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Please take the gear/weight weenie discussion somewhere else, this is a rumors forum.

It is all about the use case. I used to share the same mindset about Eagle cassettes being silly until I moved to the mid-west where you have mountains as opposed to rolling hills. When your local trails have long 200-800 meter climbs at an average gradient of 10-15% you definitely need gearing to keep you in a sustainable wattage and cadence. Example: On a XC bike using 32x42T gearing and climbing a local popular segment with 400M ascent in 3KM distance. I measured almost 260W NP for 32 minutes. When you have 2+ hours of climbing per ride, unless...

Development of SRAM's early 1x systems

I have the 11 speed XTR HG+ cassette on my SJEvo. The product was announced (allegedly at the request of sponsored Pros), a few samples were produced, then due to the factory fire they removed it as an option. A few of these cassettes float around out there. First Look: Shimano's New XTR is More Than Just 12-Speed - Pinkbike +it's actually 10-45 I see. It's basically the 12 speed, with the 1st gear removed. It's lighter but mainly I just don't waste time going in to a 1st gear I don't want. Because I wax my chains, frankly I...

Was already talked about at some point, it’s probably some sort of sensor that works with the shock

something on Richie rudes front brake? Seems like a normal Saint caliper but there’s a small black box

I'm an 11 speed guy and personally find the really low 50-52t gears counterproductive to forward progress no matter how steep the trail is. But then I only run 30T front chainrings on my 29ers, not 34s like Nino and the boys. I've had AXS since it was first released as a group set, and really it works amazingly well and took all sorts of abuse. It's on my wife's bike now. I only got burned once on a bike ride by a failing battery. That said, I went with X01 11 speed on my DC bike and knocked off...

Also make the SX and NX better for enviroments sake

Sram is awesome, but if they don't sell a decent rear derailleur without a battery, I'm out...

Tell me you're a sram employee, without telling me you're a sram employee: "AXS reverb on 2 different bikes" Kidding aside, if sram didn't make that 1x push, shimano would have us all on 4 chainring setups right now. But let's also be honest that sram really did the 1x push because they couldn't make a well working ft der if their lives depended on it!

Sometimes I don't get the hate Sram receives. We are all arguably on better bikes and better drivetrains because of their push for 1x. One of my favorite bikes ever, the Kona Process 111 was able to be created because of 1x systems (Kona unapologetically designed it without the ability to run a FD). Color me a Sram fanboy if you'd like, but they aren't afraid to shake up the status quo with new innovations. I have AXS on my Spur and run the AXS reverb on 2 different bikes and absolutely love it. I can't wait to see the...

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp5PK5Uu3S8/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= new habit?

Looks like another quality DT product, I'm just glad you dented it. A DH rim test without dents is a sham.

I get what you're saying, but even Ford and Chevy refer to "the new F150" or "the new Silverado" in their marketing materials, which proves that no one in the world actually treats these model names as if they're real names for people. They're object identifiers. I'm not the Charlie, and the Loic Bruni didn't win senior men's world champs last year, but Loic did win on a Demo 8 with the Ohlins DH38.

As a marketing professional it is standard practice to not use "the" or "a" in front of a name. Lyrik and Zeb are names. Table and chair are objects. Everyone does this. Look at Chevy and Ford. They don't use the F150 or The Silverado.

None of this offends me nearly as much as the cringy AF guerilla marketing Abus just tried.

Maybe it's cable actuated!

That guy actually hand built that bike, I will drop his instagram below. @vessel_bike_project

Yep, worst-kept secret in MTB right now