[Sandwich]

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/gt-downhill-bike-prototype-fury-nz-national.html

Thoughts?

 

[jonKranked]

yup its a bike

 

[StiHacka]

Judging by the looks, the tires have 26-34PSI

 

[jonKranked]

Judging by the looks, the tires have 26-34PSI

i hope you observed that pressure with a calibrated monocle

 

[troy]

Looks like it will be a bit moar progressive. Weren't the previous ones offered with fat shaft RC4?

 

[SuboptimusPrime]

^^^ Can't speak to that, but the Factory riders are running air because they could not get enough progression with coil shocks.

 

[Sandwich]

I don't think the previous ones were offered with a fat shaft on purpose. Mine has a non-BV, thin shaft RC4. The one before that had a vanilla RC.

The new one definitely has a more progressive LR, which I think is going to be helpful. Mine feels very linear, which I like at speed, but I'm a lazy fat guy and not a WC racer/woo child. It looks like they also dropped the upper scissor link, and as this is the stiffest bike I've been on, I'm not sure there's a need for it. The swingarm and shock tunnel are massive.

I'm more interested to see what they do with the i-drive. In my mind, it's a bit of an unneccesary complication (though reliable so far) on a bike that you're going to spend most of your time standing on anyways. I'm not sure that GT is ready to let go of the gimmick though.

 

[mtg]

i hope you observed that pressure with a calibrated monocle

Commonly referred to as eyecrometers.

Interesting idea on that GT...no i Drive, no scissor link, more progressive leverage curve....

 

[Flo33]

Commonly referred to as eyecrometers.

Interesting idea on that GT...no i Drive, no scissor link, more progressive leverage curve....

Innovate or die

 

[Sandwich]

Commonly referred to as eyecrometers.

Interesting idea on that GT...no i Drive, no scissor link, more progressive leverage curve....

looks a lot like another bike some guys had built....my first thoughts.

 

[4130biker]

Interesting idea on that GT...no i Drive, no scissor link, more progressive leverage curve....

If only a bike like that already existed...

 

[Sandwich]

DAE think it looks like a GG/DH?

[heavy sarcasm intensifies]

 

[jonKranked]

I'm more interested to see what they do with the i-drive. In my mind, it's a bit of an unneccesary complication (though reliable so far) on a bike that you're going to spend most of your time standing on anyways. I'm not sure that GT is ready to let go of the gimmick though.

i always wondered why the eff they bothered with the i-drive on the DH bikes anyways

 

[trib]

I'm pretty happy to see a company launching a single pivot aluminium dh bike in 2017.

Going to be a refreshing lack of marketing jargon if this is what goes to release.

 

[Sandwich]

Going to be a refreshing lack of marketing jargon if this is what goes to release.

LOL, yeah right.

@jonKranked I thought the idrive did something for antisquat/pedaling input. vrock calculated something like 90% AS. I think it's a neat idea in the way that it could effect geometry, but I'll be damned if I can tell the difference. It just feels like a solid bike, it pedals OK, and the geometry is pretty spot on...but again, DH is all about sprint, stand, pump, repeat.