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Agreed.
Unfortunately, Steves views not withstanding, if the industry says bikes shall be trunion, then if he wants to sell any...
Looks like Steve is working on a new fork too
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Vorsprung Suspension on Instagram: "A while ago we asked if people wanted more insight into the development process. We've been working on an inverted, fully CNC'd, carbon fibre single sided open bath mullet linkage fork for some time now so figured we might as well share the whole process. It'll have internal routing for the gearbox. We decided to use a pull shock for this because we saw on the internet that some commenters thought push shocks were too expensive, and we wanted to maintain full cross-compatibility with all the other front shocks on the market, so here's the first full production prototype component off the rendering line. This tiny part interfaces with the low speed excuse adjuster inside the high speed bullshit barrel. Being a true open bath, you will have to keep an eye on the oil level in case you spill any or tip the bike upside down. We may 3D print a lid for it to try to keep oil off the brake drums. Tag a friend who needs a low speed excuse adjuster. #runOverEverything"
522 likes, 23 comments - vorsprungsuspension on April 1, 2023: "A while ago we asked if people wanted more insight into the development process. We've been working on an inverted, fully CNC'd, carbon fibre single sided open bath mullet linkage fork for some time now so figured we might as well...
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Aprils fools day nice
My product request:
If someone somehow could make a hydraulic brake hose coupler/connection that was truly ‘inline’ (without an olive that is greater in diameter than the hose), that would be excellent.
No idea how it would work, but it sure would alleviate a lot of routing issues, needing to cut the hose a little when swapping brakes, etc.
Surely this could be done.
If someone somehow could make a hydraulic brake hose coupler/connection that was truly ‘inline’ (without an olive that is greater in diameter than the hose), that would be excellent.
No idea how it would work, but it sure would alleviate a lot of routing issues, needing to cut the hose a little when swapping brakes, etc.
Surely this could be done.
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Just what kind of lizard are you?
Split olives (like Hope use) can be removed from the hose. But that solution generally means running Hope brakes... Yeeeew!
Have you seen the Formula Speed Loc?
Maybe we need to put some s&s or z couplers on your bike too?
What have I started?
I understand that the purple is Ano but I assume that with Hayes being Hayes they will keep with tradition and paint the master so it goes wrinkly after a few bleeds.
If they swapped to mineral fluid I'd probably give them a whirl but I have no time for corrosive Dot fluid, hell, they could have even gone Dot 5 and I'd be fine with that.
Does carbon resin react to Dot 4, 5.1 like paint can? I wonder how many drops hit the inside of frames when people can't be bothered plugging the line?
Ive been using DOT brakes for what, 25 years? And thats just on bikes. WTF are you doing with the fluid that is stripping paint? I mean, there’s no guarantee you wont drink magura blood either and the SDS says a possible side effect is death.
Pretty sure the Magura levers are made from a magnesium alloy like fork lowers, which needs to be painted. DOT fluid isn't corrosive, it would fuck up the metals brakes are made from if it was. It doesn't mess up paint if you take 30 seconds to clean up any drips/spills.
Haha, I was writing that and my brain went "Corrosive isn't the right word" but it got used, hahaha.
I wonder if it's the hygrosopic nature of the fluid that messes spanners up then? I try to keep some shitty spanners just for brake bleeding purposes at work because they get fucked up so quickly, any bit that has chipped chrome turns horrible and the remaining chrome starts coming off. Maybe it removes the oil coating on the spanner then allows the water to do its work, surfactant magic?
My first car had some Castrol brake fluid spray on to the paint and pretty much as soon as it hit it you could see the primer, it was impressive, and sad. There are a few paints that brake fluid won't ruin, maybe they have used one of them.
Hey Monkeys,you seen this “up right stem” review that Seth(HardTail YT Guy) did? I can’t link it,sorry. Anyway,this stem is sick,looks like shit,but I love the breakdown of measurements on the cockpit. Also,your thoughts if say Danny wanted to run it after testing? Could he or any other Pro run it? Or no way due to sponsors.
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The "Raised Reversed Stem" broke my brain | This stem extends your steerer tube way up and places your bars directly on top. Why? The creator claims it can improve your descending, cornering, and... | By Seth's Bike Hacks | Facebook
This stem extends your steerer tube way up and places your bars directly on top. Why? The creator claims it can improve your descending, cornering, and...
