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Feb 14, 2004
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Colored tires like that always scare me imho. I always think the colored parts'll come off in a chunk.

I wish I wasn't such a bum in swapping tires, or else I'd get those blue camos.
 

MikeD

Leader and Demogogue of the Ridemonkey Satinists
Oct 26, 2001
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My god. That green Soverign is one sexy-ass bitch.

PDC stuff looks pretty damned nice, too. Someone was certainly thinking of a low COG as a basic design principle, eh? What are the stats on that freeride/slalom/trail/whatever non-DH bike?
 

sod8

Chimp
Dec 10, 2001
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Those are some of the better pictures that I have seen so far! Thanks for helping me procrastinate with my studying.

I would love to build that Soverign up as a single speed trail bike. That Sinister FR bike looks sick, I am very curious to how hear how it rides.
 

The Kadvang

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Apr 13, 2004
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Sirbikesalot33 said:
Yeah but this puts stress on the chain stays/dropouts of the frame, or so it looks.
Yeah, I get what you mean. To me it still seems pretty much the same thing, just moved foreward. I'm sure sinister has tested the **** out of it.
 

Brad23

Monkey
Jan 9, 2004
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Big style points for PDR and Evil :drool:

What the hell happened at Giant???? The part look great on their own but they don't add up to make the bike look 'balanced''.
 

TheInedibleHulk

Turbo Monkey
May 26, 2004
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The Faith is... ugly, and looks heavy. But, despite the previous statemnet about the AC, it HAS to an improvement, since AC stood for absolute crap.

Ignorant jackazz question- Are the Giants DW link bikes?? They look very similar in suspension design to the IH's to me, whats the difference? Also does anyone know if giant changed anything regarding the chainline on the DH, or did they just bend the toptube?
 

Hans

Monkey
Aug 8, 2003
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Copenhagen, Denmark
TheInedibleHulk said:
The Faith is... ugly, and looks heavy. But, despite the previous statemnet about the AC, it HAS to an improvement, since AC stood for absolute crap.

Ignorant jackazz question- Are the Giants DW link bikes?? They look very similar in suspension design to the IH's to me, whats the difference? Also does anyone know if giant changed anything regarding the chainline on the DH, or did they just bend the toptube?
not that I'm an engineer or anything, but i would venture to say that NO it is not a dw link, there are lots of suspension designs that use ste same basic layout, marin(quad), sc(vpp), intense(vpp), blade(?) and i think saracen had one a couple of years ago, and to stretch tihngs i would even put the RM etx(the xc/marathon) or whatever it's called in that category.

I think I kinda like that Giant faith!? :think:
 

Acadian

Born Again Newbie
Sep 5, 2001
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Hans said:
not that I'm an engineer or anything, but i would venture to say that NO it is not a dw link, there are lots of suspension designs that use ste same basic layout, marin(quad), sc(vpp), intense(vpp), blade(?) and i think saracen had one a couple of years ago, and to stretch tihngs i would even put the RM etx(the xc/marathon) or whatever it's called in that category.

I think I kinda like that Giant faith!? :think:
SC and Intense both license the VPP design.

In my e-pinion the Giant Maesto is no different than the DW link..
 

Incubus

Monkey
Oct 17, 2001
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Anyone notice that Devinci has moved the dropout pivot from the chainstay to the seatstay of their DH bikes. I presume that this is so that they can sell them in the US where they couldn't in '04.

Out of curiosity, what kind of royalty needs to be paid to specialized for the FSR link. Seems odd that they'd redesign the rear end rather than pay specialized.
 

Repack

Turbo Monkey
Nov 29, 2001
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The Giants are interesting. Doesn't the giant factory in Taiwann also make Specialized frames? Those bikes reminded me of the new Enduro with a Demo 8/9 style 'cage' around the bb and lower shock mount.
I'm calling conspiracy!
 

Repack

Turbo Monkey
Nov 29, 2001
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Incubus said:
Out of curiosity, what kind of royalty needs to be paid to specialized for the FSR link. Seems odd that they'd redesign the rear end rather than pay specialized.
I think that a lot of large companies do not want to have a competitors sticker on the frame. I would be like Chevy advertising a truck as "powered by Ford." GT ditched FSR and came up with iDrive when Specialized began enforcing the patent and stickering.
 

syadasti

i heart mac
Apr 15, 2002
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Repack said:
I think that a lot of large companies do not want to have a competitors sticker on the frame. I would be like Chevy advertising a truck as "powered by Ford." GT ditched FSR and came up with iDrive when Specialized began enforcing the patent and stickering.
Most companies understand that they can't do things as well as other in some aspects or that the customer is always right and you should give them what they want.

My Saturn has a Honda engine, tranny, and ECU though GM doesn't advertise it in their brochure. I've seen the parts boxes before from the parts department and they are Honda boxes with Saturn stickers that don't even cover up all of the Honda print :D
 

Repack

Turbo Monkey
Nov 29, 2001
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syadasti said:
Most companies understand that they can't do things as well as other in some aspects or that the customer is always right and you should give them what they want.

My Saturn has a Honda engine, tranny, and ECU though GM doesn't advertise it in their brochure. I've seen the parts boxes before from the parts department and they are Honda boxes with Saturn stickers that don't even cover up all of the Honda print :D
I know about the GM/Honda deal. I think that it comes down do a decision: be ~original, or advertise someone elses design. That is funny about the stickers though. But you car still doesn't have a Honda badge anywhere on it.
 

syadasti

i heart mac
Apr 15, 2002
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Repack said:
I know about the GM/Honda deal. I think that it comes down do a decision: be ~original, or advertise someone elses design. That is funny about the stickers though. But you car still doesn't have a Honda badge anywhere on it.
I like the new GM Saabaru WRX wagon :thumb: