More Tech Randoms - Fort William World Cup 2024

 Is it not a 6 bar?

 @samdaman1: It is.

 @Jvhowube: isn’t it a similar linkage to their e-bike, just with all the bits in a tunnel instead of outside?

 I came here to say the same thing. Moreover, despite many reasons for me not purchasing a Yeti (geometry, price, etc.), they almost always look very attractive. I’m not sure if it’s the simplicity of shapes or what (maybe someone with a design background could offer their opinion).

 yeah, looks carbon. That's super expensive to setup. I can't imagine they won't be selling that frame.

 And how beefy does it look as well!! As someone else has noted, they always make damn good looking bikes!

 but the FL question is Rude racing or not? some ppl say yes other not... please solve this drama of FL is on my pick.

 Is it just me or is the chain resting on the chain slap padding?

 @gmiller720: yup

 ..

 @gmiller720: probably doesn't rub under sag

 @PauRexs: he’s not racing Ft William, he’s not on the start list.

 @adamstraus: what a shame.

 @mosierman: wouldn’t it rub more?

 agreed!! lets warner it as it's world cup and shout that its "smoooooooooover than chip shop lino"

 I agree. Not into the black crown, kashima stanchions, and gold lowers. Would have been cooler to do a gold crown, black stanchions, and gold lowers in my opinion.

 How dare you speak like that about the Bandit's car? Smokey would scoff at you.

 I like it even more now that it's been compared to a Pontiac TransAm. Cut the sleeves of them tshirts, grab a sixer of Schlitz, do a smokey burnout and let the good times roll!

 @kmo344: I can't get that image out of my head, now I want one that way. Lol. They better listen to your suggestion!

 @kmo344: Does any one remember CHiPs and Erik Estrada?!... Personally I liked the orange stanchions. Maybe I'm remembering "the General"! YeeeHah!!!

 I mean, they insulted our eyes with that horrible orange lowers for the last few years so gold almost looks great if it wasn't some Rockshox Mag21 and Psylo copycat but maybe next year they will come up with something not looking terrible, we can hope.

 So no one is tired of the orange yet ?

 Sometimes, baby poop comes exactly in that hue.

 50 shades of kashima

 @AppleJack76: Good one! I think you’re right too.

 @imbiker: Nope. In fact I’d gladly trade my black 38’s for an orange set. Any takers?

 marketing genius is about to play kashima lowers reduce drag whilst their new black coating is more resilient to damage - cue the role reversal and sales pitch

 I feel like Fox has been trolling us on colors for years now

 Naughty naughty, very naughty ha ha ha ha...

 Super naughty

 @bat-fastard: Got any veras? Laaarvly.

 @Binderclip: Sounds sick tho that's all that matters

 @Binderclip: haha yeah! Think they picked the wrong part of dreadnought for the name. Ie dread nothing becomes super nothing!
Superdread would've been better.

Also is it a typo as its the Forbidden Dreadnought (like the battleship) so shouldn't it be Supernought?

 @watchmen: Got any Salmon?

 @korev: sorted...

 wonder if anybody is having trust/commitment issues?

 There's been an incident in my damn pants after looking at that sweet ass bike

 @JLantz: woah Nellie! Cleanup on isle three.

 @Struggleteam: If there's one thing Bernard doesn't lack, it's commitment. I'm confident he'll be ripping as hard as ever to get that win so he can finally retire.

 @ridedigrepeat: No doubt.

 @JLantz: THIS^^ Of all the "erector set" looking lugged assembly bikes I've ever seen this is the best looking by far! And funny that's they didn't try and hide//blend in the metal bits...

 The way the top and downtube join parallelly is always gonna look sketchy

 @stiingya: This has a distinct GT STS Lobo feel to it and that was a great-looking bike!

 Looks like they are using the silver sharpie trick for visual reference when those tubes start to pull out of the lug again.

 @ridedigrepeat: If there's one thing Bernard doesn't lack, it's commitment.

I conKerr

 @fjm35: best looking bike ever.

