Kei te whakatairanga tonu te umanga pahikara i ngā hangarau me ngā auahatanga pahikara hou. He pai te nuinga o tēnei ahunga whakamua, ā, i te mutunga ka pai ake te eke me te ngahau o ā tātou pahikara, engari ehara i te mea koinei tonu te āhua. Ko tā tātou tirohanga hou mō ngā mutunga kore o te hangarau he tohu.
Heoi anō, he maha ngā wā ka tika te mahi a ngā waitohu pahikara, he nui atu pea i ngā pahikara mō ngā mahi kāore e eke rori, e rerekē nei ināianei te āhua ki ērā i ekehia e tātou i te tekau tau ki muri.
Ahakoa he heihei, he hua manu rānei, kua tere ake te hangarau me te tere ake o te reihi pahikara maunga whakawhiti whenua – e whakaatu ana tēnei i te whakamātautau ara iahiko Izu i ngā Olympics o Tōkyō i te tau 2020 – ā, kua tere ake te āheinga o ngā pahikara, āe, he tere ake anō hoki.
Kua rerekē tata ki ngā āhuatanga katoa o te pahikara maunga i waho o te rori i roto i te tekau tau kua pahure ake nei, mai i te āhua o te pahikara maunga roa ake, ngāwari ake, ka taea te tapahi i runga i ngā hekenga hangarau me ngā wāhanga toka i te mea e tere tonu ana te piki maunga (ki te kakau he whānui pērā i te mea o ētahi waka. Ko te pahikara maunga enduro pai rawa atu.
Kāore e taea te kī i pouri mātou. Mā ēnei panonitanga ka nui ake te ngahau o te eke me te mātakitaki i waho o te rori, ā, ki tētahi taumata, ka whakatakoto i te ara mō ngā pahikara waho o te rori e whakakotahi ana i ngā wāhanga pai rawa atu o ngā pahikara XC me ngā pahikara waho o te rori.
Nō reira, me te maumahara ki ēnei mea katoa, anei ngā huarahi e ono e huri ai ngā pahikara tuawhenua, me te take he mea pai tēnei mō ngā kaieke pahikara katoa. Ki te hiahia koe ki te ako atu mō ngā pahikara XC, tirohia tā mātou aratohu kaihoko ki ngā pahikara tuawhenua pai rawa atu.
Ko te panonitanga tino kitea pea i roto i ngā pahikara XC ko te rahi o ngā wira, ā, ko ngā pahikara maunga pai rawa atu e whakamahi ana i ngā wira 29-inihi.
Ahakoa kua tīmata te kite a te tini o ngā kaieke i ngā painga o te 29 inihi ki te titiro whakamuri ki te 10 tau ki muri, he tokomaha tonu e piri tonu ana ki te rahi iti ake, ā, tae noa ki taua wā, ko te rahi paerewa 26 inihi.
Inaianei, ka whakawhirinaki anō hoki tēnā ki ngā whakaritenga tautoko. Ki te kore tō kaitautoko e hanga i tētahi 29er, kāore e taea e koe te eke ahakoa i hiahia koe. Ahakoa pēhea, he maha ngā taraiwa e harikoa ana ki te piri ki tā rātou e mōhio ana.
Ā, he take pai tā rātou. I roa te wā i pau i te umanga pahikara ki te whakatika i te āhua me ngā wāhanga o te 29ers. He ngoikore pea ngā wira, ā, he iti noa iho ngā hapa o te whakahaere, nō reira kāore i te miharo kei te ruarua ētahi kaieke.
Heoi, i te tau 2011, ko ia te kaieke tuatahi ki te toa i te Ipu o te Ao Whakawhiti Whenua i runga i te pahikara 29-inihi. I muri mai ka toa ia i te mētara koura whakawhiti whenua o ngā Olympics o Rānana i te tau 2012 i roto i te 29er (Specialized S-Works Epic). Mai i taua wā, kua noho hei mea noa ngā wira 29-inihi i roto i te reihi XC.
Heoi anō, ka whakaae te nuinga o ngā kaieke ki ngā painga o ngā wira 29-inihi mō te reihi XC. Ka tere ake te hurihuri, ka nui ake te kukume, ā, ka pai ake te whakamarie.
