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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/25/2024 6:52am
Million dollar idea: every frame comes with three headtubes welded in a neat row to the front of it. Users can play around with reach to their heart's content, then use an angle grinder to cut off whichever ones they don't end up using. Or save them all for resale value. Choose your own adventure.
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Jotegr Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/25/2024 6:51am
>Bike manufacturers spec 30,000 different headset combinations on frames over the last four decades >FSA makes something compatible How dare they!
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kperras Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/25/2024 6:51am
Just going to leave this here...Rocky Mountain Bicycles is using the FSA system on the carbon Altitude and Instincts, and our own designed (FSA made) ZS56|66 round headsets for the alloy models. 10mm of reach adjust possible. The headset guts are just standard components: bearings, races, top caps, etc.
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Zuestman Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/25/2024 6:50am
oh the tolerances are there... it's just holding to them. BB30: 40.96-40.985mm PF30 (and all equivalents) 45.95-46 HT I have as well. only one that isnt consistently called out is BB86 (I am sure Shimano has the frame tolerance but never seen it posted). Its more as has been discussed ad nauseum.... the cost to hold those tolerances would make frames even more expensive than they already are....
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Primoz Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/25/2024 6:49am
Some kind of guiding for it in the system would probably aleviate alignment issues. Maybe a groove in the headtube and a pin in the headset cup to be guided into the groove or something along those lines (if you want to keep an easy to make round headtube). Said grooves and/or pins could be executed by the use of standard steel pins pressed into a correctly placed hole on either the frame or the headset cup.
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Zuestman Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/25/2024 6:49am
FSA has a system called the RAS. not a full +/- 10mm (20mm overall) but about +/-5mm. Being shopped to companies right now with an open design so that it can become a standard. Discussions on angle as well (though gets into a MULTITUDE of cup options if you combo it all). We are trying... just need bike companies to buy in. But the designs are out there and being shopped.
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Zuestman Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/25/2024 5:28am
oh agreed there are "simple" ways to fix this... then getting then standardized, and correct tolerances around the industry is a different matter... as an industry we can't get a round hole done right... now add a precise pin location to that.....
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Zuestman Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/25/2024 5:26am
Working for FSA I can 100% confirm that there is NO room in a ZS 56 HT to run a reach adjust for tapered. some for straight. The bigger issue for most users is getting the cups in straight (yes this really is an end user/shop issue that has to be heavily considered having dealt with other systems). The better option is the RAS reach adjust. Luckily MTB companies I think want to go away from internal routing, so more open to this option. We are trying....
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Marcus J Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/24/2024 6:36am
A standardized (blasphemy!) oval'ish headset standard would be awesome that give +-10mm reach/lots of angle adjust
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overbiked Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/24/2024 6:31am
Saw this EXT Vaia at Sundance loam pass event on an Ari, talked to the ext guys for a bit about it. He said it’s internally adjustable from 170-200, meant for heavy enduro and dh. He said they’ll start selling hopefully in November for around 2k USD
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johnvalley666 Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors
10/24/2024 6:21am
The whole XC scene is going crazy for next season, basically every rider is signing a contract, be that for a same team or a new one, source is a team manager in a Finnish podcast. He didn't spill all the good stuff but seemed like Nino is the only safe bet who stays on a same team. He also said that two new bike brands are coming to XC with factory/elite status, brands that are not big and "no one has heard of".
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faustonef Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors
10/24/2024 6:20am
Andreassen rumored to Orbea Factory Hatherly said to be riding a Giant on road races. obvs Jayco was rumored, we'll see Mona too could leave Cannondale Milan Vader to Q36.5 Jolanda rumored to Cannondale
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MauiMax Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/24/2024 6:13am
Carbon cranks and carbon bars both seem a bit sketchy to me. Ive seen quite a few snapped and it looks like it could hurt if your in a bad spot when it does snap.
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magsandhaug Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors
10/20/2024 1:32pm
Finn Iles on Canyon confirmed. EDIT: Also bring back the lycra era.
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dolface Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors
10/20/2024 1:31pm
MTB forumites: WC DH is the pinnacle of our sport with riders leaving no stone unturned to eke another few hundredths of a second out of their runs; tuned mass dampers, electronic suspension, O-chain, custom chain-stays, it's so cool! Science: Skinsuits are worth 1 second per minute of race time Also MTB forumites: Ewww
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