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We know from that article that the new bike uses both the flip-chip at the shock mount and a different dogbone link to change the leverage curve, so I think it's very plausible they can keep it similar before the sag point while changing the behavior after it. That would be unique compared to every other progression-adjustment system I can think of right now, and could be patented.

Likely end of the year or early next year. That's the info I was given.

Michelin to bring back the DH16 (from Mondraker DH proto bikecheck on BikeRumor)

Push has used a pneumatic bump stop in their coil fork conversion kit for while, so I wouldn't be at all surprised it this fork used that same tech. That said, I'd agree those look like bleed ports.

Generally more progressive for a given travel amount results in higher leverage ratio at the sag point so higher spring rate or pressure to be at that sag point. This is because wheel travel is the integral of leverage ratio. If you decrease it in one spot you have to increase it in another otherwise there is a travel reduction.

Shocks are often tuned off of average leverage ratio so as long as travel remains the same then general tuning would still be accurate. If tune is done for a specific spot in travel then that's out the window as soon as leverage curve changes. Damping force as felt at the wheel is inversely proportional to leverage ratio squared for anyone who's curious. As for spring rate or shock pressure, increasing progression while travel remains fixed generally results in a higher leverage ratio at the sag point. So to keep the same sag point you'd need to increase spring rate/pressure...

From the other site, interviewing the Norco design team on the new proto downhill bike. Thought I'd share this bit about a patent for a link that adjusts progression without affecting anything else? Don't get how this is possible, but they're smarter than me so who knows? "We’ve filed two patents based on the suspension layout and kinematic adjustment designed into the new DH race bike... The second patent applies to the method of leverage curve progression adjustment we’ve designed into the bike which allows us to alter the level of support from the rear suspension in isolation without needing...

it just needs to be pending, not a patent granted, which would allow for years of development progress ahead of others. By the time others were able capitalize, we would be on the 7 bar linkages, with low pivots....

With the existing post mount standard, brakes are at a point where more line pressure and or bigger pistons and pads will necessitate things like this. Maintaining good stiffness and accessing the post bolts fight each other when combined with all that. I’m not a fan of all the random standards, especially considering they aren’t well adhered to (iscg is the worst), but wider post mounts wouldn’t be the worst thing.

Is that an issue? when swapping pads you should re-surface the rotor a tiny bit anyway, so you have to remove the wheel anyway? I've never thought about it, but i'd prefer a solid brake than the option of sliding in pads from the top

Maybe not big news but new damper are coming, they make good bikes at great prices. https://www.mdebikes.com/damper-coming-soon/?lang=it

Are we gonna talk about the pads being bottom-loaded or is that not thing people care about?

Massive price drops coming our way?

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Not really tech related, but yeti is going D2C on august 31.

I'm pretty sure he had a short cage axs setup years ago in some edit. Not long after axs came out. It probably doesn't mean a dh axs is incoming.

Brandon Semenuk with a tiny axs reverb, on a downhill bike of all places?

VVC doesn't work like a typical shim stack, you can wedge 4 times the shims in there and it will do next to nothing. It involves incredibly fine tolerance machining of the standard parts (or a remake) then dyno'd and changed again and again as even 0.05mm preload will change the characteristics of the damper massively. It isn't worth the stuff around. A Fitgrip (or Grip1) tuned, different story, I have said this numerous times here, but it's a better damper than VVC Grip 2. Tuning Grip1 is not exactly easy either and involves again trial and error. This is...

While Loic and Finn's bikes are indeed oddly glued to the ground, to say that Fox and RS can only offer clicky adjustments is just not true. Fox offers multiple tune options on rear shocks to athletes and custom ones to the top athletes (most notably Greg). RS does the same.