Ko tētahi atu panonitanga nui mō ngā pahikara paru (me ngā pahikara maunga whānui) ko te taenga mai o ngā kete pahikara maunga me ngā taputapu, he mowhiti mekameka i mua, me te rīpene whānui i muri, he porotiti niho iti 10-ki-te-pito kotahi me te porotiti niho nui 50-niho i tērā pito.
Kāore koe e hiahia ki te haere tawhiti rawa kia kite i tētahi pahikara ara me te huinga porotaka takitoru kei mua. E maumahara ana tētahi mema o te tīma BikeRadar ki tā rātou pahikara tuatahi mō te kore-ara, i puta mai i te tau 2012, me te huinga porotaka takitoru.
Ahakoa he pai ngā momo taputapu me te tawhiti o ngā mowhiti mekameka takitoru, he pai hoki te āhua o te oma, he uaua ake hoki te tiaki me te pupuri kia pai te mahi a te kaieke.
Pērā i ngā mahi auaha katoa, i te wā i tukuna ai tana taputapu kotahi-mā-tapahi i te tau 2012, he tokomaha ngā kaieke kāore i tino mōhio nā te mea ko te whakaaro whānui kāore e mahi ngā taputapu 11 i runga i te ara tuawhenua.
Engari i te haere tonu, ka tīmata ngā tohunga me ngā kaiwhaiwhai ki te kite i ngā painga o te takitahi. He māmā ake te tāuta i ngā pūnaha taraiwa, he māmā ake te tiaki, ā, he māmā ake te whakaiti i te taumaha, me te pupuri tonu i te āhua ma o tō pahikara. Mā tēnei ka taea hoki e ngā kaihanga pahikara te hanga pahikara whakatārewatanga-katoa pai ake nā te mea kāore he derailleur o mua hei hanga wāhi mō te ru o muri.
Tērā pea ka nui ake ngā peke i waenga i ngā ōwehenga taputapu, engari kāore tetahi e māharahara, e hiahia ana rānei ki te mokowā kuiti e whakaratohia ana e ngā mowhiti mekameka takirua, takitoru rānei.
I a mātou e haere ana ki tētahi reihi rori tuawhenua i tēnei rā, e whakaaro ana mātou he pai rawa atu ia pahikara, he mea pai tēnā ki tā mātou whakaaro.
He tauira pai te āhuahanga o te hangarau pahikara e whakaatu ana i te kaha o te hangarau pahikara ki te whakatutuki i ngā hiahia o te ao, me te whakapai tonu. I te mea kua kaha haere te whakataetae i waho o te rori, kua whanake haere ngā waitohu mā te hanga i ā rātou pahikara kia pai ake mō te heke i te maunga, me te pupuri tonu i te kaha piki.
Ko tētahi tauira pai o te āhua o ngā pahikara tuawhenua o ēnei rā ko te Specialized Epic hou, e whakaatu ana i te whanaketanga o ngā taputapu tuawhenua.
He tino pai te Epic mō ngā tere tere me ngā mahi hangarau o ngā momo waka hou. He piko te upoko, he 67.5 nekehanga te whānui, ā, he 470mm te whānui, he pari hoki te koki nohoanga, tata ki te 75.5 nekehanga te whānui. He pai katoa ngā āhuatanga ina tere te pana me te heke.
He tawhito te āhua o te Epic o te tau 2012 ki tērā o te putanga hou. Mā te koki o te ngongo upoko 70.5-tohu ka koi te pahikara i ngā kokonga, engari ka ngoikore hoki te heke.
He poto ake hoki te toronga i te 438mm, ā, he paku ngoikore te koki nohoanga i te 74 nekehanga. Mā te ngoikore o te koki nohoanga ka uaua ake te whiwhi i tētahi tūranga pai hei pēhi i te papa o raro.
Waihoki, ko te mea hou tētahi atu pahikara XC kua rerekē tōna āhua. He 1.5 nekehanga te puhoi ake o te koki o te ngongo pane i te tauira o mua, ko te koki nohoanga he 1 nekehanga te pari ake.