 Probably cost. The evil revolt was 15 years ago now (I know I know, I feel old too) and it was as expensive as any other premium dh frame at the time, and I imagine they didn't shift massive numbers, Vs commencal which are direct sales and cheap for the spec, so I know I see loads of them (anecdotal I know) and most don't snap, it's like Kona Stinky's from the mid to late 00s, there were that many of them about that they got a reputation for snapping when really most were tanks that just kept going. Same with canyon, they've got a durability issue on some models, yt had the capra head tube issues, most companies have an issue at some point, but it's how they deal with them/how well they can ride it out, evil were a relatively new brand back to the market, (obviously they'd been a big name 10 years earlier but faded away a little) and might not have had the capital to properly take the hit while designing and producing a new bike (the undead, carbon form a new supplier which supposedly sorted the durability issues, but at the time people were even more wary of carbon so redesigning a bike known for snapping in a material people thought would snap didn't equate to massive sales).

 @inked-up-metalhead: plus Evil are dicks about it, presumably Commercial aren’t.

 Probably #'s somewhere. Evil might not be as big as Commencal, but we're talking DH bikes here - not many get sold by most brands.

But with Evil, didn't basically every single Revolt end up cracking? I mean there was a whole container of them that was pretty much only good for scrap aluminum. I had a friend that didn't even ride his many times (talking like 20 probably...) and even it cracked.

 Evils still break all the time judging from YouTube videos and the multiple comments attached. Seems like the warranty is good though and the bikes ride great so people do by them. Maybe commencal is similar

 Evil denied the issue for a long time, refused warranties, left people out to dry, etc.. Commencal warranties pretty quickly with little to no questions asked.

 stop with that noncesense

 Maybe they can glue in a euro BB instead of the stupid pressfit design too.....

 @markb2392: finally someone mentioning it...

 Came here to say the same. Dream machine.

 For now...

 Hopefully the front doesn’t fall off

 You squeeze the front lever on an A4 too hard and you shall indeed kiss the sky

 Saw that frame at Sea Otter, just couldn't stop checking it out...

 ...then you can SEND it!!

 I thought I remember hearing Jack Moir say there's no resistance back to center. He's running one this year and was testing it recently on some of his YouTube videos and was talking about it.

 Do you know a universal one easily available which returns to neutral (like the KIS from canyon) by chance? I haven’t found anything interesting.
My gf suffered from a stroke last year and we start planning on having her back on a mtb, I was thinking that a steerer damper could be really helpful for her condition

 I loved my Hopey dampener back in the day. I was 3-5 seconds faster with it on most courses, with way less arm fatigue. The time advantage and arm fatigue went away when I got my first 820mm bars so I stopped using it. Tracks have gotten rougher, speeds have increased and wheels have gotten bigger since then. I would love to see the time saved or fatigue saved with the new dampener.

 Also,is that Jeremiah Boobar of the Truvativ Boobar handlebar?
I had one of those,it was great.

 I've run Scotts for years and experimented with the Precision damper for a couple years - all good dirt damper these days have no or reduced damping returning to center. It's a dirt bike so maybe not exactly the same requirements as a DH MTB, but intuitively (not to say I am right) I'd think you'd want zero return to center damping, like on the Scotts. The Scotts is by far the most popular damper across the board, here is their take on it:

www.scottsonline.com/litrack/101.pdf

 @Brodybro29: Best of luck on your GF's recovery. The damper should help make some handling issues easier, might be worth adding.

 @RadBartTaylor: I didn't have the right mounts when I first switched from a Husky to a Sherco, and it felt really weird and twitchy to ride until I finally got my Scotts damper swapped over. I feel zero downsides with it on the moto. I feel like it's all about reducing the outward deflection. What you can feel when you punch the bars. You definitely want speed sensitive damping, and no damping back to center IMO.

 Yeah I dont understand either. Yeti cultists would gobble that up even if they don't ride downhill. Also, thought companies had to sell the bikes to the public if they are putting their racers on them, though maybe I am mistaken.

 www.pinkbike.com/news/the-pinkbike-podcast-a-deep-dive-on-pivots-prototype-dh-bike-with-bernard-kerr.html

 I've got StayLive working

 Step a) drill baby drill. Step b) dangle GoPro on fishing line down hole.

 Do you think its only Fox's issue?

 Right, interested to see how it holds up. Hopefully.

 Nope, it's actually Rockshox. Henry explains here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEnYa9C9xEo

 @mintsauce: Thanks a lot mate ^^