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What are those Maxxis tyres on ninos bike?
Ardent Race on the front, same rear I think
Rear doesn't look like an ardent race, and certainly isn't an ikon or Aspen, new prototype tyre?
Yeah just read this morning it’s an unnamed prototype
https://marathonmtb.com/2018/05/22/bike-check-nino-schurters-scott-scale/
Looks like they've taken some pointers from Schwalbe's rocket ron u spaced te centre knobs more
Fugly shifter is fugly.
Don’t care, still want.
Ive waited for mtb etap but that shifter is nasty , I’m guessing use a blip box in the stem maybe and just a button by the grips.
But will have to wait and see that sram release
I thought the point of electronics on bikes were to make things discrete and out the way.....
Small discreet buttons are great at Bespoked.
I imagine when breathing through every orifice whilst being shaken to bits in an XC race you just want great big impossible to miss paddles.
Dropper Posts!
Letting the lycra louts fly:
😉
He wants to be careful, if someone sees that picture, they might assume that their XC race whippet is suitable for jumps on simple XC graded trails. And we’ve all seen what can happen there...
Yes I'm sure HE is worried about that. 🙄
Didn't see too many in the pics, just big balls and talent.
Surprised someone hasn't built a carbon dropper yet, its not like suspension where friction and heat build up, and sliding carbon stanchions have been done. It'd be expensive, but I imagine there'd be enough people that would pay a premium for it (or go back to a lighter and simpler gravity dropper style post).
Surprised someone hasn’t built a carbon dropper ye
KS Lev Ci...
Earwigs? Oh, and as ever, kudos to PinkBike for their excellent photo coverage of top flight XC.
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/photo-report-elite-men-and-women-xc-world-cup-nove-mesto.html
similar to the mtb Di2 - i don't get why they try and replicate a standard cable shifter, when they could do anything
Probably because in their minds they've perfected the ergonomics of the shifter, so why change it and make something people aren't used to?
A pro
XC
Tweak
maxtorque pic is actually a she as in Jolanda Neff.
New newness!
Sparkles!
Negative.
Good Christ that handlebar is Gopping!
It's that time of year again, folks!
Holy Stem Angle, Batman!
Soft tail? Also, anyone else think the prototype 'camo' paint jobs often look better than the finished product?
Nino drinking the Kool Aid/Snake oil?
BlipDrop
Sauces - https://www.pinkbike.com/news/randoms-albstadt-world-cup-xc-2019.html
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/five-bikes-and-a-few-randoms-albstadt-world-cup-xc-2019.html
Great minds, Qwerty! My long winded post made at the same time as yours! Love the retro look of that Dale.
The Cannondales are available to buy in red or blue as frame and fork for £3500
the red Cannondale is a beaut
vibration nonsense on Ninos bike
stem made me laugh, must make seeing the Garmin a bitch
lots of hardtails, is that just because they suit Albstadt?
lots of hardtails, is that just because they suit Albstadt?
Looked pretty non-gnar in the previews over on PB.
That wet woodwork on bald XC race tyres was fricking lethal though! Anne Tauber took an absolute slammer on it, ouch!
Whoever thought that woodwork covered in chicken mesh in those conditions was a good idea needs their head looking at. You could hear Anne’s scream from here!
That particular corner which claimed a few riders was a 90 degree bend falling camber over an 8 inch step down onto more wood. A recipe for disaster in the wet.
Sorry for the double post (i've also put this in the XCO round thread), but here is a pro tweak: hands free bi-lateral snot rocket in arduous race conditions:
Just look at that stare... in da zone!
Fantastic coverage of the cutting edge kit on PB. Every time I see these XC bikes I want one, then I remember I hate hard tails and feel sad.
Hmmm. Now a rigid fork...
Every time I see these XC bikes I want one, then I remember I hate hard tails and feel sad.
Don't be daft, they're bloody ace and way more capable, even under a normal rider that you'd first think.
Every time I see these XC bikes I want one, then I remember I hate hard tails and feel sad.
Welcome to my world 🙂
Don’t be daft, they’re bloody ace and way more capable, even under a normal rider that you’d first think.
