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BWalnut said..
If that's the direction Jacko wants to go then so be it. I'm just going to admire and shred on his current vision of a perfect mast instead of hoping it's changed into something else (12.2mm thick and 102mm chord vs 19mm thick and 118mm chord for the adapter head).
My buddy is absolutely freaking out about his first rides on his brand new One Ocean 78SSS that he got today. I look forward to cranking on it myself once his froth settles a bit!
Have to disagree with you I suppose. Understand what you are saying, but look at it differently for three main reasons:
- With only having the Axis/Code/Lift set-up mast, if you ride anything else than that, you need a chunky adapter to fit around the axis sole. Being way more bulky and way less efficient than just a bit thicker cord at the bottom to fit for the Cedrus inserts. A majority of the market is riding F-One / AFS / KT / Duotone (actually just all other brands than those 3 above). If you want to ride those, you will end up with something like this:

- The thickness of the cord cord in the middle does not have to change. It is only the bottom 6 or so cm that should be a bit thicker to 'house' the inserts for the Cedrus adapter. As the biggest win in drag is around the middle, this is less of a factor, but still a big win against the chucky block above. Other masts also flare out at the bottom to accommodate for the connection point and the extra thickness can be blended as well.
- They do not have to discontinue the current Axis/Code/Lift mast. For people who ride those, they still can go for the 'perfect mast'. But offering an extra mast that is adapter compatible, would open op to all those other brands. The masts are made in small badges, so I assume there is no big problem with overstocks of several models.
While the mast within the right 'ecosystem' maybe is the perfect mast, the current option of conversion does make the total set-up far from that for all other brands. I know I would buy an One-Ocean adapter compatible mast straight away and get the feeling I am not alone. The nice thing for One-Ocean is that the Cedrus infrastructure is already there, so you only have to provide the mast, without coming up with a whole adapter-system themselves.