Yeah, that is a Wound-Up fork. If you were to own a Seven, you would recognize it immediately.rockracing said:yeah, they say wound up, very nice looking.
I second that but there's better for cx bikes.....just ask indiegenpowell71 said:Yeah, nice bike.
Now if we could get him to stop being such a prick in person and give him some personality, we'd have a true champion...
I don't know if I would say that. There are some pretty nice forks out there and Wound up relies on some older technology for their forks.sanjuro said:It is a much stronger fork
So what you're still stupid. :dancing:indieboy said:one: the gearing is road gearing, not cross gearing
two: the disc brakes just don't work on a cross bike or atleast not race bikes. if you want to run them on a trail cross bike, knock yourself out. but you come close to me in a race on a dismount with that rotor spinning at full speed i'm going to have some words with you.
those are my only gripes with the bike. the wound up forks are pretty nice, but i think the alpha Q and the reylonds are a bit nicer and lighter....
i actually got the answer to this whole problem before. they are legal now. from someone i truly trust in the industry, and one that has been there for quite a while, it was more that avid didn;t apply to make sure they were legal.......so not technically a ban. just not accepted yet. but yes they are legalJMAC said:Aren't disks illegal in cx anyway?.....
Why? Surely you don't think the disc is some how going to injure you? I doesn't happen in mountainbike races so what's different in cross which would make a disc dangerous. I mean do you get your fingers in a competitors spinning wheel?indieboy said:one: the gearing is road gearing, not cross gearing
two: the disc brakes just don't work on a cross bike or atleast not race bikes. but you come close to me in a race on a dismount with that rotor spinning at full speed i'm going to have some words with you.
No they were not banned. They are not approved because no one has sought approval. That was the UCI response last year.indieboy said:they were banned, then the ban was lifted. it was just for racing though. but what company is going to put $$ into products that aren't race legal and their riders can't use
you don't get off and run with your bike at 20+ mph in a cross country mtn bike race like you do in a cx race. bikes are thrown around and whipped over the shoulder so fast that there's no reaction time. wheels have been known to smack ppl and if you've raced in a big cx race you'll know how close some of those guys get to each other.....oldfart said:Why? Surely you don't think the disc is some how going to injure you? I doesn't happen in mountainbike races so what's different in cross which would make a disc dangerous. I mean do you get your fingers in a competitors spinning wheel?
Those discs are heavy though which is a disadvantage in cross. But they are relatively unaffected by mud and water so your braking will be more consistent which allows you to ride faster and safer which is an advantage.
Dude have u ever touched a disk rotor after some hard breaking? My friend touched mine after a short DH section and he had a huge burn mark....CChase86 said:Regardless of how the bikes are swinging around, the disc doesn't stick out any farther than the fork and it's hardly a major protrusion. It's like being afraid of getting chewed by a cassette tooth.
EDIT: Not to mention the edges of disc rotors aren't sharpened to a point anyway. It would take a ton of impact to cause a laceration.
Many times. To get to burning temperatures you're going to need to do a lot more braking than you will get in a CX Race. Not to mention my original point that it's kind of out of the way by a lot.JMAC said:Dude have u ever touched a disk rotor after some hard breaking? My friend touched mine after a short DH section and he had a huge burn mark....
Yeah Indie has strong southern heritage, he has only 3 teeth to prove it. :nuts:indieboy said:i'd be willing to bet my southern heritage well exceeds your own......
So your saying your family is full of losers? Sorry I can't help myself. You planning on doing any races up north here this year?indieboy said:no, but my mom's side of the family has been in the south since the early 1600's and not a single person fought for the union
Motionboy2 said:So did the UCI lift the ban on Disc brakes?
No, that's dumb. There are a lot of pointless, byzantine rules that the UCI has. In my opinion, disc brakes make perfect sense for CX bikes, ridden in super-gnarly conditions, mud, ice, snow, places that a disc brake make all sorts of sense versus cantis.indieboy said:as it should be