thats a one up on dw. Beaver's gonna take dw's job, I blame him for no more Sundays.Beavers is too modest.
I'm a bit of a designer myself so I appreciate creativity.
thats a one up on dw. Beaver's gonna take dw's job, I blame him for no more Sundays.Beavers is too modest.
I'm a bit of a designer myself so I appreciate creativity.
there is a swing link, its blue in color. you just have to look hard.Good warning!
My guess is it's a copy from the first-gen 303 proto and pictures released on the web. Have a look behind the seat tube, I'm not sure I can see what should be there...
The early 303, still shown in some pictures and ads here in the UK, had no swing link connecting the swingarm to the front triangle. As soon as there is any play or wobble in the bearings, side load would tend to lock the sliders (like a sticky kitchen drawer).
YETI added the swing-link but it looks like this guy may have missed it out - I can't make it out on those pics. If so, not good!
are u sure it was the bike that made u look? maybe u landed in a cannabis plant? Or maybe your like me and are naturally asian, the world may never know. 101 licks.That's my bike dude.
It's so fast it broke my leg.
Made me look chinese too.
i'll have it!! does he speak english well?OK, I have his phone number. Do you want to know that.
bwauhahahah....now that's some funny sh!t right there!Is that Monkey?
dude looks like Gary Coleman after smoking an ounce of Myles Rockwell's stash....
Oh Mr. Dutchman. So please tell me! All single pivot designs aren't "COPY". Got my point!
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If you would ask somebody who isn't a complete bike freak he would say those are the same bikes. Therefore I am saying it is a copy.
If yeti was a dutch company these chuang bikes would be illegal to sell in the netherlands.
Didn't you read my post, there is no 303 in Thailand. Yeti doesn't sell bike, there is no authorized dealer. The most important thing, he never claim that bike is his very own design.I am not only speaking about the suspension system but also the rear swingarm, drop outs, front triangle. For me it looks like it he measured the yeti and made some minor changes so he is able to build it but for the biggest part he just copied it.
it is nice to see what he is able to do. And for dhkid to possibly get a custom bike.
But I think it is lame to copy another bike almost exactly and he shouldnt be given credit for that.
Agree and I don't think Mr. Chuang is the one to give a hard time for copying in the bike business. He is in the same category as Carbon Mike that made that beautiful one off carbon VPP frame and nobody gave him a hard time:The ethnocentrism against Thailand in this thread is insane.
That's a sweet bike, and Mr. Chuang is a badass fabricator! I see kids trying to build their own frames all the time, and none get even halfway close to the craftsmanship of Chuang.
I think that is the key to a good product, taking something that works and making it better. Wasn't there a company that had a commercial that said something to the effect of, "We don't make a lot of the products you use, we make the products better"People are getting workeed up over copying needlessly, methinks.
How on earth do you think the Japanese came to dominate motocross - - and the motorcycle industry in general? They were not great innovators; but they were great copiers and marvelous refiners. They copied and then refined to the point that their refinements became innovation.
BASF.I think that is the key to a good product, taking something that works and making it better. Wasn't there a company that had a commercial that said something to the effect of, "We don't make a lot of the products you use, we make the products better"
wait, so you joined RM yeasterday, and all your posts have been promoting this "Chuang" shop who "doesn't copy" the 303, in this thread.He also make a custom frame too. I have seen a copied SC blur. If I can find pics, I'll show it later.
OK, All I want to mean is that Chuang doesn't has a copy job in common, but he is frame fabricator. There is no 303 in Thailand. Nobody has seen 303 before. It's like re-create for 303. That 303 is a truly custom made. All we got is just several pictures in magazine.wait, so you joined RM yeasterday, and all your posts have been promoting this "Chuang" shop who "doesn't copy" the 303, in this thread.
Huh.
Muy Curioso.