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AgrAde Liked a comment about video Matching Stem Length with Fork Offset
5/9/2023 6:40pm
Wow, that's absolute nonsense. Throw it on the large pile of snake oil and bad science that we have in this sport. The only thing that matters is where the grips are relative to the steering axis (grip offset). Where the bars and the stem clamp together is irrelevant. So many people swear by a particular stem length even when comparing vastly different bars, and the bars usually make a larger difference than the stem. Especially riser bars which change the grip offset a truckload depending on what angle they're rolled to. Even bars with the same sweep angle can...
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just6979 Added a comment about video Matching Stem Length with Fork Offset
5/9/2023 6:40pm
Hundo percent nailed it. Stem to offset comparison is nothing. Fork offset to grip offset _might_ be something, but probably not. Even if yes, the relationship would change with head angle as well.
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just6979 Added a comment about press release Introducing the Wolf Tooth ReMote Pro - Cycling’s Most Refined and Adjustable Dropper Lever
4/20/2023 9:15am
"ReMote Pro is the only dropper lever that allows for adjustment of the lever starting position independent of cable tension." Incorrect. The e13 TRS+ lever allows adjustment of the start point independently.
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just6979 Added a reply to Suspension Component Technology/Functionality Discussion
3/27/2023 12:31pm Previously: "Mid Valve: This is when you are creating compression damping on the backside of the rebound damper piston. This is often just a check valve" Is it just a check valve, or is it a "circuit for compression damping"? You've said both, and since Fox (and SRAM IIRC) has a handful of pre-specced stacks for the compression side of...
Tim Horton Liked a reply to forum topic Suspension Component Technology/Functionality Discussion
3/27/2023 12:08pm
Dirty booger: "You can then ask the important questions like why is RockShox so enamored with digressive compression and rebound stacks?" Pedaling platform in my opinion. Walking a tightrope between gooshy, saggy while pedaling and getting the "popoff*" just to be at the velocity of a human leg at 65 cadence. * too weird of an example to use the dyno sheet reader term "knee"
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just6979 Added a reply to Suspension Component Technology/Functionality Discussion
3/27/2023 12:07pm "You can then ask the important questions like why is RockShox so enamored with digressive compression and rebound stacks?" I think it's because that makes changes to the low-speed adjustments (free-bleed mostly) more noticeable when pushing on the bars or doing a parking lot test. They don't care that actual riding with big hits and deep compressions feel terrible since...
dirty booger Liked a reply to forum topic Suspension Component Technology/Functionality Discussion
3/27/2023 11:50am
Everyone here should read this if you have not yet, pretty sure it's available in e-form. It will answer many of the questions posed here, and cut through the confusion. You can then ask the important questions like why is RockShox so enamored with digressive compression and rebound stacks? In regards to mid valves on fork dampers, many of them can have a rather large compression effect that can produce spiking at higher velocities and add to a harsh feeling. To test this on yours; close the (low speed) rebound adjuster all the way, which closes the bleed around the...
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just6979 Added a reply to Suspension Component Technology/Functionality Discussion
3/27/2023 11:47am "Rear shocks do not have Mid-Valves." "Mid valves are found on the backside of the rebound piston and have two elements. The first is free bleed... The second element is the compression stack..." Then what do you call the free-bleed and the compression stack on the piston on a RockShox Deluxe? If these aren't mid-valves (since all rear shocks do...
lkubica Liked a reply to forum topic Suspension Component Technology/Functionality Discussion
3/27/2023 11:42am
Ok, so how do you call elements in such architecture like RS Super Deluxe (prior 2023):
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ORTOGONAL555 Liked a reply to forum topic Suspension Component Technology/Functionality Discussion
3/27/2023 11:36am
Pretty sure most of the shocks out there have a compression shim-stack on the main piston, maybe we are talking about two different things?
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lkubica Liked a reply to forum topic Suspension Component Technology/Functionality Discussion
3/27/2023 11:34am
I believe that mid valves are common in rear shock? Especially RockShocks with piggiback all use mid valve, they have 2 compression stack, one on the piston and a base valve near piggyback. I think that Bomber CR does that as well. Or maybe this is just a naming thing?
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just6979 Added a reply to Suspension Component Technology/Functionality Discussion
3/21/2023 5:23pm Yes, I mentioned that monotube reservoir shocks all "just happen" to send oil through the damper shaft, but only displaced oil. But does the oil flow in both directions at once in the Monarch and others? Can more oil flow through the base-valves than just that displaced by the shaft? Yes to both in the DPX2. It "just happens" to...
Dickscruttock Liked a reply to forum topic Suspension Component Technology/Functionality Discussion
3/21/2023 1:36pm
The TTX also has elements of a mono tube damper as well..
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just6979 Added a reply to Suspension Component Technology/Functionality Discussion
3/21/2023 1:36pm Even the Ohlins, and I think everyone else in the bike world, has a base valve on the piston as well. It doesn't have to recirulate every single drop of oil to be called "twin-tube". In fact, having a base valve is great way to do what it says: set up a base-level amount of damping, that can then be...
just6979 Added a reply to Suspension Component Technology/Functionality Discussion
3/21/2023 1:21pm Incorrect. DPX2 is definitely a twin-tube design: the damper shaft (that holds the base valve and connects damper body to the reservoir) is twinned, and oil recirculates through the reservoir/mid valves to/from the damper body and back. This means the (adjustable) resi/mid valves can have a more powerful effect because a large amount of oil is [re]circulating through them, and...
Jason_Schroeder Liked a comment about Blog Post Industry Nine Launches iRiX Headset
3/1/2023 8:19am
Updated, thanks!
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just6979 Added a comment about blog post Industry Nine Launches iRiX Headset
3/1/2023 7:35am
The last picture is wrong: zero stack and integrated are swapped.
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just6979 Added a comment about feature Bright Racing's F929 Next Custom Fork Review
11/10/2022 11:27am
So "no sag" is really "a little sag with little damping". 10-15mm sag versus 20-40mm. If you say a normal 180 fork is "only 150", then your 148 is "only 135" in the same way. "our systems are able to copy heavily bumpy terrain much better than a fork with abundant static sag." You forgot the part about "abundant static sag AND a slower damper". It's also heavily dependent on the relationship between bump amplitude and frequency. Limited negative travel is going also going to limit performance as the amplitude increases, where as the frequency response can be tuned for...
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just6979 Added a comment about feature Bright Racing's F929 Next Custom Fork Review
11/8/2022 1:14pm
"I never got along too well with Horst link bikes because they have always been too playful for me. They like to go fast, but they also like to pop up and out of corners and prefer to leave the ground much more than I do. Traction is only good when you are on the ground." That is a huge generalization. Many people have complained about many Horst-link bikes are being boring and too planted and hard to get into the air. It's not the suspension layout (horst or whatever) that you don't like, it's the specific design and intention...
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RubberButter Liked a comment about Press Release 400% of Pedaling Power - Bosch's New Performance Line CX Race Limited Edition
9/28/2022 12:35pm
So, cough, I own an ebike. It has a place in my garage and gets it’s fair share of days, just like my muscular bikes do. But damn if I’ve never read a more convincing argument for why ebikes suck, are not bikes, and really don’t have the same soul as mountain bikes. Well done Bosch, that was the most ridiculous press release I’ve ever read on a mtb site. Perhaps it’s time to really draw that line in the sand… Never forget: “ smart Walk Assist, which is almost indispensable on steep mountain routes.”
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