If I want fluid actuated shifting I’d get shimano airlines thank you very much
I feel like someone else made wet shifters for mountain bikes not too long ago, and maybe someone else in the late 2000s?
box components?
Rotor bought that company to make this road groupset
to be honest I kinda want to try it, it’s around the same price as SRAM eTap HRD, cheaper than Campy hydraulic disc, and way cheaper than Campy EPS disc
could build some superlight S3 frame around it Rob English style
@EndpointBraden you have access to this goofiness?
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with internal hydraulic tubing, interfacting with the frame using sram connectamajigs
air is a fluid…
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There’s a review of the rotor group on cyclingtips.
Apparently pretty shitty.
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I rode a mtb with the Across group that proceeded this. It felt really good TBH.
I would love to demo the Rotor stuff but goddamn it’s spensive.
the fuck is this shit?
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Shimano compressed air powered DH group from like… early 2000s?
I think Airlines might be the single worst idea in bicycle history other than 650B
Although…if you installed a minicompressor on your bike it could work well
Sorry, forgot to specify its for DH racing. Just needs to shift for like 8 minutes then have your team mechanic swap in another bottle.
Thems fightin words
What, worse than supple? Worse than planing?
650b is slower than 700c ?
unless…
650b was a great idea, the slow boil from “fat tires not necessarily slower” to “just as fast or faster” was the really dumb part. After widespread acceptance by regular joes but stubborn refusal from actual fast people, the tired shtick of “they don’t understand/have to ride what sponsors say” isn’t really holding water anymore.
I’m waiting for Jan to get busted at PBP with a motor after a crash à la Ryder Hesjedal, while trying to run 50 hours on BSPs.
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fwiw i rode it for a week while riding an Allied All Road
I was way inclined to hate it when i first got on the bike. super expensive, not the easiest to work on, etc. once it was set up properly it felt kinda like SRAM mechanical, in that it’s fairly mechanical in feel and a lil bit clunky. that said i love how it felt going through the gears, and the shift action was really rewarding.
I’d take a hard look at buying a used group if i were in the market for a set of used dura ace or eTap HRD, but i’d most likely end up going eTap because it’s so much easier to install and maintain, and shift/brake performance is pretty much the same.
side bar: love the allied alfa all road though. can’t say enough good things about that bike
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Exactly what Alvz said
700c on smaller frames makes the geo suck though?
Yea, you’ve got to really embrace the toe overlap lifestyle with 700c on a teeny bicycle. But then there’s always 650c & 26", which don’t have the whole fat tire supple bullshit mystique around them.