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I'm with you on this. I always look at it like F1 is to the car industry. Some of that good tech eventually trickles into the grocery getters that I drive and I am better off for it. I like that some companies try crazy or impractical designs without considering cost. There are plenty of "dumbed" down DH bikes for people like me, but i do appreciate that there is super high end DH bikes that I can drool over and maybe ride in a parking lot someday. Also think I heard on a podcast onetime that the DH bikes...

If the new Transition isn't spotted in the Santa Cruz parking lot, I'll be extremely disappointed..

The only solution is a new hub-cassette interface standard ! Wait no two, one Sram one Shimano !

Sharpie demand is about to pop off

It will allow for 32 stanchions too, so you only have to make one crown to cover every size. That is my theory, anyway.

Got an email this morning about these New Wolftooth hubs. FINALLY someone is making an expensive hub in anodized colors.

Aight, i'mma head out. No bikes left.

Coolest part of this photo is the retro kit. Tired of every rider kit looking like a Nascar style branded gimp suit.

Loving the shorts & short sleeve... retro AF.

Your implication is that absolutely nothing at all has to be put in place of the removed parts. The SRAM X01 11 speed I removed was about 510 grams total on the rear wheel. But nevertheless, it was an approximation. Even if you use 600 grams as the weight difference, the point remains that it's a small portion of the total weight back there. The fact that I added about 400 grams going to Linkglide Di2, and the suspension got better, is also an indication that something else is at play back there. I had come across this article after...

Asa at US Open (g-out project incoming). he was on a bonded frame? is that a change? also has the proto calipers

I installed hardwired Di2 on to my Bosch Wild with 11 speed Linkglide. I removed a SRAM 11 speed so the weight gain was significant which in my head bummed me out, although it's the exact same weight as GX T-Type. Imagine my surprise when not only was the gear spread much nicer, not only did I gain a lot of functionality, not only does the Linkglide shift positively and amazing (95% as smooth as T-type, but faster), not only did my running cost go way down and my relaibility went way up, but shockingly my rear suspension instantly got...

Bike rental fleet beige?

In the early days at least, yes they used the Spire hardware. That was actually something we had recommended since at lower volume it’s easier to just buy existing pivot hardware. It’s one of those things you that is super efficient to run in volume but not so much in low quantities. Of all the Horst link bikes I’ve messed with, that pivot hardware kit has been one of the easiest to live with. You aren’t gaining any performance from it, though. I’d imagine at this point they are using their own hardware though.

I will say that qc checks among most big brands are pretty massive. In addition to in house r&d, frame test labs, and field testing, they usually stash some of their employees in those overseas factories as quality engineers to check everything. I know there’s plenty of testing getting done over there for just about everyone, but it’s also nice to have another layer at home too. Costs more but you get better results faster.

You can drop a Jade DH compression assembly straight in to a Voro so 99% of the shock is still Voro. Even the BV piston is the same, the main thing is a different low speed adjuster design and adding a High Speed adjuster to the shim stack

Looks like he is using DVO Jade parts on the Suntour shock

to everyone bummed on the discussions and derailment, there is that novel idea of starting unique threads for unique topics.

I've got a real rumor, Kasper Woolley is running a non standard Suntour Voro Coil on his zerode. Noticed while scrolling through my photos from the open this weekend. Lots of fast people running the Suntour stuff.

I now see what people were warning against in regards to @Dougal - SC...