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well they‘re not wrong when they say that exo or exo+ tires are too flimsy on an enduro bike if you use it properly

When you enter the SNR on the fox website

New Fox Coil Shock?

I stopped reading Enduro-MTB when they defended headset cable routing as cleaner and "people whinged about internal routing so stop whinging".

Lol wut

The TR11, Smuggler, and Spur are the only non-trunnion models. The Spire, Scout, Sentinel, Relay, Repeater (PT and EP8), and Patrol all have trunnion mounted shocks.

Maybe a Transition, alu version of the upcoming Sentinel update? It looks like it's got the big chonky 56/56 head tube, and all their bikes use trunnion mount vertical shocks like that.

I believe.......... it is a bicycle. (Sorry)

Any ideas what this might be?

New Kavenz VHP G2 pre-order just opened for email subscribers. Looks like you can choose any of their rear travel options and it uses the same interchangeable rear dropouts. Also, has a pinion smart shift option

Very well written. Another thing I can't help to wrap my head around are the weights we're strapping to the unsprung side of our rear ends: Shimano RD-M980 (2011) 175g Sram XX (2011) 180g Shimano RD-M9120 (machanical) 241g Sram Transmission XX (incl. Battery) 465g Not a total apples to apples comparison, but looking at this I can't help but feel this isn't the pinnacle of drivertain design.

No notes. This chapter in your upcoming book is ready to print.

Transmission, it's weaknesses, and "solutions" for those weaknesses all seem kind of insane to me. Hey we have this little uvula looking thing on the back of frames which the derailleur attaches to. Usually, derailleurs aren't that expensive these days but just in case, it's meant to bend instead of allowing the derailleur to break. Because our frame is made of steel, we can usually just bend it back for free! How nice! Since we moved on to alloy/carbon, we had to make the hanger its own item. We went with aluminum alloy so it's stiff and light, but if...

Fraezen copied Cascade chainguide/bashguard design with just a slightly different attaching plate so frame compatibility is better https://r2-bike.com/FRAEZEN-chainguide-FUEHRUNG-and-Bashguard-black-30-… So I can understand why Cascade would be angry/pissed when someone say their derailleur cage is a copy of Fraezen cage design.

When it comes to derailleur cages, there really is only one way to do things. Two pulley wheels on an arm. If I’m not mistaken our cage is the only one where the structural arm traverses from the outside of the upper pulley to the inside of the lower pulley. We wanted it to at least be different in some way. Kogel cages maybe look more similar for what it’s worth. The reason this annoys me, though, is we developed a novel chain guide a few years ago. The design is actually patented in the US. That design was copied...

Don’t get me started.

crazy, I've only ever broken 1 Sram Derailleur and that was when gx 12spd first came out. since that time ive owned prob 50% of each brand (big S) and ive broken a heck of alot of Shimano derailleurs. Same with chains actually, never broken a Sram one but i've broken a few shimano ones. I've got 2 Transmission GX and they've seen some heavy abuse and shift awesome still. Like i said im pretty 50/50 split with what brand i get so more certainly not fanboying anyone.

I have yet to bend my XX cage but it is really flimsy. It appears that SRAM has moved the sacrificial part from hanger to cage. There is a solution however: https://cascadecomponents.bike/products/transmission-derailleur-cage This cascade cage appears to be pretty burly and costs slightly more than OEM. Your friends should try going this route when they break the next one.

Of the 7-8 cages your group has broken, do you know the distribution of what levels they were? For the aluminum cages, I have a theory that the GX is the strongest, followed by XX, and the X0 is weakest. The XX and X0 seem to bend at the big cutout. The XX looks like it’s forged while the X0 looks stamped. The GX doesn’t have the cutout and seems to hold up better.