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Another pic of the new axs dropper

Wheelbased just shared more pictured of the new Reverb AXS (off a Bjorn Riley story)

Was just about to post this...

Wheelbased w/ some AXS dropper patent stuff; tl;dr new dropper(s) likely in April. Guessing we see it at Sea Otter: https://wheelbased.com/2024/12/31/fcc-dropper-and-new-battery-location-…

Any other insight here? Will they be direct mount? Will they feature the battery-less shifter outlined in one of Shimanos patents? https://wheelbased.com/2021/12/16/operating-device-battery-less-wireles…

And it also has a foam ring to aid the lubrication. So obvious when you think about it in hindsight, cool idea nevertheless.

I like the fluid injection system on the shock. I've wanted something just like it - there are plenty of bikes which run the shock "upside down" and the lubrication runs to the bottom so they always dry out way faster than when oriented the other way. would make a noticeable improvement to performance and longevity

Looks cool.

Apologies for tater cam. New Ripley spotted today. Reach grows. Same design as the HD6. In frame storage, mullet chip, no other adjustments seen. Claims made: The Ripmo will share the same triangles with a different shock and yoke. Build weight XT/Fox Factory/Ibis Carbon wheels/ DHR II and Dissector 28 lbs.

Makes me happy that wheelbased is back from his break. Love reading his articles.

Paging @NoahColorado

https://wheelbased.com/2024/07/12/valves-by-eko-sport-inc-mountain-raci…

Not sure if this has been posted yet... next gen AXS Reverb? Looks cosmetically similar to the leaked wireless Fox Transfer.

It makes sense... Fox is all over that market too (Off road trucks/MTBers)

That Bilstein patent looks super interesting... I played with a few frequency sensitive valves at RS but could never get them to work smoothly and/or be durable. They would ride great on small bump but then you'd hit something that 'bottomed' the frequency sensitive part and it would bang or spike the damping. Would be cool to see Bilstein enter the MTB market.

i get that it's a rudimentary diagram but that sure looks like a tapered steerer. if true, interesting choice for a dual crown fork.

I'm not an engineer, but the Bilstein IFP damper design doesn't look position sensitive like Rockshox's Touchdown, which only acts in the first 10-20% of travel (IIRC). It looks like it's a speed sensitive thing for small displacement forces, although I don't know how the damper is smart enough to know when to run a large high speed displacement through the base valve vs. running only small high speed displacements through the IFP. If it works the way I think it works, it's supple for small impacts at every stage of the travel, even when you're already packed down (which...