Unless you hang out with XC riders, stand on a scale five times a day, wear spandex to Starbucks, and eat dog kibble that is fortified with organic sea urchin powder for two meals each day, you may not understand the following presentation. This is the gateway to the cross-country universe, where some devotees believe that removing three out of the six screws used to retain their disc brake rotors might buy them the winning edge. I give you Irmo Keizer's walkthrough of the Nove Mesto XC pits:
The desire for the lightest possible bikes has resulted in impossibly slender carbon components: One-piece, bonded-carbon saddles with absolutely no padding, pencil-thin seatstays, and dramatically ovalized frame tubes that optimize strength, only in the critical dimension.
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"Hold the button and it goes through 12 shifts in about four seconds."
As a gripshift user this sounds painfully slow. 4 seconds can be an eternity.
Maybe I am doing something wrong ?
In an elaboration. I believe it mainly pertains to the terrain I ride locally. Lots of ups & downs, with steep peaks. Riding on an, even or + angle. Gets my poor old middle back pissed at me. I think its due to the seat/bar angle that my body position sit in.
I have always preferred the long stem to stretch me out , but the + angle always put a U in the middle of my back. However putting street racing drop bars on an MTB....Well that is just silly.
A Negative angle headset, appears to be an answer. (would need to try one first to be certain I am not blowing smoke up my own ass.) lol
I had never heard or seen the whole remove the brake rotor bolts idea before. I assumed they only switched all the Bolts to Ti bolts.
I do like seeing all the innovation that these racers are trying out/ creating for their bikes.
3 bolt on disc rotors? Ask Peaty, Worlds in Canberra. That should remind him something.
Look at F1. These guys spend top dollar on shaving the most weight as possible from their fleet, while cramming as much power as possible, and ensuring their drivers are in best shape they could possibly be in. Super high technology, big $$$, crazy engineering, all for seconds off the clock. Now, a lot of this can be applied to DH riding, but i see a close link to top performance XC racers. Just look at the tech using a laptop to tune the shifting profile on the Di2 setup. pencil thin seat stays to shave weight while maintaining strength? The rotor bolt removal is odd, but its his bike! Also, look at the videos of N1NO on the home page. you'll see the resemblances.
Pretty sure they still carry a co2 dispenser or mini pump in the jersey though - pretty pointless to repair a tyre without any means to reinflate it.
I like these bike checks regardless of discipline - there's so many neat products and mods to look at and sometimes be inspired by.
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Pretty sure we can put the safety issue to rest now.
But seriously... removing rotor bolts is stupid. Stop it.
If someone has experience with it Smile
Huh?
one trip through a real rock garden w/ that saddle and negative stem will have those weirdos swapping for parts that dont cripple the handling of your bike.
I used to have fox iCD on my bike. it's a f-ing waste of money. you can't climb anything but a fireroad when a completely locked out fork/shock.
you need a lock out that modifies the low speed circuit only, while allowing for small bump sensitivity so it doesn't eliminate your traction.
yes, mountain biking should be FUN. XC isn't mountain biking. they're not riding actual mountains. it's an sanitized trails with carefully placed pebbles so as to not upset their 0mm of travel bikes with their totally f*cked 120mm roadie stems.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=02sOITrffiE
how the hell can you descend with a negative rise stem? that's f-ing retarded.
Is it any wonder why Kulharvy sucks on the descents and eats shit so often running a size down bike and 130mm stem? Fumic's setup is another world to that crap.
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