Tech Briefing: Prototype Bikes, Lightweight Dropper Posts & 16" Singlespeeds - March 2023

 What’s the value of not having to replace a rear mech trail side?

 @Hardnacks: that thing doesnt look like it would actually protect much!!

 I like it actually. If it protects a mech that would otherwise break, why not? At some point it is going to pay off. If it isn't after the first potentially destroyed mech, it probably is after the second or third. And being able to finish a ride is relevant to me too.

 @Pinemtn: Stroke length and eye to eye; Norco Archives then small parts
www.norco.com/cmsb/uploads/bikes/bikes/fluid-fs-a-assembler-doc-reva-my22-2022-06-10-customer_003.pdf

 I’m very interested too but a bit gun shy on buying a frameset because no where on their website does reeb state their warranty and I’ve broken my last 3 bikes (not crashing).

 Must be a slow day at your place of work, considering you have enough time to go around making disparaging comments about the quality of other peoples work.

 You must be new here, yes that is exactly what this is

 You really think a crackhead is that knowledgeable to assume a GPS is present in the steerer tube?

 @honda50r:

You really think crackheads are the only bike thieves?

 Yes you are. It offers an extra layer of protection/traceability much like an air tag/good lock. But I guess you could always store your bike in an underground bunker and just avoid all that.

 @honda50r: no one smokes crack anymore. It's all meth, fenty, tranq, benzo poison.

 @honda50r: probably not, but I'm not exactly leaving my bike outside the 7-11 or in my unlocked shed for crackheads. People stealing $8000 bikes aren't all crackheads.

 @Superboost: why not create a product that stashes somewhere else? Air tag inside a frame seems like a better plan.

 @powderturns: from what I’ve heard, putting air tags in frames disrupts the signal and makes it too weak. I’m certainly no expert on the matter though, just repeating what I’ve heard.

 @Superboost: Can't say about frames, but the airtag in my steerer tube hasn't had any signal issues. And 'cause it's on the bottom, with a fork cork, you'd have to go looking for it to even realize anything was there.

With the exception of people who have vertical bike racks on their vehicles, how often do you even see the underside of your fork? Even when working on my bike I rarely have that view. Seems like about as an ideal stash place as one could think of. Not sure why they went with the ugly top-cap thing.

I suspect they didn't want to have to make different models to fit different forks, and maybe there wasn't enough room on certain forks to even fit the hardware. Pretty sure my fork-cork for example won't fit the ovalized steerer tube on the crown of a Fox38.

Having said that, the snik has some obvious advantages and if it had a less conspicuous (and let's be frank, ugly) mounting option, I would consider buying one simply for the fact that it would give a more timely notification and be less likely to alert the thief to its presence (Assuming the "find me" mode is a fallback when the battery gets low and not active all the time?). My airtag has had the speaker removed, so at least it won't start beeping at them, but that does no good if the thief has an iPhone or the right Android app installed...