Oh, I know that. I just find hardtails unbalanced in my world. Rigid - yes, squidgy at both ends - great. Squidgy at one end - no.
Just me, not a reflection on the bikes.
(i’ve also put this in the XCO round thread)
That one for the actual racing, this one for the kit and shiny photos?
Damn, that’s pretty.
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/first-look-mondraker-f-podium-xc-racing-bike.html
Damn, that’s pretty.
said no one about a Mondraker ever
Foxy XR was the prettiest bike ever.
Integrated droppers are teh shizzle!
Homemade droppers are teh shizzle!
Matching your shoes and socks to your bike paints job has got to be worth a few watts. No only did MvDP win but he did it looking good 😉
Interesting camouflaged top tube is interesting...
A pro XC tweak seen recently
so what's the nose bands all about?
Air intake expansion volumiser innit.
Breathe Right strips.
Look odd, but they do seem to work.
so what’s the nose bands all about?
They damp down unwanted skull vibrations to improve mental focus.
Would love to know what is under the trek invisibility cloak!
Guess they will release it fairly soon, its been used for a few races now..
A new version of the isospeed, maybe with a longer split top tube?
The old one is ~5 years old now.
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This is what's been leaked of it. Apparently it'll be the Supercaliber.
A very retro shock position, and a retro Fisher name as well.
Looks like it's got a bottom pivot then relies on the flex of the stays? Does look nice though.
Interesting! Cheers.
Not sure if I like it or if I think it's overly complicated for a 'more or less' softail.
How much rear travel on that, 25mm? Looks mint! Now if only I was 35yrs younger ...
Makes sense. The Top Fuel isn't really racy enough now. The Procaliber is really a hardtail, that looks like it may actually have a reasonable amount of travel. Iso Strut by the looks of it. I reckon there's a BB pivot.
65mm apparently.
Did find it funny yesterday when Rob Warner and Bart Brentjens questioned Kate Courtneys decision to race a hardtail as Jolanda Neff was on her FS for Pauline Ferrand Prevot to win on her hardtail. Good sprint to the finish though.
Definitely seems to be a BB pivot. 65mm would be great for xc bridleway mile-munching (most of my riding) as well as racing. Trying to see if there is a lockout (not convinced you'ld need one)... can't quite make it out in the pics
There's a cable in the second photo so I'd assume there's a remote lockout.
I'll dread to think how much one will cost.
Looks expensive 🙁
Homemade droppers are teh shizzle!
Not homemade, 240g and 1049 euros!
https://bikerumor.com/2018/05/23/jbg2-dps-claims-to-be-worlds-lightest-dropper-post-at-240g/
One of our suppliers does carbon tubes, made on a mandrell but which can be ground down to whatever dimensions you want. Wonder how easy that would be to DIY, or at least replace the inner and outer tube on a gravity dropper.
The Salsa Spearfish is pretty much the standard for long distance, mile munching, bikepacking style races and that has an 80mm rear shock (might be a bit more on the latest version) so 65mm ain't bad. There's a lot more room in the main triangle as well, my Spearfish can only fit a tiny frame bag in there.
That there Trek would make an ace gravel bike...
Definitely a pivot, and a lockout:
Googling trek supercaliber, a shop has it up as in stock 17/09..
https://www.ajcycles.co.uk/shop/products/trek-supercaliber-98-gx-l-matte-carbon-gloss-trek-black
MOAR on that Trek.
£5300, not sure i expected anything less tbh.
Dear Brant,
One of these in aluminium please.
Regards,
Skint (retd.) General (public)
I’m surprised at the limited info bearing in mind he first google of “Trek Supercalibre” gets you various shop hits with a various specs, prices and build kits - albeit out of stock.
Was interesting to hear Rob Warner congratulating the Scott team mechanics for a rapid rear wheel change on Ninos burped tyre, 27 seconds he timed it at. Ninos reply was that it was actually quite slow because Yannick can actually do it in 18 seconds!
Some repeats here, but worth an ogle
https://m.pinkbike.com/news/super-lightweight-components-from-xc-race-bikes.html