Comments on: Trek Teases Steel Full Suspension Bike, But Production May Be a PipeDream https://bikerumor.com/trek-teases-steel-full-suspension-bike-pipedream/ All the best cycling news, tech, rumors and reviews Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:26:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Steelian https://bikerumor.com/trek-teases-steel-full-suspension-bike-pipedream/#comment-3530610 Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:26:07 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=372150#comment-3530610 Hey Trek, 2018 called, they want their HT angle back. Plenty of more modern geo steel full squish bikes out there. Stick to your lane Trek….

]]> By: John https://bikerumor.com/trek-teases-steel-full-suspension-bike-pipedream/#comment-3530562 Sun, 10 Nov 2024 16:23:24 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=372150#comment-3530562 I support the move to make more bike parts out of steel when it makes sense. Whatever will be easiest to manufacturer in the US will be the affordable option, whereas all the high-end carbon and aluminum stuff coming from China will soon have monster tariffs on them. Plus, steel can be recycled easily…

]]> By: Robin https://bikerumor.com/trek-teases-steel-full-suspension-bike-pipedream/#comment-3530559 Sun, 10 Nov 2024 04:06:55 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=372150#comment-3530559 In reply to PoulHansen.

98% of all statistics quoted online are made up on the spot. As it happens, nearly 100% of dampening is the result of fluids contacting wettable surfaces. On a bike, 100% damping comes from materials or systems that display hysteresis via deformation or movement: tires, suspension components, seatpost, the rider, etc.

]]> By: Robin https://bikerumor.com/trek-teases-steel-full-suspension-bike-pipedream/#comment-3530558 Sun, 10 Nov 2024 04:00:03 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=372150#comment-3530558 In reply to Luiggi.

How is steel a scam? Sure the steel is real motto is dumb on an objective level, but steel frames are not scams. You do realize, don’t you, that frame material is not what drives frame performance, right? Its geometry, tube shape, tube diameter, tube thickness, and QC–including frame alignment–that dominate frame performance.

]]> By: Luiggi https://bikerumor.com/trek-teases-steel-full-suspension-bike-pipedream/#comment-3530546 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 23:36:07 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=372150#comment-3530546 We need to stop scamming with the steel is real motto for at least two years.

]]> By: Cptncrunch https://bikerumor.com/trek-teases-steel-full-suspension-bike-pipedream/#comment-3530539 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 12:33:59 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=372150#comment-3530539 In reply to PoulHansen.

If you dampen steel it might….rust.

]]> By: PoulHansen https://bikerumor.com/trek-teases-steel-full-suspension-bike-pipedream/#comment-3530529 Thu, 07 Nov 2024 22:17:49 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=372150#comment-3530529 “Natural dampening of steel”?? What for? 99% of dampening comes from full suspension, big tyres and seatpost.

]]> By: ScottyG https://bikerumor.com/trek-teases-steel-full-suspension-bike-pipedream/#comment-3530528 Thu, 07 Nov 2024 21:54:25 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=372150#comment-3530528 All about the Steel FS Squish!! 😉

]]> By: Tom Wenzel https://bikerumor.com/trek-teases-steel-full-suspension-bike-pipedream/#comment-3530521 Thu, 07 Nov 2024 18:12:58 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=372150#comment-3530521 In reply to Nathan.

Nostalgia does weird things to people, right? I heard Boeing is going to make a steel plane to cash in on being old school.

]]> By: Collin S https://bikerumor.com/trek-teases-steel-full-suspension-bike-pipedream/#comment-3530518 Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:01:59 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=372150#comment-3530518 There’s a brand called Pipedream cycles, so I think Trek would have a hard time actually selling this bike with that name.

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