The Latest Tech from the Fort William World Cup | Rockshox Have Gone Gold?
We're at Fort William for the first round of the downhill World Cup. With a long off-season behind us, there are many new bikes and tech. Most notable is the Martin Maes' non-ebike ebike, the Rockshox Foxxer and a tweaked rear end on the Commencal Supreme of Amaury Pierron.
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00:00 - Intro
00:35 - YT Tues
04:06 - Prototype TRP Levers
04:29 - Amaury Pierrion Commencal Supreme
05:59 - Cube 215
07:26 - Intense Factory Team Remote Lockout
08:13 - Orbea
09:33 - Pivot Prototype DH Bike
10:46 - Kenda Prototype Tire
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I think it means nothing that the Pivot prototype broke. If a production bike breaks, that's a completely different thing.
Exactly. It meant a bit to Bernard obvs. (OUCH!) but not indicative of the brand or their production bikes...it was a prototype being tested IRL. Shit happens sometimes. Anyone who says anything else is being dumb.
And production frames crack a lot, but nobody talks about that
My riding group consisting of 10 amateur riders breaks ~1 production frame per season. You never see factory riders break frames, because their mechanics inspect the bikes daily and replace them at the first sign of a crack.
can you just stop it with this.... go to the track in person, see the size of what he cased and you will realise... any bike would have broken
Boxxer Kashima is baaaaack, after all these years!
It's titanium nitride. It's not the same as kashima
@@andrewsiasparks it is... i mean, it added price for literally nothing, same shit 😂
@@zayon0170 cashima is molybdenum disulfide
@@andrewsiasparks aaaand yet another failed humorous attempt on my end!
@@andrewsiasparkscould be Zirconium Nitride too TBF
You can probably go to any Car Shop that installs custom rims and ask to buy some stick on wheel balancing weights, which pretty much what those weights on the bike are
I am so beyond hyped we go racing again! Lets hope 2024 will be a good one until the end.
RockFox Boxxer Ultimate Grip2x 🥰
Kashoxma coating ❤ !
Interesting show! Thanks! Love the new tech!
The Kenda Prototype tire looks just like my Kenda Hellkat gravity compound tire. Most likely revisions for DH applications to evolve the brand. 👍
What do you think of Vali's new TUES? 🤔
Stunning looking bike!
I think it's up a be on the podium a lot this season
Looks nice, a calm lightning destruction
Fair play on the monologue about the Pivot failure , but we wouldn't be making that case if Bernard was seriously injured. I'm all for bike companies taking technical risks and prototyping, but not at the cost of safety. Any frame failure, whether on a pro, or an average joe is just as bad as a helmet failure in my eyes.
Sneaky GMBN Tech cameo 3:01
Them weights you can buy online easily enough the Crosshatch pattern is there to give a custom fit round bends! I've a few sheets never used had them couple year's now can actually make them same way as fishing weight's and add double-sided tape to the back one the led is scored
Now you need a Renthal fatbar in gold too.
Brought back the titanium nitride coating?: it definitely looks better than DLC
This was a good segment.. As a YT rider myself im stoked to see Vali Hoel on a YT, also her bike is pretty nice! Gotta say a return of Boxxer WC gold stanchions would be sick! .. I'm stoked to see how Jess Blewitt goes on the Cube.. Now i may be biased but I'm really looking forward to see how well the Zerode does, piloted by Blenky & Taylor Vernon, that bike looks absolutely gorgeous & i was hoping yad include it here..
Rock shox fork will cause heart attacks at Fox factory. So beautifull and race look! I bet that the orbea has a gear box 👍
So free streams of the finals would be nice
Man that looks way more Fox than Boxxer! Bring back the electric red boxxer
"it's not Kashima" Ouuuuh nuh, to the bin... Black DLC coating or titanium nitride is objectively better if you believe marketing it's on you 😂
"technically" TiN should be better than Kashima. Can you feel either in real life? Nope
They gotta start making rear shock linkage covers so my rear shock stays as clean as these guys. Specialized with a hard shell!
