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Aston-A-Tron history and review

Would be fun to see this bike put against the clock with an impartial test rider on a variety of enduro world cup tracks. It looks so sick for fast and rough DH style trails. But it's hard to believe it would perform against the clock on tight trails. Seems like almost all the enduro racers, whose livelihoods depend on results, are tending to size down for enduro racing.

Good question. Slight tangent, but I’ve been toying with the idea of launching a monthly podcast where I unpack stuff like this. I didn’t think people would care, but when you break it down in a way that maps to our world, it actually seems to land. And honestly, it’s way easier for me to riff on this in audio form than hammer it out on a keyboard. Anyway, I read through the last few pages of comments, good to see Revel back from the dead, by the way. I’ll probably share more thoughts on that later (maybe). For now...

As a side note: I always got on better with the Cura 2 than the Cura 4. I thought the 4 was too spongy/vague and hard to get good power from, whereas the Cura 2 really worked well for me (back in the day...).

This page is 🔥 It has me thinking of how I actually like to brake. Since I am needing a new set for my enduro bike and keep going back an forth between different sets. I haven't had a binary brake in a long time since I stopped riding trials, but I genuinely enjoyed the brake I had on that bike. I'm on Code Rs for enduro, and Guide RSCs on my trail bike. Even when perfectly bled, they both feel squishy and I am unable to lock the rear at strategic times. Just ordered Galfer rotors to improve the...

There is a lot of good information in what Shinook just wrote here. I'll chime in by saying that if continuous, significant lever force on long steep descents is what is causing the discomfort, go with the Mavens with a pair of big rotors. They are pretty much unmatched in terms of sheer power-to-lever force ratio IMO. Keep in mind that I am talking about the kind of steep where you need significant braking force for extended periods of time, in other words, once you are past the initial bite point and well into the powerful portion of the lever...

Talking to a friend who rides Dominions he mentioned the lever pull is light, but you need to squeeze hard to get power from them (and he can compare to Codes RSC on another bike). A heavy lever pull in the freestroke is still much lighter than applying the power and if the Code has an advantage in the power delivery part of the stroke (due to the swing link) it might be better than a Dominion after all (as per @CascadeComponents comment on the previous page). We'll possibly try a 220 rotor because we have one in the fleet...

You are probably definitely in the wrong thread if you think everyone should be happy with codes or saints

Bit of a better view of of the “Brembo” callipers (last pic)

New coating as well on the stanchions. Doesn't look to be Kashima as there's an Ohlins logo engraved behind each one below the top crown

they just venmo me $2.79 per deletion. it's very rare we get asked to take anything down and in 16 years of being at vital, i don't remember any leaning/pressure from brands "if you don't do X, we'll hold back from working with you." just because something was here and goes away doesn't always mean we deleted it. we delete if asked by a brand b/c someone that shouldn't have had the info/photos/videos leaked the info/photos/videos or if an NDA was clearly broken. we don't delete if a product is out in public, if someone was careless with their hiding...