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Tom was quite a decent cyclist in his day too, I hear. Tom Boonen is an investor in Classified, and he explained that ‘we are looking at partnerships with Mavic and Zipp soon’. So too any professionals.īut there is hope. Partly that’s about providing choice, but also because at €2,399 the wheelset makes Classified an extremely expensive upgrade, and I can imagine the kind of riders with deep enough pockets will demand fancier rims. But if it’s going to take off, the hub either needs to be sold aftermarket or it needs to appear laced to other rims. In theory you can fit Classified to any bike with thru-axles, and you can even wire the shifting to be controlled by a traditional left electronic lever. The biggest sticking point for me, though, is the wheels. Me, I found it absolutely fine, but then I also have no issue with 1x drivetrains and 12-speed (others do, generally citing the jumps as being too big or the largest gear too small). The shift ratio is basically the same as a 2x setup, that is, a Classified system with 50t chainring and 11-34 cassette elicits a near-identical gear range and jumps as a 50/34t and 11-28 cassette, and you can change the front chainring, with Classified saying you can go as low as 40t.īut as with any new gear system there will be riders who will take umbrage with Classified’s gearing choice and lack of ability to change it that much. But…ĭespite the shifting, Classified won’t suit everyone. Oh, and it’s probably marginally more aero too. Still, all of this is mere grams that I’d happily suck up for the – and I can’t stress this enough – vastly superior shifting. It’s also very pleasingly made from a single piece of machined steel. In a similar way you’re also tied to Classified cassettes (due to the inner shape that mates with the hub), but the differences in weight are in fact in Classified’s favour in most instances – an 11-28t 12-speed cassette weighs a claimed 175g, which is 18g lighter than a Dura-Ace equivalent.
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That’s because there’s only so light a set of Classified wheels can ever be, since Classified only sells Powershift laced onto its own rims, such that this tubeless wheelset, for example – 50mm deep, 27mm wide (19mm internal) – weighs 1,415g plus the hub. ‘A Classified bike with a 1x Shimano GRX Di2 drivetrain weighs the same as a bike with a traditional 2x11 GRX Di2 groupset,’ says Van Herck, and I think the point stands, sort of.
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Yet this isn’t the full story, because Classified also negates a whole front derailleur and swaps a 2x chainset for a potentially lighter 1x.
Here is where it gets complicated, because Classified claims its rear hub weighs 495g, which is double the heft of lighter hubs on the market, and then there’s also the thru-axle and bar-plug brains/button to account for. However, we have other concerns remember? What about weight? Be as careless as you like, Classified won’t mind. If there is a flaw to the shift it’s that there is a slightly crunchier sound from ‘small’ to ‘big’ under load, but barely, and nothing like the gravel-under-boots crunch that comes from a traditional front derailleur if shifted carelessly. Try as I might, on climbs, in sprints, I just couldn’t get the system to do anything other than shift perfectly every time.
One click and my legs would spin with sudden excessive ease, a sensation I’ve only felt from unshipping a chain. While DJI has made no promises regarding the Mavic Pro II’s release, dronereviewsandnews writes that “the press in China has been very actively discussing the pending release ,” a fact they take to confirm that the Pro II will be releasing within the next 48 days, a window containing that fateful July 18th event.In fact, shifting is so quick I often thought I’d dropped the chain shifting from ‘big’ to ‘small’. In addition, spectators have declared the “Bigger Picture” slogan to be a nod towards a larger sensor (up to 1”, one blog hopes ). This is a strong hint-as it is the only way to capture such an image-that the release will involve a 360 degree camera. The image accompanying the invite is a “Tiny Planet” rendering: one of those pictures that makes an overhead landscape look like an entire, floating planet. However, after DJI sent a message this weekend to select press to “See The Bigger Picture” at an exclusive event on July 18th in New York City, all the rails are coming off: either the Mavic Pro II is coming, or some message board are going to get filled with disappointing messages rather quickly. As with any fan club made up of a small, yet extremely dedicated contingent, this has driven DJI fans absolutely nuts.
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The Mavic Pro II, the latest upgrade to DJI’s drone repertoire, has been eagerly awaited for almost a year now.