I wonder how this contraption rides?

Zaskar Rider · May 22, 2004

Woah, that's umm....big. It seems like that much leverage on the head tube would just make it go snap the first time you hit something.

mcA896 · May 22, 2004

no kidding huh? a super monster on a minuteman?

:eek:

Curb Hucker · May 22, 2004

i pray that that is just a joke, as in someone with a supermonster and a minuteman just was screwing around

Zoso · May 22, 2004

BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lexx D · May 22, 2004

No it's real. The gut is selling the fork on pinkbike. That's the picture he put up.

mack · May 22, 2004

if its not a joke, hes gunna make it to the darwin awards pretty soon, lol.

"man impaled by bicycle after he jumped a 30 ft drop after beinged warned by the manufactur...."

mplutodh1 · May 22, 2004

the idiots of the world... and the things they do

Sideways · May 22, 2004

.....Zed's dead.

COmtbiker12 · May 22, 2004

That's the stupidest bike I've ever seen...

Rik · May 22, 2004

I'd change the seat, drop the height of it it a bit, and look at fabricating a sissy bar to mount on the dropout/disc mount and bolt to the back of the seat rails somehow.
Oh, and tassles too.

Ice Bullit · May 22, 2004

Thats awsome :thumb:

GravityFreakTJ · May 22, 2004

Tonight on "When Good Bikes Go Bad"....................

HTFR · May 22, 2004

i'd love to try it.

steve45 · May 22, 2004

kona hotrod eat your heart out.
looks like we have a new chopper in the hot seat.

all it needs now is a custom fabricated tank.

Lizard0fthetrai · May 22, 2004

I wonder if you'd have problems catching your foot on the front tire with that short a wheelbase :rolleyes:

Toshi · May 22, 2004

Originally posted by Lizard0fthetrai
I wonder if you'd have problems catching your foot on the front tire with that short a wheelbase

shhh, it's still shorter than an old rotec :eek:

Mattoid · May 23, 2004

I wonder how hard that bike is to wheelie?

RhinofromWA · May 23, 2004

Originally posted by Toshi
shhh, it's still shorter than an old rotec

lol but my head tube angle is better......lol

Besides that head angle is like the Yeti DH now..... :eek:

HippieKai · May 23, 2004

i'd hit it :monkey:

allsk8sno · May 23, 2004

i saw that in the buy sell there on pinkbike
i assumed it was a joke...like choper heheh

rockwool · May 23, 2004

Originally posted by Sideways
.....Zed's dead.

yeah, but loads of space for a "potbelly"...

Village Idiot · May 23, 2004

If you think thats weird, Alutech actually make a HT desiged for a Super Monster.

Bldr_DH · May 23, 2004

Ha, and as if the handlebars weren't high enough, he has that uber 3" + rise on it.

Just think of it this way... you can haul down those 78 degree slopes.

RhinofromWA · May 23, 2004

Originally posted by Village Idiot
If you think thats weird, Alutech actually make a HT desiged for a Super Monster.

I wonder what teh head angle is at full compresion? :think:

Almost pointing backward?

Would it hit the DT?

I won't even mention the single speed..... :eek:

Toshi · May 23, 2004

Originally posted by RhinofromWA
I wonder what teh head angle is at full compresion? Almost pointing backward?

Would it hit the DT?

I won't even mention the single speed.....

hint: photoshop

RhinofromWA · May 23, 2004

Originally posted by Toshi
hint: photoshop

I couldn't tell....the monitor I am looking thru is "fuzzy" at best.

Good show....fooled me. wouldn't suprise me if someone tried to make one.

The PinkBike mark in the corner is a nice touch. lol

Toshi · May 23, 2004

Originally posted by RhinofromWA
I couldn't tell....the monitor I am looking thru is "fuzzy" at best.

Good show....fooled me. wouldn't suprise me if someone tried to make one. The PinkBike mark in the corner is a nice touch. lol

it is a photo from pinkbike's image galleries, so the pinkbike watermark makes sense. i actually can't tell that it's a photochop myself, but that's what i read when that pic first surfaced. furthermore the other alutech pics on pinkbike are "normal"

http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/photo/?op=list&keywordselect=4&keywordmain=alutech&Submit=Perform+Search!

finally, the page for the frame it supposedly is is here:

http://www.alutech-bikes.com/dtff.html

and it has a normal head tube angle once again, with 130mm forks. so there is no way that the head angle could be 75 degrees or so with the super monster without the aid of photoshop or the like.

Village Idiot · May 23, 2004

Hmm

But the fact that there are two pics from two different angles...

Toshi · May 23, 2004

Originally posted by Village Idiot
Hmm

But the fact that there are two pics from two different angles...

and the lighting is good. :confused:

well, i just fired off an email to the company, so perhaps they will clear this up once and for all.

Toshi · May 24, 2004

Originally posted by Toshi
and the lighting is good. well, i just fired off an email to the company, so perhaps they will clear this up once and for all.

good lawd, the beast is real :eek:

From: info@alutech-bikes.com
Subject: Re: Question about the Dirt TFF frame
Date: May 23, 2004 10:41:42 PM PDT
To: [me]

hello,

this frame is a special order from the rider.
the standard frame is buiuld for forks with 130mm travel ( not 300!)

regards,

jÃ¼

----- Original Message -----
From: "Toshi Clark"
To: <info@alutech-bikes.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 9:37 PM
Subject: Question about the Dirt TFF frame

To whom it may concern-

Sorry for asking this question in English. I wish to know whether these
two pictures are of a real Alutech frame, or whether they are the
result of an active imagination and Adobe Photoshop:

http://www.pinkbike.com/m/disk01/pinkbike/photo/pbpic141065.jpg
http://www.pinkbike.com/m/disk01/pinkbike/photo/pbpic141064.jpg

Thanks in advance for your reply.

-Toshi Clark

Rik · May 24, 2004

That Alutech scares me :dead:

The angles... so wrong... ugh.

I wonder how this contraption rides?

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