Giant Glory
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the site is a bit buggy, noticed some other anomalies on other pages.DHS said:
that chainstay length is horible, that better be an error on te site for their sake.
cmon guys, its obviously a typo, its in the 17 range like most else. Did you guys actually even look at the picturesk8kid33 said:
To bad the second pivot on that bike only moves about 1 dagree.
...man - I'm all about new and different looking designs, but I still say this thing looks wierd.
It's blue and the frame looks like it's pitching a tent...
...maybe they should call it the "Giant Viagra"
"Glory Hole" or the "Sunday Morning Wood" is just making it too obvious...
It's blue and the frame looks like it's pitching a tent...
...maybe they should call it the "Giant Viagra"
"Glory Hole" or the "Sunday Morning Wood" is just making it too obvious...
all those frames look like A$$ imo, like they should be sold at walmart next to the pacificas and mongoose bikes. The fact that they ride like $hit doen't help things much.
great sense of Humor...S.K.C. said:
i will say it looks like a "horny Donky"
The linkage does make a lot of sense but is sad that require such a radical execution, not to mension dangerous is you case it on something.
That's why I want one. "I've got a creak coming from my glory hole, must be the shock"S.K.C. said:
Patineto:
In Giant's defense I really want to like this bike - guess it will just take some getting used to. I used to think Demos looked ridiculous, until I understood their design... now I love em'...
...that's an excellent point. Casing near the BB area could do some damage to the shock mount.
In Giant's defense I really want to like this bike - guess it will just take some getting used to. I used to think Demos looked ridiculous, until I understood their design... now I love em'...
maybe, but I'm sure that casing and sending the shockmount into the rear spokes wouldn't be covered under "manufacturer defect".
Id rather look at bikerN8....No really that thing is fugly to the max.
Which wouldn't cover someone casing the shock mount on a rock.zmtber said:
Have you ridden any of giant's maestro bikes? They ride amazingly well and are very inexpensive. Honestly they are some of the bets bikes on the market.wingman24 said:
I am sure giant has extensively tested the shock mount strength as well. You aren't gonna break it. From the pictures it looks like the shock mounts are about 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch thick. That would make them very strong. It also has a guard to prevent things from smacking into the shock.
no, I haven't ridden the mistro, but I have ridden the faith, and besides being somewhat of a pig, it didn't feel very good imo.
and UUUUGGGLLY.
and UUUUGGGLLY.
I own a faith. It is actually a fairly lightweight frame. The faith is a maestro suspension. All of giant's suspension is now maestro. Maestro is a type of suspension (2 links rotating in the same direction attatched to a rigid rear triangle). The faith is an awesome bike, it pedals very well, brakes awesome, and it plows. After buying my faith I have gotten exponentially faster. Everyone I know really likes the faith. It's an affordable DH bike with awesome geometry. And as far as being ugly I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.wingman24 said:
And the maestro designs are very similar to the DW link bikes. So I assume they ride similarly in terms of suspension.
i'd hit it.
Last I heard, Giant only offers a 3 year warentee on their freeride/downhill bikes.zmtber said:
its the "why i hate forums thread"...
and since when do people 'case' their downtubes?
and since when do people 'case' their downtubes?
Sounds better this way...kidwoo said:
I don't think it would ever happen, not casing the down tube, but it still looks like it has a chubby, and thats just wrong.........like homo erotic or something, which is fine if your into that kind of thing, but not for me......
anyone else see the irony? sounds like you have a fixation...wingman24 said:
Zedro:
http://www.vorb.org.nz/ftopicp-607331.html#607331
...check THIS out and tell me it never happens:...and since when do people 'case' their downtube?
http://www.vorb.org.nz/ftopicp-607331.html#607331
It never happens....except in extreme rarities. If you're concerned about it, you better stop riding, you never know when you might go down sideways and scrape the top tube on a rock, or whatever other extreme rare situation you can think of...S.K.C. said:
If you case your bike as bad in the video, you should be assuming (as you are comming out of the coma) that the bike frame was a total loss.
I'm saying it happens, as in - it does occur. I didn't say it happens ALL the time.
Jm - you've never cased a 20 ft gap like that?
Jm - you've never cased a 20 ft gap like that?
yeah....what was the point again? hell, the box frame construction might even be stronger than a std downtube in this case.Jm_ said:
i really think people are trying hard to dislike the bike based on it's looks alone...i hear that color blue is really slow...
Zedro:
... ya know - I was just thinking the same thing. I just wonder how that design would behave in a "case" scenario in the area around the shock mount / BB... and what of rock/boulder clearance?
Guess we'll have to wait until someone tests it... Like I said before I want to like the Glory, but the design is going to take some understanding... and I used to think Demos looked wierd...
... ya know - I was just thinking the same thing. I just wonder how that design would behave in a "case" scenario in the area around the shock mount / BB... and what of rock/boulder clearance?
Guess we'll have to wait until someone tests it... Like I said before I want to like the Glory, but the design is going to take some understanding... and I used to think Demos looked wierd...
nope, not a fixation, just trying to say the frame looks totaly gay, and it looks like it has a penis hanging off the DT, without haveing to use such blunt lanuage.zedro said:anyone else see the irony? sounds like you have a fixation...
if your dick looks like that then you got some major problemswingman24 said:nope, not a fixation, just trying to say the frame looks totaly gay, and it looks like it has a penis hanging off the DT, without haveing to use such blunt lanuage.
Hmmmmm - I have to admit that I am not a great fan of Giant....I dont think the bikes look good....