[Kntr]

Well, the 06 Fly is finally built up for the season. I haven't had a real ride on it yet but, I can say the 06 Medium is delfinately smaller than my 02.5 Medium. The Curnutt pedals a little better than the Avy, but the Avy kills the Curnutt in every other department so far. Im going to do a lot more testing.

The bike complete weighs 43.25 lbs.
Frame weight 10.9 lbs with floater and with out rear axle.
Ti Curnutt weighed 2.2 lbs and the Ti Avy weighed 2.4 lbs.

The only downside so far is the seatpost adjustment. It only has about 3" of adjustment. I might have to look into a telescoping seatpost.

The Avy reservoir is completly out of the way. The Intense Orange is so nice in the sun.

 

[surfinguru]

Very nice Kanter! Look forward to the ride reports.

 

[IronJim]

damn that looks good, i really like the orange. why do you only have 3" of seatpost adjustment?

 

[Polandspring88]

Looks damn sexy.

Oh yea, nice computer...

 

[downhill66]

that is sexy!!!

 

[Castle]

WOW!

 

[wood-dog]

What is the travel on your new little toy? BTW, it looks very sharp!

 

[frznnomad]

yeh what they said man. deffinatly a hot bike.

 

[Kntr]

Looks damn sexy.

Oh yea, nice computer...

Its my XC bike too.


It has 9" of travel in the rear and 8" on the front.

 

[patineto]

mister Kanter what kind of flat crowns do you have on your fork....??

they look nice as the rest of the bike, congratulations

 

[Kntr]

They are one of the first sets of Go-Ride crowns. I also run a one of a kind Go-Ride stem for their crown. Thanks Go-Ride.

 

[Jm_]

Nice.

I'm not sure what foes is trying to do with the curnutt shocks. With such a huge shock, you should be able to get some ultra-plush travel and adjustments, but they seem to be sticking to SPV, which means it will never be as plush as a system that doesn't use SPV. It's obvious that he's trying to make up for the rates of some singlepivot bikes, but on the other hand there's got to be a better solution. The curnutt shock is like 3lbs of wasted metal, when you can have many lighter shocks that outperform it.

I did ride ONE curnutt shock that felt like silk. Very smooth and just felt great. When I told foes that mine had a rebound clunk and did not work properly, they basically ignored it, even though other riders verified the problem. No matter what adjustments I used, I couldn't get it to feel like that one shock. In any case, the DHX outperformed the curnutt to a large degree.

With such a huge shock, you'd think there'd be more potential to tune it to compete with the avys and other stuff. Seems like since foes has the CV/T (spv) patent, they feel they HAVE to use it, no matter if it is worse than other stuff out there.

 

[Kntr]

The Ti Curnutt is only 100 grams lighter than my DHS Ti Avy.


I sent my Curnutt back to Foes 2 times before I just told them to give me a Romic in exchange for the Curnutt for my 2002.5 Fly. I told them there had to be something wrong with the shock because it clunked so bad.


I have also heard that the more you ride the Curnutt, the more the clunk goes away. With my old Fly I rode it for about a month and 150 miles of DH and the clunk didnt go away.

 

[Castle]

I did ride ONE curnutt shock that felt like silk. Very smooth and just felt great. When I told foes that mine had a rebound clunk and did not work properly, they basically ignored it, even though other riders verified the problem. No matter what adjustments I used, I couldn't get it to feel like that one shock. In any case, the DHX outperformed the curnutt to a large degree.

I knew I wasn't losing my mind, we (shop) recently built a customer of ours a new FXR and it has the curnutt and the rebound clunk. It's really crappy, it resonates throughout the frame and we called Foes twice, I talked to Brent once and was basically told that's the "norm". I was/am not impressed.....

 

[stiksandstones]

Nice job, the bike looks nice-although the seat angle is quite odd looking-but cool looking rig anyways.

 

[Jm_]

I have also heard that the more you ride the Curnutt, the more the clunk goes away. With my old Fly I rode it for about a month and 150 miles of DH and the clunk didnt go away.

