Now… have they also increased the rear tyre clearance whilst they are at it
I haven’t seen the 2013 close up, but having seen my 2014 close up I doubt it! I have a Ground Control 2.1 in there at the mo, so not the biggest tyre in the world and even so there’s only a tiny gap. I’ve already had to stop a couple of times to clear it when mud got jammed in, and it’s not exactly been really muddy here yet! I tried a Purgatory 2.3 originally just to see whether it would go in, but the knobbles were catching all the time even without any mud so that was a non-starter. 😐
On mine there’s an extension of the weld fillet at the front of the brake mount bracket that goes about 20mm forwards, so well past the point of that break. Can’t see for sure whether it’s there in the photo, if not maybe that was an attempt to reduce stress there in the 2014s, but maybe the actual stay is beefed up too (hard to tell without seeing the 2013 stay “in person”). Either way, glad to hear they’re sorting it out!
