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Primoz
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3/20/2023 12:04pm

I'd say the shock is mounted more forwards with the link driving it less triangulated as a gut guesstimation, but yeah, something along those lines.

I guess you could update the simulation off this picture to see where the shock reaches to from the front mount? Maybe even try out a trunnion variant for shits and giggles (Super Deluxes do come in a 225 mm trunnion variant).

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3/20/2023 12:13pm
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Wasn't the Hazzard Air due to be released for a while now? Were there setbacks in the development process? As for the Demo: https://i.imgur.com/d3uxQVn.jpeg My 2 cents...

Wasn't the Hazzard Air due to be released for a while now? Were there setbacks in the development process?

As for the Demo: https://i.imgur.com/d3uxQVn.jpeg
d3uxQVn

My 2 cents. I'd say there's a rocker in front of the BB that is being pulled on by a link going under the BB and compressing the shock. And the pivot for said rocker is covered by the (lime marked) plastic side covers. This picture also pretty much confirms that the lower bolt we've seen in the pics under Finn can definitely not be a main pivot as the chainstay would hit the BB under compression.

Could be wrong though, QED, Yeti DH bike (split pivot and all). Laughing

 

I'm still holding out on my guess from way back when we first saw it under wraps...seems like it could be accurate?  

I'm still holding out on my guess from way back when we first saw it under wraps...seems like it could be accurate?Screenshot 2023-03-20 114722.png?VersionId=FA2xwvpnFTHU0yquVB

 

If this analysis is correct, then Specialized is abandoning their very-forward main pivot. Thats a shame. I loved how the high (even rising) antisquat performs on their current Enduro. 

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 Good photo of the new shock from trek factory racings page

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And nice photo of the new GT Fury on PB  

And nice photo of the new GT Fury on PBp6pb24405487.jpg?VersionId=NITmkDUpzQtm

 

those trousers look too big, long for the rider.

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3/20/2023 12:44pm Edited Date/Time 3/20/2023 1:18pm

WhatsApp Image 2023-03-20 at 17.02.15 0

Remember that spesh with the funky seat tube, looks like its going to be a road type bike (groad, gnarvel or whatever the latest offshoot is). Sent it to Wheelbased, but looks like he got asked to pull it. Spied it on one of the Spesh UK employees insta stories Cool

[Edit]

Wheelbased hasn't posted it yet, hit the post button earlier by mistake!

 

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Sir HC wrote:
Remember that spesh with the funky seat tube, looks like its going to be a road type bike (groad, gnarvel or whatever the latest offshoot is)...

WhatsApp Image 2023-03-20 at 17.02.15 0

Remember that spesh with the funky seat tube, looks like its going to be a road type bike (groad, gnarvel or whatever the latest offshoot is). Sent it to Wheelbased, but looks like he got asked to pull it. Spied it on one of the Spesh UK employees insta stories Cool

[Edit]

Wheelbased hasn't posted it yet, hit the post button earlier by mistake!

 

Nice one! Here's Wheelbased's blog post on the Spesh patent application: https://wheelbased.com/2023/02/05/bicycle-frame-with-angled-strut-by-sp…

3/20/2023 1:19pm
Sir HC wrote:
Remember that spesh with the funky seat tube, looks like its going to be a road type bike (groad, gnarvel or whatever the latest offshoot is)...

WhatsApp Image 2023-03-20 at 17.02.15 0

Remember that spesh with the funky seat tube, looks like its going to be a road type bike (groad, gnarvel or whatever the latest offshoot is). Sent it to Wheelbased, but looks like he got asked to pull it. Spied it on one of the Spesh UK employees insta stories Cool

[Edit]

Wheelbased hasn't posted it yet, hit the post button earlier by mistake!

 

dolface wrote:

Nice one! Here's Wheelbased's blog post on the Spesh patent application: https://wheelbased.com/2023/02/05/bicycle-frame-with-angled-strut-by-sp…

I get that the main purpose is marketing, but from an engineering perspective a dropper post with a tiny bit of suspension built in would be a much better design/solution (like the Bike Yoke Divine). I guess that frame profile is recognizable from a quarter mile away......

