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they apparently have a TT version, so a bunch of nerds.
Years back a buddy and I ran into Tim Hopey on the trail one day, he started trying to sell us dampers on the spot. When we pedaled away my buddy said to me 'I Hopey he has another Joby'.
also, regarding canfield, i think one thing that really hurt them is that they don't have any offerings in carbon.
Isn't their 29er hardtail carbon? EPO or whatever?
Had to google it again, as I did the first time:
http://forums.mtbr.com/canfield/canfield-leogang-world-cup-1047854.html
Seems like the '17 Balance was rated for a double crown fork, and given how Pietermaritzburgy Leogang was, it's understandable some riders would opt for a better pedaling bike. Phil Atwill went down the course on his DJ hardtail FFS.
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yeah, i see the mutz thingies everywhere out here...
not my thing but if he's moving bikes more power to him
I'm not very good at reading German, but it seems to me they stopped fabrication in 2017 and are clearing out the inventory.
I have very bad memories of my Roox Torque bar with the wannabe-ergonomic kink in it. The only thing it did was to prevent the use of lock-on grips.
wow that's a name i haven't heard in years.
good catch.
when i was googling about the jedi I saw some rumors up mtbr about them trying to make a carbon enduro bike, but getting into money issues and issues with mold machining. probably explains them going dark recently.
Not to mention that even if someone can design a metal bike does not mean they can design a craboon bike.
That new Hayes brake sounds like they've got a real winner. Reliable reviews on it sound promising.
Those things are popular for para-athletes and stuff. There's a one-armed rider out here that runs one and he's a legend. He does really well.
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We went through that in F1 and Indycar, where the chassis is so sensitive that we would adjust ride height and corner weight by 1/2 of a wrench flat on a nut.
The thrust bearings made setup slightly more consistent, by taking friction out while the car was on the setup pad (that's where the cars are aligned and chassis setup)
Feeling it on the track? not so much.
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Foes will be around as long as Brent can weld
I think his main bread and butter is now camera trolleys for the film industry. but he will always be able to sell as many bikes as he can weld. He's a good guy and a great fabricator. He actually made some parts for us when I with Nissan GTP program in the 90's
I kinda don't believe that. Those guys are riders, innovators and survivors
Sold out of the "kickstarter" batch. I am keeping a few frames around for warranty, as well as my demo fleet. The new batch will be around early next year.
Thanks for asking.
I would like to give you a ride on a dialed Coilair. I still have G1 and G3
Fun fact, when you design a suspension and shoehorn it into an existing frame......That first version was a freakin crazy exercise. The biggest problem was that I had come out of Indy car, etc and had NO CLUE how to deal with Taiwan. And their production methods.
The G1, which was essentially cramming my suspension into the existing coiler, was like stuffing a V8 into a Chevy vega (google it, young'uns).
And the Geo. Man, those times things were changing fast. I had to argue to get a SLACK 68 degree HTA. The XC guys will HATE it!!!
I'm like, ya, on a 180 mm travel bike???
so, you rode a bad one, with a tapered cradle that held the Magic Link (early production) that they couldn't hold tolerance on and made the rear wiggle. I had frames at my shop putting shims in, sent to me from dealers......Still, those bikes got rave reviews and Kona sold out early every year. The G2 Cadabra was really kind of a fore runner of modern enduro bikes. But that class didn't even exist then.
I still see those bikes out and about. It makes me smile. And sells bikes.
Did you have the liner type, or the built in baggie/diaper type?
That's a unicorn, it doesn't exist.
Baggy sewn in diaper Nema shorts, Sunline V1 bars and DarkCycle Arachnid pedals FTW
Hey Brian, I've always thought that the initial welcome you had here was ridiculous. All those monkeys screaming about how bad it would be because they were experts in Linkage.
I'm glad you're here man. You have my respect and I wish you all the success in the world.
One of them was on our trip to Cerro Negro last week, a close friend is its fourth owner. I serviced the pivots/bearings for him a couple weeks ago, they showed no play at all. Here is a couple pictures of it, at 4200 meters above sea level:
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Yeah, it was the first version to come out for sure. The geo was wonky, and even then the other 160-180mm bikes had better geometry across the board, but I get that when you're working with a company you have less than complete control of the entire design. Man that thing was wiggly though, the wheels were pretty much never pointed in the same direction even when the front wheel was pointed perfectly in line with the front triangle.
