I'm jealous.Can't wait for mine to be ready!
Any idea yet as to when they're going to be available to the general public?
I'm jealous.Can't wait for mine to be ready!
Me brain was worky that day..if you look close you can see the offset shock mount. it sits left-of-center to help balance out the weight added to the drive side of the bike. kinda' cool.
Hey Dave,Me brain was worky that day..
I think they should offset the whole drivetrain to the left with it so that the right crank sits in the midline of the bike and I can pedal it with my third leg.if you look close you can see the offset shock mount. it sits left-of-center to help balance out the weight added to the drive side of the bike. kinda' cool.
LOL. I bet you could sell that video to Larry Flynt.I think they should offset the whole drivetrain to the left with it so that the right crank sits in the midline of the bike and I can pedal it with my third leg.
Sorry man, you are asking the wrong guy. I just did the suspension, geometry, and helped with the initial industrial design layout/concepts. Ska Todd should be able to answer a lot better than I can!Hey Dave,
Any timeframe on more pics and some specs? Great to see the teaser pics, that'll hold me over for a little while!!!
Looks like a giant front triangle though:biggrin:
Think it is like that on the Sunn bikes too, but i think mainly on the 160 & 140 mm Kern LT. It's a great idea though.Me brain was worky that day..
I can't see nothing.if you look close you can see the offset shock mount. it sits left-of-center to help balance out the weight added to the drive side of the bike. kinda' cool.
It's not that new, and kinda' nesecery with such low shock position. It was done on the Fusion bikes, and on... other bikes.if you look close you can see the offset shock mount. it sits left-of-center to help balance out the weight added to the drive side of the bike. kinda' cool.
http://www.littermag.com/2009/wp-content/themes/mimbo/images/evil-bikes-revolt-prototype2.jpg
so basically everything but actually "mass" produce it.I just did the suspension, geometry, and helped with the initial industrial design layout/concepts.
Both the Evil and the new DHR use a dual progressive leverage rate. It can be done (I've done it) by actuating the shock from one or both ends.Hey DW, any chance the leverage ratio will look something like this?
(Using the chart from the Lapierre DH920 which djamgils posted in another thread)...
To me, that's a darn near perfect leverage ratio curve...progressive - linear - progressive. Get the good small bump sensitivity up to the sag point and a good ramp up at the end of the stroke for bottom out with a nice active linear range in between.
That's an almost impossible leverage ratio to design into a single pivot suspension - UNLESS YOU ACTUATE THE SHOCK AT BOTH ENDS.
So was just wondering...
If so, the Evil would be the only single pivot bike out there with such a nice leverage curve...I could see it being a really effective design.
(ah ha, I knew it!)Both the Evil and the new DHR use a dual progressive leverage rate. It can be done (I've done it) by actuating the shock from one or both ends.
If Todd can't help, I still have about 30 pounds of Seafoam powder from Piper and Whitsell's bikes last season.Looks flexy.
Just kidding. I really like how the built bike looks vs. the frame shots. Nice and low, lots of standover. I want one...possibly in Seafoam Green. :biggrin:
(ah ha, I knew it!)
Well, that's pretty cool. I'm pretty impressed that you've managed to engineer that rate into a single pivot (if that is in fact what it is, I guess the cat is not out of the bag yet). Would be even more impressed to see how you would do it on a single pivot from only one end of the shock...eccentrics or complex linkage I would imagine.
I was skeptical about this new Evil bike at first, but the more I know the more I'm impressed. It is actually unique and a bit more than just some marketing hype. Will be watching Stevie on this baby this year that's for sure.
I think I saw some scratches in Michael's Sunday...heh heh...If Todd can't help, I still have about 30 pounds of Seafoam powder from Piper and Whitsell's bikes last season.
Yeah, you're right. But he kinda implied it. My, we are both pedantic. Don't you love forums...I don't know if it was intentional or not but DW did not say that he had successfully designed a single pivot to have a similar curve while being actuated from either one end or both...
the cannondale judge has a similar curve and its also a single pivot with link driven shock.(ah ha, I knew it!)
Well, that's pretty cool. I'm pretty impressed that you've managed to engineer that rate into a single pivot (if that is in fact what it is, I guess the cat is not out of the bag yet). Would be even more impressed to see how you would do it on a single pivot from only one end of the shock...eccentrics or complex linkage I would imagine.
I was skeptical about this new Evil bike at first, but the more I know the more I'm impressed. It is actually unique and a bit more than just some marketing hype. Will be watching Stevie on this baby this year that's for sure.
sleeve to give adjustable HA from 64 to 66 degrees.I don't feel like reading the entire post, but whats the story behind the headtube clamps?