The final prototype of Loics lever is made of 3D printed titanium.ĭanny MacAskill and Engineer Reiner KÅnstle Loic can move his finger on the wide grip area and take the pressure off it”, says Reiner Künstle, development engineer at MAGURA. At the bite point, the lever is almost parallel to the handlebars, so his finger won’t slip in this position. “The short shape of the lever is more flat and straight. On this basis MAGURA produced a perfectly tuned lever for Loic which was used at the world cup race in Fort William for the first time. Loic tried out all the different shapes and lever ratios under real-life conditions and ultimately found his perfect lever form.
The “Loic-O-Mat”, as it was called, with a wink, is a combination of a permanently-mounted, aluminium base lever and 13 variations of 3D-printed lever shapes that could be installed and replaced quickly and easily.
To better understand his needs and to enable practical testing MAGURA’s development department developed a prototype as a basis for testing. In a first sketch Loic drew the shape of his desired lever on paper. After the first test camp, it soon became clear that, in particular, world champion Loic Bruni had his own, very precise ideasabout braking performance – especially about the ergonomics and the operation of the brake. – Reiner Künstle, development engineer at MAGURA Tailor-made for the world championįrom the start of 2018 MAGURA has officially sponsored the Specialized XC and Gravity Team with our brakes.
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He wanted the bite point far away from the handlebars but with an extreme leverage ratio for full on/off braking power. One good example for this is the HC3 1-finger brake lever for the MAGURA MT7: it was developed together with Danny MacAskill and is now one of the most sought-after retrofit parts for ambitious bikers. The resulting ideas often lead to production-ready products.
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Professional riders like Danny MacAskill and Loic Bruni give valuable insights into the needs of accomplished athletes. The work with Athletes has been of immense value to MAGURA. With the product program #customizeyourbrake MAGURA offers end customers the possibility to adapt their lever ergonomics to their own preference. Instead gaining the knowledge that: ergonomics is a completely individual matter. However, there's much more to this bike than initially meets the eye, with some really trick technical tweaks and touches.No one’s hands are the same – so why should all brakes have the same lever? DH World Champion Loic Bruni and MAGURA went in search of the perfect lever ergonomics – and failed. This particular bike is the custom painted machine he took that that World Championship win on and as is traditional, it got a rather special blue metal flake paint job just for the occasion, with Specialized even etching the shock link with his name. The best mountain bike handlebar grips you can buy - tried and tested.The best four-piston disc brakes you can buy for all-mountain, enduro and trail MTBs.Buyers guide to mountain bike tyres - get the best rubber for your MTB.We took a look at his heavily modified 2020 Specialized Demo 29 while at the Roc D'Azur - not far from where he cut his teeth on the trails of the French Riviera. It's been a very good year for French downhill racer Loic Bruni not only did he clinch the overall UCI Downhill World Cup win, but he was also only the second male downhill racer in history to clinch three successive World Champs gold medals too.
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