There was one common theme in the pits at the La Bresse World Cup today, and that was one of full rebuilds for a number of riders who had been busy smashing the laps in Whistler after Mont-Sainte-Anne. We've took a lap through the pits today and captured what was going down:
He wasn't sure whether he'd race it or not, but he'll be putting runs in on both his 27.5 and 29" bikes tomorrow before deciding which he'll compete on.
Linkage details on Troy Brosnan's Canyon Sender.
Strip downs aplenty. Most mechanic's work benches looked like this today.
Complete rebuilds were common throughout the pits with plenty of riders abusing bikes in Whistler after Mont-Sainte-Anne.
He looks to be running TRP's G-Spec E-MTB brakes for one reason or another.
m.pinkbike.com/photo/16165786
Even F1 or Moto GP have ugly welds.
I'll take an Ancillotti over a Nicolai anytime.
Then again, it is Magura and he could be using magic to get them to bleed correctly since I never could on mine.
I can't help but feel that even if you put the mechanical risks aside, just the small inconsistencies in the bike's behavior, isn't playing in their favor.
Perhaps it's mostly going on in the training and seeding runs, and remains more consistent just before the race. I'm sure that's part of the story.
Respectfully, if a component fails as the result of service, the mechanic is at fault. They either performed their task incorrectly or failed to notice a critical issue, which may as well be the same thing. Sussing out those issues is precisely why these bikes get completely taken down at the start of the weekend by professional mechanics with the training and experience to identify any potential points of failure. Then again, these guys are performing well rehearsed procedures in a methodical fashion. They are not "tinkering", at least not in any meaningful sense of the word.
1. Avoid touching the bike (except the basic tinkering obviously)
2. log everything as best as possible, overhaul the shit out of it, then get back to the original numbers.
i know consistency isn't the only thing playing here, but even at these levels i'm sure it's pretty critical. Muscle memory and all
There's a saying (paraphrasing) - if you have one crappy watch, you always know the time. If you got two good watches, you're never really sure...
I could be wrong, but my experience tells me that matching between several mechanical parts is much harder to achieve than it often seems.
1) How is that not offensive?
2) Israel has a strong reputation for engineering, technology.
3) I think you're making a point about accuracy vs precision but you comment reads like "how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"
It's not about accuracy nor precision - it's about matching. Notice i was referring to consistency. Having two shocks with consistently matched behavior is very difficult.
(obviously im exaggerating, since they try to maintain similar setup, but you get my point - getting really "used" to how a specific part works isn't a luxury they can afford)
Not. He's tried it before and feels it works better for him.
"Oh I think I Niederberger"
"Good call"