Yeah, that was BS. I think when you said "clunk" they always assumed you were talking about the SPV valve on compression. It was a rebound clunk though, and it made the shock feel pretty horrible.

 

[bc2002]

Nice ride Kanter! But wait, did you say that there was only 3" of seatpost travel?

 

[PoserNewbie]

Nice bike. I thought there would be more than 3" of seatpost adjustment.

 

[S.K.C.]

Kanter, nice work man. The Orange / Gold / Black theme looks pretty cool. I was just gonna say something about the drop crowns, but you already mentioned it - the first batch of Lowriders from Go-Ride weren't ano'd in black... I wish they made them like that as an option though. Cool stem too - what is that, about 50mm or so?

Nice ride.

Its my XC bike too.

9" of travel ain't bad for a XC bike...

 

[Spunger]

Gravity dropper on the way huh........LOL I know the feeling of having no seatpost adjustment. It sucks.

Nice rig though. Too bad there's not a better place to mount that Avy resi other than on the side there. It looks like it might hit your leg while riding but then again it might just clear ok.

I like the orange though

 

[OGRipper]

That is super pimp Kanter, nice work.

 

[Monkeybidnezz]

Whoo hoo long wait is over. Great looking ride! How are the rear travel adjustments? I know for the old Fly it was kind of a pain at times on the trail...

 

[Monkeybidnezz]

Heh heh I see you have the dt protector this time too...smart man, you learned from the first time lol.

 

[binary visions]

Looks flexy

...actually, it looks awesome. Drool-worthy, even. Nice work!

 

[seismic]

The bike is looking awesome !!! Congrats !

 

[Kntr]

I thought there would be more adjustment on the seatpost too. My old Fly had 4" of adjustment but the new 06 Fly only has about 3".




The Avy reservoir is completely out of the way where it is mounted. The pics are deceiving. Its out of the way more than on the old Fly.



The stem is the same size as the Go-Ride Switch crown; 43mm or 50mm.

 

[hooples3]

Great looking bike!!!! Have fun!!

 

[nmjb]

Looks good - love the orange. How is the rear tire clearance with the new Fly? I remember it being pretty tight on the older Flys.

 

[Downhiller]

 

[dexter]

nice, lets rip this summer

 

[Kntr]

Looks good - love the orange. How is the rear tire clearance with the new Fly? I remember it being pretty tight on the older Flys.

The tire clearance is better on the 06 than the older Fly. It looks like a Maxxis 2.7 should fit with a little room to spare.


Im ready to ride now.

 

[Zutroy]

Nice.

I'm not sure what foes is trying to do with the curnutt shocks. With such a huge shock, you should be able to get some ultra-plush travel and adjustments, but they seem to be sticking to SPV, which means it will never be as plush as a system that doesn't use SPV. It's obvious that he's trying to make up for the rates of some singlepivot bikes, but on the other hand there's got to be a better solution. The curnutt shock is like 3lbs of wasted metal, when you can have many lighter shocks that outperform it.

I did ride ONE curnutt shock that felt like silk. Very smooth and just felt great. When I told foes that mine had a rebound clunk and did not work properly, they basically ignored it, even though other riders verified the problem. No matter what adjustments I used, I couldn't get it to feel like that one shock. In any case, the DHX outperformed the curnutt to a large degree.

With such a huge shock, you'd think there'd be more potential to tune it to compete with the avys and other stuff. Seems like since foes has the CV/T (spv) patent, they feel they HAVE to use it, no matter if it is worse than other stuff out there.

Gotta say the Curnutt on my mono was butter, no noise, performed better than any shock with platform I've tried. Think it all comes down to personal preference.

 

[Kntr]

Better pics of the Avy for the Cult Boys. It isnt in the way.

 

[Kntr]

I got the 2006 888 RC2X on a few days ago. Im liking the adjustments. I cant wait for this darn snow to melt.

I messed with the seatpost a little and now I get a little less than 4 inches of seatpost adjustment.

There is still a lot of snow in the hills.