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I should have specified that building between the Hope hub and the Oneup hub the 4mm would be lost in the noise. There are other factors at play with wheel systems one of which is the PCD, which hope has the leg up on with a larger PCD resulting in shorter spokes, which helps with the bracing angle and in general, shorter spokes = stiffer wheel. If you run the numbers between the oneup hub and the pro5 you gain 10% in lateral stiffness with less radial and torsional stiffness, ~3%. Overall wheel strength when looking at the combined metrics...

Per PB La Thuile tech randoms of this year, they still do it at Mondraker (can Vital detectives identify who's mechanic that is just by the hand and legs ? 😄 )

Things are looking Blur-ry

About an eCVT, or about a belt CVT? Gates makes belts, and I think there was a patent reveal a while back for a belt CVT for pedal bikes. eCVTs require 2-power sources to operate - either 2 motors or an ICE paired with a motor in the case of hybrid vehicles. Unclear where the second power source would come from on pedal bikes. Maybe a really crazy tandem bike design, where the two riders have to pedal at different cadences in order to get the gearing they want. Sounds like something Sam Pilgrim would ride. I think power losses...

Name goes back some 15-20 years ago when first proper tubeless components were introduced (tubeless ready tires, tubeless wheelsets like mavic demax, which are not drilled throught etc) but a lot of us scrubs couldnt afford those and sealants were not as good as they are today so if not using proper parts the setup most likely wouldnt hold air and a ghetto setup was invented by cutting a 20" innertube and streching it over a rim and then mounting a tire, so the cut innertube would rest between the tire and the rim effectively sealing it. Combined with the...

yes, you can stand on your derailleur

Really hope it’s a swappable battery with 400 and 600 options. 400 for lunch rides. 600+ range extender for backcountry missions. 2x 600 for self shuttle. Maybe even let bikes be run on range extender only like the Levo SL can. Perfect ebike right there and has the unmatched looks of a TQ motor. It doesn’t seem like Avinox is interested in this type of battery modularity so that’d be a great way to flank them.

Washing your helmet? Sheeeet...next thing you guys are gonna tell me is that you wash your bikes too. LULZ.

This. The industry hates leaks because they’re still trying to sell the old shit to you while they’re making the shops book preorders. I think snow is different in that they probably sell through by summer and so leaks don’t impact sales as much. But leaks are good for riders because we don’t have all the money and deserve to know when we should hold off on ordering a new bike or when we should consider selling the one that’s about to become outdated…

Is that the rule? Are there rules? Because catalog snaps have happened heaps of times in the OG thread. Obviously don’t lose your job - but these are just brands owned by banks / syndicates / second generation founders nepo kids - and we are the 0.01% who care to see this stuff. newschoolers.com has an epic next year gear thread where everyone is sharing catalog snaps and tradeshow samples. I think this audience is hyper niche and most of the stuff on this thread never makes it past this group of weirdos. I’m sure bike brand product managers lurk...

WONT SOMEONE THINK OF THE BRAAAAAAANDS! THE POOR BRANDS!

I like to climb everything rather than push up so I am one of the few that cleans the ebike climbs hehe. Yeah very steep stuff around here.

That’s pretty stupid thing to post. I bet a lot of people here have a lot of information on hundreds of bikes that are under embargo, but we’re not dickhead so we don’t just go leaking stuff. This is for people to find stuff out in the wild and post it like if a website messes up by posting a bike early or somebody sees something in the wild or spy shots or whatever not just straight up leaking stuff from your bikeshops account

I put some time in designing some 3D printable bar ends. Went through quite a lot of trial and error but now i'm really happy with how they turned out. Currently being tested by myself and a few local riders. So if you or someone you know owns a 3D printer, and you find it hard to justify 50 dollars for the wolf tooth ones, or you're waiting for them to restock maybe check out https://cults3d.com/:4581834 Total cost for a pair is somewhere about 5ish bucks including my file, filament, bolts and nuts. If you brake them, that's a few...

If you have access to a 3d printer and want to give a set a try. https://www.printables.com/model/1626756-mtb-bar-end-plate Not my file but going to print a set later today to put on and give them a go.

So who's going to post the two Trek 32" bikes from the B2B site?

I would just like to call out the fact that 100% of the 6 mens elite world cups so far have been won on 148 rear ends.

Depending on where your chain stay length falls you don’t have to change chain length between a step up or down with transmission. T-Type Specs

I think it depends on a few things... I have no doubt that transmission seems a bit more sensitive to tolerances being out of whack then other drivetrains. Regarding theory #1 - Hub tolerance can impact shift quality. I had a cheap wheelset where the dimension from end cap to xd driver body dimension was slightly out of spec to what sram specified and it was a bear to get to shift properly. There was no doubt a run of gx cassette cassettes which had lateral runout issues and also some with 3rd cog narrow wide tooth profile issues. Regarding...

They do. They even make a cam that makes a Shimano shifter compatible with an Eagle cassette for example. You can mix and match a bunch of stuff with the cams they offer. Props to them on that front.