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2015 Specialized Demo and Enduro Evo

Kanye West

220# bag of hacktastic
Aug 31, 2006
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This looks like an M1, a Rotec and a Sinister R9 all ran a train on a Demo, and now they're all playing "who's the real father" on Maury Povich.

Anyway, some product manager over there at S needs a prompt skullfvcking. From the same company who introduces and hypes numerous silly standards, of which this industry has WAY too many.....comes a design using an existing and outdated hub standard with a 650B M1 frame! All with the added benefit of disposable super low chainstays! We never EVER tag our brake rotors on things, right?? Nothing could POSSIBLY go wrong with that.
 

Kanye West

220# bag of hacktastic
Aug 31, 2006
3,740
470
I also like how they have their premier rider convinced that it actually has less pivots too.....LOLZ.
 

jonKranked

Detective Dookie
Nov 10, 2005
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This looks like an M1, a Rotec and a Sinister R9 all ran a train on a Demo, and now they're all playing "who's the real father" on Maury Povich.

Anyway, some product manager over there at S needs a prompt skullfvcking. From the same company who introduces and hypes numerous silly standards, of which this industry has WAY too many.....comes a design using an existing and outdated hub standard with a 650B M1 frame! All with the added benefit of disposable super low chainstays! We never EVER tag our brake rotors on things, right?? Nothing could POSSIBLY go wrong with that.
where'd you find the hub standard info?
 

xy9ine

Turbo Monkey
Mar 22, 2004
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All with the added benefit of disposable super low chainstays! We never EVER tag our brake rotors on things, right?? Nothing could POSSIBLY go wrong with that.
rather be grinding chain stays than bending a rotor in a race run; does offer a nice bit of protection, if unintentional.

i'm not a specialized fanboy, but i think this is hot, aesthetically speaking, anyways. some nice fresh thinking, utilizing the design flexibility of carbon (re: the asymmetry).
 

kidwoo

Artisanal Tweet Curator
We never EVER tag our brake rotors on things, right?? Nothing could POSSIBLY go wrong with that.
You'll hit them less with a 135 rear end :D

I also like how they have their premier rider convinced that it actually has less pivots too.....LOLZ.
Ahem.....'fewer' pivots hack, fewer. It's the opposite of 'moar'.
 

Bikael Molton

goofy for life
Jun 9, 2003
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1,146
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SAE is horrible and should be stamped out for good.

I like that this bike is a little different than the norm, not that I will ever own one. Would like to see some e-theorage about how concentric might be OK after the last decade of "it's the worst thing ever except for on 1.5" DJ bikes with 900 lb springs."
 

Sandwich

Pig my fish!
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May 23, 2002
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SAE is horrible and should be stamped out for good.

I like that this bike is a little different than the norm, not that I will ever own one. Would like to see some e-theorage about how concentric might be OK after the last decade of "it's the worst thing ever except for on 1.5" DJ bikes with 900 lb springs."
Because those bikes were single pivots, not virtual pivots. I still think this bike is going to suck once the instant center hits the bb line, but I can't e theorize that well. I predict that it'll start with lots of anti squat then drop into the negatives deep in travel.
 

Kanye West

220# bag of hacktastic
Aug 31, 2006
3,740
470
SAE is horrible and should be stamped out for good.

I like that this bike is a little different than the norm, not that I will ever own one. Would like to see some e-theorage about how concentric might be OK after the last decade of "it's the worst thing ever except for on 1.5" DJ bikes with 900 lb springs."
While that might be true, and while designing in metric might be arguably easier, two facts remain:

1) The majority of their target market, the US, uses SAE.
2) It takes NO effort for them to provide the info in BOTH formats, but all of their US customer base (see fact 1) have to get annoyed spending time converting because Specialized is too lazy or ignorant to just do it once.
 

ianjenn

Turbo Monkey
Sep 12, 2006
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While that might be true, and while designing in metric might be arguably easier, two facts remain:

1) The majority of their target market, the US, uses SAE.
2) It takes NO effort for them to provide the info in BOTH formats, but all of their US customer base (see fact 1) have to get annoyed spending time converting because Specialized is too lazy or ignorant to just do it once.
Maybe the Math is just to complex? And yes its annoying as hell I do agree.

http://www.metric-conversions.org/length/millimeters-to-inches.htm

:eek:
 

Bikael Molton

goofy for life
Jun 9, 2003
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Maybe Spec should propose a new International Standard for measurement that most of the world could agree to use?

I ride a size M TR450; not sure exactly how many Myanmarian king's thumb digits that represents.
 
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NAYR

Monkey
Jul 13, 2009
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Truckee
The bike is cool and all, but did any of you guys notice the fork that Brad Benedict(I think) is riding in the product launch video? Gold colored, looks inverted- Ohlins fork maybe? You can get a good view of it around 1:40 in the video.
 

demonprec

Monkey
Nov 12, 2004
237
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with only 7 cogs out back the 135 hub width makes perfect sense , as for the frame design and suspension i like the look never knew it was a single sided seat tube but i like the look and would love too try one out .