nuff said...
This bike has EVERYTHING you want!!
- Thread starter JAB
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one word....excess!!
pointless and looks like it was made in a garage. Nuff said.
i don't get it
Everything you want-including excess baggage fees.
Where would you ride that behemouth?
I like the dual-chain idea...Gack had a bike like that a few years ago. 'Minotaur' I think??
I tried to get Zedro to make his prototype bike have that double chain thing...
I like it but 2 rear shock??? Pointless.
I tried to get Zedro to make his prototype bike have that double chain thing...
I like it but 2 rear shock??? Pointless.
I would put an avy on one side and a dhx on the other and make 'em fight it out.
No actually it doesnt have everything I want.
I WANT PEGS!
I WANT PEGS!
FULL SUSPENSION DOWNHILL TREE GRINDZbiker3 said:
so the leverage ratio is sooo high on it that it needs 2 shocks so that you dont blow the rear on evry compression?
Is that a bike or a motorcycle, sheesh. Good for a novelty value but I doubt its performance.
I dont see Jenna Jameson on it either....sorry, not everything I want.
lovebunny said:
I don't see how the leverage ratio would be so high, it doesn't look completely out of whack. Maybe put a tougher shock on there like Avy or El Jefe and you'd be set.
edit: just noticed...no gears???
lovebunny said:
I was thinking that to... it's pointless.. mabey something for Bender.
I dont see Jenna Jameson on it either....sorry, not everything I want.
hehhe that's a good one
you don't even need pegs becuse you could do such massive down tube grinds,
another thing that I noticed was: Were they tryin to save some weight by putting singletracks on that bike? I like single tracks but they just looks weird on that bike
another thing that I noticed was: Were they tryin to save some weight by putting singletracks on that bike? I like single tracks but they just looks weird on that bike
Well......no double Avy......so............pointless........
ChrisRobin said:
Rohloff or other internal
Hey, if you can sell lifted trucks with 3 shocks on each wheel to rednecks, why can't you sell a DH bike with 2 shocks to uneducated bikers?
DO you have pics of the whole bike ?
Speedhub in the back, thats why its a jackshaft layout i guess.ChrisRobin said:
Theres something oddly compelling about the general design tho, very industrial and minimalistic (well ok not counting the dual shocks
); that seat/shock tower is an interesting concept.
They will for sure...still sometines talk with people who's dreambike is a Karpiel Apocalypse....as much as I like my Army I can not see the good idea in the two shocks on the Apo....buildyourown said:
No, not nearly enough?JAB said:
Any pictures of the whole bike?
Why two shocks?
Are the shocks linkage driven on the swingarm or is the mount just massively overbuilt?
Is that a Nexxus hub and if so, I thought those hubs got destroyed DHing? Or if its a polished Rohloff (doesn't look like it though) ditto?
Or is it some sort of mini-gearbox deal?
That integrated seat tower/shock mount looks like it would be handy keeping the relation of seat-to-rear wheel while offering loads of HT angle/BB height adjustment.
So say some more.....
Until you slip off the pedals and de-grundle-ize yourself on the end of the seat-tube, and the tower clamp.zedro said:
I think it actually looks alright, too. The setup in Zedro's pic is single shock. Looks like he just tried the double shock because he could.
i like it
*ducks as chainrings fly in my general direction*
no seriously, i find something stranglely attractive about it, mind you thats no suprise considering.
as zedro said, it has a very industrial look to it, which i like in a bike.
i'd hit it...
*ducks as chainrings fly in my general direction*
no seriously, i find something stranglely attractive about it, mind you thats no suprise considering.
as zedro said, it has a very industrial look to it, which i like in a bike.
i'd hit it...
Maybe we'd need a closeup but the hub doesn't look like Rohloff...it's too small in the pic.
I think it's a Nexus 7 hub. I've got an 8, but the big problem with both is how to mount the disk? I'm designing an adaptor and I'd love to see how he did it.
Two shocks so they can spring it for the fatties? (like me)
Just bouncing ideas out there....
Just bouncing ideas out there....
well if they could shave the weight down a lil. that be a pretty sweet bike
Well it's got a high leverage ratio right? So if you're a big fella, say you'd need a 1000# spring with one shock. Two shocks you could have two 500's. And apparently you can switch b/t one and two shocks, weird, but kinda nice. I'm curious about it's weight.
-the seat and you have an extreme gnar trialz bike!!
It's defiantely a Rohloff.. 1) there is no way you could mount a disc on a nexus unless you have some adapter that you've made since Shimano doesn't freakin make one!! (I also have a Nexus 8)... and 2) the Nexus is only in 132mm... and that bike MUST have more than 132..EVRAC said:
2 shock idea has been done before - remember the ORIGINAL C'Dale Gemini that Gracia was riding - Swinger 6-way and a 3-way air to relieve the pressure.. In this case it definately looks like the design will NEED the two shocks. leverage ratio will be reallllllllly high!!
that Gemini was a 6 bar floating axle path bike, like the BCD 2x4..completly different concept that had nothing to do with leverage ratio.dhpimp said:It's defiantely a Rohloff.. 1) there is no way you could mount a disc on a nexus unless you have some adapter that you've made since Shimano doesn't freakin make one!! (I also have a Nexus 8)... and 2) the Nexus is only in 132mm... and that bike MUST have more than 132..
2 shock idea has been done before - remember the ORIGINAL C'Dale Gemini that Gracia was riding - Swinger 6-way and a 3-way air to relieve the pressure.. In this case it definately looks like the design will NEED the two shocks. leverage ratio will be reallllllllly high!!
and fitting a 132mm hub into 135mm dropouts isnt hard, just add a 3mm spacer. Disk brake adapters can be made if you have the ressources to make a bike anyways.
i think its overkill. why would a bike need two shocks on it. unless your like bender and think that a 100 foot drop is possible...
dhpimp said:It's defiantely a Rohloff.. 1) there is no way you could mount a disc on a nexus unless you have some adapter that you've made since Shimano doesn't freakin make one!! (I also have a Nexus 8)... and 2) the Nexus is only in 132mm... and that bike MUST have more than 132..
2 shock idea has been done before - remember the ORIGINAL C'Dale Gemini that Gracia was riding - Swinger 6-way and a 3-way air to relieve the pressure.. In this case it definately looks like the design will NEED the two shocks. leverage ratio will be reallllllllly high!!
Well seeing that this bike is custom made, they could of made an adapter. I tired looking up pics of a bike some dude in Poland made...he had Hayes brakes with a Nexus hub. If it is a Rohloff hub, his rear cog seems big for the chainrings he's running.