[dancassidy]

Heres some nice shots of one of our pdc eight2five bikes with our january pin up girl. Guess the pics say it all. For more head to the media section on our new site here www.ride-central.com.

Yes they both ride as good as they look

 

[Daver]

Nice rides. The spec choice is a bit weird, but whatever floats your boat.

 

[MOTODH]

purty

 

[dropmachine]

Spec looks fine to me.

Those bikes rock, just dump the dead ass Manipoo in the back. Such a disservice to such a fine machine.

Kyles a goddam ninja.

 

[xy9ine]

Spec looks fine to me.

Those bikes rock, just dump the dead ass Manipoo in the back. Such a disservice to such a fine machine.

Kyles a goddam ninja.

have you tried something other than the manitou on that frame? i'd like to see if a dhx air would fit (the 4 way air has clearance problems).

 

[dropmachine]

DHX won't fit, but a pushed RC probably would. Avy will fit.

I never tried anythihng other then the Mantitou with mine, but i hated how if felt. Just felt so dead.

I bet that bike with something more lively in it is good enough to start a new religeon.

 

[iridebikes]

wow, I never realized how much that linkage looks like the old karpiels. crazy. pretty cool looking bike though!

 

[bomberboy11]

Spec looks OK to me, as does the girlie, minus that mini rear brake. My thinking is: half the material in those jeans is already missing, so why even wear them? I think it would help sell more bikes too. I've noticed a direct relationship between amount of skin in ads and product sales for most things, particularly things that guys buy.

Damn I like that frame though. Such a good design. They just need to make the swingarm beefier than the Disco's and solve that chain-yank problem if it's as bad as on the Karpiels, although that lower link doesn't look to be as steep.

Uninterrupted seatpost tube....nice. Has anyone mapped out the suspension rates and axle path for this frame vs. the Disco? It would be interesting to see how much difference it would make placing the lower shock mount on the swingarm instead of the upper link or even the lower link as well as the chainstay growth.

 

[vitox]

DHX won't fit, but a pushed RC probably would. Avy will fit.

I never tried anythihng other then the Mantitou with mine, but i hated how if felt. Just felt so dead.

I bet that bike with something more lively in it is good enough to start a new religeon.

its called a DHS


ill try a roco on tuesday

 

[thaflyinfatman]

Does a Roco fit?

 

[gangstamaxx]

Definetly give that shock an upgrade. Looks really good other than the 6 inch rear brake? Why the two different brakes also? I assume its just in proto stage still then?

 

[Smelly]

jeebus. what's the head tube angle on that thing? looks like 59* or something

 

[SuboptimusPrime]

jeebus. what's the head tube angle on that thing? looks like 59* or something

Agreed. Unless I'm mistaken, that is an 05 888 tho...

 

[nmjb]

jeebus. what's the head tube angle on that thing? looks like 59* or something

You're right - that is pretty crazy. I got an angle of 61 degrees (pasted the pic into autocad).

 

[dancassidy]

ha ha, yeah the odd rear brake, was a bit of a rush to get the bikes ready for this shoot and the rear hayes hose snagged while filming with the bike on the morning so had to fit that odd little hope as its all we had with us at the time.

The forks are 05 888 with standard crowns.

Thanks.

 

[Cannon]

Hi Dan, tried to contact you a couple of times, ya remember, i´m the austrian rider who "nearly"got a factory deal.......
Would have loved to ride the PDC in the austrian series and in schladming but seemed you didn´t want to talk to me after our first correspondence.....
Anyway, go with a UZZI VPX now, but thr PDC still looks nice!!!
Greetz, Cannon

 

[dancassidy]

Hi, good to hear from you.

Were focusing on quite a cool high profile W.C team this year for pdc so im afraid all our funding for riders is going there.

Good luck for the season.