Lighter forks.
Lighter cranks.
Like my man Charles Oakley once said, "if it ain't broke, break it." Or at least triple-butt and flute it and drill it out. (What caliber are those cranks, anyway?)
At least the crank update makes sense. Profile cranks have been more or less the same since Eric Rupe was running a JESUS LIVES number plate, and people have been running hollow spindles for years. But the forks? Ain't gonna lie, they scare me. Sub two-pound forks and sub four-pound frames strike me as taking unnecessary risks for minimal gain. I guess that's an arbitrary number, and maybe these forks will be as safe as houses. Maybe two years from now one-pound forks will be the norm, and these will seem laughably heavy.
But somehow I doubt it.
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7 comments:
the gun reference makes those cranks more street.
actually, I'm into this change, as I'll be less tempted to buy expensive and sketchy ti spindles.
Gold.
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And what did Profile do as "the first product upgrade in years"?
They added a hole.
Hands up, who wants to be the one to roadtest those forks? Anyone? No?
Hands up, who wants to be the one to Watch Natasha Naked? Anyone? No?
I just hope you'll need to go through a background check to buy Profiles.
"With the emphasis on lighter BMX and MTB components, Profile Racing is constantly researching and designing lighter parts while maintaining strength."
I find this hard to believe, (or rather convenient to believe, since this kind of bullshit came from Profile).
So they remove some material nearer the axis of deflection, but it maintained in 'strength"? Though the material near the axis doesn't contribute much in reducing deflection/making it stiffer/'stronger', but machining away any remaining material away from the farthest center of the axis doesn't really maintain any strength by a long shot compared to their 'solider' axles.
Where did they study engineering, "Engineering School of Bollocks?"
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