Yeah, lets rebel and not ride for half a season. That's really the smartest aproach.
450lbs seemed fine when testing out before the ride, but during riding the rear just squished too much. Again, could have been many reasons it felt that way. Front fork could have been too stiff, bike was a S and I'm 6'4" 240lbs, or ....
what would the sage % be on that. because the bike seemed to really eat through the first bit of travel.
Don't know about stopping production (don't know if they're even IN production yet?), but yes the swingarms are having problems. Unfortunately this is because they weren't manufactured to the correct specs; there is a machined out corner just near where the upper link pivot is that was supposed to be a filleted radius, however the factory for some reason machined it out square. This obviously creates a stress riser - if anyone remembers some of the issues Kona had with seatstays about 7 years ago due to machining stuff like that, same deal. Mine has small cracks on both sides. This is a pretty easy thing to rectify obviously - smack the machinist upside the head and tell him to read the drawings properly. I wouldn't stress about it for production, Banshee will sort it out.
You're 6'4" and rode a small? That's a bit wack - I'm 6'2" and ride a large! You should be on a large or at the very least a medium, the small will be tiny under you.
The bike is designed to use the initial travel quite easily, that's what gets you small bump sensitivity and grip. Don't take this as a personal attack but I get the impression you're not really used to DH bikes? Pedal bashing is pretty easy to avoid once you get used to it - my BB height is now 13.7" and I don't have any issues. I don't think it's the bike blowing through travel that's causing you issues there, more likely to be that you're not used to such a low sagged BB height. Again, please don't take that as a personal flame or whatever.
My buddy just got a call saying that his will be here this weekend, so I'd say nothing has stopped.
Mid summer? I don't think they've even got the first 50 prototypes out there yet and changes are still being made. Full production by summer would surprise me.
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you should have seen and hear chris canfield @ eurobike when he saw the legend...nice build in the legend. the bike reminds me this bike
Hey, just an opinion. In fact, I do know what I'm getting, because I've got one, and I reckon it's pretty much a ferrari. Its accelerates like a ferrari. It corners like a ferrari. And with the I9 rear hub, when you come off the throttle, it sounds like a ferrari... :biggrin:
So what did I look like and what did I say?
dont u remember?
No worries. Not offended. I did mention that I was riding a small, and the shock most likely wasn't set up correctly, so any of my observations should be taken as such.
hey Chris so the Legend have the same suspension design like the F1 Jedi?
All that matters is that you ride ithey, i gotta say that in raw, or silver w.e you want to call it the frame looks beautifal and cbj you need not wait till mid summer, rumor has it a size medium with a fox dhx and a 888 ata will be making a debut at diablo in early may
You mean like- its a parallel link suspension-
). And yes it sags nicely when you get it set right. My static BB height is 14.12" and has about 33-35% sag...yes it sags nice and low when you are on it. With the low COG coupled with a low BB it really carves the corners HARD! are they? i got my mates back home waiting on their team frames coz there is a hold up on the bos shocks.
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