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the only discipline the forks its available for would be enduro. no sid, no boxxer, meaning no XC and no DH. i do believe some of the spy shots came from enduro racers, but i could be wrong.
comparing this stuff to the noleen/k2 smart shock is like comparing a modern smartphone to a dynatac
PB had the Trance (I think) in one of their field tests earlier this year and if I remember correctly, essentially said to just get the cheaper non-electronic one as it works just as well, if not better.
similar in concept / approach to di2 / axs drivetrains. starts at high end, then will work its way down. not a critical / must have for most riders.
Sniped, ya bastard.
given how many people can't even figure out sag i guarantee this will be a massive success.
Oh god. Someone delete this post before one of the lizard leaders reads it and gets some ideas!
while i agree that would be stupid, exactly what kind of features would require such a service? di2 and axs have been around for years, and aside from the initial investment, none of the functionality is behind a paywall or requires a subscription, or even costs for updates.
its possible it's already cooked into the firmware, but end users / consumers don't have the hardware / peripherals to read it.
If they can make money off of it, I'm sure they'd at least entertain the idea at one of their board meetings.
The concept of ownership with a lot of these things is dwindling.
let's be honest here, the people that will pony up for this stuff right now are buying new bikes pretty much annually anyways, so its sort of a moot point.If they can make money off of it, I'm sure they'd at least entertain the idea at one of their board meetings.
Look at pretty much every piece of software and services now, majority have all moved to some sort of subscription based licensing and whatnot, just to have the privilege of using the damn thing.
Autocad I believe did this last year. Even if you had previously purchased perpetual floating licenses with a "maintenance" subscription, they forced you to change to non-floating subscription based licensing.
Its a money grab.
we all know end user ability is irrelevant to product development in this sport. make it sound or look cool and charge too much for it and it will sell.
I like my suspension setup and have no need to change things up during a ride. I do change things up a bit between dry/fast and wet/slower rides.
because the industry lizards only design to your needs.
the industry lizards are disappointed you aren't spending $11k+ on a new bike.
Yes, but with F-ed damping, so they can release a new version the next year which addresses some of the shortcomings, but introduces new problems as well, and then a follow on model that addresses those shortcomings, but F-s up the damping again, then eventually they will fix the damping, but there'll be a new MindWave™ wireless version the following year that uses your brain-waves to change the suspension, thereby starting the process over again.
