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[ashes_mtb]

Holy chain wear batman... so much frictions

Isn’t it exactly the same as any other high pivot, but with bigger cogs so less friction?

Edit - might actually be less than a standard derailleur and high pivot. Chainring, one derailleur pulley and one idler pulley. Perhaps a bit more wrap on the cassette itself, but might be better than it looks at first glance.

 

[beeb]

Que?

It rotates around the BB, and the range of motion typically positions the idler somewhere above(ish) the BB.

 

[beeb]

Double chain slap on unprotected alloy…nice.
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A lot of conventional bikes are like that though.

This thing for example would slap on both the chainstay and the seatstay and neither have protection:

 

[Tubbsy]

This thing for example would slap on both the chainstay and the seatstay and neither have protection:

And what kind of slapper would buy a thing like that..

 

[beeb]

And what kind of slapper would buy a thing like that..

The kind of person who lusts after a burly steel & alloy MTB frame, a big fork, coil shock and then fits tiny, barely physically existing XC rotors to stay true to their lycra-shod gram-saving self.

 

[Tubbsy]

 

[Rorschach]

Nicolai Nucleon 16: Enduro-Bike mit revolutionärem Antrieb und High Pivot

Mit dem Nucleon 16 stellen die Schweißexperten von Nicolai ein revolutionäres Enduro-Bike vor. Alle Infos zum Nicolai Nucleon 16 gibt's hier.

www.mtb-news.de

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How many chains do you need to link to make this thing go?
Great looking bike though - love the look of Nicolais

 

[birddog69]

And what kind of slapper would buy a thing like that..

One who won't buy protection.

 

[pink poodle]

Double chain slap on unprotected alloy…nice.
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Surely you have a few inner tubes laying around?

 

[moorey]

All I’m saying is that it’s unusual for a boutique bike with idler running along the frame to not have fancy integrated/engineered protection.

First rule of Farkin:
Don’t criticize Nicolai.

 

[Wake Jake]

Pre-production bike by all accounts so might explain lack of of protection.

Close to putting a deposit an XXL frame

 

[beeb]

Nicolai Nucleon 16: Enduro-Bike mit revolutionärem Antrieb und High Pivot

Mit dem Nucleon 16 stellen die Schweißexperten von Nicolai ein revolutionäres Enduro-Bike vor. Alle Infos zum Nicolai Nucleon 16 gibt's hier.

www.mtb-news.de

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At first I was like "Damn, that thing looks slick! Just looks so low slung and purposeful, and the tech is brilliant...".

After several hours I now find myself upset they didn't go to the trouble of finding a colour-matched blue O-ring for the fork.

For shame. 10/10 would not buy.

 

[yuley95]

Pre-production bike by all accounts so might explain lack of of protection.

Close to putting a deposit an XXL frame

What’s the reach on an XXL Nicolai? 700mm??? That’s just showing off

 

[yuley95]

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Bring him to meeee.

 

[Wake Jake]

What’s the reach on an XXL Nicolai? 700mm??? That’s just showing off

555mm!

 

[Oddjob]

555mm!

Holy Shit! Are you in the NBA?

Is it dual crown approved?

There was a really great podcast by Pinkbike with the engineer who designed the system https://m.pinkbike.com/news/the-pin...e-the-future-of-trouble-free-drivetrains.html. He basically said the system had less friction than a standard system due to the size of the rollers. Given that Nicolai are total engineering nerds, I suspect the designer knows his shit.

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[yuley95]

Holy Shit! Are you in the NBA?

But is it dual crown approved?

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Why? Have you seen a sweet set of dual crown forks for sale recently that would suit it???

 

[Wake Jake]

Holy Shit! Are you in the NBA?

Is it dual crown approved?

There was a really great podcast by Pinkbike with the engineer who designed the system https://m.pinkbike.com/news/the-pin...e-the-future-of-trouble-free-drivetrains.html. He basically said the system had less friction than a standard system due to the size of the rollers. Given that Nicolai are total engineering nerds, I suspect the designer knows his shit.

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Not NBA but run a super short stem at 6'4"

Waiting confirmation on the DC approval which will sway my decision. There is a gearbox bike coming mid next year.

Large pulleys like the Contra Bikes proto type. Drag is negligible. More optics.

 

[Tubbsy]

Waiting confirmation on the DC approval which will sway my decision. There is a gearbox bike coming mid next year.

Is that the one with the gearbox of their own design?

 

[Oddjob]

Not NBA but run a super short stem at 6'4"

Waiting confirmation on the DC approval which will sway my decision. There is a gearbox bike coming mid next year.

Large pulleys like the Contra Bikes proto type. Drag is negligible. More optics.

Jesus fucking Christ. If my wife found out I bought fancier versions of a bike and fork I already own...

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