But it would be fantastic on my Soon to arrive Scapel. Perfect for marathon racing!! Thumbs up to SRAM for ditching the Front Mech.
After the first post I initially thought that iwas some sort of sliding pulley system where the pulleys run in toward a centre on a slotted path. The gear ratio could be altered by moving the pulleys in toward the centre or away from it creating a sort of CVT. But this would do something similar. Perhaps now we can get 8 speed cassettes back??
I never seem to hit derailleur cables that run under the BB.
The pic shows the FR/DH version. The XC version is coming but it requires an ISG mount on the BB.
I got the whole run down on it from someone who has ridden it and spent some days with it. I trust his word and he says it's definately the future for FR/DH bikes.
Will have to wait for the XC version to judge. I imagine that there would be more friction losses so maybe not ideal for XC just yet.
I see that already others are making their own versions, this is the new Bionicon and Nicolai designed B-Boxx to be brought out at Eurobike in September.
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