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iceman2058 Liked a comment about bike check Effigear
2/24/2014 4:19am
Bike of the Day February 24, 2014!
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Wiesejunge Liked a comment about bike check Effigear
2/24/2014 4:19am
Awesome, looks nice. I love homemade parts! Big Props to you!
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Big Bird
2/19/2014 4:23am I'd accept fewer gears if it was considerably lighter. I'm still on 1 by 9.
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ianjenn
2/19/2014 4:23am The G1 was designed around the Suspension system and having a chainline that would not effect the way the suspension works. The gearbox was just a perk of the design needing a roller up high. So it was essentially secondary over the suspension.
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F1234K
2/19/2014 4:22am Interesting... I have 2 bikes. One is a G2 DH bike with the Alfine hub as a gearbox. The other a 2x9 AM style bike. Am bike is way better suited to uphill and techy maneuvers, yet, I have ridden both on the same trails and I can get up and over more technical uphill parts on the DH bike due to the gearbox and the fact it seems to be transferring power better than my regular setup. I am not arguing your point of efficiency, this is most likely true, but what I am saying is that in the...
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hamncheez2003
2/19/2014 4:21am There are two hurdles to gearboxes: weight and efficiency. The first problem will never really go away: as gearboxes get lighter and lighter, traditional drive trains will as well. The second problem is efficiency. The best gearboxes get around 90% efficient. In a 1 hour xc race you'll be back 6 minutes. I ride a hammerschmidt which is like 95% efficient in overdrive, and that 5% makes a big difference.
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prestondh
2/19/2014 4:21am that is amazingly professional looking for being made in the garage.
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Big Bird
2/19/2014 4:21am Nice Britton reference. Knowledge. Respect.
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Aginato
2/19/2014 4:20am F*king amazing! I will buy this if you ever decide to start production :-)
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cofattire
2/19/2014 4:20am I love my 1x11 because it did away with the front derailleur, I can only imagine how much more I would love ditching the rear defaileur. For me the pros far outweigh the cons. I'm more than willing to pedal more weight and loose a little efficiency in trade for all the benefits gearboxes offer. Just the idea of never dealing with another tweaked hanger puts a smile on my face.
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Big Bird
2/19/2014 4:20am Make it. That technology has been sitting around for years for the right suspension designer to pick it up. We're used to pedaling old heavy bikes so the weight difference is no big deal. If it's simpler, all the better.
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rollingrevolution
2/19/2014 4:20am How did he get his hands on a proto Marz 350? I am itching for this fork to be released but doesn't look like it's going to be this year. Hoping this bike sees production, if only as a way of challenging the current norm. Best of luck to Rob and Zerode.
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Nicholast Liked a comment about Feature First Look: Canfield Brothers Joins the 27.5-Inch Club with an All-New Bike and Suspension Design
2/18/2014 2:20am
I had an XL Canfield Balance in 2008-ish. It was a fun bike and quite capable for its time. I like the looks of this new, more mature version. Good to see its return.
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socalmx Liked a comment about Feature First Look: Canfield Brothers Joins the 27.5-Inch Club with an All-New Bike and Suspension Design
2/18/2014 2:20am
7.5lbs without shock.
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bturman Liked a product review 2014 Test Sessions: Nukeproof Mega AM 275 Pro
2/18/2014 2:08am
Reviewed by Evan Turpen and Jess Pedersen // Photos by Shawn Spomer and Lear Miller Following a major overhaul to the tubeset, linkage, and shock tune in 2013, the 160mm travel Nukeproof Mega AM once again sees updates for 2014. When the company sat down to redesign the bike, they made it a goal to maintain the same stable, do anything feel from 2013, but with the added benefit of 27.5-inch wheels. Curious to see just how wild we could get on the revised ride, we did our best to put it through the paces in Sedona, Arizona during the...
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F1234K
2/18/2014 1:54am Totally agree. I think people are thinking of some old crappy gripshift they used on a derailleur bike and it didn't work. This is not the same thing on a modern gearbox. I would be disappointing if Pinion went trigger shift. You'll get trigger thumb from trying to shift 18 gears
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TheHermit185
2/18/2014 1:54am nah, the best thing about gear boxes is the grip shift. you can flick your wrist and drop 15 gears in one motion - and you can do it without pedaling forward
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