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I also read 52 books last year! Well, I didn't exactly read each book all the way through. But I read the title on the spine, and if it sounded promising, I looked at the pictures on the cover and read the rest of the book jacket.

For years people have been asking for MGUs from SRAM and Shimano and there has long been speculation that those brands didn’t get involved because they didn’t want to undermine their own market share of expensive, high wear components. In doing so they’ve left their flank wide open for a Chinese company to swallow up the drivetrain market while solving issues riders have complained about for decades. Horrific miscalculation from the drivetrain cartel.

Blame Warner is a really bad take on this, Pon is shutting their factory down and cutting 120 jobs, Warner have nothing to do with this.

i block influencers can't take it

This is a Toyota style CVT, not a belt driven snow machine type

Agreed that this motor/CVT is predictable, inevitable, and nonetheless a really BFD for the ebike market and makers of traditional derailleur-driven drivetrains. I know I'm going to sound like a broken record here, but high performance eMTB sales represent a very small market, whereas the real effects of this are going to be seen in the touring/commuter/pavement pounder market. I'd wager Shimano and SRAM sells 100 times more derailleurs/shifters/cassettes to the touring/commuter/pavement pounder ebike market vs. what they sell for high end eMTBs.

MGU = motorgearboxunit meaning electric motor and gearbox in one housing without the need for a derailleur and a big cassette. Regenerative braking would be a cool feature but I don't see that in the near future due to the necessity to transport energy over the chain/belt the other way around than normal. And I think the effect wouldn't be that big either as you can only replace the braking of the back wheel and most braking should be done in the front.

Nah, you'd be massaging an extra 2 pistons at the end of the day.

New rumor. Canyon has a press release (which was revised afterwards removing MG) that at eurobike they'll have a long travel mtb with a prototype Avinox labled 'MG'. Might be a gearbox motor combo.

they should use actual moto parts... because they are fucking eMotos. I hate those fucking bikes.

Only a matter of time before some utter moron at one of the drier race venues sets fire to the forest with one of those flares.

With regards to "cant believe we used to use "X" brakes!" Remember wheels were probably 26" or 650b, which have a better mechanical advantage compared with the current 29" wheels. The larger rotors were a year or two behind the bigger wheels iirc

Hottake, The new Q1 and Q2 formats are great and I much prefer it over rider protected status as its probably the most fair way to narrow the field down. Does it mean some really popular riders lose out? Yep. Does it also mean that seasonal consistency is more rewarded in WC overall standing points? Also yes. Seems odd to have both protected riders AND riders trying to qualify all in one group. It's either we lock the field to the same 30 riders for each race or everyone needs to qualify for finals. No offense to riders like Danny...

Seems like sram has a new dropper lever+flight attendant button combo. Comes on the new scott spark models that has flight attendant but no axs dropper. For example, Specializeds Epic 8/9 pro models with flight attendant and wired dropper, just comes without a pod for the flight attendant, which I always thought was strange.