CascadeComponents
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https://cascadecomponents.bike/
We have developed a range of linkages that cater to aggressive riding in rough terrain by delivering more traction and more bottom out resistance. If you ride for the downs, look no further!

All linkages are fully CNC'd right here in Seattle, Washington USA.

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CascadeComponents Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/13/2024 10:47am
Yeah personal preference is such a huge portion of it that there will never be a one size fits all. I know for a fact that I will not get along with an 11% bike that only has 135mm of travel regardless of whether or not it has an air or coil shock, but I'm not everyone. The only downside...
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bermed Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/13/2024 10:42am
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Agreed. The thing I am confused about is, it seems like there is an ideal overall progression rate sweet spot (taking into account the progression of the linkage plus the progression of the shock). Some designs use a more linear linkage with an air shock (which adds progression above the linkage's rate). Others use a more progressive linkage paired with a coil shock (which adds ~0 progression above the linkage's rate). So why all this debate over progressivity of linkage? Seems like whichever you pick, you can then get a shock that compliments it. Most of the issues are when...
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CascadeComponents Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/13/2024 10:27am
Running the same dynamic ride height between setups makes the most sense because you get the geo between the two to be consistent. Conversely you could tune them to have similar sensitivity off the top and the progressive bike would be massively hard to bottom. I definitely agree that more linear bikes are better suited to smooth terrain.
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CascadeComponents Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/13/2024 9:35am
Three example bikes with different progression and same amounts of travel. All straight lines for the sake of simplicity. Force at the wheel due to spring rate alone with each bike having identical sag at the wheel (stiffer spring for more progressive bike). Lets say you are railing a long long berm and your rear wheel needs to support 400...
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CascadeComponents Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/13/2024 12:05am
If two bikes are compared and one is twice as progressive as the other, there are only two ways the more progressive bike uses more travel: a softer spring (it should run a stiffer spring to maintain sag) or a comparatively soft shock tune. The damping is the most often overlooked. It’s not uncommon to need a 20-30% stiffer tune...
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CascadeComponents Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment

8/6/2024 1:13pm
The trouble is I'm not sure I've really heard anyone other than Sram talk about the contact adjust using the same directions as the arrow on the lever. Probably because just about everything else on a bike gets firmer as you "wind it in". The Blister review is definitely describing winding in the direction opposite to that of the arrow.
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CascadeComponents Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment

8/6/2024 12:14pm
The whole in/out thing is a little murky. To me wound in equals master cylinder piston advanced into lever body as much as possible, which is longer push rod, whereas wound out results in the piston being further out of the bore for the same lever position. That seems to be what is described in the blister review.
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CascadeComponents Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment

8/6/2024 10:18am
With swinglink, since the initial position of the cam profile doesn't change, the contact adjuster causes the position on the cam profile at which the pads make contact with the rotor to change. The more aggressive the ramp in the cam profile is, the more pronounced the difference in feel based on contact adjust is. The initial portion of the...
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CascadeComponents Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/4/2024 11:03pm
That is a really good question. In theory you can get identical reactions at the wheel, however it’s one of the scenarios where theory and reality don’t really meet. To get truly identical performance you also have to tune the shaft speed at which the shock transitions from LSC to HSC. Without doing that, the bike with the longer shock...
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CascadeComponents Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/4/2024 10:37am
One thing we found when doing a 180 link for the Crestline DH bike is that it required a softer compression tune than a standard off the shelf shock has. Compared to a 65mm stroke shock driving the same amount of travel, on average the 75mm stroke shock generates 33% more damping force at the wheel for a given wheel...
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

8/2/2024 8:38pm
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Curious what y'all know about the new Specialized tires with tire dampening technology. Is that like a mud conditions tire for wet terrain? Or is it a dry tire, but it dampens the dirt so it becomes wet and tacky?
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CascadeComponents Added a reply to Cascade Components on the Stumpjumper Evo

7/18/2024 10:00am
If you want the opinion of someone who's even a little bigger than you, hit up Max our customer service guy. He has a ton of hours on the evo both with and without the link. He's gone back and forth between the Float X and an EXT coil. He's not over max pressure so I wouldn't be worried about...
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CascadeComponents Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment

7/12/2024 12:43pm
Piston retraction is always set off the rotor surface. It doesn't matter how wide a rotor is as long as it fits in the slot through the caliper. I've got set of Dominions sitting on my desk right in front of me. The slot in the caliper measures 3.25 mm. If you run a 2 mm rotor, you've got 0.625...
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CascadeComponents Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

7/3/2024 11:20pm
Without defining the nature of an impact, force measurements would be required to know which transmits the most force to the rider. Now if you say the impact in question is a series of roots that are 50 mm tall, then it is accurate to say that the closer the deflection is to 50 mm then the lower the amount...
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic Not Mechanical, Not for Aftermarket Purchase - SRAM Launches S-1000 Eagle Transmission

7/2/2024 1:51pm
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This feels like the product no one was asking for. Maybe SRAM knows something about the MTB market that I don't, but doesn't it seem like a mechanical Transmission has 1000% more market interest than an SX-level battery-operated system?
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TheSuspensionLabNZ Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

6/30/2024 7:39pm
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Between that post and the recent podcast some guys from Specialized did, I'm going to speculate that the shock uses a high volume positive chamber combined with a new advanced technology called a "bump stop" which engages near the end of the stroke. This high tech polymer acts like a spring but has no effect in the first portion of the travel! Those specialized guys are so far ahead of everyone that it has to be something radical like that, which no on else has ever done before
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic 2024 Red Bull Hardline

5/26/2024 3:47pm
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CascadeComponents Added a reply to 2024 Red Bull Hardline

5/26/2024 3:47pm
Gee for Great British Baking Show. I’m all for massive jumps. That will never change. Never have been for things where a fluke mechanical on a run in would lead to serious injury. I hope it doesn’t get too sloppy. Mud covered wood is sketchy.
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CascadeComponents Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

5/21/2024 5:37pm
At first glance it looks like pretty much all impacts would go through the IFP system until the IFP has bottomed out inside it's bore and then things would flow 100% through the shim stack. As long as the IFP can reset from its bottomed out position you'd be able to have access to that super light damping at any...
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