I had the privilege of riding this very bike in the Starling 0:53 parking lot. It accelerates like a rocket. It’s so amazing that one frame can be build up is so many exciting ways.
Each time Joe talks about wheel weight, I remember the articles of Bicycle Quarterly and Jan Heine, saying that wheel weight doesn't matter that much because bikes don't accelerate (or brake) as fast as a car or a motorcyle ... but from my personnal experience they make a bike much more faster than the same weight saved on the other parts of the bike ... I don't know wich one is true :D
Good point, i should clarify. For a road bike you are just overcoming losses, so agreed wheel weight has minimal impact. But for mountain bikes on rough terrain, every bump and lump acts to slow the wheel down. You are constantly having to put in energy to accelerate the wheels again. Lighter wheels need less energy!
What I’d like to do: Murmur (or possibly Twist…) frame, 2 different sets of suspension and wheels for enduro/ XC. The minimal time it would take me to swap that out seems well worth it!
My thoughts exactly. Was thinking an Ohlins 36 for the front. If I understand correctly, you can hot swap air spring cartridges without having to drop the lowers. If this is true, you could have their air shock on the rear for your trail setup and coil for enduro with a single fork for both (save time with not having to unbolt the front brake from the fork and realign the caliper). Could be quite the quiver…
"Not an enduro bike". Brother it's steel, I would be throwing myself off cliffs on this thing 🤪. I used to ride enduro trails on a 100mm 'XC' bike. Anyway looks like a blast.
