BJMonk

Umm, I’ve been riding a 12 speed gearbox enduro bike for several years now .... Zerode Taniwha. This just looks like an outdated concept compared to Zerode’s smaller Pinion gearbox unit .....

Seems like review by someone who just cannot adapt to new ways? I have a Taniwha and couldn’t go back to a traditional drivetrain now. I think the pros of the gearbox easily outweigh any cons. Specs as follows: Weight: 14.5kg / 32lbs Size: XL - 475 reach, 460 seat tube (custom shortened by Rob). All new ones will have the shorter seat tubes. Dropper Seatpost: 175 ks (try putting that in a slash)! SDG ti fly saddle. 170 Lyrics, Fox X2 Saint brakes, 203, 180 2.6 Maxxis DHF & 2.4WT DHR on carbon 30mm rims. Joystick 35 stem and carbon 790 bars. This is a fairly burly, but not too heavy build. Previous bike was a SC Nomad. Zerode is much better imo. I cannot understand how someone could struggle so badly adapting to the gearbox shifting as Mike Levy seemed to. Maybe it has less to do with riding ability and more to do with ability to adapt to new things? From day one I didn’t have any issues changing up or down. I guess i naturally ease off the weight on the pedals for a split second as I change, but still keep pedals spinning. Total non issue. Hitting a sudden pinch climb in a big gear used to mean grunting through a couple of pedal strokes while a derailleur changed down (without braking chain), but with the Taniwha you don’t try grunt through it, you just relax for a split second and dump instantly into whatever low gear you want, in a fraction of the time of a traditional setup. Maybe Mike kept trying to grunt it out ... or just a bit uncoordinated with his changing? And why the hell is he complaining about having 12 gears over a 600% range? It’s perfect I think. Geometry is similar to a nomad, weighs about 1kg more so climbing not different. Decends way better!! Way more stable. Way quieter and way cooler I think.