I run them on Felix’s bike. Neither he nor I am convinced there’s a difference.Putting a new Rock Shox SID on my bike.Another rider suggested I use torque caps? Anybody else use them? What do they do? Worth it? Thanks
Surely they wouldn't have invented this standard if there was not at least a 0.1% improvement ?Neither he nor I am convinced there’s a difference.
The bike manufacturers don't care either, my boys Canyon and Trek came with 160mm Lyrik and Pike on them, both TC forks without TC hubs or caps.Honestly the main thing with torque caps is it's annoying aligning the hub without them if you're regularly taking the front wheel off... That's about it.
For sure. Takes me at least 0.5s longer without them.Honestly the main thing with torque caps is it's annoying aligning the hub without them if you're regularly taking the front wheel off... That's about it.
A fine line these days.Is it a new standard, or just option though?
I think this time it's genuinely an option believe it or not. The Lyrik I had that had the torque cap-compatible dropouts was a non-boost fork from 2017/18. So they've been around for a while but I guess hub manufacturers haven't gone all in because it's another set of end caps that are compatible with only one brand of fork and therefore a PITA... Can get them for DT hubs at least but I remember availability wasn't great when I spent 5 minutes considering buying some back in the day.They have floated it as an option with the idea to run with or without, probably waiting on an industry yay or nay.
Not the best time to doing this shit, companies cant even get the stuff out that they are already tooled for.