Sam Blenkinsop, the Norco Factory Racing rider is a long-term crowd favourite on the World Cup scene, yet he only turned 26 years old this year. His style is distinctive, often wild and is always a threat to the top steps, although his potential results have failed to materialise since his win in Schladming in 2008. Lenzerheide is going to be full on, loose and sideways which should suit the Kiwi down to a T. We take a look at his Norco Aurum Carbon Killer B race machine.
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(Jokes aside) Answer is yes, but only if you are Ok running 7 speed on your trail bike because full cassette will not fit. If you "only ride parks" it shouldn't be a problem through
Will you run naked through downtown for at least 3 miles?
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Something like the Pivot Pheonix is a bit more ramped, so it would probably do better with a coil.
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Ditching the lower roller is just one more step towards going full Gwin and riding a DH balance bike (with aero skin suit of course)
Raceface make a NW ring which is 9/10/11 speed compatible and I'm currently on a 10/11 speed NW ring with an 8 speed chain. It works just fine. If you want to run a clutch deraileur with a 9 speed system you can. I run a Sram 8 speed (9speed will also work) shifter with a shimano 10 speed Zee deraileur and it works super. The catch is it only works with Sram shifter and shimano deraileur no other combination works. Go ahead and ditch that lower roller or the whole chainguide for that matter!
But wow, good info. Many thanks.
Can't ditch the top guide, as I tried the clutch and N/W ring with no top guide and it'd drop every 3rd ride or so (new chain and proper length, new cassette). Seriously am surprised people can get away it without a top guide, but hey, if it works for ya, props.
Now back to my purple drank.
Using an oval piston means you can enlarge it while still keeping a normal height of the rotor with the piston not looking over it's edges. It would have a similar effect to a 4-piston brake, yeah, it's basically increasing the piston surface area (and therefore force on the rotor) without having an insane rotor height.