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Hey everyone, wouldn't it be cool if there was a thread for debating brake stuff? There is! https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/nerding-out-brakes-shall-we-not-ano…

That new cable Transmission derailleur in combo with the X01 cassette (355 grams) & chain should be a pretty dope set up.

Good gravy that's obnoxious. Great ad for Onyx hubs

I wonder if axle flex is still part of the design like their first Hydra hub. That's when under power the axle would flex and allow more pawls to be engaged. It eventually led to the failures and significantly shorter bearing life. With pedal kickback being a hot topic these days, this hub is a pretty tone deaf product. Their words "no one asked for more engagement but we gave it anyways"

Was this posted?

I have heard through the crab vine that mech trans & Motive brakes will be released at the end of the month. New Rockshox wireless dropper will one up Wolf Tooth's 242mm drop length and with no hydraulics at all, just air Just speculation though, crabs are quite difficult to understand

It is mechanical Transmission. I'm told the setup process is essentially the same as electronic Transmission. The shifter is visually very different from existing SRAM mechanical shifters -- much boxier, kinda reminiscent of some of TRP's designs. I also hear that it shifts very, very well.

Definitely no B-screw, it‘s Transmission after all. Looks nice!

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I have only my one anecdote to tell here so take it for what it is. Recently I got to ride a mullet patrol and a full 29 spire back to back on the same trail. Before riding I had my mind set that the spire was going to be the bike I favord. I was sure that the longer chainstays and full 29" wheel in the back of the spire meant more grip in turns allowing my to arc my corners more then square off and slash. At 6'1" I don't have standover/tire buzz issues so the mullet felt...

I’m 6’3” and have been on mullet for 2 bikes now. Everything said above rings true for me. It feels great in turns which for me seems to keep the bike lively even though it is long in an XL. Feels like I can really squat and dig in the rear end for traction on steeps, probably due to what SteveClimber described about the “endo angle.”

I've got mullets and 29ers, and the axle heights is the real difference maker. It gives a feel or riding behind the front wheel instead of on-top of it. It lowers the endo angle (the angle at which the bike tips over forward) giving more confidence to push into the front and brake really hard. My 29er definitely rolls nicer through chunk and pedals nicer, but I've never really needed extra speed through a rock garden, it's about speed in and out of corners for me. Mullets whips nicer, which is a big benefit. Im 177cm with short legs so...

Haven't ridden both on a DH bike, but on enduro and trail bikes, I wouldn't say one is inherently more safe or fast compared to the other. I think mullet bikes with appropriately long chainstays are just as stable as their 29er counterparts, but definitely turn in easier as Steve mentioned.

There aren't many, if any jerry's on the off the menu stuff. Telonics is fairly isolated other the the fire road transfer and cross over. If you know of a shuttle-able trail close to the socal mtb industry, that can push a dh bike and has ocean views to enjoy, then I think those people would be stoked to hear about it. While there are plenty of things that I do/don't love about living in socal... Ripping trails before/after work with ocean views that are world class difficult and looking at the sunrise/sunset, definitely gets filed in the love side...

As long as you don't wear a team uniform and draw attention to yourself almost nobody notices, especially on work days. I rode Digit prototypes around Laguna for years and nobody noticed. That all changed when I added stickers, started telling the story, and wearing a logo jersey.

i think it's a fantastic track for testing (kinda has everything including some decent speed and riders probably know it well and can feel product tweaks easily), just bonkers so much stuff is out in the open at such a popular locale.

wonder if it'd be worth renting a car from jan to march and just living at TOTW parking lot to snag shots of stuff being tested?

I kinda fell for it. I used to like loud-ish hubs, but not I9 loud… Admittedly been on Onyx hubs for a couple years. Can’t deal with excessively loud hubs anymore.

More details from OneUp: At OneUp, we are committed to providing the best possible products and customer service for our riders. As part of this, we are issuing a product improvement and running change notice for our recently introduced Clip Pedals. We have received information from our customers that in rare and specific conditions, certain riders may experience difficulty unclipping from the pedal. Whether a rider experiences this issue depends on a combination of several variables, including the type of shoe, the brand of cleat, cleat position and technique. Many riders will never experience this issue. Nevertheless, we have developed...

The collar is already pretty fat on the AXS V1, and by the looks of it, it hasnt increased in size very much adding a battery to it on the V2 So by doing this, they've dropped a significant ammount of stack from the seat mount part/top of the dropper. Sorry if that wasnt clear enough in the above post. The old "collar" is quite fat on the old version: So by putting the battery there instead of at the top, I'd say they lost a good ammount of stack - as pictured in my last post I just measured...