Kenda Prototype 9 is a WTB Vigilante and it precedes Schwalbe Magic Mary by many years even.
UDH on the new tues is different too, maybe sram is doing t-type DH drivetrain in the future
It does make sense on dh bikes more than anything else, T Type is marketed towards durability
The idler will attach with the ISCG tabs
why would u put an idler on a low/medium pivot? im just confused and asking.
@@trbotimmmmmmmeh reduce pedal kickback
An iscg tab mounted idler with bash guard underneath is something I've never seen before
Zip ties and bubble gum
slowly converting bikes into F1 tech lol
I think that's a good thing, as long as prices are kept somewhat acceptable. One of the great things about the sport is anybody can get what the pros ride. I hope we don't lose that.
@@vlbzwe are losing that already
@@wyattrogers8689 with a few sales and skipping on carbon bits, sticking to GX and generally saving on stuff that doesn't matter, I still managed to put together a pretty much pro level DH bike for 6k euros. A lot, but acceptable. Sure, there are bikes for double that.
never seen those things on the end of the grips of the intense
The winner on sunday.......Danny Hart 🙂
Se dejó venir FORTE WILLIAM
Where is Norco? Would have been great to see what Greg Minnaar has done for the brand.
Anyone have an idea when the new tro lever will be released? I'm about to replace a damaged drh evo
Cube - the bikes are faster and preferred with a floating brake calliper but the production frame won’t have it???
Avg mountain bike brand shit
Like how everyone wants the high pivot trek team dh. Not for youuuu
@@RoachDogggJR the current session is high pivot tho, is there a different one the team rides
@@rocky6162 my knowledge might be outdated a bit. Last i heard everyone wanted a high pivot model only the team had round 2021
@@rocky6162 i mighta got things backwards too, might be traditional linkage the team rides i cant remember lol
2:31 3 years later every ebike will have this extra weight to be more balanced. :d
gold coating on the white boxxer looks like a Zoom fork or chinese fork :(( much better in black
You know that zoom forks or chinese forks look like this because that’s how RS and Fox forks looked 15 years ago? :P So for some that’s actually a nice throwback.
What seat is that on the YT???
Ergon
@@Hoderich_von_und_zu_Durchfall i know that. I want to know what model 🤓
ISCG tab mounted idler?
Holls mechanic couldn’t take the extra 30 seconds to match up her tire logos front and rear.
lol he did though, that's just conti things you are seeing not lining up
Time for Henry to shave that head !
The Boxxer looks pretty cheap for a 2k fork 😂
There’s a kashima logo visible at 4:08…
That's someone else's bike
@@kingflynxi9420 ah, you right.
Complette stupid discussion about "foxxer" RockShox has a Gold Coating 20 Years ago
Finally, we get to see some pro bumblers going down the hill. Can't wait.
I'd have given this a like just for the Dad joke.
Don’t turn DH into Nascar or F1!! The bikes and products don’t mean sh*t if a normal person can’t buy them!
I sure hope those gold stanchions won't get to market. If Rockshox comes out with some extra ultimate version, it will instantly destroy the resale value of the ultimates.
Great vid Henry, well done :)
Great presenter!
Ethan crazy craik wil win it
Speci and Kashima. Get the f off of my bike fox!!
Why do you sound like Gordan Ramsey but instead of talking about food you talk about bikes.
I've been wondering if the bikes manufacturers dictate what journalists says of if it's the other way around. The more I watch pinkbike the more I think thr industry is totally in charge. Big bike in charge, nope, marketing dept in charge. Journalism is dead
God, I had to turn this off. I can’t stand that guy’s voice get out of the pits. Two bikes later I’m bored af. Honestly “
Kashima FAKE
Rockshox had gold stanchions back in the early 2000s, so no it’s not fake