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One thing I've been curious about with these, since I haven't gotten a chance to mess with them, is how pad clearance looks. The pistons are quite large and my understanding is the master cylinder piston is at least very similar in size to that of a Code. Assuming the 50% more power thing is correct the math verifies this. That would require one of two things to keep lever throw within check: decreased pad clearance or much lower leverage ratio in the early portion of lever throw in order to quickly advance the pads at first. What I ran...

or, since we all know sram levers feel like crap and are very stiff, he's just saying the truth?

He's not just some random YouTuber. He's a damn good rider and an engineer who's worked in the industry. I don't buy the double rotor thing as being responsible for the lever force. Sounds to me like that's to get all 4 pistons advanced evenly and to condition the piston seals. Hayes told me to do something similar with the pad spacer (insert spacer after installing pads, pull and hold lever for 15+ sec). Having done and not done this, it didn't change the lever force, just the brake power. Unevenly advancing pistons reduces power. The stiff lever pull design...

To be fair Dale was an engineer at Norco, so not quite just a youtuber. However, not properly bedding in the brake pads and not bleeding the rear brake after cutting the line and losing fluid made me skeptical about the rest of the review. Though trying to quantify the lever force with the water bottle test was cool to see- cant really think of any publications/reviewers that will do anything to test (outside of riding, which is always subjective anyways) rather than just saying they are skeptical about marketing jargon.

Pretty brutal review of the Mavens. I saw other reviews that mentioned the lever pull, but not to this extent.

PLONGEUR

I'm really hoping one of the guys at Faction is known as Frank The Bonder.

Some people prefer that to the feel you get from Sram brakes. Different folks, different strokes.

Looking like this is the lineup for '24 Specialized Epic World Cup: Released last year Epic: Dropping very soon (120 rear, builds with 120 and 130mm forks for XC or Downcountry/Trail) w/SWAT and S sizing Stumpjumper: un-released but basically same frame (but without motor) as the recently release Tubro Levo SL Enduro: Re-designed last minute to incorporate the design of the Demo prototype. Late summer/fall release for MY25? Demo: Un-changed until production available, full carbon, late '24 or early '25.

Its actually so cool to see XC evolving to be more aggressive in all fronts of riding. Not just climbing and efficiency. Hell, make tracks a little more crazy and itll be like watching massive 4X races. Id watch that live.

Greg Minnaar riding what looks like one of the new Range VLT's

Kovarik been on intense since Jesus was a boy.

I've compiled a list of moves in enduro racing for this winter, covering the top 40 MEN and top 20 WOMEN. Hopefully, I haven't missed anything. Here are some interesting stats: - None of the men from the top 20 remain without a team - 9 men from the top 40 are currently without a team - 3 men switched to E-EDR - 1 free agent, Elliot Jamieson, has signed with a team - There haven't been as many moves in women's racing, with only Bex Baraona and Katy Winton left without a team. 7 Daniel Booker - Nukeproof Sram...

Nigel Page just put a goodbye and thanks post on Instagram. I find this super sad, as he is one class act as a human being. I read this as in ”hopes were still on until the last moment”. I can't wish him and the team anything else but the best. I want to add one more thing here: I met Pagey 22 years ago at the Worlds. He was injured and watched the races from the side and somehow I ended up talking to him. Being the kid in love with racing that I was and still am, I...

With how many bike sponsorships Zink has gone through over the years, I'm curious if he's difficult to work with? He is one of the most consistent and well known names in freeride, but it feels like he's bounced around a lot. Or maybe I'm reading into things too much and he's just been unlucky? Santa Cruz, Haro, Felt, Corsair, Evil, Hyper, YT (I guess that was six years, which is pretty decent), and now Devinci.

typical sram, say one thing, do the opposite, next time they make a claim, say the opposite again

So they don’t recommend 220 rotors, but they offer them anyway? A “rotor travel bag” is a thing now…?

Looking forward to the sram marketing team's approach to explaining why they went with mineral oil

meh you can talk about ultimates as well, still not that powerful. https://enduro-mtb.com/en/best-mtb-disc-brake-can-buy/ according to this test, all details are in the link, with a given force to the lever equal to every brake in test code rsc were "producing" only 70nm to the rotor, meaning that the ultra powerful maven being 50% stronger would be 105nm, so still less then a direttissima, let alone a maxima. Enduro mtb is working on another of these tests i'm super interested in with the new brakes now on sale.