meh, that's just SRAM. One more step toward fully integrating the entirety of the bike into a single supply chain.
euro/interbike 2019 aka the new stuff thread
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Orbea uses it too, and a couple more small yuro brands.
didn‘t shimano had something like that with their direct mount thingy too?
I have one of those on my bike. To be honest, I'm not sure why. I had to buy a new hanger and I run shimano drivetrain gear, so what the heck. It's a pretty substantial piece of aluminum, so I guess it's not likely to break, but I ordered one of each just in case.
Shimano's DM solution was aimed primarily at ditching their flimsy b-link and replacing it with something sturdier in order to improve the RD's efficiency. IIRC the interface with the frame was non-standard, and bike brand dependant. I saw a couple of bent rear dropouts because it basically defeated the purpose of a replaceable derailleur hanger by transferring most of an impact to the frame.
Now on SRAM's take on this issue, I can't seem to find a way to put that "universal" hanger on several other non-concentric pivot dropouts
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Correct. They do indeed.
so, on the rumored Fox 38 fork. pretty obviously would be 38mm stanchions based on their naming nomenclature. will they do something new and make an enduro oriented dual crown fork? or just a mega beefed up single crown for enduro/ebikes? either way it better be a 20mm axle.
Anything other than 20mm is more likely. 17.5mm sounds like something the industry would go for.
17.499999
the thir-dub-eigth.
also, fox isn't that stupid. they'd just use an existing axle size.
Nah, they're faking it by throwing in beefier stanchions for the long travel 29ers. Instead of doing it the proper lizzurrds way and putting a 1.8" steerer in there.
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Anyone have a Giant from 2015-2017? I forgot what year. But one year, and one year only, they had a 1.25 to 1.5 taper. Then they stopped after ONE year! Replacements?
Replacements? Giant sells tons of replacements, they have the Reign, the Trance, the Glory....Wait, did you want to replace just a single part, and not the whole bike?
Every once in a while I start looking for cheap totems to put an RC2 damper in. It would be nice if someone just made one. Current fox 36s ain't what they used to be as far as stiffness.
I had one and swapped out the fork for a regular one fairly quickly. The headsets itself weren't an issue at all, but it sucks if your bike actually came with a decent fork that you wanted to use somewhere else, which would force you use the 1.25 upper headset or get a new CSU.
If anyone is looking for a 1.25 stem, I have a beautiful Cromag one that will probably never get used again.
There is always the Z1, heavier, but also supposed to be stiffer.
Any thoughts about the new Mezzer? 37mm and it has a potentially good damper in it already, it they went with a tweaked version of the one in the Mattoc. Have not followed the empty beer thread so no idea what the initial thoughts are with regards to teh innards. Cost is in its favour as well.
It's just as light as the other ones so probably also thin walls.
totems were like 6+lbs. It's not just stanchion diameter.
That said, I didn't realize the mezzers were 37mm. Almost sort of but not really makes up for that fucking stupid 15mm axle bolt.
totems were like 6+lbs. It's not just stanchion diameter.
That said, I didn't realize the mezzers were 37mm. Almost sort of but not really makes up for that fucking stupid 15mm axle bolt.
My point was that no one is going to buy the fork, headsets are limited and stems are too. Can you reduce the fork to an 1 1/8"? Or was this fork requiring a new standard to be born?
Just like 1.5 from 2003. Made for 2 years and disappeared.
1 1/8" choices? Pretty much limitless.
Just like 1.5 from 2003. Made for 2 years and disappeared.
1 1/8" choices? Pretty much limitless.
Why not get the e-bike version? Stiffer, grip2...
Lower a 40 at that point. That's about what the newer ones weigh.
It was so light that if you tightened the triple clamp bolts, the fork would bind up as it crimped the outer tube
