Blog http://blog.rushsportscycling.com RushSports Cycling Blog Tue, 08 May 2012 09:59:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Onza Canis 29 x 2.25″ Tries http://blog.rushsportscycling.com/2012/05/08/onza-canis-29-x-2-25-tries/ http://blog.rushsportscycling.com/2012/05/08/onza-canis-29-x-2-25-tries/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 09:59:00 +0000 andre http://blog.rushsportscycling.com/?p=1508 With the 2012 Joberg2C mountain bike stage race in our rear-view-mirror and the Sani2C now on our doorstep, we have many people asking us for advice on what marathon tires they ought to be using on their 29″ mountainbikes. With the Rush Sports HQ located just a short 30min drive from the hub of KZN’s best mountain-bike trails, we get to spend most of our leisure time on the same dust and dirt thousands of Sani2C entrants will be swallowing in a few weeks. For us, tire choice in the autumn months is quite simple: you want something that is going to roll fast over dry & hardpack terrain, handle loose & powdery dirt, and most importantly a tire that is reliable and has sufficient puncture protection. The Onza Canis checks all of these boxes in superb Swiss style without the hefty price-tag usually associated with European tires. Check out this brief video as Andre runs through the basics:

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Fabien Barel on-board testing with Brake AuthorityFabien, “testing.” Photo courtesy of Greg Germain.

The aim of these test sessions, organized at least twice a year, is to link the feedback from the riders to our lab testing and simulations. Because of this approach, our pads are continuously evolving, often by small touches that we believe in the end makes all the difference.

Under the watchful eye of the double World Champion (and our R&D Manager) Fabien Barel, our most recent test session took place in Peille in the south of France. Over two days our engineers worked with our technical partners, motorbike telemetry specialists, Tecmas to evaluate a dozen prototypes pads of different potential evolutions. They all had different compounds – mixtures of sintered metal ores. The one thing they all had in common was that they don’t contain nickel as we believe it causes too much damage to the environment.

Fabien Barels Mondraker test bike.
Close-ups up Fabien Barels Mondraker test bike.Fabien’s Mondraker bike with the test equipment mounted on it.Photos courtesy of Greg Germain.

It was a blind-test and we used three different riders of different levels – a recreational rider, an occasional racer and, well, Fabien Barel. The onboard equipment measured temperatures, pressure on the master cylinder lever, on the caliper pistons, the length and the power of the braking sequences. The testers completed a form at the end of each run to give us accurate and as detailed feedback as possible. We asked them to focus on five areas : power, feel, braking progressiveness and control, comfort and eventually noise and vibrations.

Examing the data.
Manuo Gauzy giving feedback about the compounds.Examining the data and taking feedback from the riders. Photos courtesy of Greg Germain.

Once again this test session allowed us to close off a few ideas that didn’t work so well and put forward new directions we can follow to improve further the performances of our products.

Our Burly, Aggressive or Aggressive Ceramic pads are designed to be universal and suit every type of riding but with noticeable differences between models. So if your riding is essentially XC, there’s no point in getting the Aggressive Ceramic, and on the extreme, if you’re a DH rider at an international level, we designed our Aggressive Ceramic with you in mind.

Fabien Barel on-board testing with Brake Authority
Fabien Barel on-board testing with Brake AuthorityPhotos courtesy of Greg Germain.

The next on board test session is already booked for next autumn.

Brake Authority, Performance and Respect.

]]> http://blog.rushsportscycling.com/2012/04/13/brake-authority-talk-about-testing-with-fabien-barel/feed/ 0 Yeti/ Fox Racing Shox team recap from Pietermaritzburg World Cup http://blog.rushsportscycling.com/2012/04/05/yeti-fox-racing-shox-team-recap-from-pietermaritzburg-world-cup/ http://blog.rushsportscycling.com/2012/04/05/yeti-fox-racing-shox-team-recap-from-pietermaritzburg-world-cup/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:31:23 +0000 andre http://blog.rushsportscycling.com/?p=1491 There are not many mountain bike teams in the world who, over an extended period of time, have scouted, discovered and nurtured tallent as well as Yeti. With old talent finding new focus, and new talent finding old experience I think they may be a team to be reckoned with once again… Watch their team recap from the season opener:

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Tip 1: Cleaning your reservoir

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Tip 2: Cleaning your “Better Bottle”

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Tip 3: Cleaning your “Podium Bottle”

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