Here’s my medium size Blur, Silca cage is all the way down
How do yall feel about pro riders who go all in on helping the manufacturers design bikes, only to jump to another team the next year?
This is a broad overall statement, and I know they have to think about making a living, but it seems very disengaging
It is all part of the corporate game these days. I think if most people could get a big pay raise by switching companies they would too. The people you work for can always offer to match or pay even more to retain the rider or employee.
Ultimately their time as a professional is limited. You need to get the most while you can. Now that doesn’t always mean getting paid to ride now but possible future roles in the company after. It can get complicated.
Bikes take 3+ years to design and finalized. Would be pretty absurd to assume it never happens or the rider had ulterior motives to not help make it the best bike possible.
I bet most companies use the data they get more than rider feedback anyway.
Not saying there’s ulterior motives. Look at the SuperCaliber, Neff had a good bit of input or at least a lot of the marketing revolved around her.
And now she’s on Cannondale…
Any good manufacturer will value and take into account their feedback regardless if someone stays or goes. If it’s good feedback, that helps them build a better bike for future sponsored riders. And at the same time, riders are leaving other manufacturers and joining them, so it’s a two-way street.
The Supercaliber came out a few years ago though and she just switched teams this year, so she was on the team for several years after the bike came out. It’s not like she jumped ship right after the bike came out.
You mean, what a better placement for the battery. One of the most common complaints was about the battery placement. When fully dropped, the battery can get ripped off by the rear tire. The Fox electronic dropper was praised for the battery placement like this, and SRAM looks to have taken a page from their design and done it similar.
that red frontend is wild! I like it! very unique!
love the red, but I’d keep black cages and paint the headset spacers and headset red!
King Ti side loaders. No extra color required.
110mm stem and flip it for a slight negative rise. I did that on my 2022 Scalpel Carbon 2 (and swapped the 100mm Lefty alloy for the 120 carbon. Doesn’t seem like much but between the stem and the slight change in angle, the handling was far more stable, yet still very responsive. It took away the occasional nervous feeling.
Hmm, have you got to ride either? I was surprised how “much” bike the epic 8 felt like coming off a hardtail. Thats not to say it didnt feel fast, and faster than my hardtail on most surfaces, but just a thought.
Im sure it’s probably been asked, but has anyone heard any news on an Exie Update?
Is that an Epic 8 Evo that you’ve converted to Epic 8 and gone Flight Attendant? Or is that Epic Evo (7) that has flight attendant?
Thanks
What do you guys think? I like the front pockets compared to the uswe, but it definitely doesn’t look as secure or held in place. I’d be curios to try one
Looks like it would be hot.
not who you’re asking, but this is a epic 8 frame (see downtube storage). epic 8 and epic evo 8 are the same frame.