Random new bike thread
- Thread starter Sandro
- Start date
2000's Bromont feel...... .243 hardtails with monstahs
Fancy pic-
Homeboy just shredded this thing to a 3rd place finish at wind rock in a stacked pro class. Big ups. She ain’t the prettiest pony but he proved it works.View attachment 144557
is the world ready for 490mm chainstays?
Bike Check: Isak Leivsson's Homemade Steel Downhill Bike - Pinkbike
The Norwegian rider returns with a hand-built bike with geometry numbers based on Sam Hill's golden era.www.pinkbike.com
bonus points: 10mm stem
mullet Demo is official.
santa cruz also have a carbon rear end for the mixed size v10, so a release for one is likely
might have been poor sobriety but remi thirion and someone else i think is running a mix as well from instagram riding clips on vital. maybe commencal will have an option in the future.
yea, i can't remember the timeline, but there is a UCI rule that requires any bike/component that is raced in a WC has to be saleable to the public within a certain timeframe of when it is first raced.
New stuff - https://www.pinkbike.com/news/sram-new-gx-drivetrain-first-look-2020.html
Look at that jump to the last cog... the 50 tooth on my bike is already low enough that I only use it on steep or long gravel road type stuff. I've walked beside people riding in their 50 tooth and could probably have gone faster. Whats the point of 52 teeth? Maybe I posted in the wrong thread...
Look at that jump to the last cog... the 50 tooth on my bike is already low enough that I only use it on steep or long gravel road type stuff. I've walked beside people riding in their 50 tooth and could probably have gone faster. Whats the point of 52 teeth? Maybe I posted in the wrong thread...
Not to be Captain Obvious, but 50-52 teeth cassettes are essentially 29-er specific.
Not needed for 27 (or 26 ofc).
Shimano XT offers 2 cassettes: one for 27, one for 29. E13 does too.
(I have no interest in SRAM drivetrains.)
Not needed for 27 (or 26 ofc).
Shimano XT offers 2 cassettes: one for 27, one for 29. E13 does too.
(I have no interest in SRAM drivetrains.)
That makes no sense. Running a smaller chainring on a 29er than you would on a bike with smaller wheels? Sure. But you don't need a wider range on a 29er, you just need to adjust where that range falls to compensate for the wheel size.
Yeah I get that. I guess my question is, at what point does gearing get so low that you might as well just start hiking, as you'll move faster?
3x9 drivetrains had a wider range than any 1X setup, that technology is still catching up.
I agree not everyone needs all that range so having a choice is nice. I will continue to seek wider ranges.
My experience is that riding is easier even when no faster, especially on overgrown trails. May be easier to walk an IMBA super highway, but one should be ashamed if they can't pedal that shit faster anyway.
32x50 is plenty usable for lots of climbing here in BC and still way better than walking. 32x52 could be useful for certain big alpine days with long sustained climbs or even rides with short steep climbs. Just because you wouldn't use it doesn't mean others couldn't.
Spinning a low gear is less prone to push me into cramping stage than hiking when I'm worn out.
I agree it's a bit silly, but it's pretty clear from the cassette offerings that the ultra low 52 is for 29 and the ~46T option is for 27, in my opinion.
But, spinning a 30T front-52T rear on a 27 is crazy low. And I am a weakling winch and plummet rider who climbs and sometimes pushes up steep shit.
Wider range is needed for climbing without a front derailleur.
But, spinning a 30T front-52T rear on a 27 is crazy low. And I am a weakling winch and plummet rider who climbs and sometimes pushes up steep shit.
Wider range is needed for climbing without a front derailleur.
intend has some more suspension out.
bikerumor.com
Intend machines new Hover Shock air shock, 180mm upside-down Edge New Age enduro fork
German MTB component & suspension maker Intend crafts all-new air Hover shock that acts like a coil & revamps 180mm Edge New Age upside-down enduro fork!
bikerumor.com
I am still running an 11spd road cassette, 11-36 is fine for my local lack of hills.
