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I have always liked POC Coron Air b/c its using EPP for that reason. Small crashes, I don't have to worry if the shell is still in good shape.
pit bits lenzerheide world cup
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Love that Shimano is making their own Transmission-style derailleur mount. I look forward to standing on someone's Saint derailleur in the near future. If anyone can get their hands on Dak, Ethan, or Benoit's Scott, please stand on their new Saint derailleur for me and let me know what you think.
Devil's advocate: I haven't noticed any excess chainslap or noise with the new XTR Di2 derailleur on my mid-travel bike (admittedly I haven't tried it yet on my long travel smasher), and most people who do find the new XTR derailleur too loud seem to find that the shorter cage 9-45 derailleur/cassette combo is much, much quieter.
This new prototype Saint derailleur without a clutch has an ultra short cage, so maybe it'll be fine? It's basically the 9-45 12-speed cassette minus the four biggest cogs. I also suspect the Saint derailleur will have extra stiff parallelogram springs, like DH derailleurs in the bad old days before clutches.
That's not a Shimano mount, it's the Stiffshifter from Eightpins. They're only available via pre-order. Mine arrived after 4.5 weeks.
Huh. AKA how to improve shifting performance at the cost of transferring leveraged impact forces directly into your $5,000 carbon frame. I see that's something they address but I don't see how it wouldn't increase risk to some extent.
Just noticed Charlie Aldridge on deep-section/aero wheels in the XCC, have not noticed that before...
Edit: apparently the showed up in Nove Mesto; "...unreleased Reserve 48 / 53 GR wheels with 32 spokes front and rear..."
Wasn't this settled shortly after the people-standing-on-derailleurs stuff? The axle takes the direct load, not the frame (or am I misremembering?)
And most of the time they were standing mostly on the axle anyway. It never seemed that impressive. But a good bit they managed to get all these reviewers do for no real reason.
plus almost 1,4 kg for that kali helmet which is moto territory. nothing nano on that 😅
With how sensitive 1x derailleurs became to misalignment of the hanger, it makes sense to beef up the mount. Either do it directly (transmission) or the way 8pins does it. Frames are also much stronger today than they were before, especially if you have an UDH mount.
New brake lever in the aon pits
After 5 years of riding and living with Dominions on a daily basis I wouldn’t change a thing. Have to give Hayes credit for not following the lemmings and routing the hose next to the bar ‘because it looks cleaner but rattles’ like the two S’s
Super cool stuff going on here, but I wonder where the middle ground of 2.3+ tires and deeper dish wheels will end up, given the 105% rule. I don't think this is going to make much sense outside of shorttrack with 2.0/2.1 tires, as the dish needed for wider tires starts to get into sketchy territory.
Currently assembling parts for an Epic 9 build, and strongly considering some 50mm deep wheels as a second wheelset.
Good points; I don't think the 105% rule applies to MTB though...
Depending on what you want to optimize yes 105% rule can apply to mtb too if your focus is aero at multiple yaw angle. Lenzerheide Short track average speed for elite men was 30.38kph and 26.85kph for elite women, at those average speed aero can make a significant difference.
https://silca.cc/en-ca/blogs/silca/part-5-tire-pressure-and-aerodynamics
https://www.hambini.com/cycling-aerodynamics-wider-tires-and-rims-examined-in-engineering-detail/
Yep, you're right! I had a brain fart and got the rim-depth and tube-ratio rules from road mixed up w/ the 105% rule-of-thumb for aero wheels..
I always interpreted that as a Trojan horse for headset cable routing
I would tend to agree. I liked mine a lot! The main appeal for me is the price being a good $50-80 cheaper than most of the competitors and deep discounts easy to come by. Though for an updated one, I would love to see pads that don’t rattle, easier and more modern bleed, and more usable adjustments but not at the cost of raising the price. That’s where I think the Hayes really shines.
It looks a little more angled parallel to the bar (similar to SRAM) than the currently generation brake no?
This is exactly how I feel about Mavens.
Hayes felt like they had too much throw in the lever for me. Even after a fresh bleed. And not quite the same power as mavens. But to be fair they are excellent brakes and if I had to run them I’d be completely happy. Just don’t think they quite match maven power, feel or build quality.
The dead stroke adjustment is kind of lost on me since you would only run it out. The long dead stroke combined light lever force could lead you to pulling too much brake for me since the lever had more momentum when it hit the power band.
It's worth mentioning that I am 140lbs and the power difference between Maven and Dominion is a lot less polarizing I found because of my weight.
I can assure you that the momentum of your lever has nothing to do with it.
I'm pretty sure Sram said at one point that the hose angle changed specifically because of the through the headset routing...
I know some of the teams have been running gravel tires at some on the short course races.. Gives them a little lighter, faster rolling option..
They were top tier when they first came out, but now after all the updates from others, they are more middle of the pack of those I've tried. For powerful brake options when the Dominions came out, the Codes were the best of the SRAM options, MT7 from Magura, and Saints from Shimano, not much else to speak of. There are a lot more options now. The lever feel is great, power is good, etc but they aren't anything to write home about in any category, but they definitely were when they came out.
My biggest beef is the length and feel of the deadstroke, I don't agree with the user above that it results in too much power being applied, but it's too long and floppy IMO. It's rough if you run the levers close to the bar. It gets worse as the pads wear, also, which is a bit annoying considering most others will remain fairly consistent from breakin to needing a pad change. I also know they had a period where QC was problematic but I never personally had any issues. I've also been able to fade them pretty badly before. For me, they sit on my trailbike and HT, but anything more than that and I run one of the others (I'm also 220lbs on heavy 29ers).
For me, now, Hope, SRAM (Maven), Intend, Radic are all better choices. I wanna try the Brembos but...idk when they'll be available. The new Saints look promising, too, but who knows when they'll be around.
I am really anxious to see what the next generation of brakes from Hayes is like, though. The G2 Mezzer is a huge improvement and I'm curious to see if they'll put the same level of improvement in their brakes.
I have to disagree about the noise of cables comming from the angle of the hose alone. I had dominions on a 4 cable cockpit and it was rattling. Now i habe a 2 cable cockpit with only the mavens and its death silent.
If you clip the two cables coming from one side together and space the two pairs from opposite side wide appart enough, it'll be silent.
FWIW, how do you mount non-Sram shifter on Mavens, Motive and late model Codes? Is there enough space between the reservoir cover and bar to fit a clamp there?
I assume you are talking about leverage rate of the swing link. Not momentum.
The lever weighs only a few grams. Momentum has no impact on how the lever feels.
I think I get what you’re saying. If you have to do some hard braking and you displace your lever 30mm to get pad contact but your entire braking zone is only 3mm AND the lever pull is extremely light I can see how you’re more likely to overshoot your braking.
If your lever has more resistance, then the lever will not be moving as fast when it makes first contact with the pad, potentially allowing for some more modulation.
The lever itself may only weigh a few grams but the bearings in the dominion levers undoubtedly removes a lot of friction damping.
Just barely, you lose a lot of adjustment for position but it can slip in on the inside of the brake clamp
No doubt you can make almost any setup silence. My point was that the angle of the cable relativ to the handelbars doesnt necesarly make a rattling noise.
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