Ke hoʻomau nei ka ʻoihana paikikala i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā ʻenehana paikikala hou a me nā hana hou. He maikaʻi ka hapa nui o kēia holomua a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kā mākou mau paikikala a me ka leʻaleʻa e holo ai, akā ʻaʻole ia ka hihia mau. ʻO kā mākou ʻike hou ʻana i nā hopena make o ka ʻenehana he hōʻike ia.
Eia nō naʻe, hana pinepine nā lama paikikala i ka pololei, ʻoi aku paha ma mua o nā paikikala ma waho o ke alanui, ka mea i kēia manawa ʻaʻole like me nā mea a mākou i holo ai i hoʻokahi ʻumi makahiki i hala.
I ka mea he moa a he hua manu paha, ua lilo ka heihei paikikala mauna cross-country i mea ʻenehana a wikiwiki hoʻi - e like me ka hōʻike ʻana o ka hoʻāʻo kaʻapuni ʻo Izu ma nā ʻOlumepika Tokyo 2020 - a ua lilo nā paikikala i mea ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki. ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki o ka ʻike.
Ua loli kokoke i nā ʻano āpau o ka MTB ma waho o ke alanui i nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala iho nei, mai ka geometry MTB lōʻihi a palupalu hoʻi hiki ke ʻokiʻoki iā ia ma nā iho iho loea a me nā ʻāpana pōhaku ʻoiai e wikiwiki ana i ka piʻi ʻana) i kahi handlebar e like me ka laulā o kekahi mau kaʻa. ʻO ke kaʻa mauna enduro maikaʻi loa.
ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo ua hoka mākou. ʻO kēia mau hoʻololi e hoʻolilo i ka holo ʻana ma waho o ke alanui a me ka nānā ʻana i mea leʻaleʻa a, i kekahi kekelē, e hoʻomākaukau i ke ala no nā paikikala ma waho o ke alanui e hoʻohui i nā ʻāpana maikaʻi loa o nā paikikala XC a me nā paikikala ma waho o ke alanui.
No laila, me kēlā mau mea āpau i ka noʻonoʻo, eia nā ʻano ʻeono e loli nei nā paikikala ma waho o ke alanui, a no ke aha he mea maikaʻi ia no kēlā me kēia mea holo paikikala. Inā makemake ʻoe e aʻo hou e pili ana i nā paikikala XC, e ʻike pono e nānā i kā mākou alakaʻi kūʻai i nā paikikala ma waho o ke alanui maikaʻi loa.
ʻO ka loli koʻikoʻi loa paha i nā paikikala XC ʻo ia ka nui o nā huila, me nā paikikala mauna ma waho o ke alanui kiʻekiʻe e hoʻohana ana i nā huila 29-ʻīniha.
I ka nānā ʻana i nā makahiki he 10 i hala, ʻoiai e hoʻomaka ana nā mea holo lio he nui e ʻike i nā pono o 29 ʻīniha, nui ka poʻe e paʻakikī mau ana i ka nui liʻiliʻi, a hiki i kēlā manawa, ʻo ka nui maʻamau 26 ʻīniha.
I kēia manawa, e hilinaʻi nō hoʻi kēlā i nā koi kākoʻo. Inā ʻaʻole hana kāu mea kākoʻo i kahi 29er, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke holo iā ia ʻoiai inā makemake ʻoe. Akā, ʻoiai ke aha, hauʻoli ka nui o nā mea hoʻokele e pili i kā lākou ʻike.
A, he kumu maikaʻi ko lākou. Ua lōʻihi ka manawa o ka ʻoihana paikikala e hoʻoponopono i ke ʻano o ka 29ers a me nā ʻāpana. Hiki ke palupalu nā huila, a hiki i ka lawelawe ʻana ke waiho iki i ka makemake ʻole ʻia, no laila ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha ke kānalua nei kekahi poʻe holo.
Eia nō naʻe, i ka makahiki 2011, ʻo ia ka mea holo mua e lanakila i ka Cross Country World Cup ma luna o kahi paikikala 29-ʻīniha. A laila lanakila ʻo ia i ka mekala gula cross-country ʻOlumepika Lākana 2012 ma kahi 29er (Specialized S-Works Epic). Mai ia manawa, ua lilo mālie nā huila 29-ʻīniha i mea maʻamau i ka heihei XC.
E wikiwiki i kēia manawa, a e ʻae ka hapa nui o nā mea holo i nā pono o nā huila 29-'īniha no ka heihei XC. ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki o ka ʻōwili ʻana, hāʻawi i ka ʻoi aku ka ume a hoʻonui i ka ʻoluʻolu.
