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Presumably its name is "Spear" (which is German for "Spear")

Primoz has pretty much hit the nail on the head here. The radial/axial load ratings of bearings quoted by the manufacturers are based on continuous 24hr operation over a lifetime, even the static load rating. Generally in rotating machinery design, the output for a calculation is the expected lifetime of a bearing based on operating loads and conditions - depending on the application it's always nice when the output comes out as "inifinte"...however, in my experience (designing heavy duty winch drums and selecting gearboxes for them) bearing failure seems to be much more to do with how they're mounted than...

+1 for a universal seat tube size. I can't see how one, maybe two couldn't work on all bikes. SRAM can push UDH on an industry, why not USP.

Agreed, huge miss. They have always included team rumors in the podcast and that's been part of the allure for listeners. Should have just edited that part out completely.

I dunno, maybe it's not a bad idea to stay off of forums where people discuss racing until you've watched the race. It's a strategy that's always worked for me.😉

I have sent him €100 deposit to his Nigerian bank account but he is not returning my messages.

Here‘s something to consider..during the Womens XCO Olympic race..Sina Frei finished P21 because she lost her AXS Battery..after winning bronze in Tokyo and getting the spot from Jolanda Neff..I dont care how good Transmission is - losing a battery must sting, especially at a race like the Olympics!!

I’m not sure he makes top 10 of all time.

Ok, I've shit on Scott's internal shock designs on here forever and while if I'm being honest, the long travel bikes do look good, my minds not changing on the serviceability side of things and that their bikes are a consumer nightmare. Why are they pushing the internal shock thing so hard? Is it just to be different? Is it to have a selling point to some "needs the cool new thing" consumer out there because their bikes didn't have any real reason to buy them over another bike until they had a unique thing? That isn't actually that unique...

Electric windows and electric drivetrains aren't really comparable. Electric drivetrains gain you cost, complexity and weight for a hardly present benefit (automatic shifting on ebikes is possible). Electric windows enable you to open or close any of the windows of a car with a single press of a button, giving you the ability to focus on the driving and/or opening any/all windows from the driver's seat. Or opening all the windows walking to the car by holding the unlock button of the fob, ventilating the car before you even open any of the doors. Same goes for electrically adjusted mirrors...

You're not wrong, but every single car on the road today has a battery (and has since the 1920s), and 99+% of bicycles don't. It's going to be a while before the average person considers (non-e) bikes with electronics and batteries to be more "normal" than their purely mechanical counterparts. Until then, there's going to be major pushback from cyclists who think it's ridiculous that they can't buy the bike they want without being forced to spend extra on electronic shifting. Then of course there's e-bikes, but if they continue rising in popularity among regular people (which should incentivize development...

I'm with you in hopefulness, but I think the critical difference between Propain and SC is the former is still a relatively small company, latter is owned by PON Holdings and being managed as a profitable investment rather than a core mtb brand. I'm imagining an intern at SC looking at this forum, agreeing with everything, escalating the feedback to their manager, and that feedback being thrown into a black hole

If the response on the other site from Propain is any indication that some companies do read these forums, I see no reason to hold back on things we feel strongly about. Seems to have worked in getting Propain to ditch cable tourism. Maybe there's still time for SC to re-tool their moulds and ditch cable suicide.

Shifters will use 2032 cells, derailleur's battery will be internal, but replaceable. In other news, there will be a shifterless commuter/city bike group (called ESSA), with a rear dynamo hub and a capacitor in the derailleur for the first shifts when you start pedaling. To set up the starting gear, auto-shifting pattern, etc. you'll have to resort to the same phone app you'll use to adjust the shifting performance of the XTR/XT/Deore gruppos.

ohhh nooo, someone might have to actually pedal

Let’s get this back on track. Seen at whistlert

What we really need is someone to buy a wireless frame and a Transmission drivetrain then mod it all to run on cables. External glued on cable guides. Remove the Transmission tiny motors and jb weld in some bits n bobs to have it cable actuated. Just a right ugly hack with horrible cable routing and all.

Link glide/Cues is down right amazing and the cost of the groups is less than a transmission derailleur. We were having issues with someone blasting through cassettes and one bike brand's high torque output skipping under super heavy loads. Linkglide groups solved those and many other issues this year. My Rootdown is getting linkglide this winter for Christmas so I never have to worry about it again.

I love the mechanical nature of my bikes and understanding how it works. It’s some how less appealing to me when it all goes into a little black box.