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I was hoping to find ProBike3D in here. They make some great compact Gopro mounts custom fit to the chin bars of most popular full face helmets, along with line of other clever bike goodies.

So many cool details on the Trinity to just give it single photo. The modular bolt on bottom bracket is pretty clever. To have the ability to swap between a derailleur and gearbox, or perhaps even their front mounted derailleur concept or electric motor sounds great and ticks the sustainability box too.

@GlassGuy: @GlassGuy: Yes, you can weld an aluminum frame, but frames are typically heated treated/tempered post welding. When you weld (melt) the base metal it looses it's temper and the heat affected zone will have different properties from the rest of the treated frame causing a stress riser (ei: the most likely part of the frame to crack). You might get lucky and never have an issue, but if that part of the frame cracked, it's likely because it was at least during the incident when it cracked, the highest stress area of the frame. Now you've also made it the weakest part of the frame, so yeah welding an aluminum frame definitely is not advised.

I'll agree with you there. Fortunately the 2 knobs without detents on my DB coil only have 2 revolutions of adjustment.

Only one season on my (new old stock) DB Coil, no issues whatsoever.

@juansevo: Car guys would know the Mercedes suffers much worse depreciation and will end up in the scrap yard long before the Vette as small repairs greatly exceed the value of the car after 10 years. The Corvette will retain its value until it becomes a classic, and if it's written off, that LS might even find it's self swapped into the junkyard Mercedes as some 17 year old kid's budget project.

Good to know. That was the only thing I was considering. I've been keeping an eye on Calgary Cycle's clearance deals since scoring a dirt cheap CCDB coil shock their from a past deals of the month post.

@DHhack: I routinely replace "non serviceable" parts including bushings, ball joints, bearings and U-joints. Not once has the procedure been any different or any more difficult than in older vehicles where the same part was considered replaceable. The common denominator is these are all pressed in parts, which I wouldn't say were ever designed to be easily replaceable. I'll agree the manufacturers have lost the appetite to train and pay techs to perform these overly tedious tasks. It also fits with our disposable culture that revolves around engineered obsolescence.