Singletrack may have just accidentally leaked a new DVO "Topaz X" with added LSC/HSC adjustment in their latest Topaz Gen 3 review:
Did a little searching and here's a pic from Bikerumor (at Sedona last year) of a prototype DVO shock with the dual compression adjustment knob from the Jade coil shock:
Intense has to thank PulpMX for keeping them afloat I guess. BTW, how can they be so late, like... how long does it take to weld...
Intense has to thank PulpMX for keeping them afloat I guess. BTW, how can they be so late, like... how long does it take to weld a frame together? Unless their engineers are behind with stress testing etc...
That's the big mystery. Intense touts their ability to build aluminum race bikes in house. But they've failed to deliver on time the past two seasons...
That's the big mystery. Intense touts their ability to build aluminum race bikes in house. But they've failed to deliver on time the past two seasons. It must be that Jeff is the only person able to build the frames and he's half checked out, working on other parts of the business and maybe going to Maui for the winter. No reason for the production of a couple race frames to be that slow considering a full shop on-site. Meanwhile Neko is getting steel front triangles from the UK and carbon rear ends from Asia in a shorter time period lol.
Isn't that the American way?
Talk the talk, get the money, fuck everyone over and laugh all they way to the bank?
Pretty good side-profile shot of the new Ibis enduro bike over at MTB-News. Raphaela Richter is running it as a mullet, so it's compatible with both wheelsizes after all.
Pretty sure Finn ran 51 and loic 42 according to some article I read at some point. Perhaps that changed.
I know Canfield has speced the...
Pretty sure Finn ran 51 and loic 42 according to some article I read at some point. Perhaps that changed.
I know Canfield has speced the 54 ohlins on bikes on the other hand. And they certainly know how to make a bike that can ride fast.
to sum up my experience shortly a larger offset increases grip and how much the bike follows where the front wheel is pointed but suffers floppiness and loss of grip when rotating the bars. A shorter offset decreases front wheel grip but vastly improves handling and consistency in feeling when moving the bars/sliding the front wheel. This feeling is accentuated when using shorter and quicker handling stems and lower tire pressures.
Are you sure about that explanation of off-set and it's relationship to trail and steering? I'd interpret offset changes differently, but I'm no engineer!
Singletrack may have just accidentally leaked a new DVO "Topaz X" with added LSC/HSC adjustment in their latest Topaz Gen 3 review:
Did a little...
Singletrack may have just accidentally leaked a new DVO "Topaz X" with added LSC/HSC adjustment in their latest Topaz Gen 3 review:
Did a little searching and here's a pic from Bikerumor (at Sedona last year) of a prototype DVO shock with the dual compression adjustment knob from the Jade coil shock:
Singletrack may have just accidentally leaked a new DVO "Topaz X" with added LSC/HSC adjustment in their latest Topaz Gen 3 review:
Did a little...
Singletrack may have just accidentally leaked a new DVO "Topaz X" with added LSC/HSC adjustment in their latest Topaz Gen 3 review:
Did a little searching and here's a pic from Bikerumor (at Sedona last year) of a prototype DVO shock with the dual compression adjustment knob from the Jade coil shock:
Singletrack may have just accidentally leaked a new DVO "Topaz X" with added LSC/HSC adjustment in their latest Topaz Gen 3 review:
Did a little...
Singletrack may have just accidentally leaked a new DVO "Topaz X" with added LSC/HSC adjustment in their latest Topaz Gen 3 review:
Did a little searching and here's a pic from Bikerumor (at Sedona last year) of a prototype DVO shock with the dual compression adjustment knob from the Jade coil shock:
surprised to not see Jesse on or testing flight attendant since he seemed to have a big involvement on the fox electronic shock
I'll get there. I had a priority list of things to tackle once I changed teams and getting my suspension completely dialled was more important than Flight Attendant.
Singletrack may have just accidentally leaked a new DVO "Topaz X" with added LSC/HSC adjustment in their latest Topaz Gen 3 review:
Did a little...
Singletrack may have just accidentally leaked a new DVO "Topaz X" with added LSC/HSC adjustment in their latest Topaz Gen 3 review:
Did a little searching and here's a pic from Bikerumor (at Sedona last year) of a prototype DVO shock with the dual compression adjustment knob from the Jade coil shock:
Singletrack may have just accidentally leaked a new DVO "Topaz X" with added LSC/HSC adjustment in their latest Topaz Gen 3 review:
Did a little...
Singletrack may have just accidentally leaked a new DVO "Topaz X" with added LSC/HSC adjustment in their latest Topaz Gen 3 review:
Did a little searching and here's a pic from Bikerumor (at Sedona last year) of a prototype DVO shock with the dual compression adjustment knob from the Jade coil shock:
In my humble unpolished opinion, snobbery is very often the source of dumb criticism. DVOs are more than fine, for their target. But bells and whistles are demanded by the ones who cannot differentiate LSC from HSC, or riding with wrong sag.. The DVO jade (original dh shock) its a fantastic piece of simplicity.
If there was stress testing, they wouldn't need to change the rockers twice per weekend, and have a different looking one each event.......
Swapping rockers or links to setup a bike for a particular track is pretty common. But in Intense's case I don't really get the impression that that's why they were swapping them out!
As for how they stay afloat, it'd be interesting to know how many of the 951 bikes they sold to (or thru) costco? It seems like it could have been a pretty lucrative deal?
Swapping rockers or links to setup a bike for a particular track is pretty common. But in Intense's case I don't really get the impression that...
