No, that was the mini-link, but it was 24" rear wheel only. This has a totally different suspension and no jackshaft. They claim the idler here is just as effective, but you still get chaingrowth (versus no chain growth with a jackshaft).
Just thought it was cool! Im a canfield guy but out of curiousity would love to ride a race link or a slope ranger. Not too add to the stable but rock one for a day.
the roco is good looking !PERIOD!
The racelink is still the best bike I've ever ridden. Even with outdated geometry and mondo weight, all the other characteristics outshine this shortcoming.Just thought it was cool! Im a canfield guy but out of curiousity would love to ride a race link or a slope ranger. Not too add to the stable but rock one for a day.
Edited: OK I looked at the stem, post and rims and yes they are FUGLY!
Didn't mean to hate on the bike, just thought that frame deserved better. I can't really tell from the picture, is the geometry laid out mainly for slopestyle or could this also be used as a mini dh rig? A not-too-bulky brooklyn with ~7" of travel would be really cool.Just thought it was cool! Im a canfield guy but out of curiousity would love to ride a race link or a slope ranger. Not too add to the stable but rock one for a day.
Edited: OK I looked at the stem, post and rims and yes they are FUGLY!
friend-o-mine/w00dy has a minilink/fq and it's tits. bike is tiny, nimble, quick, and relatively lightweight, I think it came in at 40lbs and with his upgrades it should be in the 36s. OMG is that bike neat. Tiny, quick, and the racelink style suspension is just tops, even with 6". Doccers should have polished that bike up with 26" wheels and modern geometry...the only thing hindering it is small wheels and steep angles/short TTs, but that's fixed with a 26 front.
by moving the shock from where it was behind the BB to in the middle of the front triangle really shifts the CG of the bike.
the reason for the change is cause the creater of all that magic left bmw. therefore, with the new bmw stuff, you'll see swd type tubing / construction methods. that swing arm of the slope ranger is just buttaSs ugly. The racelink and mini-link looked like it took effort and giving a **** to make it look like that. not hating, just saying. there is NO comparison between Doc's construction and the new stuff. i hate to admit it but its true. but having said that, i love the bmw gangsta track bike. that thing is soo hot looking.
2010 called... they said get in line!
Your boyfriend called and said hes taking it in the back end of the line till 2010!
why no floater? just curious. i love mine.
awww I bet you're just sad face because you're not going to Germany in 3 weeks :biggrin:Your boyfriend called and said hes taking it in the back end of the line till 2010!
Sorry Im really bored Jon and all people are victims today, printers screwing up and putting me severly back logged!
Not really! Id be pushin it unprepared. I think second time around later in Summer Ill go and establish some foundation. Either way theres plenty of work here and If/when i go Im taking the wife as well. She digs traveling and its part of the reason I have not been hammered by her about taking this on.
LMAO! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! I need to bleach my brain now! Filth.
just to clean up the rear end and be able to run normal wheelsets. i might even run those spinergys again. i loved those. pigs compared to I9's im sure but still cool.
wow. who paid you to say this. the new bike is junk. no progression. they still use 4130. that tech is 10 years old. get some real steel in there to lighten it up.i have this to say: rl's are definitely sweet.
and to anyone who says the slope ranger is weak, take a trip to brooklyn and try out both rides.
i had the choice of an rl or a slope ranger (nearly the same price after all) and the slope ranger was definitely a cut above. the workmanship is second to none, and it definitely retains that unique brooklyn feature that only a few of us know about: despite weighing in at around 45 lbs, i can pedal this bike up a hill. that never would have happened with my old banshee scream.
the bottom line is that these bikes are progressing. the new chainline not only looks cool, it is cool. the only good reason to have a jackshaft anyways is to run a single speed dh rig. if you get a tensioner on this rig, you can to the same thing. as is, there is only about a 1 link stretch.
just because a bike is new and doesn't conform to what you think a bike company should do...doesn't make it a bad bike. typically what happens is a company will listen to what their customers want and engineer something that will fill that void.
and i can guarantee that if you took one for a spin, you'd probably start thinking of how soon you could afford to get one. it's that awesome.
what about zero chain growth? What about better clearance from being able to put a smaller sprocket on your cranks? Oh and not needing a chainguide?
Any idea how much this frame costs?Saw this in the new dirt or decline issue I got the other day!
Liked the looks of it, thought it was cool that it was on a marz air shock and it apparently is better feeling than the DHX he has for it.
according to oiswego, about $3300 (he said it costs about as much as a racelink)
to be fair a concentric idler pulley performs identically to a jackshaft, though i agree with your other statements. though it doesn't look quite as neat, i liked the single sided jackshaft that doc tried on on his mini; same benefits, but allows the use of conventional cranks
