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SteveClimber Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/23/2024 12:11pm I disagree. I think with new manufacturing and the marginal gains in bike design on-shoring is a better prospect now than ever. Premium bikes with lower warranty rates make on-shoring very viable. Now if you were talking mass market frames, then no. But some frame designs would only be commercially viable with carbon standards of on-shore manufacturers to hit certain...
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SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/23/2024 9:19am Huh? Did you even look at the lab test? Trickstuff Sinter Green beat Power + XTR, Hayes, Hope, Cura 4, MT7 - the metallic pads all performed better in the lab than organic pads. I'd say you've got it backwards, because of the heat involved in this lab test, metallic pads will perform better. In the real world where developing...
SteveClimber Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/18/2024 1:32pm Unfortunately your tastes just don't align with majority. It's not that you wrong, or they're wrong. But they design and market for maximum sales/profit. People prefer internal cables, carbon etc etc etc. Just like people prefer "clean" aesthetics and easy to use cars, over well made simple machines that are easily servicable. Re: Niner, so many brands seem on the...
SteveClimber Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/18/2024 11:42am Yeah but this one comes in blue, and looks slightly different. Let's be honest, cars for their intended purposes are all functionally the same, but there is a huge diversity as their premium products people differentiate themselves with. Bikes are the same. We don't all want to ride the Toyota corolla of the mountain bike world.
SteveClimber Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/17/2024 11:32pm I think it's sad to hear about both. However when times are tuff, Pole's owner being an abrasive a-hole to people on line surerly hurt their sales a bit and jeopardized their future. It often comes down to such small margins to continue through the rough patch, if they sold 5% more maybe they'd be around still. Maybe yelling at...
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/17/2024 1:32pm Oh really? I thought it was more to do with the axle/hanger/T-type interface that made it hard to move back and forward? I didn't think chainstay length had anything to do with it? Otherwise sag would affect the system, or turning you bike into a hardtail (longer CS as your suspension doesn't compress) would cause issues, but it doesn't.
SteveClimber Added a reply to Future Bikes and Ideas
4/17/2024 6:08am Let's get rid of air springs and spring springs. The future is electromagnetic suspension ala the Bose car suspension they briefly made ages ago. I think materials science will have a lot to say about future bikes and definitely manufacturing methods. ABS is already starting development, it's likely that will rapidly progress, and when it does traction control for e-bikes...
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/11/2024 10:51pm Michelin DH34 Bike Park as works, but they're not the best made tyre, and wire bead. Cheap though.
SteveClimber Added a reply to Frame Design
4/11/2024 1:27pm The thing I will say is this, making a frame will cost thousands of dollars (including your labour) and take a lot of time. Don't sacrifice the suspension design, packaging, frame type etc etc, so it works with an off the shelf damper that somebody can fix for you for $300-450. Like if your going to the effort of making...
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/10/2024 7:04am Well yes, but from the few initial thoughts I have perused everyone seems to just say it damps more/better. Which isn't saying a lot, as the old Grip 2 had laughingly low levels of damping. Particularly compared to the custom charger damper I'm running, or any ohlins product out there. I'm on the record that previous fox products are a...
sethimus Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/10/2024 6:57am
its new and you are supposed to want and buy one. what else do you need to know!?
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SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/10/2024 5:47am That is a seriously good looking bike. It's like if. SCOR, spec enduro and Santa Cruz had a baby together. Can someone slap a Grip X2 on a dyno asap so we can see how much damping it has relative to others? Fox's press release don't tell you anything that actually matters
SteveClimber Added a reply to Frame Design
4/9/2024 12:45am I find this visualisation really helpful to understand anti-squat and anti-rise. I just linked the yeti video as it was the first to come up, but he did videos on other suspension types too.
SteveClimber Added a reply to E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
4/6/2024 12:28am How heavy do we reckon they'll be? Also are Norco still sticking to their massive wheelbase on their ebikes? I rode an older model sight VLT and man that thing was a boat. Fun to ride, but a very different experience
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/3/2024 11:43am The links develop quite a bit of play, and they would share shim laterally (I don't know how to describe it, but not around the axle. They don't have (from memory) an expanding collet style axle for their pivots, just a threaded axle that is tensioned from the pivot bolts, any lateral movement from landing sideways, schralping would develop play...
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/3/2024 4:12am How are his rear triangle tolerances? The propain (and propain accessories) I've seen people ride have developed a lot of play with their rear triangle. We thought it was because it's a solid rear triangle with the links Infront of the bottom bracket which gives it an even bigger leverage to develop play than a normal dual link design.
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/2/2024 11:34pm You guys count your clicks?
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/1/2024 11:52pm In Aus we do a Le Mans start for the DH races now, so you gotta wait by the gate and run over to your bike and tear down the track. Anyone know how much a Pademelon is? Almost all the pros at Maydena have been testing them this off season
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/31/2024 12:43am I think e-bikes aren't there only because of their incredibly high prices. If they were cheap I'd be fine with it. What other product is out there that is $8k+ and everyone is like, you'll most likely have to warranty part of it in the first year. The trek shop near me is just a revolving door of ebike motor...
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/30/2024 10:38am The main problem is that e-bikes just aren't a great product yet. . The controllers and displays are meh. The motors are noisy and are expensive to service and water ingress is a huge problem. Warranties are very high on e-bikes components. Servicing the rest of the bike is often a nightmare because of the cable routing with the battery...