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biker21
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haggleman
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Crikey, not even 6 months into 2008 and 2009 forks out 
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dh_winner
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certainly looks interesting. only "F" range although it looks like quite a big range for that fork model. Are they dumping the "vanilla, tallis, float" names?
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Callum7
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crikeys not even half way through the year
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Wobbler
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kcuf 40 VUY BOZZZWEA
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FeHT
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| dh_winner wrote: | | certainly looks interesting. only "F" range although it looks like quite a big range for that fork model. Are they dumping the "vanilla, tallis, float" names? |
duh, click on to page 2...3..4...
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snr_merv
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| Wobbler wrote: | | kcuf 40 VUY BOZZZWEA |
What's sadder, your drunken vorbing or me reading it 
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Jono
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Al at Blueshark (the fox distributor for NZ) thinks that his shipment will be here in late june/early july.
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wachtourak
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What's this 15QR bollox
What's wrong with a 20mm QR axle like a maxle or summat
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Spokes
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| Posted: Sun 11th May 7:35am Post subject: |
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Well im starting to get 09 model bikes.
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chalky
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| Posted: Sun 11th May 9:00am Post subject: |
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| wachtourak wrote: | What's this 15QR bollox
What's wrong with a 20mm QR axle like a maxle or summat |
The new marzo 44 prototypes have that aswel, just seems pointless to me
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Nick_K
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While I'msure 15mm will be an improvement over qr, is it worth a new standard?
Some brands 08' forks aren't even out yet like the sids, so it does seem pretty early.
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Colin
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Stiffer than QR
Lighter than 20 mm
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wachtourak
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I don't really see how it would be much lighter, especially with that QR thing on the end. A normal 20mm axle made of aluminium doesn't weigh very much
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Nick_K
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| Colin wrote: | | Stiffer than QR |
Yes, according to fox "15QR is 25 percent stiffer in transverse shear and 15 percent stiffer in torsion than the standard open dropout quick-release versions, but only adds about 100g - excluding the hub but including the 15QR axle and standard skewer."
| Colin wrote: | | Lighter than 20 mm |
Is it really lighter?
Rockshox (who aren't using this new "standard" but ahve developed a lighter 20mm setup for xc/am) claim it won't be.
According to rockshox, "the new Maxle Lite axle assembly weighs just 84g, putting it about 10g lighter than the comparable 15QR assembly, while its industry-standard 20mm diameter sacrifices almost nothing in terms of stiffness relative to full-blown freeride and downhill versions. Rigney also insists that "optimized" 20mm thru-axle system weights (which include the fork and hub) are already very competitive."
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