I told you to stay away from dem meth-mouth hoes!I just threw-up.
have some of these bike designers taken a mechanics of materials or statics class? Just curious.
Rather than all that beef I wonder if maybe they could have made it lighter with a more conventional design.The whole rear end of the bike is very very large. The seatstays are bigger than most single strut swingarm bikes, and with the split pivot design the ST shares a lot of the stress load. The main pivot is massive (25mm), and so are the pivots on the swinglink.
Right... right...yeah good point. bunch of idiots. like the guys who design those crappy BMW bikes: http://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/bikes/group.jsp?g=sporttouring
I'm sure none of them have engineering degrees either.
nope, not with you on that one, I like the new one better;lighter and meaner.You should sell your 07 and get the 08anybody else feel like the new yeti is ugly.. thank god i got the 07
How is this "innovation"?Yeah, stupid innovators. We should've stuck with the Penny Farthing.
they need to gear box it lol omg roflcopter!!!!11oneAs long as you have a der you won't be able to do that...
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so is the brake mount actually on the chainstay like the press release says or is it in fact on the seatstay?I got to see one in person last week. Unfortunately, I was not allowed to ride it. However, it was pretty cool. The whole rear end of the bike is very very large. The seatstays are bigger than most single strut swingarm bikes, and with the split pivot design the ST shares a lot of the stress load. The main pivot is massive (25mm), and so are the pivots on the swinglink.
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have you ridden a lawill bike? they were great, pedalled great, tracked great, cornered great. they were heavy and overcomplicated, but that could be resolved.
they also had two sides to their swingarms, and didn't use rails.
Innovation? Yeah, because there are lots of bikes out there with single sided swingarms out there at the moment...How is this "innovation"?
It's just different. They may be able to make it structurally sound, and with enough careful design, maybe it'll even come in at a good weight and everyone will be happy. But it's not innovative, it's just different for the sake of being different.
The Lefty isn't quite the same as this since they had the option of taking a completely different approach to the whole front end of the bike. Bigger head tube (at the time) and square stanctions floating on needle bearings. Totally different design from conventional forks. All Yeti has the option to do here is to beef the heck out of the rear end and hope it stays stiff enough. Yeah, it can be done, and if their engineers have everything together, maybe it'll come in functional and at a good weight. But that doesn't make it the best solution.
and your drive cog would have to be on the outside of the chainstay......As long as you have a der you won't be able to do that...
in no way am i gonna e-speculate that this Seven is good or bad as a finished design. the proof will be in the final product---true weight, lateral stiffness, pivot reliability, etc are unknowns at this point so it's premature to call it innovative--or stupid.How is this "innovation"?
It's just different. They may be able to make it structurally sound, and with enough careful design, maybe it'll even come in at a good weight and everyone will be happy. But it's not innovative, it's just different for the sake of being different.
The Lefty isn't quite the same as this since they had the option of taking a completely different approach to the whole front end of the bike. Bigger head tube (at the time) and square stanctions floating on needle bearings. Totally different design from conventional forks. All Yeti has the option to do here is to beef the heck out of the rear end and hope it stays stiff enough. Yeah, it can be done, and if their engineers have everything together, maybe it'll come in functional and at a good weight. But that doesn't make it the best solution.
I'm not calling it stupid at all. As a matter of fact, I said right in my post that it may all come together and be just fine. There are some necessities in the mountain biking world, though, and one of those is the highest strength to weight ratio you can achieve because we provide our own power. So, from my perspective, I see them trying to force a non-traditional design into an application where it is not ideal.it's premature to call it innovative--or stupid.