It's a HUGE deal!! RM needs axle paths to speculate about..and then there is the chainstays, weight, materials etc.
Exactly. How hard would it have been to paint it red and put Intense stickers on it, or blue and make up a fake company, give the test riders some off-the-shelf jerseys, and ask them to wear their helmets as much as possible?
I love that even ridemonkey has its own hipsters who have to be all meta and be the critics of the people who criticize bikes. Let's not talk on the forum, just ride, even when you can't.
I don't see 42 chainstays.At the risk of being sued, I managed to get some leaked prior art of the new machine, so here ya go:
Try RotoR.
Gwin's utter domination this season is proof. Errr wait.
Should be 400g lighter than the SWorks right?
My God, they've finally done it. They have managed to make the second chainstay invisible.
I heard that you're actually looking at the 2nd chainstay - the 1st is inside it.
edit for bdamschen : wink, winky, winkler, winkly, whatever.
it's all about ERS-K now.
I know your job is less fun than my job because while I have time to sit around and make silly jokes on the internet about specialized's latest test mule that won't look anything like the production bike when it finally comes out, you have even more time to proof read my joke and offer criticism.
part of making fun of it is referring to it incorrectly
Wow good job Specialized, make a bad frame even worse. Good luck pedalling without massive amounts of LSC.
i know your job is more serious than my job when i have time to sit around and make silly jokes on the internet about the words used to describe specialized's shock and wheel rate bars based on many posts in this forum over the years. which segues into...where did i quote you or say anything about your post being what inspired me to post what i did? the fact that i didn't should be obvious that it was a general statement, hence the use of RM and not bdamschen.
You're avoiding the question. seatstays! Not! Connected! To! Seatpost! I want the truth!i know your job is more serious than my job when i have time to sit around and make silly jokes on the internet about the words used to describe specialized's shock and wheel rate bars based on many posts in this forum over the years. which segues into...where did i quote you or say anything about your post being what inspired me to post what i did? the fact that i didn't should be obvious that it was a general statement, hence the use of RM and not bdamschen.
there is enough retardation around here, let's not get crazy...
and man you guys are seriously serious about being serious. here's a(nother) winky for you
benefit as in how? a floating shock has neat packaging benefits, but it doesn't really help or hurt.
Most definitely 650b, saw it again today, high roller II, big wheels and fugly ;-) Looks like a wannabe Demo with a different swingarm design to accomodate for the wheel size...Boring bike to look at in its current state.With JaredGraves proving last weekend that 26" are just as fast even for enduro racing, I see no reason for a manufacturer other than boosting their sales to increase wheel size on a DH bike...and I hate that
Major LOLLLLL
They'd be stupid to not expect these pics to show up on the internet and start a discussion. If they wanted a secluded test spot there are many, even many nearby. They picked the highest profile place to put this bike and couldn't possibly expect any other outcome. It does seem like an odd marketing ploy though (showing a new prototype doesn't help sales of the current model) so either it's a stupid failed marketing attempt or a stupid attempt at low profile testing. So Specialized is either stupid or stupid.
Marketing benefit, duh. Make benefit for glorious specialized.
