Mega already had external routing, maybe not at the end, but at least in a generation prior it did.
Epoxy adheres really well to epoxy. Some manufacturers mold lugs with "new" epoxy prepreg over a cured tube - which is really similar to repair. So lots of value in considering repair for epoxy. For TP, there simply has not been that many bikes made so little effort in repair specifically for TP bikes. And, it depends on the thermoplastic used. Variations of Nylon have been most used, and there are adhesives that work well with Nylon. Some people are looking into reheating the area, remelting the tube's TP, then "welding" a patch to the repair area. But no one doing that reliably for bikes that I know. So, much like using the highest performing TP composites for bikes, it's possible "on paper" but no one has invested in it yet to sort all the details; that I know of.
Any BC friends want to go grab a frame for me and ship it to Utah? 😁
The latest generation of the Mega aluminium frame, released in 2021 has internal routing. The carbon frame also had internal routing on the previous generation from 2017ish, maybe earlier.
shipping would probably be cheaper with only two frames...
it is if you know where to look for it.
Sure is in Squamish.
To me Enduro is the most interesting and all skills encompassing form of mtb racing. It's just that bike racing (other than Tour de France, which I love watching) as a whole is difficult to package and translate to the TV screen for the masses to enjoy.
looks like a new shimano saint click pedal, or even a proper xtr enduro pedal on RR special worldchamps enduro bike:
RR is the most successful enduro rider ever plus the sb160 the most successful enduro bike, why shouldn‘t they celebrate that with some special editions… especially when the successor bike is on the horizon
Just these... https://ride.shimano.com/products/pd-m9220
thx, didn‘t know they existed.
Slash came out 2.5 years ago. And last year they released the fuel lx which I could see being the replacement.
The greatest, in the same way that Jon Jones is the greatest? Or Gordon Ryan?
never heard of those guys but are they also 4time overall world series champions and a world champion and have the most wins/podiums on the world stage?
I'm thinking it's a PED reference. Some deep cut BJJ/mma lore.
Off topic but everyone in BJJ is on juice, it’s like saying Ronnie Coleman isn’t the greatest bodybuilder cuz of PEDs. You have to assume a lot of mtb racers are on PEDs, there’s no way the testing is any good. They can’t even figure out how to route a b line.
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