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New game - one hub, two caps-s. Hadley XC front hub with standard 15mm endcaps vs properly executed torque caps. Will I be able to tell a difference in torque stiffness of my Intend fork?

The PUSH Industries Nine.One Specifications 150mm-170mm travel (10mm steps), 36mm stanchions, bushing overlap 145mm, coil sprung, 15mm floating axle, pneumatic bottom out control, weight 2960g, Chassis The 9.1 crown is large with massive overlap on the 44.5mm aluminum upper legs which are bonded in. Specialized developed a fully bonded alloy crown/stanchion system for the E160 fork around 2010 while I was a member of the engineering group. It is a great alternative to the traditional press fit assembly method for a fork CSU, and in some ways superior. The moto inspiration for the 9.1 design is apparent, the fork lugs...

A sales manager at Shimano just built up a Digit Ring and sent me some photos. It has an unusual Pro Tharsis handlebar which I've not seen any reporting on*. I gets fatter each side of the stem, and it's not round each side of the stem either. A fatter diameter normally indicates a stiffer structure which I'd normally be wary of, but I'm told the shaping makes this is as compliant as the OneUp handlebar. It does look pretty sick. Both the bar and stem have cable-tourism routing - but they don't seem to be noticeable on my cable-into-the-downtube...

New cleats with ramps on both sides too?

New XTR pedals found at a German Webshop! https://www.bike-components.de/de/Shimano/XTR-PD-M9220-CL-MT001-Pedale-…

The Intend Edge (Originals Edition) The folks at Intend have a sense of humor, and the fork actually shipped with a roll of genuine German TP. Truly reusable packing material. Specifications (A full spec chart is on the first post of this thread, it will be updated as new information is released) 150mm-180mm travel, 35mm stanchions, bushing overlap 160mm, air spring, 15mm axle, weight 2210g, Chassis Aluminum uppers that taper from an OD of 44.5mm to 42.5mm just below the Intend logo, large hollow aluminum crown, heavy duty steerer tube with a 2.75mm wall thickness (a typical fork steerer is...

Based on where that 2mm bolt sits, it looks like they've reworked the SwingLink (26 in first diagram) to be more like the Pushrod (18 in second diagram) in the Base lever. Appears that it's adjustable as well. More/less leverage is my guess. Ultimate / Bronze Base

I used to work in sawmills, they were/are large employers in many small towns across the US and Canada. Let's say in an older 2 line sawmill you would need 30 people to run a shift and you would run 2 shifts a day (just to run the machines, no management or trades). If you install a new sawmill now you can have 4 people processing the same amount of lumber. Will more industry bring more money to the US? Yes. Will it bring more jobs? Probably not as many as people are expecting.

The last draw benches suitable for aluminum bicycle tubing in the United States were bought by Boeing from a facility in CT(in a building built specifically to handle all the aluminum profiles and bar stock for Cannondale)in 2015 and are now being used to make replacement parts for b52 toilets. I worked with the New Haven chamber of commerce and an angel investor to re-start that facility to serve the remaining domestic 6061 frame builders for a few years, we even managed to draw a bunch of 7005 profiles for a few friends. The final aluminum Turners and Ellsworths, among...

Harriet Harnden won Pietra Ligure on the Rulezman stem. Your argument is invalid.

Diaz on the new Fox Podium https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLY2DidRYBF/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

more photos of the prototype zeb. from the photog - Ella Conolly, Dan Booker and Jesse Melamed were the ones to run it here on the first practice day in Canazei. There is a cover on the left bottom side, maybe some new dials….new lowers and new bridge, so looks like a brand new fork not just some upgrade. It looks like all of them run it in 170mm travel

So an all new brand out of Cali launching at Eurobike with a bunch of new products. Frame, shock, fork, pedals, etc. They are an offshoot of Tilta which make camera stabilization equipment. Additive manufacturing, Pinion gearbox, all the things. https://www.instagram.com/stablead/ " Stablead operates under the umbrella of Tilta Inc., a company with a 16-year legacy of engineering excellence, and also provides local service centers in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, United Kingdom, Brazil, and China. While Tilta is renowned for its industry-leading filmmaking accessories—including a leading market share in Hollywood’s vehicle-mounted camera solutions"

Yes, I did get the 9.1 fork back from PUSH and promptly took both forks to Angel Fire for 3 days. I have lots of data and info on them and am in the process of putting it all together in a post or two. To address some other things that have come up recently; @TEAMROBOT @sspomer If you guys at Vital MTB really want to test product, you should have someone not affiliated with Vital purchase it. This is the only way you can be sure you get product similar to what the true consumer does. I worked at...

E-bikes and relatively low power lightweight electric motorcycles will be the main transportation method for large parts of the world. Imagine replacing every 2 stroke engine in a Vietnamese city with something clean. Once the tech is affordable enough it would mean a massive improvement in air quality and noise. So what’s a niche or recreational market in some places can be the norm in others.

Here are two other helpful assets to differentiate shifter and derailleur differences.

Deore and XT Di2 is here to join it's more expensive sibling XTR. On overview of everything can be found here - https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/wireless-shifting-masses-shimano-intr… And since pricing is probably what people want to know most, I put everything together in one spot.

My money's for sure on Chromag

i just take the train over to germany, let them put in a new leg for 75eur and then go ride the freiburg trails 👌

A few racers are using this one: https://www.williamsracingproducts.com/shop/p/zero-drag-dt-swiss-intern…