He mea tika kia mōhio kei te tuhi mātou i ngā rārangi matotoru i konei. Haunga ngā āhuahanga e whakahuatia ana e mātou i konei, he maha atu anō ngā āhuahanga me ngā āhuatanga e pā ana ki te āhua o te whakahaere a te pahikara tuawhenua, engari kāore e taea te whakakore kua whanake te āhuahanga XC hou kia kore ai ēnei pahikara e mataku i te heke iho.
E whakapae ana mātou mēnā ka kōrero koe ki tētahi kaieke o ngā Olympics o te tau 2021 me whakataetae rātou i runga i te rapa kuiti, ka tino pouri rātou. Engari he mea noa te whakahoki i ngā potae 9 tau te roa me te angiangi, ā, ko te toa o te tau 2012 he potae 2-inihi.
I roto i te tekau tau kua pahure ake nei, kua whānui ake te ia o ngā potae puta noa i te ao pahikara, mai i te eke rori ki te XC, ā, he tino pakari ngā potae pahikara maunga pai rawa atu o ēnei rā.
Ko te whakaaro nui o mua ko ngā potae whaiti ka tere ake te huri, ā, ka iti ake te taumaha. He mea nui ngā mea e rua i roto i te reihi i waho o te rori, engari ahakoa ka taea e ngā potae whaiti te whakaiti i te taumaha, he pai ake ngā potae whānui i ngā huarahi katoa.
Ka tere ake te hurihuri, ka nui ake te pupuri, ka nui ake te whakamarie, ā, ka taea te whakaiti i te tūponotanga o te poka ohorere. He pai katoa ngā mea mō te kaiwhakataetae o waho o te rori e tipu haere ana.
Kei te tautohetia tonutia ko tēhea potae te mea tere rawa, ā, kāore pea he whakautu mārama ki tēnā pātai. Engari i nāianei, ko te nuinga o ngā kaieke e whiriwhiri ana i ngā potae 2.3-inihi, 2.4-inihi rānei mō te reihi XC.
I whakahaerehia e mātou ā mātou ake whakamātautau mō te whānui o ngā potae, me te tūhura i ngā rahi potae tere rawa atu mō ngā pahikara maunga me ngā rahi potae tere rawa atu mō ngā pahikara tuawhenua. Mena kei te ine koe i ngā rahi potae, kia tino pānuihia hoki tā mātou aratohu pēhanga potae MTB.
E ai ki tētahi i roto i tētahi kiriata mō ngā pūngāwerewere, "i te mana nui ka puta mai he kawenga nui" ā, e pērā ana anō hoki mō ngā pahikara tuawhenua o ēnei rā.
Mā ō potae, āhua me te rahi o te wira kua whakapaitia ka taea e koe te tere ake i mua. Engari me taea e koe te whakahaere i taua mana – ā, mō tēnā, me whānui ake ngā kakau.
Kāore koe e hiahia ki te haere tawhiti rawa kia kite i tētahi pahikara he whaiti ake te kakau i te 700mm. Ki te titiro whakamuri, ka tīmata pea rātou ki te heke iho i te 600mm.
I tēnei wā o ngā pae whānui, tera pea koe e whakaaro he aha te take e eke ai te tangata i tētahi whānui whaiti? Āe, he puhoi ake ngā tere i taua wā, ā, he iti ake te hangarau o ngā hekenga. Waihoki, he mea noa iho tēnei e whakamahia ana e te tangata i ngā wā katoa, he aha ai te whakarerekē?
He waimarie mō tātou katoa, i te pikinga o ngā tere, ka piki ake hoki te whānui o ā tātou kakau, ā, he maha ngā pahikara XC e mau ana i ngā kakau 740mm, 760mm rānei, he mea kāore i whakaarohia i te tekau tau ki muri.
He rite ki ngā potae whānui, kua noho ko ngā kakau whānui te mea noa puta noa i te ao pahikara maunga. Ka nui ake te mana whakahaere i ngā wāhanga hangarau, ā, ka taea te whakapai ake i te taunga o te pahikara, ā, e whakaaro ana ētahi kaieke ko te whānui tāpiri ka āwhina i te whakatuwhera i te uma mō te manawa.
