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CascadeComponents Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/30/2024 10:46pm
At 70% travel there is a singularity which allows your spring force to simultaneously be three different values. Some hypothesize that if you can push past 70% travel you will bridge spacetime and land in a parallel universe.
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TheSuspensionLabNZ Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/30/2024 3:39pm
The standard air can for aftermarket shocks looks like the "linear" one which has a smaller negative chamber. This is the same company that shrunk fork air spring negative chambers again between B1 and C1 generation forks around 2021. Then re-increased negative volumes for 2023..... "progressive" has a larger negative chamber (so actually a less variable spring rate but overall force characteristic will be higher/more supportive/'coil like' ie closest megneg equivalent) and linear XL increases positive and negative chamber volume which I assume has similar rate curve to the linear can but at lower pressures So yeah I looked in...
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TheSuspensionLabNZ Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/30/2024 3:38pm
the frame designers and shock makers are always going back and forth since time immemorial - originally the shocks were too progressive, which limited air shocks to short travel until 5th element brought out a large volume can which meant long travel bikes (130mm!) could use them. Volumes got bigger and travel increased so we started adding spacers to reduce that volume while running more sag, and now we seem to have a bit of both - I still get confused by Rockshox and their naming of air springs, which take in to account the volume of the negative chamber...
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Eae903 Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/30/2024 3:35pm
So bikes were too linear and we needed to use air shocks to fix it, but now bikes are more progressive, so we need to increase the air volume in our shocks to make them more linear. Makes sense to me!
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Jotegr Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/29/2024 10:19pm I was being a bit tongue in cheek when I said "exactly the same". My understanding is that if you load the new can up with tokens it'll feel like the regular can with no tokens, so the old can still has a home on particularly linear platforms.
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10/29/2024 10:08am Ok, but the pictured shock is the 2025 linear XL air can as AndehM mentioned. If Rockshox Genie is a thing, this ain't it. Edit: I think it's funny that RS released this air can which increases air volume and makes the shock generally more linear. HOWEVER, you can fit way more progression tokens into this can than the last...
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10/28/2024 3:46pm Run the cassette/chain combo on the enduro bike for a while and wear out the easiest two gears climbing up fire roads, swap the combo onto the ebike and burn out the other bit at 30 km/hr. Perfect!
Dogboy Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/28/2024 8:25am
Seriously. I calculated between 3,500 and 4,000 miles on an XTR cassette - it moved across a few bikes so I had to total up the miles on it. The wear life on them is extremely long.
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Jotegr Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/28/2024 8:25am If the rivets are loose causing creaking, Shimano will warranty them. Remember, three years on XTR stuff!
NoahColorado Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/28/2024 8:24am
Are these "worn out in less than 200 miles" XTR cassettes in the room with us right now? They can creak, especially he earliest ones, but I've put thousands of miles on these and don't find they wear differently than any other cassette.
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Jotegr Added a comment about bike check Norco Aurum HSP mullet
10/27/2024 7:42pm
How is geo maintained or is it... not?
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Jotegr Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/25/2024 9:26pm Get the 77designz one while supplies last!
FuckingSteve Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/25/2024 1:46pm
So then what are we complaining about?
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Zuestman Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/25/2024 9:39am
Ok, so yes, chiming in hee. First to not as has already been pointed out we have a TON of headsets and combos. @ebruner happy to help with yours specifically (or honestly anyone for that matter) but please DM me so we don't clog the thread. General info on chiming in: 1. split races: agreed they are not ideal, and can lead to creaking. but see OEM requirements to speed up install of products and make assembly easier and cheaper at times. Yes we offer it, but only because of a request. If you haveone and want to swap it...
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iceman2058 Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/25/2024 8:27am
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Jotegr Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/25/2024 8:37am Prototype aluminum norco range. The oval headset from the Aurum HSP would be awesome in a tapered fit. Mine has been solid since 2019. No ability to run an angleset unless someone made a one-off for the frame. EDIT: . For those not familiar with Norco's system, it's essentially two IS headsets in one bike (yes, yes, I know we...
Jotegr Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/24/2024 1:47pm >Bike manufacturers spec 30,000 different headset combinations on frames over the last four decades >FSA makes something compatible How dare they!
piratetrails Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/24/2024 9:37am
Chiming in to the running smaller wheels and correcting geo: I've used a Cane Creek Angleset to make a full 29er with no flip chip mullet. The lower cup is 10mm and with it in the +1 steepening position paired with a 10mm longer fork it gets the BB back close to stock. I did this on an ebike and didn't bang the motor up more than usual. Headset routing is the devil to most people because of maintenance, but giving up these adjustment options, reach and head angle are why it's the devil to me.
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Jotegr Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/24/2024 5:59am Any Rocky mountain dealer should have dozens of lower cups that came with every instinct to allow them to be converted to pipelines for the 2017-2020 generation. Cane creek also makes an extended crown race but its like 6mm.
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10/22/2024 1:11pm That 9-45t cassette from shimano is neat. I've wanted a tighter 12 speed option for a while other than stuff like e13 and garbaruk. I ran e13's 9t stuff for a while and on most bikes it worked well, some bike shapes didn't play nice with the 9t for the most part it worked out well. Shimano had that XTR...