Recent Activity
All
SteveClimber Added a reply to Tire chat (nerds only)
11/23/2023 1:48pm In my opinion an underrated part of tyre talk is matching tyre and wheel stiffness, soft tyres and stiff rims means burping and ripping off carcases, as the tyre moves and deforms but the rim tracks true in the terrain. Stiff tyres flexy rims means lack of grip. Its about finding the balance. The PB review of the new Berd...
More »
SteveClimber Added a reply to GCN App and GCN+ no more?
11/16/2023 3:05pm It's hard to get exact figures as it's split across so many different markets, but when you look at things TdF Femmes got 4.3 million viewers in France for one stage (https://www.bicycling.com/news/a44735705/tour-de-france-femmes-viewersh…), and the TdF consistently is one of the highest rated sporting events in euro markets (also Aus) each year, yet despite all this, the teams and the TdF...
SteveClimber Added a reply to GCN App and GCN+ no more?
11/15/2023 5:46pm Not really, in fact not at all. Most of the streaming companies are up shit creek currently, netflix amazon and apple are the only ones breaking even. With interest rates likely to stay higher for longer than expected all the companies are well and truly in trouble. It's always been curious how cycling, one of the most watched sports in...
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/15/2023 3:00pm certainly a better line than, its the same as the spec enduro, but high pivot!
SteveClimber Added a reply to Kinematics
11/12/2023 1:41am I would be intrigued to see if you could actually see the difference in telemetry from clutch on/off, or is just a placebo affect.
SteveClimber Added a reply to Kinematics
11/11/2023 6:04pm It's been a while since I've done suspension kinematic deep dives, and i might be totally wrong here but in the rumors thread, people were arguing anti-squat doesn't matter at 50% travel as you won't be pedaling there, but anti-squat CAN and often is a proxy for pedal kickback and chain force on the suspension. So if you have a...
CascadeComponents Liked a forum topic Kinematics
11/11/2023 5:48pm
Well the tech rumors thread keeps getting derailed and I like kinematics as much as anyone else so figured I’d start a thread on it. First off, there is some personal preference here and there certainly isn’t a one size fits all solution to bike suspension. So no one is necessarily wrong, they just might like their bike to behave differently. For example I don’t like bikes with low anti rise because I find the rear extends too much under super heavy braking or creeping into steep chutes for my liking. But I know a lot of people out there...
This forum topic has 267 replies.
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/11/2023 4:38pm Nah, we can just create support with spring force, like always. Or when in doubt, more tokens
Jakub_G Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/11/2023 4:28pm
It might even offer some compression damping this time.
This forum topic has 30462 replies.
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/9/2023 9:58pm All Pull linkage (im fairly certain) suspension develops S shaped leverage curves.
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/7/2023 6:44pm Pivot have their new DW DH prototype, so it could be a new pivot. Idk what other brands have licensed DW6?
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/7/2023 5:35pm DW6 has a pivot on the chainstay. Go check an Atherton
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/5/2023 4:40pm Also the head tubes crack and vancan cracked his downtube twice i think. Did the X2 ever fix the wall thickness issue that was causing the cracking?
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/31/2023 4:20pm I don't think its to disguise e-bikes, Scott in particular just love having ultra light bikes, look at the Spark (obviously needs to be ultra light) their design is just carrying over, large tubes = light. As AndehM also points out, it enables downtube storage. The issue is rock strikes, and with thin walls you get a single error during...
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/31/2023 3:19am That Scott is interesting, is it a 6 bar? i cant quite tell how it works, its got a rotating pivot around the BB? Too bad its a Scott, so it'll snap after 1 hard weekend in the bike park
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/17/2023 4:05pm A big factor would be frame tolerances on cheaper bikes too, the minute you dont have nice alingment and that needle bearing has to take some axial load you would start to get issues. Push's spherical bearings would be the best solution no?
Dave_Camp Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/17/2023 4:01pm
I disagree- needle bearings only work in clean environments like engineering textbooks. Haha
This forum topic has 30462 replies.
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/9/2023 4:45pm Yeah thats kinda my point. You can idenpendatly change progression via flip chip, which they state is their patent. But obviously with a differerent leverage curve you would setup your shock slightly differently, but their patent doesnt claim that, just independent adjustment. IDK, it just sounds like marketing bullshit to me
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/8/2023 7:43pm I dont really get what they are trying to say though? You can increase support without change spring or damping settings? Yeah every frame you make more progressive via flip chip will do that.
SteveClimber Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
8/8/2023 3:53pm Is that an issue? when swapping pads you should re-surface the rotor a tiny bit anyway, so you have to remove the wheel anyway? I've never thought about it, but i'd prefer a solid brake than the option of sliding in pads from the top
