Pointless new standards - name and shame the "innovators".
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ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
Found this when BoBo'ing them earlier, looking for an actual price.
I like the idea of no valve core to get gummed up and stright though inflation to seat a tyre but if the price is stupid, just put up with 10c Ali presta cores and $2 valves.
Rorschach
Didnt pay $250 for this custom title
This may end up here soon too:
It's Not Presta, It's Not Schrader - Schwalbe Introduces New Clik Valve - Pinkbike
I do think it's a decent innovation, though I can see the 'dead leg' of the fairly long valve stem getting clogged pretty easily
It's Not Presta, It's Not Schrader - Schwalbe Introduces New Clik Valve - Pinkbike
I do think it's a decent innovation, though I can see the 'dead leg' of the fairly long valve stem getting clogged pretty easily
teK--
Eats Squid
No more clogged valves. Just hook up 18 pumps every time lolThey actually used this image lols.
Calvin27
Eats Squid
This is how you can seat that unseatable tyre. mass air shock wave. Someone needs to make a special pump to do this.
ForkinGreat
Knows his Brassica oleracea
Muc-off will also want to sell you a proprietary pump for their valves.
Labcanary
One potato, two potato, click
Cheaper. For the amount I just paid for a 60g packet of chips I think I'm going to have to start chowing valve cores instead.
Calvin27
Eats Squid
Here we go folks, new brake standard that probably requires a whole new bike.
road.cc
SRAM patent proposes "universal brake mount" designs to eliminate disc brake rub and "improve braking performance"
Patent filed by components giant suggests new design would offer "improved performance, improved safety, and reduced weight and cost"
But its universalHere we go folks, new brake standard that probably requires a whole new bike.
SRAM patent proposes "universal brake mount" designs to eliminate disc brake rub and "improve braking performance"
Patent filed by components giant suggests new design would offer "improved performance, improved safety, and reduced weight and cost"
Stredda
Runs naked through virgin scrub
I think it may be a good thing, but knowing SRAM, I'm sure they are playing the long game with some new brake system in the works that will conveniently release after the universal mount is take up by enough brands.But its universal
Calvin27
Eats Squid
THis is pretty much a repeat strategy of the xd hub. While the idea is good in theory, the practical application is they will be the only ones who can make a brake for that interface, meaning your bike is now locked to sram - not a good thing.
Mr Crudley
Glock in your sock
Or they could get all revolutionary and make brake calipers that provide more pad clearance between the pad and rotor than what we have now.
Removing the rotor ting tings is worth the effort.
Removing the rotor ting tings is worth the effort.
rowdyflat
chez le médecin
Yeah XD hub is OK then XDR but then Shimano makes microspline !!!!
Calvin27
Eats Squid
Yeah this is exactly my point. 100% not Shimano's fault.
SRAM mades a xdd hub and freely licenses the hub to wheel manufacturers. However it holds the cassette patents to themselves meaning these things can only work with their cassettes. Shimano had no choice but to make their own freehub.
Same thing now with brakes. Imagine the interface is freely licensed to the frame namufacturers. Great. Only problem now is that SRAM holds the patent for the brake mount and only sram brakes work on that interface. Unlike a wheel that you can actually replace, this is actually madness. Your frame is now tied to a specific brake brand! In fairness, the patent filing looks like it still uses normal IS brake mounts, but you never know.
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
decent brakes
Mr Crudley
Glock in your sock
Bendix coaster brakes FTW!decent brakes
ashes_mtb
Has preferences
Fuck you SRAM.Here we go folks, new brake standard that probably requires a whole new bike.
SRAM patent proposes "universal brake mount" designs to eliminate disc brake rub and "improve braking performance"
Patent filed by components giant suggests new design would offer "improved performance, improved safety, and reduced weight and cost"
But thumbs up Actofive:
The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
The stupidest thing about Microspline is that Shimano never needed to make it - they already had a special variant of HG that takes a 9T sprocket (Capreo)!
On the brake mount thing, yeah it appears the caliper mounting is normal post-mount, it's just a needlessly fucked-up adaptor design that will only work on frames built for it.