There are obviously a lot of variables as far as suspension performance, but with the stock setup, man that bike was just bad in pretty much every way. You could set it up to pedal well I guess, but you can do the same with most bikes. It had a weird divot feeling in the suspension that would kick in what felt like randomly, and it made it feel super awkward pushing hard on descents and even on tech climbs it felt...odd. Tech climbs are pretty much the last place that I'd ever give a shit about suspension performance though, because tech terrain that's steep is for going downhill on, not uphill, and if the going gets hard on the uphill I just get off and push without blaming the bike. I think its the only bike I've ever ridden that I felt straight up caused accidents for both me and my buddy (who owned it, but we were the same size/weight and traded bikes pretty regularly) because of weird and unpredictable suspension performance whenever it got rough.
Seems like your new bike people are liking though, so I'm pumped for you getting to have complete (or at least more, you never have complete with frames made overseas obviously) control over the bikes. I'd try one with an open mind for sure.
But I wouldn't ride the coilair ever again, no matter how much the design might have changed in v2/v3. Man that thing was a deathtrap
Its like shimano brakes - maybe they're good now, I don't know, but I'm not inclined to give them a chance again after they caused so many crashes and injuries by suddenly pulling to the bars and doing nothing to stop me. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me again, shame on me. Fool me again, I still wont learn a lesson. Fool me again, and finally I learn that I should never ride shimano again.
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What ever happened to that company from socal that made some waves around 2010-2013 range (my memory is fuzzy on this one) with a new line of suspension products and then promptly disappeared. I think they made something else before the suspension, like brakes or handlebars or something. I want to say their name started with a P, but I wouldn't stake my life on that. I know that when they first started appearing in magazines, they were all on intense bikes.
There are obviously a lot of variables as far as suspension performance, but with the stock setup, man that bike was just bad in pretty much every way. You could set it up to pedal well I guess, but you can do the same with most bikes. It had a weird divot feeling in the suspension that would kick in what felt like randomly, and it made it feel super awkward pushing hard on descents and even on tech climbs it felt...odd. Tech climbs are pretty much the last place that I'd ever give a shit about suspension performance though, because tech terrain that's steep is for going downhill on, not uphill, and if the going gets hard on the uphill I just get off and push without blaming the bike. I think its the only bike I've ever ridden that I felt straight up caused accidents for both me and my buddy (who owned it, but we were the same size/weight and traded bikes pretty regularly) because of weird and unpredictable suspension performance whenever it got rough.
Seems like your new bike people are liking though, so I'm pumped for you getting to have complete (or at least more, you never have complete with frames made overseas obviously) control over the bikes. I'd try one with an open mind for sure.
But I wouldn't ride the coilair ever again, no matter how much the design might have changed in v2/v3. Man that thing was a deathtrap
Its like shimano brakes - maybe they're good now, I don't know, but I'm not inclined to give them a chance again after they caused so many crashes and injuries by suddenly pulling to the bars and doing nothing to stop me. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me again, shame on me. Fool me again, I still wont learn a lesson. Fool me again, and finally I learn that I should never ride shimano again.
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What ever happened to that company from socal that made some waves around 2010-2013 range (my memory is fuzzy on this one) with a new line of suspension products and then promptly disappeared. I think they made something else before the suspension, like brakes or handlebars or something. I want to say their name started with a P, but I wouldn't stake my life on that. I know that when they first started appearing in magazines, they were all on intense bikes.
Azonic? I liked their Outlaw wheels back in the day. Bombproof and cheap.
last fb post early september
Yeah, posting 4 years old video on PB. I hope they recover but it don't look very good at this point.
no idea, but that just made me think of Elka.
DSP? I had a DSP Dueler (coil shock) for a while that I liked. Also had an Elka.
I rode with him earlier this summer. Going to school in DC now.
Progressive. They started out (and still make) motorcycle and atv stuff. They went big into mountain bikes before deciding it wasn't worth it and the industry is fucked
https://www.progressivesuspension.com/products/harley