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Tootrikky

Tootrikky

Monkey
Jul 31, 2003
772
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Mount Vernon
The Distortion looks really cool. 12"BB 67 HA, Long top tube, 140mm front, 112mm rear. Wow someone there must be doing there homework, I want.
 
Dogboy

Dogboy

Turbo Monkey
Apr 12, 2004
3,209
584
Durham, NC
Tootrikky said:
The Distortion looks really cool. 12"BB 67 HA, Long top tube, 140mm front, 112mm rear. Wow someone there must be doing there homework, I want.
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Agreed, does look cool. That would be Ska Todd doing the homework. :thumb:
 
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Delimeat

Delimeat

Monkey
Feb 3, 2009
195
0
Canada
Distortion looks like a bullseye to me, looking forward to seeing more info on it. Concerned about seat tube length.. it looks short and I have dancers legs from a 7ft tall stripper even though I'm barely 5'10".

Frame only, mmmm
 
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Banshee Rider

Turbo Monkey
Jul 31, 2003
1,452
10
12" is entirely too low in my opinion, but hey, its subjective to location I suppose. Aside from the super short seat tube and low standover, thats a fine looking bike that will fit the bill for alot of people! Looking good :)
 
yuroshek

yuroshek

Turbo Monkey
Jun 26, 2007
2,438
0
Arizona!
The distortion looks like a rad little freeride bike. The geo is amazing 66.5HA? yes please. Also it has a 13.78BB not sure where you guys came up with 12.


I like what I see, I think if companies start designing bikes with correct geo we wont need as much suspension. what do you think?
 
yuroshek

yuroshek

Turbo Monkey
Jun 26, 2007
2,438
0
Arizona!
With the correct geometry and right suspension tuning a 6" travel bike can go a long way. I hope we see more of this to come, I mean BMXer's are going big without any suspension. Use what god gave you, your knees and elbows.
 
Uncle Cliffy

Uncle Cliffy

Turbo Monkey
Jan 28, 2008
4,490
42
Southern Oregon
yuroshek said:
The distortion looks like a rad little freeride bike. The geo is amazing 66.5HA? yes please. Also it has a 13.78BB not sure where you guys came up with 12.
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IMO, if the BB is 13.78 tall, it's up there for this amount of travel... If I'm rockin' a 5 inch bike, I like it half an inch lower.

With an angleset, my new Trance will be very similar to this bike. (150mm fork, around 67.5 HA with 13.375 BB.)
 
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NoUseForAName

Monkey
Mar 26, 2008
481
0
Uncle Cliffy said:
IMO, if the BB is 13.78 tall, it's up there for this amount of travel... If I'm rockin' a 5 inch bike, I like it half an inch lower.

With an angleset, my new Trance will be very similar to this bike. (150mm fork, around 67.5 HA with 13.375 BB.)
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So, similar means different HA, different BB height, different suspension kinematics.

Not very similar IMO.
 
ska todd

ska todd

Turbo Monkey
Oct 10, 2001
1,776
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GT no longer has a "distributor" in Canada and is direct to dealers thru Cycling Sports Group Canada. This happened back around the time of BTAC show. IBDs can contact their Cannondale rep for more details or call N American dealer support for info.

-ska todd
 
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sgarstin

Chimp
Feb 26, 2010
19
0
a 12 inch bb would kick ass. My dh bike has a 13.1 inch bb with 8.5 inches of travel, so a 4.5 inch travel bike with a 12" bb would slay...although it may not cater to the "general" all mountain crowd and sell that many bikes.
 
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dropmachine

Turbo Monkey
Sep 7, 2001
2,922
10
Your face.
No kiddin eh Todd? Genesis got the boot? My god were those guys bad. I mean almost funny bad.

Just curious, but how come if you choose Canada on the website, you aren't allowed to have any bikes? :D
 
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dropmachine

Turbo Monkey
Sep 7, 2001
2,922
10
Your face.
Also Todd, on the GT site when you choose USA (so I can see the bikes) it gives me a strange flag.

Also Todd, GT looks awesome. Not sure if you had much to do with it, but man, is that lineup ever tight.
 
bdamschen

bdamschen

Turbo Monkey
Nov 28, 2005
3,377
156
Spreckels, CA
Distortion does look rad.... except the whole idrive setup still feels weird to me.

As far as the fury's shock... pretty sure the dhx air has been out for a while?
 
ska todd

ska todd

Turbo Monkey
Oct 10, 2001
1,776
0
dropmachine.com said:
Also Todd, on the GT site when you choose USA (so I can see the bikes) it gives me a strange flag.
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I'm in Twn right now and also having some sorta problem accessing certain regional sites. I'll fwd the note to the mktg/IT folks to check out.

dropmachine.com said:
Also Todd, GT looks awesome. Not sure if you had much to do with it, but man, is that lineup ever tight.
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I did product management on the 2011 MTB, so yep those are my babies :) Many thanks.

bdamschen said:
Distortion does look rad.... except the whole idrive setup still feels weird to me.
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Have you ridden the newer generation bikes? Also, the GT ID vs the Mongoose Freedrive have a noticeably different "feel". If you've ridden the Mongoose versions then your views might be a bit distorted (pun intended...)

-ska todd
 
bdamschen

bdamschen

Turbo Monkey
Nov 28, 2005
3,377
156
Spreckels, CA
ska todd said:
Have you ridden the newer generation bikes? Also, the GT ID vs the Mongoose Freedrive have a noticeably different "feel". If you've ridden the Mongoose versions then your views might be a bit distorted (pun intended...)

-ska todd
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That could be it. I've only ever ridden the older version of the idrive on a gt and a newer mongoose.
 
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