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Apart from all the new Demos you mean?135 rear hub spacing? Didn't expect to see that again on a DH bike.
Only the S-Works carbon.Apart from all the new Demos you mean?
Quite sure I watched a video where they said the Alu ones will be too.Only the S-Works carbon.
Orange went back to 135 ages ago. The Mojo team reckoned that they were stiffer with big dropouts and a smaller hubso why are some going back to 135? i thought the new 'standard' was to go wider (157)..
The spoke bracing angle is also wider with 150/157 than 135/142...Huh, I thought the main reason they switched to 150mm was for better chain alignment with 83mm BB widths. Shows you what I know.
That's one good reason. Another is to easily build a zero dish (stronger) rear wheel. I can only guess that they are doing 135 on the S-Works to save whatever small amount of weight they can from the narrower hub/rear triangle and maybe they can do a zero dish wheel with the 7-speed cassette on there.Huh, I thought the main reason they switched to 150mm was for better chain alignment with 83mm BB widths. Shows you what I know.
ftfy.Proof that not even the bike industry knows what they are doing
Orange use a 73mm bbHuh, I thought the main reason they switched to 150mm was for better chain alignment with 83mm BB widths. Shows you what I know.
Basically yes, but in reverse order. 83mm BBs were a response to 150mm hubs in order to keep the chainline reasonable. 150mm hubs were originally introduced to increase the flange spacing of hubs in order to stiffen and strengthen the wheel laterally. Unlike 135mm hubs, it's feasible to build 150mm hubs with the flanges spaced evenly either side of the centreline, allowing zero-dish wheels to be built. This does involve pulling the non-drive-side flange in a bit (so overall flange spacing between 150 and 135 isn't much different), and for a while there were also 165mm rear ends (as used by Giant and Iron Horse before the Sunday) that allowed for super wide hub flange spacing but also required a 100mm BB shell to work properly. Those were awesome for having a stable stance on the pedals, but it made the actual pedaling action really weird and gimp-like, and they also sat your derailleur/frame/axle out quite a way, making derailleur destruction even easier.Huh, I thought the main reason they switched to 150mm was for better chain alignment with 83mm BB widths. Shows you what I know.
My 2014 carbon-but-not-an-S-Works Demo says you're wrong.Quite sure I watched a video where they said the Alu ones will be too.
I could be wrong of course.
This video says I'm not - clearly says that the alooominum bike is 135 too.My 2014 carbon-but-not-an-S-Works Demo says you're wrong.