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Rad news from Canfield as they announce that they will be carrying the remaining inventory of Guerrilla Gravity spare parts and making them available to GG customers:
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PRESS RELEASE: Canfield Bikes
Canfield Bikes, Colorado mountain-bike manufacturer, today announces it will make official Guerrilla Gravity service parts inventory available to owners of GG bikes and frames. Denver-based Guerrilla Gravity ceased operations in September, 2023, leaving many customers wondering if there would be any continued support for recently purchased bikes.
“Like the rest of the mountain-bike community, we were saddened by the news of GG’s departure from the industry,” said Lance Canfield, Canfield Bikes owner and designer. “I’ve enjoyed watching their innovations and contributions as they grew from a new brand to a major player over the past decade. Our sport will be a little less rad without them, but I hope we can offer a small silver lining by keeping their riders rolling a little longer.”
Canfield will offer the remaining Guerrilla Gravity inventory of frame and service parts as well as select merchandise through CanfieldBikes.com while supplies last. No new GG bikes will be sold.
“I’m glad our customers will be in good hands with a fellow Colorado bike company,” said Guerrilla Gravity president and co-founder Will Montague. “Creating and growing GG alongside our amazing team has been the experience of a lifetime. I’m eternally grateful to all the riders, employees and everyone else who supported us along the way. Having a great group like Canfield on board to provide riders with continued support provides peace of mind as we conclude our journey.”
Tyler, a former GG employee, joined the Canfield Bikes team in September to manage sales and customer service. In addition to assisting Canfield customers, his product knowledge will help guarantee that GG customers continue to receive the level of care and customer service they’ve come to know and expect.
“We couldn’t do this without him,” said Lance Canfield.
Guerrilla Gravity customers can contact RideGG@CanfieldBikes.com for service and support.
Select GG inventory is available for purchase now at CanfieldBikes.com with an estimated mid-December ship date.
More parts are expected to be available soon.
As a V1 owner, they can redesign the shock tunnel and linkage like the V2 Druid so it doesn't eat rocks and crack itself. I'm just glad there's experienced guys locally that can repair carbon fibre holes. Better frame storage and polishing up the little "newer bike company" type design issues would be amazing. If it's a bigger version of the V2 Druid, I think it would hit everything that needs to be done.
Considering it's Bruni and there are still prototype links, I would assume it's still in development (or at least that this is not the production model)
I havnt had this issue yet but I can see how it would be a problem. I do live in the pnw so not as much rocks as other places. the one thing I do is the if you don’t tighten the rear axle the exact same the rotor isn’t center on the brake. It tends to flex a bit.
It looks different than the lugged version that was "uncovered" at least
Yeah, this one doesn't look like it has Al tubes. Also, looks kinda like the top tube and down tube are not round?
Gravy boat doesn’t look to be carbon.
Never was.
Correct. So either this is mixed like the proto or more likely just aluminum.
The new Demo/Enduro probably rides amazing but I will be really surprised if it sells as well as the outgoing model, just based on asthetics alone
Gotta wait a bit longer, I’m afraid. Definitely not going to be on sale this season.
I keep going going back to the Minions myself although I’m usually on a dual DHR setup.
The links appear to be new. I dont know what the bar is technically called but it has a more aggressive bend in it than the painted one.
I think it's the exact opposite. Which is a big reason they stopped/did one short run of production of the updated Enduro with UDH on it. They know that this low slung design will get people super eager to buy. The performance and looks will be top notch, especially when it's finalized with carbon, etc.
Low slung is one thing, but having linkage pieces hanging out UNDER the BB will surely be a massive turn off to some people.
I have never seen an enduro with UDH
That’s because they don’t exist.
Current version is just updated colours and coil shocks
That will get cleaned up a bit for production and will have a polycarbonate or similar fairing that is going to snap over it and onto the carbon frame. Won't be super noticeable as you're not going to see the linkage and it won't hang below a 32T chainring.
Interesting insides you provide here. Is this a guess or have you seen something suggesting they are getting closer to a production model?
Sounds like a guess to me. But it’s logical, come to think about it - it the design has superb performance, then a plate/cover of some sort must be put there to receive the hits for rocks, debris, etc.
As a Druid v2 owner I can confirm that it’s a cement mixer back there. The tire clearance is minimal and with a fresh rear tire on in the southwest, I’ve chunked up the inside of the rear triangle.
Loic with his moto style reservoir but just missing the servo to turn the compression knob.😎
I'd bet it's just Loic riding off-season with a standard shock so he doesn't need to worry about hiding the unreleased Ohlin's tech.
Article up on the other site now about their prototype. Consider yourself vindicated.
Not really tech rumor. Or team rumor. Or racing talk.
but Brandon semenuk was on gypsy tales podcast.
https://youtu.be/27AgwQivAIQ?si=nBWhqzC_vur-EJnh
I'm not sure if this has beeen posted earlier. The german website mtb-news made a focus about the Dead rabbit Enduro bike (which we already knew about). The frame itself ain't the most interesting info here (even if that's some fine piece of craftsmanship), the equipment tho...
Those brakes for instance:
Obviously these aren't production ready and need some refinement (the "Superstop V1" would be a clue). Interesting design for the caliper, kinda reminds me of the BCA performance brakes (for the integrated cooling feature at least)
"Nice, 3hours of Semenuk, i'm sure they will talk about rampage, his favourite edits, evolution of freeride etc! "
Ends up being 2h30 about rally
Good listen nonetheless