Random new bike thread
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What's 10,000 Canadian units converted to south of their border freedum tokens?
I wonder if I can get 50% off if you live near Kamloops - younger brother can go collect me one.
edit: 8000 freedum beer tokens for the "cheap" one, 10,300 for the snooty version.
I wonder if I can get 50% off if you live near Kamloops - younger brother can go collect me one.
edit: 8000 freedum beer tokens for the "cheap" one, 10,300 for the snooty version.
I think it looks great, but despite being a big WAO fanboy, am disappointed in a few things. 1) no framesets, and no customization in the 2 build kits. 2) no info on leverage curves, anti-squat, wheel path, etc. For a new bike maker, I think they owe it to the customer to prove that the design is good. 3) no MX option for us vertically challenged people.
Nope $10k plus for a bike...looks great but that's ridiculous....I'll by a side by side a cheap dh bike and shuttle for around the same....
How do they plan to survive without a stupid catch-phrase name for the suspension?
Framesets have been on the way out for a while. Classic "ain't no one got time for that". Why buy and build up a frame when you can just ride an e-bike, right? Most of the people buying bikes want to be disconnected from the bike, as in they just want a bike-package that works and if it doesn't, they will sell it and buy another one...rather than building the bike the way you want and the way it will work for you from the ground up. We are dinosaurs in a brave new world.
After my (brief) experience with a dedicated mullet design this is a non-starter for me as someone with shorter legs and relatively steep terrain.
Man you guys must not have seen the prices on specialized top end bikes lately.
I've seen em all and granted there's changes in the industry since I left but not that much lmao...yeti is gonna be on the commodities list soon...gold, silver, platinum and yeti...
The WAO is indeed expensive, but comparing the specs with the top end Santa Cruz, Yeti, Pivot, Specialized, Rocky Mountain, etc., I'd almost say the price is "reasonable".Superboost.
The Superboost rear-end and the short-ish travel are the only two negative for me...and the fact that I am between sizes, again.
I had hoped to be more impressed with the WAO, lots of sharp shapes/edges, kinda meh overall aesthetically imo, nothing really exciting about the suspension platform.
Lol...That's why it's so pricey....I thought it was just another bike that was overpriced and for riding..this feature brings a whole new level of usefulness, like half the attachments on my swiss army knife I'm still not sure what they do 10 years later...but I still wanted em..
In that case it's cheap and can see getting one...
yea, its a high price tag, but its not out of line for what the spec is, especially when you consider the frame, rims, and bar are all CF made in Canada, whereas man of the comps are from Asia.
I'd have gone rearward vertical or stop just before vertical , bring that lower link up the seat stay. Idler pulley for brake jack and chain growth..figure if you're going to go this far finish it off ...he obviously has the skills
Just a thought...
Love the water bottle cage...that was a good addition..fast hard DH no need for camel back.
Been seen already but the bike check whistler had this guy's bike on...pretty badass.
Just a thought...
Love the water bottle cage...that was a good addition..fast hard DH no need for camel back.
Been seen already but the bike check whistler had this guy's bike on...pretty badass.
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Was just adding that while you posted lol...guy did a badass job...pretty damn impressed...decent lines...
i mean, i can't say i'd suggest building a DH frame around that requirement, but if you're building it yourself and the design allows for it, why not
Right!!!
The new Orange Alpine EVO has a 513 reach for the that recommended rider height.
Ssssh... @kidwoo will hear you
I used to stuff a water bottle in the split seat tube thing of my karpiel. In 2003. Lift drank is good.
More Woosdom!!!
Mine was a couple of the cables mid point on bike, half drank crushed water bottle shoved in...
Now I have kids I make him carry it, pull out the "who paid for your bike!" Card...
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Yeah, Cerakote started as a gun industry thing, and it's fucking impressive stuff. Nearly as durable as powdercoat, but way, way thinner and easier to do stencils with. Not sure why it isn't more popular in the bike industry TBH.
Yeah, that's pretty neat-o. Sucks wearing a man-purse full of water at the bike park, but it sucks more having to go find a drinking fountain every other run.
The park I go to has a line of trees right next to the lift line that stays shaded throughout the day. Lots of riders (myself included) stash water bottles/containers under these trees.
Because it's not as durable as powdercoat?
How many carbon frames do you think Hope ever sold?
Guess I should add, while not quite as impact or anti soon resistant as PC, when it fails, it doesn’t come off in big chunks like powder. It also cures at much lower temperature (200-250 Freedomheit) so likely okay for most carbon frames. Compared to wet paint it’s infinitely more durable.
Type III with that cool raw color would be awesome....
Craig at avy does type III anno on his fork stanchions...
I would love to do a frame hit the surface with bead to surface anneal it then type III it....mask of logos with vinyl before bead blasting frame to give it 2 tone texture.
I don't wanna imagine the pricetag but looks cool
can the bolt on shock mount be swapped to the top tube? think of the tuning possibilities.