B.A.D. Mofo Bullit Augmentation Device??!?!
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it looks like an aftermarket swingarm, but i have no clue what those silver shings are about
That silver plug he's pulling out of the swingarm looks to be some sort of hash pipe... 
all internal? I LOVE THAT WEBSITE!
SpeedyObnox said:
I saw that too and was wondering what the point was...
I thought the thread title said "argumentation device", and was thinking "computer with net connection".
ahahahahaha!Rik said:
hmmm...so you can ride your Bullit while posting pictures of it and asking for others to post their cool pics of Rootbear Bullits and complaining how other companies are ripping off the Bullits patented pivot placement...Rik said:
That's the essence of freeriding.
edit: we forgot about green doublewides
edit: we forgot about green doublewides
My $$ says smoking aparatus...
Dont get caught crossing the border with that gem. Those dogs can sniff that stuff really good.
Dont get caught crossing the border with that gem. Those dogs can sniff that stuff really good.
Its the Shaft signature series bike.
"He's one bad mother-(shut yo mouth!)"
I'd say it's adjustability. It looks to me like you can rotate the dropout around to change things like headangle, BB height, wheelbase/CS length. there might be somthing similar but by the shock bolt so you can counter act some of the first adjustments - IE, rotate the dropouts for a short chainstay, then change the shock position to maintain the original head angle.
Maybe?
"He's one bad mother-(shut yo mouth!)"
I'd say it's adjustability. It looks to me like you can rotate the dropout around to change things like headangle, BB height, wheelbase/CS length. there might be somthing similar but by the shock bolt so you can counter act some of the first adjustments - IE, rotate the dropouts for a short chainstay, then change the shock position to maintain the original head angle.
Maybe?
I checked this out at the Simple Minds Technology booth. They offered a chainkeeper bashguard and some singlespeed stuff. Someone outside of SMT made the swingarm and may be offering it. It was a prototype that would allow for a larger shock so it offered some adjustability. It allows for 2.7" tires.gmac said:
the round silvery thing looks very similar to the round silvery thingy on the foes dhs mono.
So nobody here was at IB and asked about this thing?
My friend Landon built this swingarm upgrade. I cant remember exactly the dimensions of it, but I believe that the swingarm runs a 9.5X3 shock and gives 8" of travel to make your Bullit into a longer travel fs trail rig. Ill drop Landon an E-mail and see if he can reply further. The parts looked awesome in person. He also had a big BMX that he built too, with chainstays in the 14.5 range or so. It was pretty cool.
dw
dw
Thanks dw, an aftermarket swingarm is easy enough to make, but what about those disks at the dropouts and the crack pipes that come out of the seatstays? If you could ask him to clarify those it would be awesome.
Come on, man. Just think to yourself how many times you've been ripping up a sweet piece of singletrack and thought, "If I could only spark up a little rock, that would make this ride perfect..."Matt D said:
Welp, adjustible or not, crack pipe or not, it's still, by far, the ugliest looking swingarm I've ever set my eyes on. Maybee it grows on ya after ya hit the rock. No offense to DW's buddy, but I would have made the thing without those ugly bends. However I don't know what the ***k I'm talking about so don't listen to me anyway. MMM...............Crack
What you are all calling a crack pipe is actually an internal floating piston, notice the o-rings? You can sort of make out how the shock connects through the pivot bolt, well that pivot bolt acts like the hose on a remote reservoir shock and the swink arm is acting like a huge remote reservoir, sure the 5th already has the piggyback but by making the reservoir larger you get a stronger platform with better small bump sensitivity. Since the swingarm is thickwall aluminum it acts as a radiator to cool the oil too, pretty freakin ingenious if you ask me.
No wait it's really a crack pipe, I must have been hitting it before I came up with that wild explanation.
No wait it's really a crack pipe, I must have been hitting it before I came up with that wild explanation.
Ummmmm Yeah...
Who goes through the trouble of designing an all new rear end with more travel, and doesn't make it 12x150mm thru-axle compatible? Quick release??? C'mon dude!
so does anybody that went to interbike really know what this thing is?
Just looks like an aluminum insert that goes with the replaceable drops. Maybe you can rotate it a bit to change angles, bb height, etc., or maybe it's just their idea that an aluminum insert is easier to replace than a damaged dropout interface (and lighter than steel chainring bolts too). Not saying I agree it's a good idea, but that's what it looks like to me. And maybe they have a 12 x 150 option, but wanted to show a qr so you know you don't need a new wheel.
You mean you're looking for an explanation like:Kornphlake said:
dw said:
