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Steel bolts work pretty well.

How about starting a “things that work well” thread?

Not sure I'd class Merino wool as a tech rumour, having been around since the 13th century... But I'll agree it's the best material for pretty well any sports-related activity. I'm partial to Mons Royal stuff, especially the merino chamois shorts. Costco always has some version of a Merino shirt for sale, probably the best deal you can get.

Counterpoint: I worked as a mechanic for 26 years, and every single shop I worked for recycled aluminum and steel frames, rims, spokes, and assorted components.

please keep it tech rumors only and your frame material religion out of here, thx!

Aluminum bikes are not disposable, they are recyclable. Carbon bikes are disposable and not recyclable. I heard Big S kept their aluminum bike team when some of them carbon folks got laid off. The return of aluminum is here!

F1 Tech Rumors and Innovation

"I will not be trying it." lol

Trek Mad One.

Did you ever get a full service done on it? Mine felt the same way when I first got it, took it to Fluid Function (a rockshox service center) thinking there was something wrong with it. They did a full tear down and there was nothing wrong, but it came back feeling 100 times better. Was able to run the recommended pressure now, where before i had to go way less in order to not feel way harsh.

Sad part is the 2.1 wasn’t that great.

I think the phrase is "just because its new doesn't mean is better" Anyone have any ETA on when the 38 Grip X2 Damper upgrade might be available? its now officially "mid June"

So maybe derail that thread instead of this one?

They are coming. We were hoping to have them in stock before the season got rolling, but there were some delays.

Highly unlikely that margins are worse through retail. They probably need to prioritize OEM likely due to contract requirements or because they don't want to lose on volume. There's no way they have lower margin at retail though.

High demand product is in high demand. Crazy right?

They make more money putting them on New bikes vs selling them separate, Need to take into account shipping them around the world, Shop mark up's etc etc. better off to try get a cheap take off and retune it.

New Rock Shox Vivid Coil dropping in 2 weeks. Looks pretty much the same as the current SD but it has the same internals as the Vivid Air including touchdown technology

The Cotic built frame used 38.1 mm of tubes for tt/st/dt. The dt being the same one they used on their Rocket Max. This new front end was built by Adam Prosise (formerly worked for Reeb now building stuff out of his own shop under Prosise Metal Works). I would guess that he used the Velospec 44.5mm tube with a 1-.7-.9 butting or Fairing also makes a 44.5mm .9 straight gauge tube. That is the beefiest commercial available tube of reasonable weight. Next bigger option would be to internally relieve a 50.8mm 1.2mm tube on a lathe. I would expect...

more leogang pit bits https://www.vitalmtb.com/pit-bits-2-leogang-world-cup-downhill loic's been on cable shifting through poland. assume same at leogang.