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I get that the main purpose is marketing, but from an engineering perspective a dropper post with a tiny bit of suspension built in would be...

I get that the main purpose is marketing, but from an engineering perspective a dropper post with a tiny bit of suspension built in would be a much better design/solution (like the Bike Yoke Divine). I guess that frame profile is recognizable from a quarter mile away......

But if they do that they can't sell you a whole new bike...

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dylanjp006 wrote:
 Good photo of the new shock from trek factory racings page

7449E14C-E10A-4E59-B0EA-C642892B323D.png?VersionId=UeNLQSkn7Ze.6Jx47G3ooFBbDGEj8gQ

 Good photo of the new shock from trek factory racings page

The revised "Vivid Air" ?

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dylanjp006 wrote:
 Good photo of the new shock from trek factory racings page

7449E14C-E10A-4E59-B0EA-C642892B323D.png?VersionId=UeNLQSkn7Ze.6Jx47G3ooFBbDGEj8gQ

 Good photo of the new shock from trek factory racings page

t-rick wrote:

The revised "Vivid Air" ?

Super Deluxe Air with an adjustable HBO.

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3/20/2023 3:16pm
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What's that rear tyre?  Also doesn't look like a mullet, at least not set up as one in that iteration.

Hunting Holly. I love Schwalbe but their names are shit.

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 Those cranks don't seem to be online anywhere either.

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3/20/2023 11:00pm
Wow, I realllyyyy can't think of what this could be. Just absolutely stumped!  

Wow, I realllyyyy can't think of what this could be. Just absolutely stumped!

Screenshot 20230320 202734 Instagram.jpg?VersionId=6nDgndD0h8Tsa

 

A distinct lack of cables from the handlebars has me thinking TRP finally re-invented downtube shifters

 

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If this analysis is correct, then Specialized is abandoning their very-forward main pivot. Thats a shame. I loved how the high (even rising) antisquat performs on...

If this analysis is correct, then Specialized is abandoning their very-forward main pivot. Thats a shame. I loved how the high (even rising) antisquat performs on their current Enduro. 

Not necessarily, commencal supreme v5 went from high pivot to "virtual" high pivot where two links still place the pivot high, but its position changes through travel. There might be more links under that cover and it might still feel similar to the old suspension, but still a bit different. Because companies rarely change their suspension layout completely, usually its the evolution of what's been going for them for years

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3/21/2023 12:27am

New Eagle is here.

 

Takeover is live on the Peebs, but SRAM's page isn't live yet.

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 New Neuron on Quinney's profile. Seems the only real difference is headset cable routing. Chew my fat one Canyon.

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Are TLD working on a Dropframe equivalent? On Kyle Straits instagram.. 37C83A31-9D09-4E04-B908-D0BBF25FD05C

 

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3/21/2023 3:50am

Neuron now live on Canyon.com. Longer, lower, slacker betterer. Downcountry+?

3/21/2023 5:13am
 New Neuron on Quinney's profile. Seems the only real difference is headset cable routing. Chew my fat one Canyon.

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 New Neuron on Quinney's profile. Seems the only real difference is headset cable routing. Chew my fat one Canyon.

geometry, lighter frame, chain device, frame protection, pivot hardware updates, cable routing, and "the wallet."

That's a decent amount of change even though it doesn't really look like it visually. Call it whatever you want, evolution, refinement. It's not just the same bike with headset routing. Did you want a whole new suspension layout?
 

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3/21/2023 6:27am

Bikeco.com / The Bike Company posted an hour ago about new AXS. First ones I’ve seen. All Details on their instagram page. 

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3/21/2023 6:29am
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Bikeco.com / The Bike Company posted an hour ago about new AXS. First ones I’ve seen. All Details on their instagram page. 

Self adjusting b screw tension

 

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