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Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
56,005
22,043
Sleazattle
That's probably the issue in their supply chain I'd imagine.

They most likely get their fiber from Toray. Which has manufacturing facilities all over the place, Japan, France, Tacoma, Illinois. Considering the storage requirements of pre-preg, probably safe to say the get it from the closest source.
 

toodles

ridiculously corgi proportioned
Aug 24, 2004
5,843
5,218
Australia

Lelandjt

adorbs
Apr 4, 2008
2,639
998
Breckenridge, CO/Lahaina,HI

iRider

Turbo Monkey
Apr 5, 2008
5,703
3,168
That shit does not weigh 20lbs
I never said that.

helmet: 900-1100 g
shoes: 800-1000 g
kneepads: 500-600g
ellbow pads: 300-400 g
back protector: 450-750 g
socks: 50 g
gloves: 50 g
underwear: 100-150 g
pants: 290-400 g
jersey: 150-250 g

So between 3590 and 4750 g.
 

HardtailHack

used an iron once
Jan 20, 2009
7,755
7,099
This is very ugly but geo wise it is pretty sweet, 120mm travel cheap frame with a 66deg HA and 465mm reach in a Large-
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Has post mount brake and the headtube isn't stupidly short or the same length on all sizes.
 

vivisectxi

Monkey
Jan 14, 2021
517
618
yeast van
was assuming they're taking the piss with those stats, but yeah, GD 2.0 isn't out of the question either. though in carbon? can't imagine they (or anyone) have the $$ to build a one off plastic joke bike.
 

toodles

ridiculously corgi proportioned
Aug 24, 2004
5,843
5,218
Australia
Pivot riders all on new enduro bikes at the EWS by the looks. Maybe they've changed the Firebird to a vertical shock like the rest of the range?
 

Fool

The Thing cannot be described
Sep 10, 2001
2,919
1,669
Brooklyn
So last year was the year of the short-travel, slack, (*makes dry-heaving sounds*) downcountry bike, this is the year of the long-travel, HSP ('cept for the 2 new Transitions) (*makes more dry-heaving sounds*) superenduro. Answers to questions no one is asking.
 

ianjenn

Turbo Monkey
Sep 12, 2006
3,003
708
SLO

HardtailHack

used an iron once
Jan 20, 2009
7,755
7,099
following up on the Enve topic....

tl;dr - demand is higher than ever and they just can't build the wheels fast enough

I'd imagine plane manufacturing is a bit slow at the moment so that should free up a lot of carbon.

I had always assumed that ENVE made their bars in the US, seems that is not the case.