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its in several new mtb issues. if its not meant for public drooling, then someone at Specialized will be getting fired.
not really fair to compare delivery of a product with a basically defunct company. but at least they didnt take people's money so far in advance when they actually were delivering product
female equivalent?
lol, what a dick.
Whoops - I haven't had the chance to look at my recent copy of DECLINE, but indeed - there it is. I thought this was a case of a shop sneaking pics of a catalogue ahead of the official launch.
So who's gonna email Specialized about the prior World's wins? Might wanna check Anne Caro's bikes too.
some of his koga miyatas were carbon, but not his worlds bike; later perhaps. yes, kids, this was a dh bike back in 1990:
Didnt Gwin win the big deal on a carbon Trek (late season) last year?
Okay, tweak some perspective, and maybe Spec had the 1st win of some sort, but Joe Public has been winning on all dif carbon bikes that are in produx while Spec plays market mastermind.
Nice bike tho. Cant wait to see the lift lines drenched in more carbon soon.
Yay.
Okay, tweak some perspective, and maybe Spec had the 1st win of some sort, but Joe Public has been winning on all dif carbon bikes that are in produx while Spec plays market mastermind.
Nice bike tho. Cant wait to see the lift lines drenched in more carbon soon.
Yay.
I remember seeing that at Chateau Doex worlds, but did nico win on that? I forget??
Great stories to tell from that race, when we are sitting around the pinkbike campfire, I will tell them.
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So it's only a plastic front triangle?
it would seem like it. SC (on their production bikes) and Trek are both using aluminum swingarms
Trek has carbon seat stay, alloy chain stay. Demo has all alloy in the rear.
The carbon front saves a ton of weight though! Almost $25,000 worth of gold, or $5000 worth of green gold.
I like the 100% carbon frames moar:
That is, without a doubt, the FINEST use of carbon fiber I've ever seen.
And that includes mountain bikes.
And that includes mountain bikes.
Carbon rear end? Devinci Wilson?
There was a Lahar there. The guy broke one of his chains right out of the truck. I saw the bike at the last duryea race too. I didn't think they were that old, but I guess I was wrong. It has a chain from the cranks to the Rohloff hub, and another from the hub to the rear hub. The most f'ed up thing is the 1/4" thick chainstays and how the brake therapy thing creates an X in relation to the chainstay. The huge center-mass with the mono tube running to the headtube looks weird also. But if the guy likes it and it works, what's my opinion matter, right?
the floater design sounds like one of the older ones. like this? 
Damn, that's up there with a unicorn sighting. Haven't seen one of those in about 5 or 6 years and always had about the same impression as you. It just looks so weird, but props to the guy for making them basically in his garage (before it went under and people lost their money). Those bikes definitely had a cult-like following for a while, but if nothing else it's impressive to see one still on the trail. I guess they're durable if nothing else.
Did you get a chance to look at it from behind? Proportionally it's just so odd, I can;t help staring.
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mine is still going strong. love the thing; 6yrs later, and the geometry is still current.
why would you even make one of those?! because you can I suppose... unless it's for a racing yacht or uber-light weight plane or something like that where every gram counts...I like the 100% carbon frames moar:
Along those lines: I wonder if Specialized has some of their pros running the Status so they can gather data about rear-end stiffness. I wonder if by using carbon, Spec could ditch the double chainstay design, keep the weight low (or even drop some weight) and maintain stiffness...
It seems like they have some of their pros running the status just to sell moar frames.
Sweet there is going to be a team s-wroks replica with a 135 rear end, 6 speed 9t drivetrain, coated stanchions etc. Then a regular carbon non s-works version with an rc4 and a 150mm rear end.
Ccdb on the frameset, not rc4
Negative ghostrider. Double barrel on the sworks. Regular carbon gets an rc4.
No, Christiaan is correct. Per the Carbon Demo pdf packet, the team replica gets Vivid, other complete is RC4, and team replica frameset is CCDB.
Yeah I meant vivid on the replica complete sorry. But the non sworks Demo 8 I gets an RC4 and the replica frameset gets a double barrel and a 150mm rear end unlike the complete which gets a 135.
I think the bigger news here is the 7spd (9-26) on the team replica...and the carbon is pretty cool too 
lol
10k for a one-to-two season DH bike?
10k for a one-to-two season DH bike?
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Anybody care to explain why the Sworks has 11mm carbon while the Demo8-I has 10mm??
FACT 11m and 10m are not measurements in millimeters if that's what you're thinking. as far as i know the 11m and 10m are FACT designators for the different grades, layup, type, shape and method of construction of the carbon.
1-2 seasons?
I mean I agree 10K is pretty outrageous, but I'm fairly confident it will last more then 1-2 seasons.
with all the Sram parts on it ...it likely wont and will probably starts crapping out after 2-3 weeks ;-)