It's not a long term review. It's just a preview of a bike that we will conduct a long term review on.
I had similar thoughts about the 4 bar durability. I expressed surprise when they mentioned this and they spoke to some things they learned with the Aurum HSP. They felt they could get better durability out of this design and I didn't challenge them on it.
I hear you on chainring size. This is what I was getting at when I spoke about the ability to optimize around the idler rather than a chainring but I wasn't explicit. It's a good point to make all on its own.
On braking. Man. If you think people misunderstand anti-squat, that's got nothing on anti-rise. My feeling is that it's not quite as simple as high pivot bad, single pivot bad, horst link good. Looking back through the media kit, I don't see any mention of braking. I'm going to guess that's because there's not much to it. But I can ask!
Oct. 14, 2020, 5:14 p.m. - Dave Tolnai
It's not a long term review. It's just a preview of a bike that we will conduct a long term review on. I had similar thoughts about the 4 bar durability. I expressed surprise when they mentioned this and they spoke to some things they learned with the Aurum HSP. They felt they could get better durability out of this design and I didn't challenge them on it. I hear you on chainring size. This is what I was getting at when I spoke about the ability to optimize around the idler rather than a chainring but I wasn't explicit. It's a good point to make all on its own. On braking. Man. If you think people misunderstand anti-squat, that's got nothing on anti-rise. My feeling is that it's not quite as simple as high pivot bad, single pivot bad, horst link good. Looking back through the media kit, I don't see any mention of braking. I'm going to guess that's because there's not much to it. But I can ask!