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Looks very much like standard PM spacing. I think a big part of the limit for piston size is the finger length/stroke and the strength (force) it can achieve. If you use bigger pistons and still want to have a half decent pad clearance to prevent rotor rub, you need more fluid flow which requires either a larger main cylinder bore or a longer main piston throw. With bikes we are very much limited by the total energy input (stroke and force) from the finger. I've mentioned this before in a comment thread or something, you can only make the...

Nope, it's a parallel dual link/same direction system, same as with DW/Maestro. There was an old story on emptybeer IIRC, back from when Chris was trying to market the suspension layout, and I recall him specifically stating the links protruding forward instead of backwards with regards to the ST/BB was the main argument in favor of a patent, without stepping into the "prior art" territory claimed by the DW Link and Maestro systems.

There seems to be some progress on the new Code calipers. Jack has been testing a black version of them in his latest vid.

it`s a way to sell more wireless stuff like axs and flight attendant.

I think the majority of riders don't fully grasp how to finetune the derailleur so the through headset routing doesn't impact them directly. It looks cleaner so it sells on the shop floor. So all the moaning and whining we do on these forums has a precisely diddly squat effect on the situation as at the end of the day it's the sales numbers that matter. And the sales of through-headset routed bikes might just be better than the sales of externally or through-frame routed bikes. We are vocal, but we are a minority. Sometimes the vocal minority can change...

More likely Epic

Interestingly, The "enduro project" bikes revealed this week, https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/commencal-enduro-project-bi… have very distinct cable routing ports on the drive side. The bike in that photo does not, not even a hole...

I'd put money on that not being headset routing, but just the new Codes which have hose routing which is closer to the bar, as he's on AXS and probably runs Euro brake setup, his rear is on the right of the bar and enters the frame to the non-drive side

GODDAM this is annoying. The whole point is that thanks to the rear mech mounting to the axle a hanger is NO LONGER NEEDED. The frames still use a UDH mount and tolerances that have been in use for years now. How many UDH frames have you seen where the axle doesn't thread in due to mis alignment? how many frames have wheels off centre due to bad UDH tolerances? The square root of F'All. Most misalignment comes from poorly produced.....................hangers. If the mech is out of alignment with this system, there is a whole lot of F'wittery going on...

Yup, but Currie designed the 3VO specifically to avoid Giant/DW patents, by keeping both links inside the front triangle.

At times I feel Peak Torque and the like seem to exist solely to fill the space and views of the crowd that wants to talk down everything new. I don't for a second believe that guy actually believes a lot of what he says. That or he's the ego stroking know-it-all engineer type who can always see the super obvious problem no one else does and the lesser engineers didn't consider. Ever notice how often they don't actually use any of the stuff they 'review.' If anyone's worried about the direct mount derailleur being misaligned due to dropout manufacturing...

Soo, we all know about the meta prototype (near public nowadays), a few days back commencal showed us the photos of the factory Enduro teams with the frame with internally routed cables but the frames still looked a bit prototype (not much of a paint job etc) Today, Antonie Vidal (by far the best Enduro rider that commencal haves, and a huge promise in DH) posted his new Meta with a pretty production paint job imo with headset routed cables 😔. So yes, no one is safe nowadays with this sh*t thing about headset routing...

Well now that's a bummer. One more brand to cross of the list (still might nab a Meta Sx before it's too late!)

The suspension layout seems pretty similar to Chris Currie's 3VO system, actually in use in some Jamis models and also in Currie's own Ministry Psalm frame

Found the Ochain-R manual, think that might be launching tommorow

I don't really have an opinion either way. We go the route of FOX where we use fixed bleeds that, when checked, are simply a check and don't result in damping force. I would say that it's not common to use the free bleed as another tuning component, but there's nothing that keeps you from doing it. -Darren

Seth's solution

Possibly SAR coil? I know from his YT video that he was looking for a lighter coil than what SRAM had, his mechanic found a lighter one..

The battery was in the front under the nose. I didn't know that post could be run backwards, looks like seat barely clears. Probably to get tire to battery clearance at bottom out for max dropper travel.