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Without the lower guide the chain gets pretty slappy. He's been running this off and on for a bit. Benoit uses something similar, even with a lower guide.

That might not be a stupid idea. I've felt for a long time that problems with chain slap or chain drops have been related to the bouncing of the lower section of chain, and the current clutch derailleurs are a pretty blunt method of fixing it which isn't ideal. The digressive nature of using friction to stop the pulley means when it overcomes that breakaway force the chain will slap mega hard, so a more progressive damping system might be better and wouldn't add friction the suspension. This might be a slightly crude way of doing that, but I can...

jackson's winning v10 from hardline has an STFU down low near the chainring (instead of on top of the stay like we normally see). why would you run this instead of just using a lower chainguide wheel? wouldn't they kind of do the same thing? maybe not identically based on placement of STFU, but surely a lower guide wheel would interrupt/isolate some of the chain flop to the chainring? (scroll to pic 2)

Also, I'm sorry

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Loooool! Dario DiGiulio just mentioned bike brands converging on crab in the latest PB podcast (17:50 if you want to hear it). 🤣🦀

I agree. It also doesn't taste as good as it looks.

Mineral oil swells EPDM rubber to about twice its size - and also reacts with certain plastics. EPDM is mostly used on bikes for DOT brakes but its commonly used in seals and foam that aren't in contact with oil but are exposed to the elements (nitrile rubber reacts with oxygen, and I think UV). Stuff like your fork sag o-ring is sometimes EPDM, but I'm sure a lot of other parts are too. DOT fluid does strip paint but its also water soluble so pretty easy to clean up and only an issue if its left for a long...

When can we accept that sizing is a choice and a preference. Just because he’s a certain height doesn’t mean he should be forced to follow the size chart. If you prefer a shorter frame thats great for you, and vice versa, but the under breath criticism of anyone that chooses otherwise is tired.

Bike tech is a circular cycle. You know what else is a circular cycle? Crab.

Tech: what appears to be a flip chip on the main pivot of the proto Session.

Looks like it has a bolt in it from the bottom to clamp it down on the pivot bolt. Maybe to prevent any slight side to side movement.

Possibly to allow you to preload the bearings properly, and not crush them since it doesn't look like there is a brace between the 2 rockers

The Session rocker has a pinch bolt to clamp down on the axle in order to provide some more torsional stiffness. The rocker is just 2 separate plates with no bridge in between them. Without the pinch bolt the two plates would likely be able to rotate one against another (and possibly untighten the bolt too). As for the antisquat and antirise changing with changing pivot location, antisquat yes, antirise probably not that much as it's a split pivot.

New coil shock by Intend? 🤤

Drive side seat stay appears to have let go.

The real fix for headset routing is no headset routing.