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A pdf!! A bloody pdf!! They think we are still in the dark ages of internet, or the intern doesn't know about Trailforks, Strava or Wikilocs or Komoots?! Also, my vote for MegEDRvalanch, its gonna be a snow fest

Forbidden E-bike is coming end of this year / early 2025. Possibly SRAM motor.

Signing a multi year contract before the end of the season must mean they are staying put...so I'm assuming that its Vali or Bruni

He's on a Giant Reign E+. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuNLJ3wQ1Rc&ab_channel=BrianCahal

When the mass slides one direction, the spring backing it in the direction it slides sees increase in force while the spring on the other side sees a decrease. If the spring rates are the same, the one spring force increases the same amount that the other spring force decreases. As a result, the net force is double what it would be with that displacement and a single spring. A numeric example with easy numbers would be two springs with a 50 lb/in rate preloaded to 100 lbs each. When the mass is translated 1” to one side, one spring...

Yeah I think you are right - I realised I hadn't thought that through enough and once I sat down to work through the numbers that seems to check out. I'll try work out some more precise numbers and repeat the test, hopefully find a TMD arrangement where the frequency is too high to work properly as well as too low. Maybe some potentiometers on the tyre & mass to see how much displacement each is going through as well....

Hell yes Greg! Good to see him back on the box

What brand for marty👀2025

Huh? He had a bad preseason injury a few years back I witnessed that was gnarly that cost home most of the 2022 season. Vital has the video. Last 2 years 13 World Cups Made every semi & final 2 Podiums 8 Top 10 Finishes Finished outside top 20 twice (Loudenvielle & Les Gets cluster Fokk this year) Hasn’t been outside Top 30 a single time. And that’s with switching from every single component of Santa Cruz/Shimano/Fox to Canyon/Sram/RockShox.

OK, we're fully derailing this, but let's conclude the discussion anyway 😀 The pivot is NEVER going to be above the line between the CoG and the rear axle. Imagine what that bike would like like. Here are some crude drawings I made to illustrate how anti-squat works. First, we have to understand what causes the bike the squat. The force introduced by pedaling makes the rear wheel turn, pushing backwards against the ground (blue arrow below). This causes the bike to accelerate (red arrow at the wheel). Because this force is applied way below the center of mass (the...

This video is awesome and you did it so quick in response to this thread! I’ve been using the CounterShox that was designed for moto (about 2 lb) and I’ve found that I can use it in a way to dampen small chatter like washboard bumps and sharp square braking bumps/rocks. Say something that is less than 6inches in height.. With the countershox removing the feel of those bumps from my hands, I’m able to run my LSC slightly stiffer and my HSC much stiffer than normal. This is giving me a more chassis stability and less pitching on and...