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BrambleLee Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

3/23/2023 12:15pm
Now this is interesting. What do we make of this? They just rolled out the (super underwhelming) Stealth lineup, so these are what? Either a year plus out from release, or they're slotting in a DH-oriented brake more powerful than Codes. Also, anyone know anything about the dropper situation? I thought we'd see a Reverb AXS update, or at least...

BrambleLee Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

3/23/2023 11:52am
The front end and headtube on this bike look just like the front end of the TEMPO, which we know has headset routed cabling. Plus, as the other person said, no port on the headtube/downtube area. This is surely going thru the headset.

BrambleLee Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

3/21/2023 11:22pm
I mean, that’s fair for sure too. The way they used to talk about the difference between XX1 and X01 is now the way they’re talking about the difference between XX SL and XX. The XO has definitely been downgraded in some key ways.

BrambleLee Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

3/21/2023 3:07pm
When AXS first launched in 2019, the groupset pricing was $1900 for X01 and $2k for XX1. And look, it's a lot of money, no two ways around it. But coming in at $1600 and $2050 with the new stuff, with the way prices have gone up for just about everything over the intervening period is pretty impressive. I'm not...

BrambleLee Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

3/11/2023 5:05pm
Dang, I still haven’t seen any good shots of the new Code calipers. Miranda posted a vid of her riding her Nomad yesterday from the non drive side; I tried to screenshot it but it was beyond potato. All I could say is that they looked to be silver and kind of chonky. Even that could be wrong tho. What...

BrambleLee Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

3/11/2023 4:58pm
Nope. We’re going to keep seeing who can get the most pedantic about human walking speed. Mods, can we rename the thread— Discussion of walking speed vis a vis freak gearing setups. Thanks.