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Looking at the seat tube, frame storage and room for water bottle seems like it’s the new enduro bike (rallon) transformed to DH bike

I’ve never seen anything like this, why didn’t they let Hattie rerun the race? 🤔

This has got to be the worst looking kit in existence. Who thought that accentuating Goldstone’s hips would look good? Got to be the exact same design as Tahnee’s been wearing

Building mass dampers are designed to counteract the natural frequency of the structure (a known variable). Let my boy Grady explain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1U4SAgy60c The bike ones (at least to my knowledge) are design to counteract vibrations from the trail (an unknown variable). Maybe it could be tuned to the suspension telemetry for specific tracks? Look there is something there. But my point was when the implementation is so poor, it doesn't make you think they have this sorted. EDIT: sorry spomer, I was writing my dissertation and hit send before I saw you say to take it elsewhere.

New coating as well on the stanchions. Doesn't look to be Kashima as there's an Ohlins logo engraved behind each one below the top crown

Seems like we won't have to wait much. I was looking at used Tyee 5 and ignoring the 6 due to the headset routing, this is messing up my plans !

Of course a long post typed on my phone gets eaten by the system... Testing brakes as they came is the only logical way of doing it. If they come with different pads within the manufacturer, that's how it is. If they were to test with a spec rotor and pad, which one? Why the one you say and not some other one? Should they test all of them available on the market? Even the aliexpress ones? See the issue? Also, said test was not aimed at this thread. Brakes are, as anything these days, being sold as a system...

When Ohlins made their first push into the Mtb industry they had an exclusive deal with Specialized. Seems like it worked out well for both brands so why not take the same approach for Brembo?

getting the rsc lever will only polish the turd, still a very meh brake will be and at a big expense, i'd rather pair the calipers with some Tech 4 masters if you really want to change levers only. Better brakes will definitely improve your riding experience. and don't be lazy either install the new lines it's a 5/10min job depending on the bike, on the first pages of this discussion there's some reccomendations based on budget and lever feel you're after but any of the options other than Lewis are solid, for what you're riding i'd go for the...

Sam Hill said... SRAM didn’t even return an email or phone call when he was try to put a bike together most recently. Seems pretty disrespectful to athletes (and champs) that helped push your products for many years. It’s one thing to not resign a rider. It’s another to just ghost them like they never existed!

We really, really need to bring the hammer down on this IP theft. Not only are they stealing ideas and patents from people who have spent good r&d money on developing their ideas, they haven't done the r&d, so there's far less understanding of the decisions that led to the original design. It's wholly unsafe and not to be mistaken for simply reverse engineering existing components. I don't understand why they can't just make new stuff???

are these not just TRP Evo Pro brakes in black? judging by the lever and bite adjust screws... and well... the exact shape of the lever body. With all due respect to Mitch, I HIGHLY doubt he's a part of Ohlins/Brembo "test riders" when the only ones we've seen in the athlete space are Specialized Gravity.

I’ve been disappointed with transmission AXS. Two GX derailleur warranties with the usual ‘we’ve never seen that but here’s a good faith replacement’ spiel, when I know from others the same issues are occurring. SRAM had a firmware update early on to give more range to adjust the centreline over the ref sprocket, but even then many of their derailleurs seem to be enough out of spec that it’s not enough - I’ve checked on hubs and dropouts that are bang on specifications. As you say, the shifting is slow, and the ability for the user or mechanic to make...

Best value proposition is either brands 11sp drive trains. They worked incredibly well, they are different, one clunked and one was smoother, but they are very reliable, less prone to indexing faults than either 12sp, and so much cheaper. If you want value 12sp the only option is Shimano mix/match. Unfortunately an equivalent Sram drivetrain is almost double the price of a shimano one currently, so from a value perspective it simply cant be competitive

Given the plethora of takes in this thread, I am wondering what people think is the best value prop for a drivetrain? I like XT because it is crisp, wear items and breakable items are cheaper than sram counterparts, and the clutch is rebuildable. The only downside I have heard is the durability but I haven't broken one in a fashion that wouldn't have broken any other mech. I also feel like sram gx when I had it would start to feel like shit no matter what after 6 months of heavy use. Shimano hasn't for me. Also, I have...

My little experience with transmission and Eagle 90 is that I far and away prefer the way eagle 90 shifts, but I have a gripe with how they keep the derailleur from going into the spokes with no limit screws, that being that the cage contacts the largest cog on the cassette. It's a little thing, but why design it that way over just building a limiter into the parallelogram? Doest even need to be adjustable, just keep it from touching the cassette. I would still take SHIMANO mechanical over eagle 90 if I was custom building a bike, but...

You have to match the cassette and chain. You will not be happy running a Sram chain on a Shimano cassette unfortunately. I have run the Shimano chain/cassette with Sram shifter/RD and loved it. Best value IMO is XT 12 spd. Clutch can be adjusted and shifting just works. Sram manages their product differentiation by tolerances in the RD. Just go into a shop and push the bottom of the RD cage back and forth on an XX1 vs lower level equipment and you will see what I mean. Shimano does something similar, but theirs is more about durability. XT...

Fastest shift in the west is still the ol' trusty 11 Speed XT. Double gear downshift, crispy leaver feel, textured lever and can bend it pretty hard before it starts to shift poorly (unlike eagle or shimano 12 speed, which does good but could be better). I find that Transmission is a 180 stright into oncoming traffic in terms of progress, between the narrow-wide cassette, ridiculously massive derailleur, absurd price tag, and last but not least... probably one of the worse mtb inventions of the past 20 years, the UDH. Before the invention of UDH's, hangers were a lot smaller...

Everything SRAM does is targeted to mid to lower level riders. They sell more units on OE bikes than any other mfg 90 - 95% of OE builds are SRAM in MTB at this point. Their strategy is to reduce warranty and customer service issues with product and retain customers who spend money. If they wanted to sell an F1 Level pro system they would do it. But like F1, more people will drive an Accord vs a Race Car. Make products that are easily digestible by the mass mid west market and sell the most product and make the...

Wireless shimano stuff coming soon?