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Made for a bit much fork but still pretty decent, curved stays, sensible cable routing, no drop in headset and a post mount brake, nice!
Stolen from Vital:
...and upon Googlin' a bit...
www.singletracks.com
...and upon Googlin' a bit...
Trek Returns to the High Pivot for the New Session DH Frame
The updated Trek Session DH mountain bike can roll on 29er, 27.5, or mixed wheels and brings back the high-pivot design.
www.singletracks.com
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lots of nice details, options for internal and external cable routing. how they figured out to have size specific CS lengths while using the same actual stays is pretty clever (front triangles are size specific, and the BB location is slightly different on each).
but $3k for an alloy frame? the prior alloy frame was $2500.
but $3k for an alloy frame? the prior alloy frame was $2500.
No space for a motor either!No space for a dropper, no location for a bottle cage, only 7 gears...
So no enduro!
i will say this, this is the first session i've really liked in sometime. because high pivot and idler.
same as on forbidden bikes?
is that how they do it too? wasn't aware. i like their bikes, but i took one look at the price tag and said pass.
Yup.
And Norcos.
Looks like a Session.Stolen from Vital:
...and upon Googlin' a bit...
Trek Returns to the High Pivot for the New Session DH Frame
The updated Trek Session DH mountain bike can roll on 29er, 27.5, or mixed wheels and brings back the high-pivot design.
unwatchable.
it looks like a session...TEN
Yes. Our trek rep loaned us one for a few days. It rode great until we blew the shock.
revised Commencal Supreme being tested. Chainstay pivot, revised idler location.
Looks like a Wilson.
wilson was a split pivot with a link concentric to the BB.
Yeah, it was meant to be a tongue-in-cheek comment. Although this bike looks like it has a mix of the Wilson BB-mounted main link and a horst link in the back.
it does not currently have a bb mounted main link.
not sure how you can tell anything is concentric to the bb
Honestly, I tought it would be the simplest solution. Without the unified rear triangle, the chainstays would move too much for the pull link they had on the previous Supreme. I was thinking of a layout like the one on the GT IT-1, but with the shock inside the main triangle:
sadly that test bikes' skin suit is not hiding a gearboxHonestly, I tought it would be the simplest solution. without the unified rear triangle, the chainstays would move too much for the pull link they had on the previous Supreme. A layout like the one on the GT IT-1:
See my edited post.
A floater in 2021? Their klunker looks good though...
Something about this is amissA floater in 2021? Their klunker looks good though...
While it’s not bad, I can’t see having a brake linkage and idler and yet no shock linkage
wheel sizes?
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despite being a person who seems to accumulate linkages on their bikes over time, I have a fondness for well designed single pivot bikes. They can be 90% as good as a linkage bike but are just so darn simple, reliable, and predictable. Why take such a design and then tack on a floater (which really isn't necessary) and an idler, but leave the linear, mildly progressive shock rate (which would give the highest impact on performance)?It's all about finding your own niche...
And mechanical brakes on top of that
Put an air shock on it and be happy?
Why no floater, wouldn't they be more important now that braking force is higher with hula hoop wheels?
And mechanical brakes on top of that
Quite curious how those brakes work for mtb. Are they Paul?
I don't know, there are a few more pictures on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/1550294391869500/posts/3029602680605323/
The bike is actually in titanium!