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TheShortestCharles Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/9/2023 11:26am
Could be lots of different factors - geometry, suspension tuning, leverage rate, axle path could all affect that sort of thing. The Trek has a much more consistent anti-rise curve (decreasing from around 78% to 63%) whereas the Supreme's values (while I don't have an actual reference) are definitely faster decreasing. This should in theory lead to an increase in wheel rate based on Hugh McLeay's claims (I went to look them up but unfortunately it seems like he took them down from i-Track's site), which could made the suspension feel firmer under braking and therefore less balanced, but AFAIK...
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Whattheheel Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/9/2023 11:26am
This PB???
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Big Bird Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/9/2023 11:25am
How 'bout you two little boys go out for a ride on your bikes and quit being rude or I'll delete all of your posts. M'kuy? And now more Tech Rumors!...
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Dave_Camp Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/9/2023 11:25am
I was thinking eyelet to rocker issue. Or maybe they are tweaking leverage Or geometry
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fartsack Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/9/2023 11:25am
Its a google pixel 6. Instead of actial zooming it works woth AI. Gosh are you guys annoying 🤣
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dirty booger Liked a reply to forum topic Crank length/bb height . Is shorter/lower the future?
5/9/2023 11:16am
Track racers are still putting out 1800+ watts with 165mm cranks, where as before they were running 177mm cranks or longer. You aren't losing any power, that myth has been dispelled long ago. There is much more involved in producing power on a bike than just the length of the lever arm. I think the foot stance length is more interesting for descending. Gwin talks about going between 175mm -> 165mm on the DH bike based on how far apart he wants his feet.
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Milton 26" Liked a comment about Feature TESTED: FORGE+BOND Thermoplastic Carbon Wheels
5/9/2023 9:52am
then you should be afraid of putting your bike tires in the sun since the structure that actually holds pressure and helps the tire to withstand forces during riding (casing) is made from polyamid (nylon) or polyester. same goes for air spring bellows in trucks and trains. I think it's a good idea to use thermoplastics as matrix material because carbon rims break due to impacts more often than overloading. and recycleability is a great advantage.
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Vityusha_Ptichka Liked a bike check Jamis Durango 1 2009 (2023)
5/9/2023 9:51am
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jeff231 Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/8/2023 1:44pm
Any info on the Schwalbe “Tacky Chan” rear tire on Austin Dooley’s commencal this weekend? https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr_knEgOPus/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
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Primoz Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/8/2023 1:42pm
The amount of antirise wholly depends on what the chainstay (or seatstay) is doing rotation wise as the suspension is moving through the travel. With a multi-link suspension system nothing is a given.
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jamesma Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/8/2023 1:41pm
If I had to guess, moving the pivot above and ahead the rear axle a la faux bar would raise the anti-rise. Maybe the team has gotten used to the high anti-rise on the old Supreme so they're looking for a similar feeling on the new bike?
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Primoz Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/8/2023 1:41pm
Nope, not so simple. Been there, made that mistake. In Commencal's case it doesn't change THAT much. If this (changing the location of the pivot near the rear axle) happened on an Atherton bike for example, it would make it a linkage driven 4-bar. On the Polygon it would make it a 6-bar. The Supreme is still a 6-bar layout, regardless of the variant we're looking at. It will likely change what the antisquat and antirise are doing, even more so probably for the antirise (as the brake is mounted to a whole different link), but yeah, still a 6-bar.
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TheShortestCharles Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/8/2023 1:41pm
I haven't looked into six-bar stuff in a little while but this completely flips the suspension layout, although at least to start I think the IC is in a pretty similar spot. I don't have access to Linkage at the moment but I'm sure the changes are more pronounced throughout the travel; here's a quick sketch:
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carlinojoevideo Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/8/2023 1:40pm
I noticed the Commencal team on a different swing arm than the V5 that was just released. Bottom photo is stock frame.
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Dave_Camp Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/8/2023 1:39pm
Looks like a proto 3d Ti link so the existing bike can fit a new shock.
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dolface Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/8/2023 1:39pm
Not gonna quote that post but will leave this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor
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earleb Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/8/2023 1:38pm
Some next level tinfoil hat action with the arrows.
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3beN Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/8/2023 1:37pm
What "getting pitched forward at the worst of times" are you talking about? Im riding a Dreadnought and never experienced this behaviour so far, and never heard of it. Im interested if this is really a know characteristic of the bikes and something that people complain about? And how do you fix it by lowering the pivot point?
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fartsack Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/8/2023 1:37pm
chill boys, it's just zoomed in with a phone. 🙄 taken in chur, switzerland. all scott gear, guess guy's working at scott.
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Primoz Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/8/2023 1:37pm
3d printed and designed using topology optimisation (removing the unneeded material). The "new Vivid", could it be called Hyper Deluxe? 😜
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