Ok, admittedly that cover photo *could* influence our survey results. And to be clear, we’re not picking on Evil or any other brand for that matter. Saying something isn’t useful doesn’t mean it has no purpose on a bike. Keeping with the example of internal cable routing, while it might not serve an overly functional purpose, it does serve an aesthetic one which plenty of riders clearly value.
Collectively we all have a pretty good understanding of what it is that mountain bikers value when it comes to gear. Now, let’s find out what you don’t think is particularly useful.
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I flip my "chip" on my Otso Voytek twice a year. I ride it all year, 29er in the summer, fat in the winter.
I love my electric shifting, it's like having perfectly setup cables and light consistent shift lever feel forever.
Now if I didn't need to keep replacing Cassettes and chains...
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Internal cable routing beats routing cables under the top tube when you have to carry your bike.
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These three are all pretty much useless though. Bikes work fine without them. Any benefit is marginal at best and outweighed by negatives.
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Internal cable routing was also not worth it due to the maintenance burden until the routing was internally guided, so it's no the longer the least useful.
I believe that the addition of electronics to the bike, when done well, are a net gain. I've ridden a DI2 road bike, an AXS mtb bike, and a Fox Live Valve bike. I was able to appreciate the improvements these technologies brought to the bikes.
I think in-frame storage is probably the most useful innovation in recent years. I want my next bike to have this feature. I'm sure I'll appreciate the in-frame storage over attaching a bag to the frame.
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Pessoal do Singletracks, muito obrigado pelos adesivos.
Sucesso sempre pessoal
Thank's....
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Glad you received the stickers in Portugal, cheers!
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Valeu brother....
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Carbon does have a number of disadvantages: durability, environmental impact, service life, splintering, high cost relative to steel and alloy, and an ability to catastrophically fail with zero warning.
Some people will say vibration dampening, but they're wrong; vibration dampening has nothing to do with the material used.
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Carbon is used so widely it seems like there's got to be at least one pretty compelling reason that it's favored...
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Ultimately I'd like to see 3d printed titanium replace carbon entirely as the premium bike material. Maybe 10years from now that will be the case, hopefully.
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Internal routing, electronic shifting, Strava, electric motors, rear suspension and all that goes with it...
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