ʻO kekahi hoʻololi nui no nā paikikala lepo (a me nā paikikala mauna ma ke ʻano laulā) ʻo ia ka hiki ʻana mai o nā pahu paikikala mauna me kahi kia, kahi kaulahao ma ke alo a me kahi cassette ākea ma ke kua, ʻo ia hoʻi kahi sprocket niho liʻiliʻi 10 ma kekahi ʻaoʻao me kahi sprocket niho nui 50-niho ma kekahi ʻaoʻao.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hele mamao loa e ʻike i kahi paikikala ala me kahi crankset ʻekolu ma mua. Hoʻomanaʻo kekahi lālā o ka hui BikeRadar i kā lākou paikikala off-road mua, i puka mai i ka makahiki 2012, me kahi crankset ʻekolu.
Hiki i nā kaulahao ʻekolu a me nā kaulahao pālua ke hāʻawi i ka mea holo me kahi laulā maikaʻi o nā kia a me ka mamao maʻemaʻe no ka cadence kūpono, akā ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka mālama ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i kahi hana maikaʻi.
E like me nā mea hou a pau, i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai kona hoʻololi ʻana i hoʻokahi ma ka makahiki 2012, ʻaʻole maopopo ka nui o nā mea holo lio no ka mea, ʻo ka manaʻo maʻamau, ʻaʻole e hana maoli nā hoʻololi 11 ma kahi ala ma waho o ke alanui.
Akā, ua hoʻomaka mālie nā poʻe loea a me nā mea leʻaleʻa e ʻike i nā pono o kēlā me kēia. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ke kau ʻana i nā Drivetrains, maʻalahi ka mālama ʻana a me ka hoʻemi ʻana i ke kaumaha me ka mālama ʻana i kāu paikikala i ka maʻemaʻe. Hiki nō hoʻi i nā mea hana paikikala ke kūkulu i nā paikikala hoʻokuʻu piha maikaʻi no ka mea ʻaʻohe derailleur mua e hana i kahi no ka shock hope.
Hiki ke nui iki aʻe ka lele ʻana ma waena o nā lakio kia, akā ʻaʻohe mea mālama a makemake paha i ka mamao paʻa e hāʻawi ʻia e nā apo kaulahao pālua a ʻekolu paha.
I ko mākou hele ʻana i kekahi heihei ma waho o ke alanui i kēia lā, manaʻo mākou he cog kēlā me kēia paikikala, he mea maikaʻi ia i ko mākou manaʻo.
He laʻana maikaʻi loa ʻo Geometry o ke ʻano e hiki ai i ka ʻenehana paikikala ke hoʻomau i nā koi o ke aʻo ʻana a hoʻomau i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana. I ka lilo ʻana o ka heihei ma waho o ke alanui i ʻoi aku ka ʻino a me ka ʻenehana, ua ulu nā lama ma ka hana ʻana i kā lākou mau paikikala i ʻoi aku ka kūpono no ka iho ʻana i lalo me ka mālama ʻana i ka hana piʻi.
ʻO kahi laʻana maikaʻi loa o ke ʻano o ke kaʻa paikikala off-road o kēia wā ʻo Specialized Epic hou loa ia, e wehewehe ana i ka nui o ka ulu ʻana o nā lako off-road.
He kūpono loa ka Epic no nā koi wikiwiki a me nā koi loea o ke alanui waho o kēia au. He kihi poʻo palupalu kona he 67.5-degere, me kahi kihi noho nui he 470mm a me kahi kihi noho piʻi (ʻoi aku) he 75.5-degere. ʻO nā mea maikaʻi a pau i ka wā e hehi ana a iho wikiwiki ana.
Ua like ka Epic o ka makahiki 2012 me ka mana hou. ʻO ke kihi o ka ʻōmole poʻo 70.5-degere e ʻoi ai ka paikikala i nā huli, akā hoʻolilo nō hoʻi ia i mea hilinaʻi ʻole i ka iho ʻana i lalo.
ʻOi aku ka pōkole o ka hiki ʻana ma 438mm, a ua palupalu iki ke kihi o ka noho ma 74 degere. Hiki i ke kihi noho palupalu ke hoʻolilo iā ʻoe i mea paʻakikī ke loaʻa kahi kūlana kūpono e hehi ai i ka pedal ma ka bracket lalo.
Pēlā nō, ʻo ka mea hou he paikikala XC ʻē aʻe nona ka geometry i loli. ʻOi aku ka lohi o ke kihi o ka ʻōmole poʻo ma mua o ke kumu hoʻohālike ma mua, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka piʻi o ke kihi o ka noho ma 1 degere.
