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Ohlins/Specialized Dirt Article
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That SWAT box is f-ing retarded.
3 years to make that? great investment in R&D
either it's a super sized dose of BS to keep the marketing department employed, or they really are out of ideas.
this is specialized we are talking about here, i am not surprised.
they built their own wind tunnel to make it seem like all the $10k bikes are somehow justified
what they really meant was "we were busy suing the original inventor of the SWAT box and that took 3 years."
they're going to file a trademark suit against SWAT teams
a bunch of years to make DEMO works on DH tracks, as OBAMA says, YES WE CAN, but i dont know if they could, Gwin will answer our question
they gotta do something with all that money!!
all this talk of swat and such makes me keep thinking 'gun rack'.. and im not sure why! always have the 9mil within reach out on the trail! that seems like it would be more useful than what they created
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theyd be on to something then. keeping my 9 in my camelbak isnt idealall this talk of swat and such makes me keep thinking 'gun rack'.. and im not sure why! always have the 9mil within reach out on the trail! that seems like it would be more useful than what they created
just saw this:
a 90-140gram spring??
ohlins is making the springs in sweden. possibly with troll bones.
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my vote goes for some euro-style witch craft powder. i mean look at that eye piercing yellow.
All this marketing and Gwin has to keep riding his Fox rear shock due to his sponsorship. Now if they could throw this shock on for Gwin and he started Gwinning again they might have something to stand on besides their drivel, heard that was slippery and disgusting anyways.
too bad, it seems not enough for Gwin with large size, eventually larger cs.
"to bring control to the bicycle industry"
I wonder if Specialzied have the appetite and wallet to commission a cane creek fork....that would certainly put them in a great marketing and product position. Im guessing the went direct to Ohlins and cut Cane Creek out due to volume and margin requirements.
First post for a while with some content - thank you!
LOL
if (
) cane creek were to release a fork, they certainly wouldn't pull some exclusive OEM crap like that. they didn't do it with the double barrel, they won't do it with their fork.
I do love control!
Wonder if Gwin is jealous of his team mates runnig the latest and greatest new kit? 
Allthings considered it will be really interesting to hear some real world feedback on the adjustment range. Seems very unlikely that three clicks will accomodate the majority of riders.
Wondering why nobody has brought up the low amount of lsc and hsr clicks on Vivids (the old, not the new to good for us amateurs), pretty sure the hsr is like 4 clicks and lsc is 5 clicks. Has been enough for me atleast
Allthings considered it will be really interesting to hear some real world feedback on the adjustment range. Seems very unlikely that three clicks will accomodate the majority of riders.
Wondering why nobody has brought up the low amount of lsc and hsr clicks on Vivids (the old, not the new to good for us amateurs), pretty sure the hsr is like 4 clicks and lsc is 5 clicks. Has been enough for me atleast
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well hsr doesn't have to be >10klicks but lsc would be nice and was definately too little on the vivid. What about Specialized puts out the "improved" version with more clicks when everyone got the normal one? they are pretty good at profit maximization anyways...
the video was in Vital's link a few pages back
brain failure, I of course meant ohlins as they are obviously up for some crazy OEM specialized business. Ohlins forks for Spec is 2015?if (
What he said!