If I put the bike bag on I'll go to 175mm cranks and a 32t front ring for more torkz.
We can argue about who needs what and what gear range makes you a manly man or not, but the new derailleur and current axs are backwards and forward compatible. That’s pretty good as far as the bike industry goes. It is also a swipe at Shimano doing 51, it’s an incremental gain for sure but in the last few years Shimano seems to be good at making things incompatible with its self in the same generation, scraping previous “standards” and also not having new stuff in stock even remotely close to its announcement.
but with the exception of axs, what other major innovations has sram put out on their drivetrains since they launched eagle? say what you will about shimano's stumbles (which they have had) but when they put out 12 speed they actually put out some features that weren't just more range. the ability to actually shift under load is a big one (and by all accounts i've read actually works), plus their double downshit feature (albeit carried over from 11 speed) is a standout feature over sram as well. to be fair here, you can do more than 1 downshift on sram, but only with axs.
bullshit, just look at the new sram force WIDE. incompatible with the force released last year
it could come with a 59t cog and built-in electric ball massager and I'm still using a Shimano drivetrain.
personally climb with a 30/42 setup all over here. But I am eager to swap my drivetrain to 12speed with a big 51T cassette once I retire the current drivetrain in a few hundred miles.
not to make an easier climbing gear, but for a taller DH gear, with more chain wrap in particular, while descending. I plan to run a 36T ring for similar climbing ratio. But get bigly gearing down.
@jonKranked the launch of eagle WAS range. Sram has made their cassettes shift better each iteration since 9speed, in no way am I saying it’s better than Shimano. Shimano 12sp cassettes have the best chain movement up and down it’s really good, I wish SRAMs did it. The multi down shift is great but for me makes no difference in my ride. Campy will down shift 5, it doesn’t make it better than Shimano because of it.
@sethimus honestly I didn’t mention sram road as mountain is the site focus. My statement has nothing to do with which is better as that is as subjective as which shifter click is better. The only way I can put it in to words is a sram shifter clickS like a video game controller and Shimano is more like a pinball cabinet, I am not implying that it makes one better than the other it’s a tactile feel, from two very different design interface goals.
honestly a 59 and a ball massager would sell like hot cakes boost or super boost!
@sethimus honestly I didn’t mention sram road as mountain is the site focus. My statement has nothing to do with which is better as that is as subjective as which shifter click is better. The only way I can put it in to words is a sram shifter clickS like a video game controller and Shimano is more like a pinball cabinet, I am not implying that it makes one better than the other it’s a tactile feel, from two very different design interface goals.
honestly a 59 and a ball massager would sell like hot cakes boost or super boost!
Last edited:
DUB
I honestly can't stand Shimano's shifter ergonomics, SRAM's shifters have always felt much more crisp and definitive, with shorter throw, plus are more easily adjusted on the bar to fit with basically any weird ass brake lever shape on the market. The shifting performance of my 11spd XT on my hardtail is better than GX Eagle on my enderp bike, but the shifter has to be in a weird spot, even with an i-spec mount.
My GX Eagle derailleur has totally shit the bed, cage has slowly bent over time (several times) and tolerances on the pivots and knuckle are not good. Picked up a new 12spd SLX derailleur for $65, half the price of GX Eagle - haven't installed yet, but apparently the shift ratios between Shimano and SRAM are near identical at this point so it should work fine. Stoked to try it out, it'll definitely be the hot setup for my tastes if it works properly.
My GX Eagle derailleur has totally shit the bed, cage has slowly bent over time (several times) and tolerances on the pivots and knuckle are not good. Picked up a new 12spd SLX derailleur for $65, half the price of GX Eagle - haven't installed yet, but apparently the shift ratios between Shimano and SRAM are near identical at this point so it should work fine. Stoked to try it out, it'll definitely be the hot setup for my tastes if it works properly.