He mea kūpono ke hoʻomaopopo ʻana e kahakiʻi ana mākou i nā laina mānoanoa ma ʻaneʻi. Ma waho aʻe o nā helu geometry a mākou e ʻōlelo nei ma ʻaneʻi, aia kekahi mau helu a me nā kumu ʻē aʻe e hoʻopilikia ai i ke ʻano o ka lawelawe ʻana o kahi paikikala ma waho o ke alanui, akā ʻaʻohe mea e hōʻole ana ua ulu ka geometry XC hou e hoʻolilo i kēia mau paikikala i mea hilahila ʻole i ka wā e holo ana i lalo.
Manaʻo mākou inā ʻoe e haʻi aku i kekahi mea holo ʻOlumepika 2021 e pono lākou e heihei ma ka laholio paʻa, e huhū loa lākou. Akā, he mea maʻamau ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā kaila 9 mau makahiki a me nā kaila lahilahi, a hele mai ka mea lanakila 2012 me nā kaila 2-'īniha.
I loko o nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala iho nei, ua nui aʻe ke ʻano o nā kaila ma ke ʻano he paikikala, mai ka holo alanui a i ka XC, a ʻo nā kaila paikikala mauna maikaʻi loa i kēia lā he paʻa loa ia.
ʻO ka naʻauao maʻamau ma mua, ʻo nā kaila haiki e ʻōwili wikiwiki a mālama iā ʻoe i kahi kaumaha iki. He mea nui nā mea ʻelua i ka heihei ma waho o ke alanui, akā ʻoiai hiki i nā kaila haiki ke mālama iā ʻoe i kekahi kaumaha, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kaila ākea ma aneane nā ʻano ʻē aʻe.
ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki o ka ʻōwili ʻana, hāʻawi i ka paʻa ʻana, hāʻawi i ka ʻoluʻolu, a hiki ke hōʻemi i ka manawa kūpono o ka puka ʻana i ka manawa kūpono ʻole. Maikaʻi nā mea a pau no ka mea hoʻokūkū ma waho o ke alanui e ulu ana.
Aia nō kekahi hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana i ka huila hea ka wikiwiki loa, a ʻaʻole paha he pane maopopo i kēlā nīnau. Akā i kēia manawa, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mea holo kaʻa e koho nei i nā huila 2.3-ʻīniha a i ʻole 2.4-ʻīniha no ka heihei XC.
Ua holo mākou i kā mākou mau hoʻokolohua ponoʻī ma nā laulā o nā kaila, e ʻimi ana i nā nui wikiwiki loa o nā kaila no nā paikikala mauna a me ka nui wikiwiki loa o nā kaila no ke alanui ʻole. Inā ʻoe e ana ana i nā kaila nou iho, e hōʻoia e heluhelu pū i kā mākou alakaʻi kaomi kaila MTB.
E like me ka ʻōlelo a kekahi ma kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni e pili ana i nā nananana, "me ka mana nui e hele mai ai ke kuleana nui" a pēlā nō hoʻi no nā paikikala off-road hou.
ʻO kāu mau kaila i hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia, ke ʻano a me ka nui o ka huila e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka manawa kūpono e holo wikiwiki ma mua o ka wā ma mua. Akā pono ʻoe e hiki ke hoʻomalu i kēlā mana - a no kēlā, pono ʻoe i nā handlebars ākea.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hele mamao loa e ʻike i kahi paikikala me ka handlebar ʻoi aku ka lahilahi ma mua o 700mm. Ke nānā hou aku nei, hoʻomaka lākou e emi ma lalo o 600mm.
I kēia au o nā kaola ākea, e noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe no ke aha e holo ai kekahi i kahi laulā haiki? ʻĀ, ʻoi aku ka lohi o nā wikiwiki i kēlā manawa, a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā iho ʻana. Eia kekahi, he mea ia e hoʻohana mau ai ka poʻe, no ke aha e hoʻololi ai?
ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi no kākou a pau, i ka piʻi ʻana o ka wikiwiki, pēlā nō hoʻi ka laulā o ko kākou ʻauamo lima, a ua piha nā paikikala XC he nui me nā ʻauamo lima 740mm a i ʻole 760mm i hiki ʻole ke noʻonoʻo ʻia i nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala.
ʻAno like me nā kaila ākea, ua lilo nā handlebars ākea i mea maʻamau ma ke kahua paikikala mauna. Hāʻawi lākou iā ʻoe i ka mana hou aʻe ma luna o nā ʻāpana loea a hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kūpono o ke paikikala, a manaʻo kekahi poʻe holo e kōkua ka laulā keu i ka wehe ʻana i ka umauma no ka hanu ʻana.