Kua tino piki haere te whakatārewatanga i roto i ngā tekau tau kua pahure ake nei. Mai i te raka hiko a Fox ki ngā ru māmā ake, whakamarie ake, kāore he feaa he pai ake ngā pahikara o ēnei rā i runga i ngā whenua pari, i ngā whenua hangarau rānei.
Nā ēnei whakapainga o te hangarau whakatārewatanga, me te mea he hangarau ake te ara i tō mua, ko te tikanga he nui ake te tūponotanga ka kite koe i tētahi pahikara whakatārewatanga-katoa i tētahi pahikara hiku mārō i roto i tētahi reihi XC rangatira.
He tino pai ngā pahikara Hardtail mō ngā ara i kitea i te huarahi kore-ara i te tekau tau neke atu rānei ki muri. Kua rerekē ngā mea katoa ināianei. Ahakoa ko tētahi o ngā ara kāore i te tino hangarau i te ara o te Ipu o te Ao o nāianei, ā, ka ara ake te pātai mēnā me whiriwhiri he pahikara hardtail, he pahikara whakatārewatanga katoa rānei (i toa a Victor i te 2021 Men's Classic me te hardtail, i toa i te reihi Wahine whakatārewatanga katoa), ko te nuinga o ngā kaieke inaianei ka whiriwhiri i ngā pito e rua i te nuinga o ngā reihi.
Kaua e pohehe, kei reira tonu ngā pahikara uaua tere i roto i te XC—ko te BMC i whakaurua i te tau kua hipa he tohu mō ngā pahikara uaua haere whakamua—engari ko ngā pahikara whakatārewatanga-katoa te mea tino rongonui ināianei.
Kei te whanake haere te haereere. Whakaarohia te Scott Spark RC hou – te pahikara pai mōna. He 120mm te whānui o te haereere o mua me muri, engari kua taunga kē tātou ki te kite i te 100mm.
He aha atu ngā whanaketanga kua kitea e tātou i roto i te hangarau whakatārewatanga? Hei tauira, tirohia te Brain Suspension a Specialized. Ka mahi te hoahoa mā te whakamahi i tētahi takirere inertia, e raka aunoa ana i te whakatārewatanga mōu i runga i te whenua papatahi. Ka pā ki tētahi pū, ka tere te whakatuwheratanga o te takirere i te whakatārewatanga. He whakaaro kanapa, engari i roto i te mahi, kua hoatu e ngā putanga tōmua ki te roro ētahi akonga whenua.
Ko te amuamu nui ko te haruru nui, te haruru rānei i pā ki te kaieke i te wā i tuwhera anō ai te takirere. Kāore hoki e taea te whakarite i te aro o tō roro i a koe e tere haere ana, ehara i te mea pai mēnā kei te eke koe i runga i tētahi whenua rerekē.
Heoi, pērā i ngā mea katoa o tēnei rārangi, kua āta whakapai ake a Specialized i te roro i roto i ngā tau. Ka taea te whakarerekē ināianei i runga i te rere, ā, ahakoa kei te mau tonu te tangi patupatu, he ngawari ake i ngā whakatupuranga o mua.
Hei whakamutunga, ko te whanaketanga o te ru he tauira pai o te hoahoa o ngā pahikara XC o ēnei rā kia kaha ake, kia maha hoki ngā whakamahinga i tō mua.
Neke atu i te tekau tau ia e whakataetae ana i ngā momo huihuinga rerekē, tae atu ki te oma whenua, te marathon me te piki maunga, ā, ināianei kei te pai ake tōna oranga marino, ka tū ki ngā wharekai me te inu pia i muri i te eke pahikara. Ahakoa he iti ake te wā waatea o tōna whānau taitamariki, kei te pai tonu ia ki te piki me te mamae i runga i ngā ekenga. Hei kaitautoko pūmau o te eke pahikara maunga hardtail i runga i te rori, tera pea ka kitea e koe te eke i tana hoa aroha i te torengitanga o te rā.
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