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WDSRCR126 Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk

2/25/2025 1:59pm

I was pretty excited for this weekend. Rode practice Friday and Saturday only to get sick late in the day and miss Sunday.. Pretty bummed because the track got good toward the end of the day each day as things thawed and dried.

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piggy Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk

2/25/2025 1:59pm

Pretty good coverage. Be great to see this series grow.

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TheSuspensionLabNZ Liked a reply to forum topic Anecdotal Drivetrain Durability

2/25/2025 1:58pm

@1llumA already mentioned Zero friction but I'll mention it again for some sweet SEO goodness (if that matters any more) and because Adam is a legend doing some of the best work in the industry right now https://zerofrictioncycling.com.au/ But from his non-anecdotal findings the top Sram chains last an exceptionally long time, and combined with a good modern wax lube show almost zero wear after 1000's of k's. If you are eating through chains quickly it is almost definitely down to using a bad chain lube, usually one of the "legacy" companies that have been in shops for decades but...

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ex-ballz Liked a reply to forum topic Anecdotal Drivetrain Durability

2/25/2025 1:57pm

11sp XX1 chain + cassette and steel WF chainring last forevah.

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MountainsOfSussex Liked a reply to forum topic Anecdotal Drivetrain Durability

2/25/2025 1:56pm

My experience is that GX chains wear shockingly quickly and X01 chains wear shockingly slowly. GX mech and cassette are perfectly fine, shifter lasts indefinitely. GXP BB also seems to last really well in British weather. Works oval chainring wears quicker than anything else. Given what everyone is saying, perhaps I need to find someone that'll sell me a SRAM oval ring in the UK. I used an SLX mech for a while and it exploded thanks to a stick fairly early on. Given that's never happened on SRAM mechs, I'm tempted to things they're not as strong

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Eoin Liked a reply to forum topic Anecdotal Drivetrain Durability

2/25/2025 1:55pm

11sp X01 cassette for €250 is simply the best cassette for weight and durability. Add in the fact that the 11speed derailleurs are much shorter and almost never smash into rocks. You just have to accept the 10-42 range life (hint put 30-32 tooth chainring and pedal less down fire roads).

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JVP Liked a reply to forum topic Anecdotal Drivetrain Durability

2/25/2025 1:55pm

I burn through GX Eagle deralleurs in one year due to the b-bolt interface wearing and creating slop. It's metal on metal, and moves/grinds while descending. X01s last much longer with an added bushing on the b-bolt. Solution is to buy an X01 b-bolt and swap it onto your GX derailleur for ~$30. Then keep that bolt for future derailleurs. Makes the GX every bit as durable as the X01. Even better is the Hall-lock mod to stop the derailleur from moving at all at the b-bolt pivot. Best way is to file a teensy bit off the X01 b-bolt...

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

2/25/2025 5:56am

This is pretty amazing, love the innovation here.

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

2/25/2025 5:56am

looks good !!!!! perhaps cause Im a coffeehead haha

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iceman2058 Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

2/25/2025 5:56am

Who else thinks this needs to be a thing???!!! 😂 Apparently you can make them from discarded 34 stanchions. Get on it machinists, I need some!

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

2/25/2025 5:55am

I spoke to Rob rides EMTB about the ones on his bike, apparently fox give them out during media events etc

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Werewolflotion Added a reply to Anecdotal Drivetrain Durability

2/24/2025 3:54pm

Seconding this. I've run 11sp X01 for the past 6-7 years and it lasts forever, doesn't require much maintenance, and is very light. I've even run it with a GX derailleur/shifter and it's almost as good. No complaints with RaceFace cinch chainrings though I do gaze longingly at wolftooth.

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

2/24/2025 12:27pm

A really bad pic - But a bike reviewer posted some pics of his current test mule, and he had blurred out a seatpost and a drivetrain. The seatpost was clearly the new Rockshox dropper, so I thought that the drivetrain might be something from srammers as well. He had posted a very dark pic of the same bike just a few hours earlier. Which with a little bit of editing - Looks like this Clearly a transmission-esque rear deraillieur, with a transmission casette. Front chainring looks different from any of the wireless models, and since there are two hoses/cables...

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

2/24/2025 12:26pm

15-year-old's journey into making his own full suspension frame

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Werewolflotion Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

2/21/2025 12:59pm

Interesting. A gearbox makes more sense in terms of justifying a total redesign of the bike. Because there's a lot more that's different in the bb/linkage/shock area. The lower shock bolt alone is at least 3-4" higher. If there is a gearbox under there, that doesn't leave a lot of space for the old 6-bar design so there would probably...