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Kaos is on what appears to be a Rallon with a dual crown at Hardline, and Tahnee pulled out of the race (didn't even show up for a few photos and hits on the "small" features). I wonder if Orbea even has a completed frame at this point. Supposedly it's been spotted in Queenstown, but I don't think there have been any leaked photos yet. Anyone have rumors on the Orbea DH?
Scott out here kicking the trends and blazing their own path with the low low pivot bike.
It better have water bottle mounts
I don't see any point in manufacturers having events like what broke Pivot's bike define the level of abuse a bike needs to be able to sustain. It's as if having any rider do a little turn-down or get a tiny bit sideways in the air means it's just another day for the bike industry.
These events have little to no relevance at the retail level. Anyone have HD Motorcycles sales when Evel Knievel was jumping rows of buses?? These events just sell out the discipline if not all bicycling.
I may or may not have seen this at Euro Champs last year.
It really is all new this time.
Nobody is forcing these Manufacturers to participate. They can stay home if they don't feel like their equipment is up to the task. They COULD, and in Pivot's case, probably should be more thoroughly dyno testing their frames after their last high profile bike failure.
You mentioned Evel Knievel and Harley Davidson... That combo of bike and rider was indeed groundbreaking, but there's a very good reason why freestyle riders and stunt riders have been riding Japanese and European motocross bikes, instead of HD's since the 80's. HD had no desire to keep up with the sport that E.K. had created. In Hardline's case, manufacturer spending is a drop in the bucket compared to what they spend racing world cups. In Evil Knievel's case, they paid him a tiny, tiny fraction of the money they spent (and still spend) racing Flat Track.
Yes, these events are side shows, but don't kid yourself all these companies love the (almost) free publicity.
"the oil stays inside the shock... wtf"
What happened to today's earlier comments about Fox's upcoming long travel fork?
fox asked to remove it, so i did. it wasn't public information. the difference between a trackside leak, rider leak or an admin mistake that a brand makes on a website.
I cant find that shot in the video? I wonder if they edited it out?
i get where they're coming from, but for those of us who remember what was stated - this essentially confirms it was not a rumor.
Moi Moi pulled down his video and Spomer nuked the Fox info.
Tech rumors forum bringing the heat this week.
so, 6 bar with a bb concentric lower link like the new ransom
And I always thought all the hassle with that internal everything is to make the bikes look better 🙄
Re the drop that broke BK's Pivot... As has been said, it's a fairly steep/groomed landing. 100% still a massive impact upon landing... But not that insane when compared to the forces put through bikes by consumers. Think, 225lb dude at Whistler, doing a 15ft drop to a more flat landing. Probably as much energy being transferred into the frame as what BK did on the drop that broke his frame. Or same 225lb dude coming up short on a 20ft gap and casing hard. Again, probably similar or more energy than what's being driven through BK's frame on that Hardline drop.
As I said earlier... It looks like no other frames will be breaking on that drop so Pivot is a weaker frame/outlier. Chris has his guys back at Pivot HQ spec'ing more layers of carbon on future production runs of that DH frame!
Aiming for the pot-bellied pig aficionados.
New rear rotor, saint cranks, could be new saint groupset on the way! and what looks to be DHX2?
...up to task...
Sure.
Nah, you had it right the first time. Its Fox's new inverted fork!!
We've flown too close to the sun, back to CNC stem appreciation
>production bikes aren't always optimised for racing, and race bikes aren't the best for mass production
Since DH bikes have been dead commercially since about 2014, isn't any DH bike pretty much a "race only" bike anyways?
looks to be the current saint m820 derailleur.
Both Pivot and Evil frames are, or were as of 2020, made in Myanmar at a place called Very Impressive Prospect Co., Ltd (VIP).
Allegedly the factory workers tried to unionize and the labor leader was stabbed by goons.
https://globalmayday.net/2020/10/18/myanmar-union-busting-at-sporting-goods-factory/
I missed this was this about there new USD fork ? As thats been rumour/know for a while
Another point in favour of Pívot, is that the bike has raw footage on a daily basis. We probably will never know how many other frames cracked on those hits.
BK tried to preserve the brand by muting the sound, but the interwebz is a dangerous place...
the pic i posted was evil revolt rejects (either scrap frames from warranty, or QC rejects - I can't exactly remember, possibly a bit of both?), so that pic was from circa 2010 IIRC.
And twinlock!!
I believe they still are and you can assume most bikes that DW has a hand in the design and manufacturing are made in the same locations.
https://www.importinfo.com/very-impressive-prospect-co-ltd
Internet force nerds compare BK’s landed drop breaking the seat stay to Kaos casing the gap and walking away.
Which had more impact force?