Ua piʻi nui ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala iho nei. Mai ka laka uila a Fox a hiki i nā haʻalulu māmā a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi, ʻaʻohe nīnau he ʻoi aku ka ʻoluʻolu o nā paikikala o kēia lā ma nā ʻāina pali a ʻenehana paha.
ʻO kēia mau hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻenehana hoʻokuʻu, me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he ʻoi aku ka loea o ke ala ma mua o ka wā ma mua, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o kou ʻike ʻana i kahi paikikala hoʻokuʻu piha ma mua o kahi paikikala hardtail i kahi heihei XC kiʻekiʻe.
He kūpono nā Hardtails no nā papa a mākou i ʻike ai ma ke alanui ʻole i hoʻokahi ʻumi makahiki a ʻoi aku paha i hala. I kēia manawa ua loli nā mea āpau. ʻOiai ʻo ia kekahi o nā papa loea ʻole ma ke kaapuni World Cup o kēia manawa, a hāpai i ka nīnau inā e koho i kahi paikikala hardtail a i ʻole kahi paikikala hoʻokuʻu piha (ua lanakila ʻo Victor i ka 2021 Men's Classic me kahi hardtail, lanakila i ka heihei Wahine hoʻokuʻu piha), koho ka hapa nui o nā mea holo i kēia manawa no nā wēlau ʻelua i ka hapa nui o nā heihei.
Mai kuhi hewa iā mākou, aia nō nā hardtails uila wikiwiki loa ma XC—ʻo ka BMC i hoʻolauna ʻia i ka makahiki i hala he hōʻike ia o nā hardtails ma waho o ke alanui holomua—akā ke aliʻi kiʻekiʻe nei nā paikikala hoʻokuʻu piha.
Ke holomua nei hoʻi ka huakaʻi. E lawe i ka Scott Spark RC hou - ke kaʻa paikikala i koho ʻia no. He 120mm kona o ka huakaʻi mua a me hope, ʻoiai ua maʻa mākou i ka ʻike ʻana i ka 100mm.
He aha nā hoʻomohala ʻē aʻe a mākou i ʻike ai i ka ʻenehana hoʻokuʻu? E lawe i ka Brain Suspension patented a Specialized, no ka laʻana. Hana ka hoʻolālā me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi valve inertia, kahi e laka pono ai i ka hoʻokuʻu no ʻoe ma ka ʻāina pālahalaha. E paʻi i kahi puʻupuʻu a wehe koke ka valve i ka hoʻokuʻu. Ma ke kumumanaʻo, he manaʻo akamai ia, akā i ka hana maoli, ua hāʻawi nā hana mua i ka lolo i kekahi mau mea hahai honua.
ʻO ka hoʻopiʻi nui loa, ʻo ia ke kani nui a i ʻole ke kani a ka mea holo i ka wā i wehe hou ʻia ai ka valve. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoponopono i ka ʻike o kou lolo ma ka lele ʻana, ʻaʻole ia he mea maikaʻi inā ʻoe e holo ana ma nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe.
Eia nō naʻe, e like me nā mea āpau ma kēia papa inoa, ua hoʻomaikaʻi mālie ʻo Specialized i ka lolo i nā makahiki. Hiki ke hoʻoponopono ʻia i kēia manawa ma ka lele, a ʻo ke kani percussive, ʻoiai ke kū nei, ʻoi aku ka palupalu ma mua o nā hanauna i hala.
ʻO ka mea hope loa, ʻo ka ulu ʻana o ka haʻalulu kahi laʻana nui o ke ʻano o ka hoʻolālā ʻia ʻana o nā paikikala XC o kēia lā e ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi a me ka maʻalahi ma mua o ka wā ma mua.
ua hoʻokūkū ʻo ia i nā hanana like ʻole no nā makahiki he ʻumi a ʻoi, me ke kaʻa ʻāina, ka marathon a me ka piʻi mauna, a i kēia manawa ke hauʻoli nei ʻo ia i kahi ola mālie, e kū ana ma nā hale ʻaina a inu pia ma hope o ke kaʻa paikikala. ʻOiai ʻo ka ʻohana ʻōpio ke ʻano he emi kona manawa kaʻawale, hauʻoli mau ʻo ia i ka piʻi ʻana i luna a me ka ʻeha ʻana ma nā holo. Ma ke ʻano he kākoʻo paʻa o ke kaʻa paikikala mauna hardtail ma ke alanui, hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka holo ʻana i kāna mea aloha i ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā.
Ma ke komo ʻana i kāu mau kikoʻī, ʻae ʻoe i nā ʻŌlelo a me nā Kūlana a me nā Kulekele pilikino o BikeRadar. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kāpae i kāu kau inoa i kēlā me kēia manawa.