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SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/3/2024 10:30am Yeah idk. I'll ride one when it's not snowing outside, but I think you've all drunk the cool-aid. Spring curves really aren't that important in bikes (assuming they're not something insane) and the curve shown from Specialized' marketing material is very very similar to the curves you get on bike with a progressive ramp towards the end. The most important...
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jonkranked Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/3/2024 8:44am
Saint M820 was 2012, so 12 years.
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SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/3/2024 8:44am Playing devils advocate here but isnt this problem solved with 1. progressive leverage curves 2. Shock ramp-up via volume spacers 3. HBO damping circuits 4. The severity of a harsh bottom out is way to exaggerated I'm not saying the stumpy is a bad bike, but "solving" bottom outs really isn't that important IMO.
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/3/2024 6:04am Huh? How long have Saints be around for, 11 years now? And Trickstuff are the ones resting on their laurels. Good joke
SteveClimber Added a reply to Fork damper upgrade
6/27/2024 6:54am The charger dampers are solid and we'll definitely be a significant improvement. I'm using a custom charger 2.1 which just has more compression than a standard, but the new 3 has more than old it's already a significant improvement for you. If you want to go all out, I'd suggest sending the fork off to a tuner and getting the...
Primoz Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/21/2024 1:41am
It's quite hard to do a corotating Horst link bike with a top tube mounted shock, much easier to do so when the links are counterrotating. Qed, Bird, Rocky Mountain, Nukeproof (with the caveat the shock is downtube mounted, but could easily be top tube mounted and be better for it due to bottle clearance) and probably quite a few more.
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SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/21/2024 1:40am Yeah precisely. And we know that Specialized love their horst link bikes with the seat stay have a rocker connected to the upper/mid seat tube as almost all of their bikes have this configuration (even the prototype Demo that drives the shock from under the BB shell with a pull link). Hell the enduro has his too and drives the...
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/21/2024 1:19am Its quite hard to get a horst link bike to drive a shock mounted on the top tube without using a clevis yoke. Its definitely not impossible, but most of the designs you see with a top tube mounted shock are either VPP(dual link designs, ala SB120, Commencal tempo) or single pivots (or even linkage driven single pivots/flex stays Santa...
Dave Waugh Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/20/2024 12:37am
Yep that was what we were doing in my bike shop, the guy I sold it to has continued to do the same.
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SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/19/2024 7:53am Where are you disposing old frames? In Australia our local tip has metals recycling and you just throw it in the correct metal pile, aluminium recycling rates around the world are between 30%-75%. Because it requires only 10% of the energy to re-smelt aluminium its one of the few metals worth recycling, as energy is the primary cost of it...
SteveClimber Added a reply to Transmission - Mechanical Edition
6/18/2024 12:03am If you see a guy using a screwdriver as a hammer, you'd say something too.
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/17/2024 11:57pm They also solved it with the FRIC hydraulic suspension that was also subsequently banned. F1 has a unique problem because they require such incredibly high stiffness in heave (the entire chassis going down relative to wheels) but are forbidden to connect the front and rear suspension together, because rules. Somebody on here or on MTBR did a test of bolting...
SteveClimber Added a reply to “All Mountain” Bike Options?
6/16/2024 8:03am Orbea Rallon always gets very good reviews, pick a Santa Cruz in your category also. Nothing will be miles better than a Sentinel which is already such a solid bike so maybe look for extra features like in frame storage etc I'm considering the new Rocky Altitude, but I'd say it's more race bike than all mountain
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/15/2024 10:59am That's the one! I knew somebody here would know it. I know people who have used it for kids shocks and super lightweights. I understand why Fox and Rockshox use the same oil, but it would be very beneficial IMO if they ship with different weights and just have a sticker on the product showing what current oil is in...
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/14/2024 3:47am You don't need different tunes, just use different weight oils. The solution already exists, I know some of the elite XC people use an oil that's called almost water (I can't remember it's exact name, it's 2.5WT from memory? Someone will know what I mean). It's much easier to sell the same product, and just swap oils, that way you...
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/13/2024 6:15am This a massive win from them. If only the drive train side of SRAM approached upgrades/replacement parts with the same process as the suspension side. Also more damping! About time, still should be more
dolface Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/12/2024 11:40pm
So maybe derail that thread instead of this one?
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/7/2024 2:44am
Since we’re all making assumptions here, I’d assume downvotes are for reviewing a brake (that’s not secret or prototype) in the tech rumors thread. Please end the discussion about that brake here and take it to the brake thread. I’ve nuked that last handful of replies about it and orig review. and whoa that flight attendant reservoir!
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SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/4/2024 5:58am Vibration mounts lol. If only bikes had soft flexible tyres instead of rolling on steel tracks.
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/2/2024 11:36pm Thanks for linking that, some really interesting points and math I haven't seen before, for instance: On A Flat 100km Route (0% Gradient) Over 100km, the 1.44km/h drop in speed from the Rohloff to the Nuvinci will add 9 minutes and 30 seconds to your cycling time (4.9% slower). To put that into perspective, carrying 30kg (66lb) extra on your...