New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...

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Bearbonesnorm wrote: Mon Sep 06, 2021 7:54 am
On-the-fly tyre pressure adjustment, yours to pre-order for €2.219,00. More on CyclingTips...
Just - why?*
Because it's th' air.

* no need for any suggestions - you'll not convince me and trying would just be a waste of all our time :wink:
Sorry.
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Bearbonesnorm wrote: Mon Sep 06, 2021 7:54 am
On-the-fly tyre pressure adjustment, yours to pre-order for €2.219,00. More on CyclingTips...
Just - why?*





* no need for any suggestions - you'll not convince me and trying would just be a waste of all our time :wink:
I have done some sand tracks in Utah that would benefit from this. Niche I admit
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I immediately thought fatbikes but not at that price.
Maybe its aimed at people with dodgy tubeless set ups that lose pressure over a few hours....
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There was a lot of chat about this 10 years or so ago when fatbikes were hitting the mainstream as tyre pressure was considered to be a major influence in riding them and I know some folk were adjusting pressures many times during a ride. TBH as fat tyres improved it became less of an issue and it's not something I've seen discussed in a very long time.
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I can see that there may be the odd occasion when an on the fly pressure adjustment might prove useful but it's over 2 grand and it will also add weight and complexity. I know we all value different things but that's genuinely insane.
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When I had my fat bike, I'd have loved something like this. 4psi off-road was too much of a struggle on-road, when linking up byways and bridleways, so I always ran with double what I'd have liked, which wasn't particularly great at anything. Having just been looking through various Rigs of the ... galleries, and forum posts while researching something, some people will spend stupid amounts on stuff of questionable value. I expect these to sell like hot cakes...
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I know we all value different things but that's genuinely insane.
This
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doesn't look like a pivot on the chainstay / seatstay junction at all (which is fine) so it is essentially a single pivot with a linkage driven shock. I think. Which is fine too.
Santa cruz have just changed the Blur to this design for 2022 too, like orbea's. Its pretty common to build flex into the frames too.

Horst is where the pivot sits on the chainstay, I think defines as below the axle but could be wrong. Split pivot is where there is a pivot around the rear wheel axle.
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This should appeal to everyone - no more worrying about "does this n-speed chain match my n-speed cassette?", kit that serves dual purposes (doubles up as guy lines), ultrabiking pedigree (completed Race Across America – 3500 miles, 11 days 10 hours)...

https://www.stringbike.com/
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This should appeal to everyone
Uhm, maybe if they weren't quite so fugly.

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I've seen this before. I'm left wondering how it would cope with Autumn.
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I'm left wondering how it would cope with Autumn.
Dark nights so you wouldn't need to look at it for so long ... be even better come January :-bd
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Bearbonesnorm wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 11:41 am
This should appeal to everyone
Uhm, maybe if they weren't quite so fugly.

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Bearbonesnorm wrote: Mon Sep 06, 2021 10:34 am I can see that there may be the odd occasion when an on the fly pressure adjustment might prove useful but it's over 2 grand and it will also add weight and complexity. I know we all value different things but that's genuinely insane.
Loads of the technology we have on our bikes now was heavy, complex and expensive in its first iterations though.
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Loads of the technology we have on our bikes now was heavy, complex and expensive in its first iterations though.
Yes but the vast majority that progressed and evolved into something lighter, simpler and cheaper did so because it was beneficial and worthy of pursuit. :wink:
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It's obviously outrageously expensive at the moment, but if this turns up in a few years as a kit you can add to any pair of wheels without much weight penalty for 50 quid or so, I'd snap it up and thank those affluent halfwits that funded its development! :smile:
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Given it needs new hubs (and i assume rims ) it's never going to be very cheap unless it becomes a thing everyone does .
Suspect it will also be a 1k option
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I remember when dropper posts first became available, loads of people said they were a waste of time and not needed. They are pretty much standard on bikes now.
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loads of people said they were a waste of time and not needed
That's still true, just that the industry convinced people otherwise :wink:
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and they dont cost 2k
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Is it single speed?
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Bearbonesnorm wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 5:42 pm
loads of people said they were a waste of time and not needed
That's still true, just that the industry convinced people otherwise :wink:
Looks like there is a pattern developing here :lol:
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Bearbonesnorm wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 5:42 pm
loads of people said they were a waste of time and not needed
That's still true, just that the industry convinced people otherwise :wink:
Got to disagree with this entirely, well at least 50% of it, sometimes :lol:

I fitted a dropper to my Fargo about six months ago, mainly out of curiosity having ignored them completely..
Obviously I’ve managed so far, apart from one comical crash where I got hung up behind the saddle on a steep decent there’s not one situation where the dropper could have been considered essential.
But, I’d miss it a massive amount now. It even gets plenty of use on the road, on big long hills I’ll drop it completely to get aero, free speed! On short fast downhill corners I’ll often drop it a couple of inches. This sits you ‘in’ the bike rather than perched on it, cornering is much more fun, more stable and feels more like being on a motorbike.
Off-road I’d go as far to say I’d possibly choose it over a suspension fork (yes I know you don’t need one of those either) on a hard tail those situations where you need to out of the saddle you can drop it a little and still keep the centre of gravity low, on steep technical downhill sections it’s completely out of the way and I can move back and down and generally have more mobility.
I’m a complete convert, it’s not essential but adds a lot to off-road enjoyment, comfort and speed.
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{places mountainbike coaches hat on} Yeah Steve but the vast majority of people use a dropper because they believe that they're required to position their weight low and rearward of the saddle when descending. That belief is partly borne through fear / self-preservation instinct but also poor information. Once people have an understanding of the dynamics taking place between terrain, bike and rider, most soon realise that what believed would happen doesn't and what actually takes place is something they hadn't considered :wink: {removes mountainbike coaches hat}
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Cheeky Monkey wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 12:31 pm
Bearbonesnorm wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 11:41 am
This should appeal to everyone
Uhm, maybe if they weren't quite so fugly.

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is this classed as Hike-a-bike? :lol:
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