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Sort of a tech rumour? Remy looks to be on an Avalanche damper in his latest video. We know Vorsprung is working on a new damper, and they had noted they’ve been testing all the other options (including Avy).
Seems like Lenz has decided to make a 32er in the same spirit of the first 29er. When will they learn!!!
I was going to make a post about the core Lenz customer being a boomer suspicious of tubeless tires and dropper posts, but I thought better of it.
Then I happened upon a boomer posting theirs with a rigid post. And I'm back because my soul is sour and withered.
Could you fix a proper idler under the chainstay somehow? Or would it affect something (suspension? I’m dumb)
Bit late to the party here but who cares.
I can personally vouch for the failings of the evil frames. Beautiful design, suspension was unrivalled at the time it was so far ahead of the time period it was in. The early run of frames (pre product recall, first gen if you like) the heat treatment was horrible and the general quality control from the factory in Taiwan was pretty shocking. Weld quality wasn’t great, posts of chicken shit welds grinded back to look smooth and the earliest iterations of their delta link suspension design, although very supple at the start of the stroke, and had decent ramp up as you go through the travel, with little kickback and little break judder, it out an incredible amount of stress on both the suspension hardware as well as the rear triangle so we now have 3 failure points. Headtube, very front of the rear triangle would often crack, as would the suspension hardware so the swing arms, rocker links and the headtube too.
Buddy of mine had one of these in white to replace his Ironhorse Sunday, absolutely unreal bike as well. The evil was quick, but it was also damn heavy and lo and behold, my buddy’s frame cracked at the rear triangle and at the headtube too at the same time which was a real shame because it was a great frame performance wise. He had it professionally repaired and sold it (repairs fully disclosed) replaced it with a 2012 alloy Giant Glory 01, the frame weighed half of that of the evil, tapping a fingernail on the frame you’d hear the difference in material thickness but the giant was bulletproof
I get that.
Yes, marketing is a thing.
But geometry doesn’t lie.
All these bikes have a merit, and end user scenario-a target buyer demographic- built into the development
I think we get worked up sometimes when we want that to be us and it isn’t. Or we don’t want it to be ourselves and —— whoopsie! it is!
Also : why not put a bottle boss on a park bike?
Please god?
There was a c-sixx and bionicon “idler “ that was just a tube of plastic that worked like that, it actually pivoted on 2 directions and was super slick. That thing silenced a few hardtails for me in the past but I don’t seem to have one in the bin anymore …. I think I saw one in the pit bits a little while back too.
From Minnaar’s lastest instagram post: a couple screenshots of the Team DH proto. I can’t wait for this bike to get released for us pigeons.
You are correct, thanks for making mention before I could catch up in this thread.
On longer climbs I would take the chain off but most times I just wouldn't care to. The bigger problem was the chain length in my largest rear cog when using the lower guide, only a problem during climbing though. The system was great while descending.
But I just run the ochain now instead of the lower guide because it's manages the chain whipping and is less faff.
Could you feel a difference in chain whip with guide vs. no guide? I have no interest in putting an active spider on but second hand top & bottom guides are easy to come by on marketplace etc so I am keen to try one on my SJ Evo if you think there's benefits. I run mid cage shimano setup so the small gear thing shouldn't be as much of an issue
I have been thinking about this for my SJ Evo too. Ochains are a little expensive for me right now
Banshee up to something new, the shock cage looks different. Maybe a metric shock uodate?
New lower-profile Crank Brothers DH/Trail pedals on Roger's rig?
Renthal’s DHC pedals
Yesterday I spoke with a guy who rode a couple of EDRs and would always ride xtr mech since forever but he was on a sram. He said not only the chain slap was unbearable on the new di2 xtr but he would also drop chains pretty much daily, to the extend the top of his crank which cought the chain became all scratched... The shifting was absolutely amazing but the reliability is horrible and he also noticed shimano sponsored enduro pros would run full dh chain tensioners or STFUs just to keep the chain on, which is mindboggling how shimano came up with such a design...
Yeah I don’t get it, shifts beautiful, great ergonomics, no clutch, like it was designed for bike paths
I'd love to see someone attempt a hydraulic damper/viscous coupling type thing rather than using friction in the derailleur clutch. Dunno if it could be made small/light/reliable but it would certainly improve shift quality and might not feel quite so gross through the suspension.
Is this their own mechanism or are they buying an off the shelf one?
Sram already does with their Red and Force road derailleur called Orbit clutch but the single chainring XPLR version of the derailleur use their regular mech mtb clutch. There might be packaging issue with creating enough damping force ad rebound fast enough for MTB application or else I think Sram would have already done so for MTB.
I like the clutch in the Jab. You can fine tune the breakaway force and the clutch has a ratchet so it does not engage on release.
I've been riding XT Di2 for the past 5 months and that hasn't been my experience. Zero dropped chains and I just run an upper guide (always have). Shifts flawlessly. As far as chain slap noise it seems to be heavily dependent on the bike and what kind of chainstay protection it has, my HD6 is fine. Even the most vocal critics (Pinkbike tech editors) have noted that it varies from bike to bike. Not trying to convince anyone that they need to buy it, just relating my personal experience.
Only have a few rides on it but the pawl clutch on my MicroShift Advent MX seems pretty good. It’s sad how my whole bike used to be Shimano and now it’s mostly SRAM or MicroShift.
It’s SPD compatible but they market it as Proprietary. Probably a similar deal to the OneUp SPDs from last year
I have an original Advent X on a hardtail and it was fine for a couple years but the pawl clutch has really bad play now. Even on dirt jumps I can feel the slap, and any sudden change in pedaling speed makes it flail back and forth. I'll probably just replace it and run it for a few more years, but I've yet to find anything as serviceable and reliable as shimano SLX/XT clutches.
Per their site -
I was really excited and then I realized I don't have 11k+ CAD to spend on a downhill bike, so I think I'll have to pass sadly.
I have the MX on my Ebike and its great!
Also, I bought into the di2 XT wireless when it first came out - I tend to try ignore new product releases(reviews) and try things for myself.
But holy that Derailluier was awful to listen to, I should see if I can find the video I took of the chain... flailing around crazy, thankfully I returned/refunded it under "not fit for purpose" for MTB's - Im not going to name the shop but they now have them listed as XC ONLY 🤣
does anyone have these pedals and Can provide a side shot with a shoe? Most SPD pedals offer almost zero sole to pedal contact.
I understand that but on the other hand it's kinda interesting to me to see so many small(ish) brands coming out with clip pedals, all with very similar mechanisms and so well polished and functioning.
Renthals mechanism looked similar to what Nukeproof was running at first glance.
It's kinda like there's somewhere a company with a lot of knowhow in mechanism development and experience with stamping small steel pieces selling these to these small companies?
Yeah I've thought for a while that a hydraulic damper could be ideal - you can use a roller bearing with a heavy damping grease (these have WAY more viscosity than any thick grease you normally use) or a small rotary damper to give more speed sensitivity to the cage. Would also have a lot less friction acting on the suspension, ie only damping the large bounces of the cage, and not restricting the small, fast movements of the suspension. The normal friction clutches don't do anything to stop small vibration of the chain, and can amplify bigger impacts because it builds tension before releasing. You can test them just by pressing the chain in to the chain stay, especially in smaller gears the cage and cranks don't actually rotate the pulley, its just the flex and slop in the system that allows the chain to still touch the frame.
The current designs obviously stop some of the bouncing in the middle of the range, but they aren't perfect
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