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SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/6/2025 1:28am No pinch bolt, so seems unlikely?
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1llumA Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/5/2025 4:43pm
There is a difference between trade restriction like European countries not selling fish to Russia and import duties (tariffs, custom taxes whatever you wanna call it). With trade restrictions, yes second market are used to avoid such restrictions. In the case you mentioned, Belarus could buy the fish from Europe and then resell it to Russia since Belarus doesn't have the trade restrictions with Russia. This is also how Iran purchase most of their restricted goods through second market. China is doing the same currently with NVIDIA AI GPU. With import duties, trades of good is not restricted just costlier...
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SteveClimber Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/2/2025 2:41pm From THE CHART haha, I think bike companies are the least of your concern at this point. Every computer product just got 32% more expensive. You guys are all fucked. Good luck!
SteveClimber Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/1/2025 2:59pm yeah wow, that frame is toast haha. Unlucky
SteveClimber Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/1/2025 2:11pm FYI you can take your bike to a carbon specialist and get it repaired. Cracks aren't terminal. I had the same experience, I wanted to buy a Marin Alpine trail XR but frame only, sent a few emails, oh we're doing another batch soon but none are available right now. Never heard back from them. Ok don't take my 2.5k...
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/31/2025 1:13pm There was the redacted post about the new Enduro fork, but that could be the 39 and not the 38 based on what was confirmed in the post.
TheSuspensionLabNZ Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/30/2025 10:06pm
Yup but energy and heat aren't the same thing - a small alloy bolt only needs a small amount of energy to raise its temperature while a comparatively large shock needs far more energy to heat it to the same amount. Point a heat gun at a shock bolt for 5 seconds then pick it up - it will probably be too hot to handle, but do that to a shock and it will be barely any warmer than before, even though received the same amount energy (probably not quite because surface area but you get the point). I think...
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SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/30/2025 8:10pm Surely heat from the shock, the energy from bushing friction would be magnitudes less than the energy being absorbed and released as heat by the damper. If Vital review the new Scott DH bike could you please put a thermometer in there on a run.
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/30/2025 3:05pm I'm curious about the Scott internal shocks, as they receive almost no airflow for cooling, I wonder how warm they will get. If any shock is going to overheat it'll be that one for sure. I'm sure they tested it, I'm just curious what the results were
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/29/2025 8:23pm Coil shocks run at upto 55°c during DH runs, airshocks can run quite a bit hotter depending on the design. Dyno testing shocks you should run a warm up cycle to heat the shock to at least 40°c before measuring the damping as that's close to operating temperature.
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/29/2025 2:53pm Noideamtber is correct. Also cues is cheap and existing technology, it's not exactly a new design, just a new product to streamline the SKU's. There is no way they're investing all the money to go backwards and offer an expensive wireless drivetrain, with a cassette that isn't even hyperglide+ standard,
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/28/2025 10:47pm Hate to break it to you, but they're never going to go backwards and do wireless 11sp. It's 12sp all the way from here on out
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/23/2025 2:34am Yeah there is a particular Australian mechanic who gets a lot of people on the 471 DT revolution build. Funny it's still so popular after 8 years of it.
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/23/2025 12:48am Not to mention all the non DT pros are using 30mm rims, Enve, crank brothers, Reserve etc are all 30mm internal. I do think 25-28mm is better, but only a handful of racers have access to them as most are using sponsors carbon rims that are 30mm for consumers. Who is still run 471's other than specialized gravity?
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/22/2025 3:22am None of dt's alloy rims are offset or have angular holes drilled. So they're at least trying something different. Why knock a small company having a crack?
SteveClimber Added a reply to Can You Fine-Tune Frame Stiffness With Just Bolt-On Bridges?
3/17/2025 5:03pm Exactly what I was thinking of doing. I just don't have fancy machining, and also I wouldn't do it with a wheel on, I'd just load the axle directly.
SteveClimber Added a reply to Can You Fine-Tune Frame Stiffness With Just Bolt-On Bridges?
3/17/2025 3:46pm I thought about this for my testing, and I think the simplest and easiest is a static load deflection test. Essentially bolt the front triangle to a table, you can even just ratchet strap it down and suspend the rear triangle overhanging the table. Then progressively load the rear axle and measure the deflection. I figured you could just use...
SteveClimber Added a reply to Can You Fine-Tune Frame Stiffness With Just Bolt-On Bridges?
3/17/2025 1:54pm The other interesting part I don't see discussed often is that aluminium does not have a fatigue limit. The wording of that is slightly confusing if you don't know what it means, but essentially aluminium will eventually always fail from stress cycling at any stress level after enough cycles. Steel has a limit, where as long as the stress is...
Vincent P Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/17/2025 1:54am
I thought you were right so I built one! dropperchecker.com Doesn't solve the missing frame insertion info. But still makes it a bit easier to make a call.
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SteveClimber Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
3/16/2025 3:13pm The comparison to gun plastics is a great one though. They're strong as. A Steyr AUG is plastic but so durable. My friend broke 2 magura cylinders from tree hits that were just normal bails/crashes nothing super crazy. Moved to shigura's after and eventually ditched magura entirely.