KS are showing a few new things, and while most will be of interest to XC and CX racers, there is a new carbon Southpaw lever in the offing, and very lovely it is too.
Carbon Southpaw.Lev Ci: 65mm drop.
As well as that, they were showing a new, short travel 65mm Lev seatpost, along with several versions of the new Zeta, which is an intersting new concept: Ultra short 35mm travel, and a small carrtridge packed entirely into the base, and a cuttable stanchion. That’s right, you remove the seatclamp assembly, saw the seatpost to your desired length, and reassemble. It comes in alloy or carbon.
Here’s the alloy Zeta. Actuates at the bottom for stealth cable routing.It’s designed to be cut. The seat clamp unbolts at the top, and clamps back on once you have the top part down to the right length.Sleek looking stanchion on the carbon Zeta.Carbon ZetaI’m coming for you, Barney Marsh!
David started mountain biking in the 90’s, by which he means “Ineptly jumping a Saracen Kili Racer off anything available in a nearby industrial estate”. After growing up and living in some extremely flat places, David moved to Yorkshire specifically for the mountain biking. This felt like a horrible mistake at first, because the hills are so steep, but you get used to them pretty quickly.
Previously, David trifled with road and BMX, but mountain bikes always won. He’s most at peace battering down a rough trail, quietly fixing everything that does to a bike, or trying to figure out if that one click of compression damping has made things marginally better or worse. The inept jumping continues to this day.
65mm? that’s brilliant for smaller riders!
Cant believe no one made a Carbon Zeta Jones gag!
Weights and prices for those? Certainly could be interesting for xc racing if they’re light enough.
Weight for the Zeta?
I’d still love a dropper for my CX bike
Afraid their press kit doesn’t have any weights, cut or uncut, but we’ll update this if we find out during Eurobike.
Posted elsewhere as 452 grams