The new SID is here!
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It was a nice run for sure for the old SID
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The previous generation lower legs
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The new lower legs are mostly cast magnesium…
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…but are also strategically wrapped in carbon fiber
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Production versions will leave just a few teaser windows
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Shorter stanchion tubes yield a sizeable hollow
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The extra real estate allowed for a more compact
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Even the rebound adjuster is hollow!
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Yes, HB, there's really nothing in there.
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Last year's carbon fiber upper assembly
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The top-level SID World Cup will offer
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The SID World Cup guts are essentially based
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The original red plastic spring tube
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Exclusive to SID
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Hmm, what are these threaded holes for?
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New machined aluminum air valve caps
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Anyone else remember this guy from the original launch?
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The new Scalpel 100 is both lighter and stiffer
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The new rear end does away with dropout pivots entirely.
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A short aluminum linkage drives the DT Swiss rear shock.
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The new carbon fiber chain stays
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Chain stays are reinforced with a small aluminum bridge.
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The carbon stays are bonded to aluminum dropouts.
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The new Zipp 202 grows in section depth to 32mm…
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…and also gains a wind-cheating dimpled surface.
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The new Zipp 1080 is supposedly even faster than a full disc
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Zipp's new Sub-9 rear disc wheel
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The VumaQuad is an ultralight road crankset
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A 24mm Dura-Ace spindle actually fits
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Everywhere you look, it's the same thing
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Chainring bolts cleverly thread
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Shimano-compatible shifter mounts
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Zipp's value-oriented Flashpoint line
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Flashpoint hubs are made in Taiwan
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