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I've heard rumors of HSC/LSC/LSR..... And can we hope for a coil?

Frankly, I don't get what's unclear about this press release. What I got from it is that DT Swiss strives to synergistically innovate across core competencies to explore new categories and achieve unprecedented benchmarks of holistic performance.

Yeah, agreed, it was very thin on the bones…it’s what we got for now.

The comments are gold.

The new Dreadnought has to be close, Rhys with another instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/C4LVYBnrY_5/

It may seem uninteresting probably because you're missing it has adjustable CS length, BB height, and head tube angle, almost completely independent of each other. Mullet/29er compatible, adjustable leverage ratio through included shock mounts, 148 rear dropout for more wheel compatibility, and ZS56 | ZS56 head tube for angle and reach adjust. It's also already won Proving Grounds last year and best trick at Darkest this year. There's a lot going on with this bike when you dig in a bit deeper.

Places you guys can go fight each other about e-bikes. https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/The-Hub,2/Lets-be-honest-Ebike-related,… https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/what-do-you-prioritize-e-bike?page=2 https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/The-Hub,2/Downsides-of-ebikes-and-what-…

My Trickstuff Dirretesimas have been amazing for the past two years. Easy to bleed and lever feel is sublime. Everyone complains about cost and wait time with these. But no one complains about the end result… Still trying to get a good bleed on my Formula Cura 4’s and keep my Code RSC’s from fading on big bike park days. BTW, love the content Dave, Nick and crew put out!

All other things being equal, Factory and Performance Elite forks weigh the same (have I missed a joke?)

I would put my money on this coming down to pad retract. The amount of push back they would get if it was next to impossible to get the rotors not to ping off the pads would be a lot more than a stiff lever feel. Throw in a cam with an aggressive motion ratio in the early stroke and it lets you get the pad retract in conjunction with a larger ratio of caliper piston area over master cylinder piston area at the expense of increased lever force early on in its range of motion. So I think it's...

I took Dale's bike for a lap yesterday to try the Mavens. He bled and massaged them and was running 200F/180R rotors. For reference, I run TRP DHR Evos with 200mm rotors on my own bike which I find slightly underpowered although they make up for it with excellent modulation and a light lever feel. My first thought riding the Mavens was that the power is insane. It felt like someone was throwing a stick in the spokes (not saying this is good or bad, just how it compares to my TRPs). My second thought was WHY IS THE LEVER...

To chime in on this, I was aware of the piston massage before I received my set of Mavens for review and had the procedure explained to me prior to setup. I chose to not do it for two reasons. 1) Ive ridden every Avid/SRAM hydraulic brake since the Juicy Seven and have only ever needed to do that procedure when cleaning the pistons, not on a brand new brake setup. 2) The average consumer throws the owners manual away immediately and then starts a forum topic to help fix their problem. I wanted to give that experience a try...

Sorry to detail the rumors thread. Back to rumors: hope that new altitude comes out today

I don’t know if I buy this argument, I don’t think the evidence would support your characterization. And just so you know where I’m coming from, I don’t have an e-bike. I do ride my road bike about 15-20 hours per week, mostly all super easy endurance volume that supplements my mountain biking. I do lots of intervals and am generally in such good shape that I won’t ever need to buy an e bike and have no desire to. My thoughts on the issue you’re raising: There’s no way people are getting *less healthy* riding e bikes. Even with...

The other part of the equation is master cylinder piston diameter. The smaller it is the more leverage it has over the pistons in the caliper. Think of it like you had interchangeable dropouts on your bike and you added 100mm to the rear end of your bike, that’s going to increase the leverage on the shock. The lower the amount of fluid moved for the same amount of piston movement/lever movement the more hydraulic leverage the master has. Hayes use a 9mm bore in the dominions (as far as I know) which is why they have very high hydraulic...

You know what, That was a well written, well considered, thoughtful comment. Well done sir, we could all prolly take some pointers from it.

Thanks friend. I guess it was time to make an account after all, haha. To clarify a few things: - Yes, the title is abrasive, but I feel that I’ve justified that opinion in (too much) detail throughout the video. I’m not on YouTube to make money, considering I make less than C$4 RPM after tax. I also never pushed my resume/background in my video. - After I connected the rear brake, I cycled the pistons to probably 50% of what was recommended in the manual to ensure they were moving smoothly, which they were. I noticed minimal difference between...

The notion that it’s ok for MTB brakes to require high input forces because F1 does is pretty ridiculous.

Bigger pistons doesn't equal more power is kinda the answer here. The other part is that sram is mass manufacturing these parts, so theryre designed with a lot more variance in production and therefore heavier, than much much smaller scale high end machining than trickstuff are doing. I honestly think all the big brand brakes are excellent currently, they're just all different. TRP, Hayes, Trickstuff, Magura are all excellent products. With Shimano and sram kinda a step below that quartet, which is what you would expect for a mass manufactured product.