Titan journeyed home ages ago - just a nice excuse to use those photos. Actually, few past things going on in this shots… I almost cried (and died) when the crotch in those Leatt pants failed after a couple or few hundred wash-and-ride cycles (saddle ended up hooked through a hole in the crotch). Loved those pants. And I never ride trails with an open lid anymore.
Re. Rifty, it’s the most recent fully I’ve spent time on and I ran a range of hub configurations on it, but that’s only the tip of the iceberg. I’d say that I have ridden variations of all the major suspension design and travel format combinations and enough examples of with both quick engaging hubs and longer uptake examples that I can concisely state I don’t notice a difference in suspension performance between different degrees of uptake.
I’m not saying other people don’t. I followed up with Ryan after his piece (because I’m hyper curious about most mountain bike stuff) and he’s noticing the difference between 0-to-20 and very quick engagements in specific circumstances under braking, charging, deep in his travel. Generally, at my level of skills/ability/trail processing when I find myself at that point I’m just trying to make it to the next section of trail - not thinking about how my hub being engaged is affecting how my bike is moving through it’s travel.
May 15, 2023, 6:19 a.m. - Andrew Major
Titan journeyed home ages ago - just a nice excuse to use those photos. Actually, few past things going on in this shots… I almost cried (and died) when the crotch in those Leatt pants failed after a couple or few hundred wash-and-ride cycles (saddle ended up hooked through a hole in the crotch). Loved those pants. And I never ride trails with an open lid anymore. Re. Rifty, it’s the most recent fully I’ve spent time on and I ran a range of hub configurations on it, but that’s only the tip of the iceberg. I’d say that I have ridden variations of all the major suspension design and travel format combinations and enough examples of with both quick engaging hubs and longer uptake examples that I can concisely state I don’t notice a difference in suspension performance between different degrees of uptake. I’m not saying other people don’t. I followed up with Ryan after his piece (because I’m hyper curious about most mountain bike stuff) and he’s noticing the difference between 0-to-20 and very quick engagements in specific circumstances under braking, charging, deep in his travel. Generally, at my level of skills/ability/trail processing when I find myself at that point I’m just trying to make it to the next section of trail - not thinking about how my hub being engaged is affecting how my bike is moving through it’s travel.