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For All Inspired Riders, What Do You Want To See.


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What would you like to see?  

93 members have voted

  1. 1. Length of chainstays

    • Longer
      8
    • Same
      63
    • Shorter
      22
  2. 2. Weight VS Strength

    • Light Weight / brittlness (inevitably)
      42
    • Strength at the cost of extra weight
      51
  3. 3. Drop-Out design

    • Vertical
      34
    • Horizontal
      48
    • Undecided
      11
  4. 4. Would you like to see disk tabs?

    • Yes
      57
    • No
      17
    • Couldnt care.
      19
  5. 5. What brake design?

    • Vee
      24
    • Maggie
      58
    • Don't care.
      11


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I'd love it to have the opertunity to run the mech hanger on the left. So perhaps two of the same dropout with one blank and one hanger supplied with each frame. I'd give anything to run a left-hand drive side. Then trialtech could make some reverse thread cranks then there would be no problem.

It's a lot to ask, but i'd love it. Honestly though, i love my Inspired and enjoy riding it so much i wouldn't change the geo - i wouldn;;t know where to begin improving it!

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Gives you a problem with freehubs and BB's though?

i can flip my cassette pawls to work on the left so its possible, the bottom bracket could/would work loose but id keep an eye on that problem

only problem could be the chainline could be slightly out

Where do you get a left hand mech/tensioner?

hence the horizontal dropouts to pull the chain back

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I find the current geometry very good actually. Just have to get used to it.

As for brake mounts, I honestly think it would be very ugly having all 3 brake mounts in one. The round tubings on the Inspired makes it look clean all round, having the just the maggy mount makes it look right. Disc tabs would surely be a welcomed change of pace, but i'm neutral on that.

As for dropouts, I'm aware you guys know it's slightly angled?

I run 18:14 and I'm not using a tensioner. I know this sounds quite silly, but my hub isn't bolted at the end of the dropouts, but about 1mm off it. I'm treating the angled dropout like a "horizontal dropout". According to my friend, who's one of the most experienced bike mechanic and also one of the oldest trials rider at my side, there wouldn't be much of a compromise to the integrity of the dropout/frame. So it's perfectly alright, just as long as you don't over-exceed the limit and cause the wheel to dislodge from the dropout while riding, that'll be nasty.

So, this angled dropout is actually very good, compared to a straight-on vertical one. Reduces the chances of the wheel dislodging too. (Haven't heard of such cases, but it's still a good design.)

But having a Lesson 360 style dropout will be awesome.

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