Mystery Morewood frame

Smartiboo
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Does anybody know what bike this is ??????????????


It's a mystery !!!!!!
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Smartiboo 4/2/2010 6:59am
4/2/2010 6:59am Edited Date/Time 10/4/2011 5:11pm


Yeah

I think it's a prototype. Soooooo much nicer than the Makulu

What are they thinking with that bendy toptube?????????
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MTB R&D 4/3/2010 1:44pm
4/3/2010 1:44pm Edited Date/Time 4/21/2016 10:18am
It looks like my Kalula with that straight top tube...where did you get the photo?


Smartiboo 4/3/2010 5:46pm
4/3/2010 5:46pm Edited Date/Time 10/4/2011 5:11pm



Just searched for Makulu Morewood pics.... and it said it was a prototype...


What's your Kalulu like?
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MTB R&D 4/3/2010 9:01pm
4/3/2010 9:01pm Edited Date/Time 4/21/2016 10:18am
It is the ultimate Mini DH. I hope to bring it out to Sea Otter for people to check out. Yes, the bike in the photo was a DH prototype for the Makulu in 2008.




I would love to review the Kalula but being the fact I work for the company people would think I am biased. Sooooo....I am trying to get as many people on a Morewood as possible this year for people to find out for themselves.

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motomike 4/4/2010 8:37am
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dang you beat me to it, definitely one of the old protos
spankthewan 4/5/2010 12:03am
4/5/2010 12:03am Edited Date/Time 4/21/2016 10:18am
@ MTB R&D... will you guys have some derailleur hangers with you at otter, because they love snapping off my bike, and I don't have any more spares.

Thanks,
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Smartiboo 4/5/2010 5:09am
4/5/2010 5:09am Edited Date/Time 10/4/2011 5:11pm

That proto bike looks much nicer than the Kalula

The toptube on the proto-bike is nice and straight, but the toptube on the Kalula gets a bit fatter towards the end


I prefer the proto-bike any day of the week

Is there a way of buying one?
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MTB R&D 4/5/2010 7:24am
4/5/2010 7:24am
@ spankthewan - Is the hanger for a Ndiza? Which bike do you have?

@smartiboo

How do you figure that Kalula is not as nice? Built by the same hands...




Sorry I can't sell prototypes from a couple of years ago. With a handbuilt company I imagine that there is always a reason why something off a prototype didn't make it to production. In this case Morewood has added a hydroformed top tube to both the Kalula and the Makulu...stronger, more welding area, etc.
Smartiboo 4/5/2010 7:26pm
4/5/2010 7:26pm Edited Date/Time 4/21/2016 10:18am




The prototype was waaaaaay nicer, man.


All you had to do to make the front end stronger, was add that extra layer of metal, like the Last Herb frame has at the front end. I'm sure there's a technical term for it, but I don't know what it is. It's like a coat of metal that fits snugly over the whole junction there at the toptube, and is welded right into position, adding strength.


http://dirt.mpora.com/...11/Dirt-100-p043.jpg

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MTB R&D 4/5/2010 7:59pm
4/5/2010 7:59pm Edited Date/Time 4/5/2010 9:20pm
LOL, the technical term would be a "gusset". Is that all we had to do? Add a gusset and create a new stress riser? I would love to hear your description of a stress riser...
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MTB R&D 4/5/2010 8:02pm
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muchentuchen wrote:
Morewood... (mouth watering)
spankthewan 4/6/2010 12:17am
4/6/2010 12:17am Edited Date/Time 4/21/2016 10:18am
@MTB R&D
It's a 2007 Ndiza
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MTB R&D 4/6/2010 7:19am
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spankthewan wrote:
@MTB R&D
It's a 2007 Ndiza
Cool, let me see what I can come up with. I will be in a booth that backs to the Pump Track and Dual Stunt.
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MTB R&D 4/6/2010 10:59am
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I should have a hanger for you by Sea Otter. Should be sent out from South Africa tomorrow.
spankthewan 4/6/2010 11:31am
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MTB R&D wrote:
I should have a hanger for you by Sea Otter. Should be sent out from South Africa tomorrow.
Thanks so much. ...good to know I won't have to run chainless if something goes awry.

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