Greg Minnaar rides SRAM..... and .....

[Guest Big H]

En watse ding is 'n "freecaster" ....'n nuwe soort viskatrol .....mmmmmm??????

[DownhillingKing]

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[Iwan Kemp]

Plenty of the pro downhillers run a 10spd cassette. Not sure if Greg does , but the most of the SRAM guys have been using Red cassette for a while specially for the way it sheds mud. They then use modified shifters.

 

 

 

10spd cassette with double makes sense to me. Maybe not for the extra gear, but rather for closer ratios.

[Tumbleweed]

En watse ding is 'n "freecaster" ....'n nuwe soort viskatrol .....mmmmmm??????

 

made by shimano!

freecaster is sorta an online tv station.

[Kiwi]

SRAM have been making a double tap thumb shifter for flat bar bikes for a while. The only thing that's been missing is a 10 speed 11-36 cassette. Apparently Shimano has one of those now too... Rumour is there will be an electronic XTR 10 speed system next year!

[Iwan Kemp]

http://bicycling.com/blogs/millimeters/2009/05/27/sram-xx-part-ii/

 

 

 

* The goal was to make All 10 cogs of the cassette usable in the big ring, and the top eight cogs available in the small ring. Depending on the bike, all 10 cogs may be available in the small ring as well.

 

* Some of SRAM?s Blackbox DH racers have been racing 10-speed using a modified X.0 trigger and rear derailleur with a Red (road) cassette. Now that XX is public, the racers may go to XX shifter, Red rear derailleur and Red cassette. * The ?open? cassette has better mud clearance than 9s designs says SRAM. Mud doesn?t pack in between cogs: once inside the cassette, it?s spit out. ?It?s like a salad spinner?s.

 

* Made from heat treated 4140 steel. Largest cog is 7075 T6.

 

* SRAM says if they made the cassette solid instead, like a Red cassette, of the intricately machined lattice work, it could be even lighter because the walls would be thinner. However, they were worried about mud clearance, so they chose the heavier, open design."

 

 

 

 

[Guest Big H]

Plenty of the pro downhillers run a 10spd cassette. Not sure if Greg does ' date=' but the most of the SRAM guys have been using Red cassette for a while specially for the way it sheds mud. They then use modified shifters.

10spd cassette with double makes sense to me. Maybe not for the extra gear, but rather for closer ratios.[/quote']

 

SRAM does have a 10 speed shifter that they marketed as a "flat bar shifter".... sure that can be used for MTB as well??????

[Guest Big H]

Plenty of the pro downhillers run a 10spd cassette. Not sure if Greg does ' date=' but the most of the SRAM guys have been using Red cassette for a while specially for the way it sheds mud. They then use modified shifters.

10spd cassette with double makes sense to me. Maybe not for the extra gear, but rather for closer ratios.[/quote']

 

SRAM does have a 10 speed shifter that they marketed as a "flat bar shifter".... sure that can be used for MTB as well??????

 

Sorry Kiwi.... did not see you already posted it!!!!!!

[Jan Begemann]

Many downhill riders use 10-speed cassettes, no matter if Shimano or Sram. Both offer 10-speed flat bar shifters you can use on a mtb. The reason for 10-speed:

 

1. A 10-speed road cassette is lighter than a 9-speed mtb cassette.

 

2. There is no point in a 32T sprocket on a downhill, so if you run a 11-32T cassette you just use 4 or 5 gears. A road cassette of 11-23T makes a lot more sense.

 

3. There is always marketing involved! Obviously riding something "different" always gets attention. Riders like Greg Minnaar are pro riders. This means they have contracts with their sponsors. And if Sram tells him to ride 10-speed cassettes, Greg must ride 10-speed. If he could just ride what he'd like to ride I guess you'd still see him on a Honda bike.

[Capricorn]

Thanks Jan and Crow. I forgot about the close ratio clusters, which makes every since for a DH specific bike. but for those who cant afford two bikes, those 11-34T casettes are a big help on the climbs.

[Guest Big H]

Thanks Jan and Crow. I forgot about the close ratio clusters' date=' which makes every since for a DH specific bike. but for those who cant afford two bikes, those 11-34T casettes are a big help on the climbs. [/quote']

 

..... again , elementary my dear Watson.

 

Signed

 

Sherlock Holmes (Esquire)

[Capricorn]

Big H. your proctologist called. They found the remains of your brains..

[Guest Big H]

Big H. your proctologist called. They found the remains of your brains..

 

Have you found a sponsor yet???????????...... so you can realx and not crit others propogating their sponsors!!!!!!!

 

Must be yucky falling down hill and you only have one gear???????

[Capricorn]

if i look back at my posts, it's only you bitching about how unfair sponsorship is. Nor have i ever criticised others for having sponsors and doing what they told. Only you.

 

it's propagate, not propogate

it's promoting, not propagate

oh, and u trying really too hard. and failing.

[Guest Big H]

if i look back at my posts' date=' it's only you bitching about how unfair sponsorship is. Nor have i ever criticised others for having sponsors and doing what they told. Only you.

it's propagate, not propogate

it's promoting, not propagate

oh, and u trying really too hard. and failing.

[/quote']

 

Is it tostesterone or testosterone you are using?????? and which name did you post under previously..... You sound familiar??????