Swapping rockers or links to setup a bike for a particular track is pretty common. But in Intense's case I don't really get the impression that that's why they were swapping them out!
As for how they stay afloat, it'd be interesting to know how many of the 951 bikes they sold to (or thru) costco? It seems like it could have been a pretty lucrative deal?
I spent the last few months wrenching at regional NICA events. I had never seen a 951 anywhere, under any rider, until I started heading out to the high school races. I probably saw a good three or four dozen of those bikes over the course of a handful of races. I don’t know if that’s where most of their business is coming from, but it convinced me at least someone is buying those bikes.
Swapping rockers or links to setup a bike for a particular track is pretty common. But in Intense's case I don't really get the impression that...
Swapping rockers or links to setup a bike for a particular track is pretty common. But in Intense's case I don't really get the impression that that's why they were swapping them out!
As for how they stay afloat, it'd be interesting to know how many of the 951 bikes they sold to (or thru) costco? It seems like it could have been a pretty lucrative deal?
Those Tazer Ebikes sell like hotcakes out of the KTM shop local to me. I think they do a pretty good with those.
Looks similar to what the Scott team did a year or two back on the Gambler; the axle path remains the same (assuming it's the same frame) but trying an idler to reduce kickback a bit
I definitely didn't want to say it NEEDS an update. I'm all for long product cycles (thanks shimano saint...).
However the industry tends to mostly see this differently, so I wouldn't be surprised if they'd be working on some new version...
How come noone’s talking about the new Manitou Mattoc??? It’s covered only on bikerumors…
My friend who is one of the editors of another MTB magazine mentioned a media embargo until the twenty-third of June. Maybe BikeRumor leaked it early.
Highly interesting fork though. Really good damper design, innovative air spring and somewhat competitively priced against Pike and Fox 34. I just wish Manitou products were more easy to purchase in Europe.
Singletrack may have just accidentally leaked a new DVO "Topaz X" with added LSC/HSC adjustment in their latest Topaz Gen 3 review:
Did a little searching and here's a pic from Bikerumor (at Sedona last year) of a prototype DVO shock with the dual compression adjustment knob from the Jade coil shock:
Isn't that the American way?
Talk the talk, get the money, fuck everyone over and laugh all they way to the bank?
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Pretty good side-profile shot of the new Ibis enduro bike over at MTB-News. Raphaela Richter is running it as a mullet, so it's compatible with both wheelsizes after all.
Are you sure about that explanation of off-set and it's relationship to trail and steering? I'd interpret offset changes differently, but I'm no engineer!
You cannot polish a turd.
You can 100% polish a turd….if you were so inclined
This is the first I'm hearing of anything negative about the Topaz, what exactly makes it such a turd?
I'll get there. I had a priority list of things to tackle once I changed teams and getting my suspension completely dialled was more important than Flight Attendant.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorodango
Beat me to it. It's an art form really.
In my humble unpolished opinion, snobbery is very often the source of dumb criticism. DVOs are more than fine, for their target. But bells and whistles are demanded by the ones who cannot differentiate LSC from HSC, or riding with wrong sag.. The DVO jade (original dh shock) its a fantastic piece of simplicity.
Swapping rockers or links to setup a bike for a particular track is pretty common. But in Intense's case I don't really get the impression that that's why they were swapping them out!
As for how they stay afloat, it'd be interesting to know how many of the 951 bikes they sold to (or thru) costco? It seems like it could have been a pretty lucrative deal?
I spent the last few months wrenching at regional NICA events. I had never seen a 951 anywhere, under any rider, until I started heading out to the high school races. I probably saw a good three or four dozen of those bikes over the course of a handful of races. I don’t know if that’s where most of their business is coming from, but it convinced me at least someone is buying those bikes.
Those Tazer Ebikes sell like hotcakes out of the KTM shop local to me. I think they do a pretty good with those.
Still irritated they decided to use that name…
Yt tues with a idler
Thats the ride of Erik Irmisch. He's one of their athletes.
Anyway, the Tues hasn't seen an update in a while, hasn't it?
Looks similar to what the Scott team did a year or two back on the Gambler; the axle path remains the same (assuming it's the same frame) but trying an idler to reduce kickback a bit
If i recall the carbon is 2020 and the alloy, if they even sell it anymore, was introduced back in 2018.
Yes the Tues is a few years old, but if you look at the geometry it's pretty much up to date, they are only lacking a mullet version.
I definitely didn't want to say it NEEDS an update. I'm all for long product cycles (thanks shimano saint...).
However the industry tends to mostly see this differently, so I wouldn't be surprised if they'd be working on some new version...
Williams Racing Products teasing a new Assegai (or a variant thereof)?
Looks like a wet scream. Maybe just mis-labeled? Mis-hotpatched?
Or may be he’s teasing us and those are 2 different tires - an Assegai and a Wetscream… :D
The one knob seen over the first s of the Assegai name looks nothing like Assegai side knobs and very much looks like a wetscream side knob...
wet-ass-egai.
How come noone’s talking about the new Manitou Mattoc??? It’s covered only on bikerumors…
Blister has them up too
My friend who is one of the editors of another MTB magazine mentioned a media embargo until the twenty-third of June. Maybe BikeRumor leaked it early.
Highly interesting fork though. Really good damper design, innovative air spring and somewhat competitively priced against Pike and Fox 34. I just wish Manitou products were more easy to purchase in Europe.
June 23rd embargo seems odd given they've already released them for sale on their site and have updated service docs published.
ass-scream?
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