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I feel a lot of people that would complain about the gearbox efficiency making a perceivable difference to their enduro or all mountain ride would be the same people with overbuilt wheels, fox 38, cushycores, and downhill casing tires for multiple blues a maybe a black diamond trail for their saturday ride. Then finish it off with pounding back 4 IPAs and some cake later that day.

Just to clarify, that's the gearbox's fault, not the belt. Above 150W or so, belts are more efficient than chains as long as they have proper tension. The belt vs chain efficiency difference is negligible once you throw the 5-10% power loss from a gearbox into the mix.

re: derailleur in a can, found @Dave_Camp's dc special video from 2007 or 8 maybe? (it may be blocked in some countries due to my using destiny's child or ciara or tlc or someone as the background music LOL. if no one can see it, i'll try to get rid of the music)

Not cbf, it's counter rotating links.

that's freaking sweet! here's a blown up detail from that pic. lots going on, eh?

Bushing require tight tolerances and proper maintenance. The cycling industry is crappy at tight tolerances. Most cyclist are crappy at maintenance. It's a win win resulting in the horrible reputation that bushings have. Like press fit bearings, they are the correct engineering solution. But that would require the bike industry to stop being crappy.

😂 Well I can honestly blame Chris Ball and WB that I missed that one.

Oh right 😂 I don’t follow FMD either. My disinterest has in both is stronger than I thought 😳😅

Did Canyon just drop something new. Or am I just that uninterested in them that this has previously passed me by:

I've also heard rumors about a new fork that's similar to a current offering but different and will run beside the current model

A collection of the Australian Scott importer's franchisees abandoned the brand entirely about a year or two ago because sales of the current models were "bad for business". Quite a fall considering the Spark was once the most common bike around here. Innovating its way out of the MTB market apparently... anyway further discussion about Scott specifically might belong more in the "will more companies be shutting down..." thread than here.

its all true, we just have to wait till May to officially talk about it. The rear der is a work of art, especially if you hate how big and bulky T-Type is.

its all ready, along with a new 34 and 36 chassis and air spring. Maybe they will even show the new inverted prototype DH fork at sea otter too.

Looks like the new X2 is almost production ready.

You can say your buddy works at Propain it's okay.

Bumping this spicy rumor. Hoping more gossip to be teased about it.

77designz just released their new bar after parting ways with WeAreOne. Looks like they are using the same principle as before with a thinner 33mm bar and a thicker 35mm stem clamping area. Instead of a alloy sleeve it is just thicker layup. Their previous bar was 258g and this new one is 220g. Also much cheaper at 163.85 € compared to 279.95 € before https://www.77designz.com/barlerina