I was looking for thin pedals and noticed Canfield frames are like half price. If anyone needed an excuse for a new frame. 
http://store.canfieldbrothers.com/frames/suspension.html
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canfield has been having really aggressive sales lately. Don't know what's up with that...new stuff coming down the pipe, or nobody buying their old stuff?
Nothing new as of now. They had plans of 2 new bikes. A carbon 140/150 and aluminum 200mm travel bike that pedals well and can use both wheel sizes.
Now they are pretty quite, saying this is a down year for them. They may move to Utah....lot of speculation they might not stay in business
that would be a shame, they were one of the smaller companies from the early days of DH that managed to stay in business.
They seem to be along the same lines as Turner. One of those companies that is (sadly) easily forgotten about, now. Perhaps because of zero advertising, no really any "pro" representation at events etc etc.
Speak to most new riders and I bet they don't even know who the Canfield's, Turner etc are....
Speak to most new riders and I bet they don't even know who the Canfield's, Turner etc are....
yea, a lot of these older/smaller companies struggled to stay competitive when everything got outsourced to ASPAC.
I don't know how much attention one should be paying to the rumors of production difficulties with their new (crabon?) frames, but it sure looks like they are in a tight cash management mode now. I took advantage of their sale and got me a Riot frame sans shock for $750 and I am loving the bike. I never had anything bad happen to my previous Canfield frame - the Balance - despite me being a talentless fatass hack so even if they go under, I believe I'll be enjoying the Riot for a while. And if not, I have a great reason to call the GG guys! 
Wish it was in a large.
I am also watching the Jedi frames on sale, but ... I love the DHR and I am not investing in 27.5 DH wheels anytime soon.
I wish they invested more in hyroforming aluminum instead of carbon. Their frames could stand to loose some weight (smash and fugitive are almost a lb lighter) I love my Riot but it is a little flexy with the twin upper links.I don't know how much attention one should be paying to the rumors of production difficulties with their new (crabon?) frames, but it sure looks like they are in a tight cash management mode now. I took advantage of their sale and got me a Riot frame sans shock for $750 and I am loving the bike. I never had anything bad happen to my previous Canfield frame - the Balance - despite me being a talentless fatass hack so even if they go under, I believe I'll be enjoying the Riot for a while. And if not, I have a great reason to call the GG guys!
The riot loves a good coil shock
But they sure did find the winning formula for a good peddling bike that likes chunk.
Good reason to clear out old frames just sitting around taking up space. You don't want to have to pay freight on random stuff that isn't making you money.
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