Steel and single speed?
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and single seat post height
Wow love it. Ran my last dh bike as SS for about 4 years, nice and simple.
Yeah but you were able to put it where you wanted it at some point.
sure, but if you built yourself a custom frame, wouldn't you already know where you like your seat?
I can't speak grrman but it looks dope. I'd lower the forward shock mount so it has more/any progression and then boogie. Air shock on a steel single speed frame? I bet it's silent though.
You have been riding the same dh bike for 10 years? I knew you were 'core but damn dood.
And, I move mine for almost every run. Trails down teh hill are from right next to the lift to a mile away.
I like me knees too much to ride across the top with a low seat. I could almost use a dropper, but the quick release will do.
Yup old and fat has its upsides - nobody gives me a hard time for riding a cross-country DH bike.
i would say so yeah.. you can see the heat from the welding..especially near the cnc pocketed area/ main pivot.
you can do that in 2 different programs on a vertical milling cnc( side one then side two ).. which is what i have at work.
what am i doing with my life
very... very cool none the less.. too bad this bike will never feel the radness off dropper posts.........
Really cool bike. While it's at the other end of the spectrum aesthetically and made of aluminum, this homemade bike linked at the bottom of the article is pretty damn impressive as well:
http://www.mtb-news.de/news/2014/11/06/bike-der-woche-vato-20-eigenbau-aus-dem-vollen-gefraest/
http://www.mtb-news.de/news/2014/11/06/bike-der-woche-vato-20-eigenbau-aus-dem-vollen-gefraest/
looks like it's designed to support the problem of blasting through the air shock mid stroke then lessening progression to reduce the final ramp up.
That new age San An looks cool too.
That's rad you have access to those machines! good point about the heat in the pocket.i would say so yeah.. you can see the heat from the welding..especially near the cnc pocketed area/ main pivot.
you can do that in 2 different programs on a vertical milling cnc( side one then side two ).. which is what i have at work.
what am i doing with my life
Some parts like this transcend what one would expect from a certain material or process, and look so fucking awesome.
'06 Intense M3. it hasn't given me any issues, so i just keep riding it...You have been riding the same dh bike for 10 years? I knew you were 'core but damn dood.
that steel ss looks the bees knees. While perusing that german mtb site I found this strange apparatus:
here's the link to the article- http://www.mtb-news.de/news/2015/04/09/bike-der-woche-eigenbau-projekt-die-maschine-von-ibc-user-highsider/
First bike posted was interesting. Last couple, not so much.
There were some of those out there (10-20) because the team was riding M3s with 1.5 HT before moving to M5/M6 prototypes. These had TEAM as frame numbers, so Intense must have made some additional ones for Manitou. I once was trying to buy one of those, Kovarik backup frame with I think special geometry, but the seller wanted an outrageous price, which in the end it was not worth to me. But I have an M6 Evo frame floating around.
Yeah it was Bob's bike from Manitou. I think they had 2 of them. My 2002 DHR was better but hey I needed another bike and this came up for like $3850 so I bought it then sold for the same. The kid I sold it to must have dumped $3K in parts on it and was asking $6000 for it for a long while.
What lack of vision. Just imagine how fun it would be blowing your feet off the pedals on that last one and ball riding that shock reservoir. You could make it a triple barrel!