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It's a DW6.
I see the resemblance to DW6 with the short links--but it had a horst pivot on the chainstay.
Sink DW-Link patent is expiring this month, maybe that would explain someone is combining the DW6 linkage with a horst pivot for their next bike...
Also, if it is DW6, is that under the same patent as the original DW-Link that is expiring or is that a newer patent..(?) I assume it's the same but a mod of it.
DW6 has a pivot on the chainstay. Go check an Atherton
The DW6 includes a Horst Link. Case in the Atherton bikes:
slimshady wrote:
"The DW6 includes a Horst Link. Case in the Atherton bikes:"
Ahhh, OK, yes,should have checked the horst on Atherton! .... But this definitely is not an Atherton bike, so someone else employing this design in the package I mocked up.
Could really be anyone considering the DW patent is up.
If you watch the Fox Dialed with the bike checks, they actually say the name a few times. Taj also said the name of a new fork dampener that's supposed to come out in 2024. Had it written down somewhere and already lost it. Watch Taj's bike check at the beginning to get the name
Not really. The original DW-Link patent is expiring, the suspension layout used in the Atherton bikes is covered under a different patent. That's why the system is called DW6 and not DW-Link.
Pivot have their new DW DH prototype, so it could be a new pivot.
Idk what other brands have licensed DW6?
Based on the location of the spotting, my guess is either evil, ibis, or Devinci. Totally guessing though.
Devinci won’t leave the split-pivot, they just started using a high-pivot version of it.
Ibis is strictly on dw-link. Now, Evil leaving the delta-suspension and trying something new like a dw6 design would be great! All their bikes look the same and have been single-pivots for quite some time (cause that’s what the delta is - a single pivot design).
Can't wait to see what suspension moistening technology they're going to come up with, Fox WAS (wet ass suspension).
I think the word you're looking for damper.
A dampener would be something having the job of making wet.
STANKSHUN
*stantion.
If those dual link pivots in your mockup are close to the actual pivot locations, the only way I can see for it to work would be for the links to be counter-rotating, like VPP (I know that the VPP patents are not around counter rotating links, but rather falling-rising-falling leverage ratio, and an S shaped axle path, and that the DW link patent(s) is around an axle path and leverage ratio that creates rising antisquat and dropping leverage rates only around the sag point, not necessarily dual co-rotating links) making it unlikely that its a DW-6
Santa is goinfg Fazua (as expected) on the light emtb trail bike which is shown here.
New Bike shown here and in the next pic
Bike in the background and name on the box pretty hidden
It will be under the Heckler name from what I have heard.
Damper
Long time lurker, first time poster.
been keeping tabs on the new speshys, but also curious about a dreadnought V2. Had the Druid v2 out for a bit, and the DH has the same split rear triangle as the new Druid. Dreadnought surely to follow soon?
I will still need some time
That’s a shame. Have to wonder what role switching from $2k aluminum frames to $3k plastic frames played.
Just saw this on Sram’s IG yesterday. Victor Koretzky’s XCC winning bike with what looks to be AXS lockout?? Or possibly flight attendant. The battery “piggyback” looks quite a bit different from the other flight attendant rear shocks. Also, what is the battery (I think) strapped to the seat
screenshot from RRs IG, right side looks like normal grip2 damper, but no idea what‘s going on on the left side of his fork, maybe a coil 38 incomin?
That’s a BYB Telemetry top cap
Flight attendant.
thx, thought about that but haven‘t really seen it on an enduro bike before, so thought it must be something different.
The battery under the seat is the AXS dropper, or did you mean the battery that seems to be strapped to the front of the seat tube where a bottle might normally be mounted? Is that part of the flight attendant? Not that I’m aware?
The piece on the seat tube is the GPS tracker for the race.