An interesting element to this testing was that it was cold - as evidenced by the snow in the cover shot. SRAM engineers confirmed that buttercups aren’t as effective in the cold (without providing any quantitative data) so for normal operating temps the difference should be more pronounced.
I also missed an element of buttercups functionality until recently seeing a gif. I assumed it worked under compression but it is also functional during rebound. I’ll try and post the gif here.
Feb. 9, 2024, 8:19 a.m. - Cam McRae
An interesting element to this testing was that it was cold - as evidenced by the snow in the cover shot. SRAM engineers confirmed that buttercups aren’t as effective in the cold (without providing any quantitative data) so for normal operating temps the difference should be more pronounced. I also missed an element of buttercups functionality until recently seeing a gif. I assumed it worked under compression but it is also functional during rebound. I’ll try and post the gif here.