More Tech Randoms - NotARace Test Session 2021

 Grease zerks should be a thing on any mtb pivot point. Keep stuff running smooth and would be a good way to push out dirt and moisture. All without taking a bike apart.

 @cougar797: Sure it would help grease the pivot axles maybe, but your bearings are still gonna go bad, so the bike is coming apart anyway whether you clean and re-pack them, or replace them.

 I dont think it is a zerk fitting, if we are talking about the purple bolt on the coil prototype. It is too low under the eye, most likely it is a new dial, shimstack preload I bet.

 The one on Brook McDonald bike literally says its a mounting point for the telemetry system.

 Why? All the bearings are sealed @cougar797:

 @freeridejerk888: Sealed bearings aren’t 100% sealed. Plus I’d try some not sealed if a grease fitting was an option.

 @cougar797: Santa cruz have one down in the vpp link. Its really great. It doesn't replace a good bearing replacement, but its really freshens it up, and gets stuff feeling smoother. Its one of the features I miss the most from my megatower, but I love my enduro.

 @cougar797: Yeah, I'm hoping that the technology from fishing reels with magnetic oil on the bearings comes through to bikes before long. Unfortunatly it's not on the Shimano reels, just top end Daiwas.

 @cougar797: Rumour was all the problems with the yeti infinity links were due to crap stuck in the zerks being flushed through against the little stanchions, would imagine the same would happen with bearings. I totally agree with you, they're needed, but they also need to be better thought out than they have been so far.

 @pbuser2299: this is precisely why they would suck on bikes. We had problems at work with linear bearings in a dusty environment, and the maintenance guys decided to grease more frequently, which only compounded the problem. The problem was solved by a redesign of that part of the system. Very costly but downtime due to this particular issue was eliminated.

 @cougar797: Have you seen a bearing lately? You're not getting grease in there unless you take a pick and pry off the seal. Zerk isn't gonna help you out bud.

 Pretty funny, I think your sarcasm was missed on a few people. And there seems to be a misunderstanding of the where and why for zerk fittings, and the environments that they work best in. Be good to one another

 @krashDH85: Yea it’d take not sealed cartridge bearings. They are a thing.

 @cougar797: Santa Cruz used them on some of their linkages

 Thats not a zerk fitting lol

 @bigpeaches: Lol I know

 @bigpeaches: whoosh!

 Didn't all the dh bikes get tested on Champerys WC Track for dh week? I know what you mean though. Like Dirt mags old 1.04 track

 High speed what?

 @Mondbiker: oops meant to say high speed compression adjustment

 @Fullsend2-13: well, you are going to be pleased then.

 I want high speed adjustment on my bike. Turn that thing all the way to closed so I don't go too fast and scare myself.

 @Fullsend2-13: will be, but only about 3 clicks from what i've seen.

 What is the difference?

 “te·lem·e·try
/təˈlemətrē/
noun
the process of recording and transmitting the readings of an instrument.”

Sure sounds like another way of saying “acquiring data” to me.

 @lefthandohvhater: one is transmitting data, the other one record it.

 @ninjatarian: Telemetry implies live, and from a distance. From the Greek tele, meaniing "remote", and metron, meaning "measure".

 @FatTonyNJ: To get really pedantic I don't think it implies live. You can remotely record something and then transmit it after the fact when you get down to the pits via a cable.

 @lefthandohvhater: what's the point?

 @fracasnoxteam: To get really pedantic.

 @lefthandohvhater: here is the definition per Wiki

Telemetry is the in situ collection of measurements or other data at remote points and their automatic transmission to receiving equipment (telecommunication) for monitoring.[1]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telemetry

Definition of Telemetering from Websters

: an electrical apparatus for measuring a quantity (such as pressure, speed, or temperature) and transmitting the result especially by radio to a distant station

Which reads into the definition of telemetry

1: the science or process of telemetering data
2: data transmitted by telemetry

In other words telemetry is by definition remote and transferring data to a station wirelessly. The real world use of the word does imply real time data acquisition now though vs just standard data acquisition. F1 has telemetry, NASCAR has data acquisition.

 its DAQ for sure.

 @englertracing: Telephonetry

 Telemetry just sounds much cooler. Kind of like using “aerospace” to describe things.

 Telemetry sounds much cooler than sensor logging.

 Only when your mom comes over, and spreads it like peanut butter.