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The guy behind the stems has been around for a while, he was at sea otter a few years back with an “ask me about my stem” t shirt.
I'm surprised more bikes like this aren't available. I know a few companies make them but this would be a hit if Devinci distribution wasn't so meh.
So,what do you guys think,Fuck? Thanks for the Link.The "Raised Reversed Stem" broke my brain | This stem extends your steerer tube way up and places your bars directly on top. Why? The creator claims it can improve your descending, cornering, and... | By Seth's Bike Hacks | Facebook
This stem extends your steerer tube way up and places your bars directly on top. Why? The creator claims it can improve your descending, cornering, and...
The guy behind the stems has been around for a while, he was at sea otter a few years back with an “ask me about my stem” t shirt.
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That seems silly Brother,what we spend for a Frame could be a hard pass for anyone. A Yeti SB160 off my head.
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Especially when one could purchase a retro Azonic Hammer stem or Mr. Dirt Wildthing stem and try out the concept…
I can just about get on board with it making a difference downhill (especially if you’re already inclined to sitting on the back wheel and riding the rear end) but it must make climbing feel awful.
Tanglefoot, makers of odd little bikes for slowly riding about and foraging mushrooms on rutted forest paths make some steel and alu zero offset stems - but they’re designed to be used with a bar with drops, so the hand position is still forward of the steering axis. https://tanglefootcycles.com/discord/creemee-aluminum/
second link added for an even more relevant (to this discussion at least) stem from tanglefoot: https://tanglefootcycles.com/discord/creemee-chromo/
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Yeah,I was thinking on a DH bike only,as the idea comes from MotorCross. I would Love to try it. I’m going to look up Hammer and Mr.Dirt. Hell,I thought Mr.Dirt was long out of Buisness.
Thanks for those links. It seems like those stems are perfect for converting a HardTail to Cross as shown on the site. Getting the bar saddle height dialed in. How do you tighten the starnut on that Setup?
The other thing that I wondered was why so much money? Is it 1 solid block of Hate? Hence the price?
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I seem to recall there being lots of discussions about this a while back, as Barel (Fabien) was testing zero-reach stems with Cesar Rojo, back when they were seeing how slack and long they could get bikes. I can't quite remember why they gave up on it, but there was a reason. And that reason was discussed at length here on teh 
Barel is still a great supporter of zero-lenght stems IIRC. I think they ditched the idea at the Mondraker days because of the impossibility of lowering the bar height.
The bar height needs tobe high. That is what I was wondering. How has he come to the right height of the stem? It looks good and comfortable in the video,just wondering how he came to the height? Some are down hard,others had spacers underneath the stem,making it even taller. The second YT video I saw he was rippen on it,but did not talk about details to much. Basically you want it like a DirtBike. Tall,straight,upright and comfy,ready to rip.
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Not sure if that was the reason but some mondraker team riders didn't like zero stems.I seem to recall there being lots of discussions about this a while back, as Barel (Fabien) was testing zero-reach stems with Cesar Rojo, back when they were seeing how slack and long they could get bikes. I can't quite remember why they gave up on it, but there was a reason. And that reason was discussed at length here on teh
On Making Up the Numbers, the Bulldog was pretty strongly against them. Something about going back to a normal stem being the best thing he did for cornering speed and front wheel feedback.
I am not really wondering about the zero stem part,I am wondering about how Tall it is? Are we not seeing the Big Pink Blown up Doll in the room?
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Oh, couldn't you just get some 100mm rise ape hanger DJ bars instead then? Bit cheaper than $400? Spank does some 75mm rise in both their VibroCore and Spoon range. I'm sure I saw another brand doing 100mm somewhere. I've seen guys with severe back pain issues run some crazy high front ends over the years.
Azonic and Control Tech both did zero or near zero crazy high stems around '98-'01 and neither lived very long. Turns out people don't like bikes that steer like a reversing forklift, but modern slacker geo might make them more viable?
Perhaps he just took a guess while day dreaming about motocross while watching an 8yr old kid ride his scooter? If you have an idea you think might work sometimes you have to just take a punt and TBF stem height isn't actually all that critical as grip height can always be achieved with the use of different rise bars and fine tuned with the use of small headset spacers.
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I still think a 50mm rise bar and shorter fork looks way better on a hardtail than the modern long fork and 25mm rise bar look which has become the norm. So much so Infact that you'll struggle to find most bars in even a 50mm rise. Nevermind 75 or 100mm.
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