From 5:58 of VanCan's video, you can see Dale's bike side-on and I think those pink patches are just some sort of frame protection. Bike looks normal, and logo isn't fully covered on downtube. https://youtu.be/RyuMqSIsdKY?t=358 Maybe yall are more eagle-eyed than I am
Somewhere I saw parts of the patent documentation for these brakes. And at the same time information that other companies are also working on similar solutions. This design is supposed to work better with the wires going into the frame headstock or even in the handlebar itself, and at the same time are supposed to be less likely to be damaged in an accident. That's how it was in our national bicycle magazine.
Was good to catch up with Adam and Carl when they were in town back in October . Still remember the first time Adam came to town in 2008. He brought just his Moto. Came back next year and smoked everyone. As a local I’ve seen it all during the classic and lived it while racing. Proud to be the 2008 jr x dh champ. Last year of dh only. Went on to get 30th in pro all mountain in 2010. 50min flat dh run and I owe a lot of my skill and speed up here to chasing Henry...
Congrats on this being the 10,000th post on this thread! 10,000 posts in and we've successfully turned the conversation to apps instead of bikes. Dammit!
If I recall Sam Hill was (secretly) running a Luftkappe in his Lyrik back in '18? Was one of the reasons Rockshox started messing with larger negative chambers in their air springs. They went a little too big and were having the forks eating 5-10mm of travel at rest. Then they brought out the next air spring to 'raise the ride height' which made it harsher off the top. Then finally they have the most Vorsprung-ish negative chamber in their newest gen of forks. So I guess you could say we have Vorsprung's pressure to partially thank for the excellent...
I'd been hoping that there'd be some backwards compatibility/upgrade kit for the Pro4. A narrower axle, larger bearings, different seal, and different end caps don't bode well for that.