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Dave_Camp Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

5/1/2025 2:12pm
I think a lot of the issue is oem concern about weight and stack height. Make the crown height 2x taller and add wall thickness to crown, steerer and stanchions I’ll bet you solve the problem completely. Easier said than done though. Forks would be taller and heavier for same travel.

Dave_Camp Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

5/1/2025 11:20am
Creaking can come from any of the 3 tubes in the crown… so ideally you’d address all of them at the same time. I also think more parts=more problems. The one piece is awesome but obviously not going to work for anything price sensitive. I know RS did a ton of testing to try and fix creaking CSUs as it’s...

kperras Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

4/27/2025 5:42pm
On a large frame no less. You're welcome 🙂
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Allen_Gleckner Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

4/21/2025 12:58pm
Dude, Rali chain mag!! I’ll plug it if you won’t haha. I have it on two bikes and it works amazingly well
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Dave_Camp Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

4/20/2025 6:57pm
Agree. I think running a chainguide with a lower roller helps a ton, it eliminates a lot of metallic clinking noise of the chain tapping on the chainring as it bounces around.

ebikepartyshirt Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

4/20/2025 6:55pm
I did. But I still expect better. We are talking five figure bikes that can be solved with some clamps and mastic tape or a little oval thing. Why is that left to the customers to figure out where it goes?
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tyler.7m Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread

4/19/2025 4:56pm
Hey everyone, this is TJ. Tariffs aren't fixed to factory cost, or wholesale or retail. They're calculated based on the specific transaction price. The example we used is accurate for an ecomm purchase, shipped from our warehouse in Canada. If a retailer ordered the same short and we charged them half the price ($100), the same tariff percentage would apply, so tariffs would be $145 for a total cost to the retailer of $245. If the retailer sells that short to a customer and maintains their dollar margin the short would be $345 to the end user - however if...
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Jotegr Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread

4/17/2025 5:42pm
Just because they launched the bikes doesn't mean they can fend off creditors long enough to get those bikes into customer hands and realise profits.
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DubC Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread

4/17/2025 2:01pm
I also heard this news about Revel today thru an industry buddy. What a bummer. Their booth looked nice at Sea Otter and their employees there seemed pretty optimistic. Musta been a decision post sea otter. At least they didnt pull a Kona, I guess.
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Dave_Camp Added a reply to Tire chat (nerds only)

4/17/2025 1:31pm
I’ve been very happy with a set of schwalbe wicked wills on my “xc” wheelset for a stumpy EVO. They roll fast and grip is decent on dry/rocky terrain. I’ll probably go even lighter next set though- maybe aspens or something similar. I like to have a huge change in feel when swapping wheels on that bike.
For wall thicknesses- try to get your hands on an older enduro frame- cut it up, measure tube thickness/shape/size, then back out the tensile strengths- ie if the frame is 6061 and you're using 7075- and you have a ballpark figure. Can easily measure steerer tubes as well. FEA is hard and an incorrect assumption at the beginning can mean...

Dave_Camp Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread

3/21/2025 12:34pm
This might not be the correct thread for this- but how does a company like Intend make any money on that fork they just released? From the press release- the initial run is 85 units priced at 1450 (euros?)... that's only 123,000 in revenue. Not enough to pay for the engineer much less testing/prototyping etc etc. Maybe this one is...

Dave_Camp Added a reply to Coil Shock Shootout

3/15/2025 9:32am
I designed that out of Super Deluxe Coil- we measured 'solid' height of bumpers (I think at our test lab max of 5,000 lbf) and designed stroke length around that. So a RS SDLXC 65 stroke should actually get close to 65mm stroke if you smash it hard enough. Remove the bumper and measure the shaft- should be maybe 1-2mm...

chriskief Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

2/4/2025 11:12am
Drive side seat stay appears to have let go.
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Jonathon Simonetti Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors

12/14/2024 5:33pm
Would be sick if Bode Burke found his way onto the team after the success he had on the V10 this year as a privateer. Seems like he’ll be a regular podium contender next year.
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TheSuspensionLabNZ Liked a reply to forum topic Shock servicing at home

12/8/2024 6:53pm
A torque wrench. Or two! They don't even need to be particularly expensive - as long as the values you need are more in the middle of the range most torque wrenches out there are accurate enough. Especially if you are retuning things because an overtightened piston nut can crunch the shims and they flex upwards enough to create leakage, rendering your reshim completely useless. Also the delicate alloy threads will survive much longer being taken apart repeatedly when done to the correct torque. There is a fine line between a piston bolt which will rattle loose and one that...
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metadave Liked a reply to forum topic Shock servicing at home

12/8/2024 6:14pm
Yea, in highschool my parents were thrilled when my old X-vert triple dumped 4+ year old damper fluid all over the living room carpet from the kitchen counter..... I love rebuilding Rockshox stuff, its very straight forward, just follow each step of the tech docs.
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Dave_Camp Added a reply to Shock servicing at home

12/8/2024 6:13pm
We used to normal bleed everything at rockshox in the shop. A wet bench/vice setup would be ideal. Somewhere you can spill a bunch of oil and not worry about it. This is what we had- Cookie pan under the vice and seal it up, get a drain fitting and hose and run that to a 5 gal bucket on...