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I’ve seen it too many times in this thread recently. I’m sorry but grammar matters sometimes. You pedal a bike. Therefore it’s pedaling a bike or pedaling efficiency. Peddle means to travel from place to place selling small goods, or to persistently try to convince people to accept an idea, story, or piece of information. Peddling is the act of trying to sell those goods or ideas. The only thing you’re peddling with an eCVT is the idea that it’s somehow better (or worse) than the other options.

Do they give details about where the extra drag comes from, or is it just some vague hand-waving without evidence? I would have thought eCVTs would be less draggy than a Pinion MGU, but I guess we'll have to see how the execution plays out. Unclear about mass, but it seems like a lot of folks here were keen on getting rid of rear axle mass in favor of BB mass, and this would do that. Unclear how they would manage direct peddling, say, if the battery was dead. That might be a problem. I'm not in the market for...

Why do you think eCVTs will use the battery more quickly? In theory, they provide infinite gears with just the gearing loss of a single planetary gear drive. They will require two motors, so perhaps a small loss using two small motors instead of one large one, but I don't think that will be an added burden on the battery.

Exactly, we should stop pretending the bike industry does much more than "inching" and trying to sell you as much bikes, parts, stuff as possible every 3 years. Every big step will come with huge drawbacks, wich will be slowly and partially solved in following iterations. Like when they tought 450% range 1x 11s transmissions are all than you need (until they "realize" that any less than 500% is not workable for most people)... Fully integrated roadbikes in a time when most groupsets where still mechanical? All those years with shitty disc brakes/dropper posts/geometry/suspension dampers? You'll get what I'm trying...

In the longer write up he made the below statement, which as a huge fan of emtbs I agree. Ecvt's will bring with them SO many trade-offs, primarily due to gobbling up battery life needed for mtb applications, that I can't see the advantages out weight simply losing the derailleur. " An aside, it's surprising to me that so much eCVT development seems to be centred on performance mountain biking. I hope the brands have data that mountain bike consumers want this, because it seems to me that the technology will be best suited to urban cargo bikes and light...

I actually had the thought the other day while on a ride, has anyone tried to incorporate bash protection and weights? Seems to me like all these racers that are adding weight really low on the bike could come up with something that serves both needs. Weight on literally the lowest point of the bike but also drivetrain protection.

Seems like the question I posed a page or so ago about the possibility of a split in bike-part standards (one for peddle-bikes, and another for e-bikes) might be in our future --- now has an answer. Not ideal for those that have a mixed fleet, and want to be able to swap parts between them, but perhaps this will minimize the design-bias toward >750W ebbs for those of us that still like to peddle.

I have to agree.... maybe 6tee9?

There are definitely some questionable things out there in terms of product manager decisions and some questionable false economy choices (aluminum nipples is a good example). There is also a mild amount of QA/QC and general quality issues still present in this industry... But if I can offer perspective on the journalist comment. " I can't believe some reviewers out there keep stating "there aren't any bad bikes anymore" or "modern geo is pretty good already"..." That's being said because it's pretty much true. 16 years ago, there was a large majority of bikes that were complete shit. Nearly every...

Is this a pun that went over everyone's heads or what does it mean?

Jesus that thing would split a boulder. Every rock garden is a gangster until this guy comes down the trail.

Weight weenieism is alive and well in my group of riding buddies. We bought up all the remaining mechanical XX1 Eagle gear as T-type was taking over. All on Blurs that are under 22lbs. One with a sub 16lb Mondraker Podium. I'm sure this varies by local and riding style, but I think the move by SRAM and Shimano to heavy electronic parts has been a boost to the boutique component market, like Madrone, Garbaruk, Darimo, etc.

This is a good question but as someone that used to chronically go through parts, the defeat of the weight weenies has been a welcome one.

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Probably the first of your posts I’ve disagreed with: I cannot wait to see how the Asa/Jordan battle plays out.

He has a long-standing relationship with Adidas/FiveTen and Monster, so may be able to bring in some funds from them. I get the impression he did not gel with the Norco, you can get lost in all the adjustments, so the Frameworks bike may be a better match in that regard.