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They do a Boxxer with a rush damper? Hold on?
It's actually closer in suspension design to the Supreme v5 in that it's an upper and lower link connected by a tie rod. The shock on the new Gambler appears to be driven by the lower link rather than the upper link.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4qPWelsrCf/?igsh=MXFwOXdmM3g2NXc1cg==
Counterpoint - Back in 2012 Brook went back to a normal stem and won a world cup after being on the short one most of the season
You know… its Scott. It looks good. But we are Vital. I cant tell if we are suppose to hate this?
These builds always perplex me. "Yeah, I definitely need a carbon frame on my DH bike... but the base model Boxxer and Vivid, and the MT520 brakes should be fine, right?"
Only if it lives up to the Scott name, by including a remote lockout and headset cable routing
Looks like BCF are ready to release new bikes under Nukeproof
fork in the picture is a fox 40 though.
edit: ok, after reading the full spec list i can see that nothing matches that picture
And xc bikes too
New reactor (carbon and alloy)
Also new Giga
Am I the only one who thinks the red giga looks weird? Almost like reverse mullet. Hope I'm not having a stroke or something.
Looks like it to me too.
that Megafly is just a rebadged Ridley Raft. I guess that there will be a fair amount of repurposing from BCF
Any geo on the new Reactor?
Went to check but they’ve taken them off the site. If you search on DuckDuckGo for Nukeproof “reactor crb” or any name of bike it will come up with the page but no geometry anymore and the menu pages that show all the bikes are no longer
There were geo charts when I looked, but I didn't memorise them. The Kilowatt had a 445mm rear centre across all sizes and I think a 64.5HTA, with a reach about 475 in large. I'm assuming the Reactor would be similar with a shorter RC as it has no motor.
They did also have the Megawatt carbon with the SRAM motor up on the website as well, so it seems like a mix of the older designs (Mega, Scout), bikes they had in the works (Reactor v2 and Giga v2) and ones borrowed from BCFs other brands (Megafly)
See that alot on road bikes and Santa Cruz... Carbon frames and cheap build kits.. Because somehow the Carbon frame will cover up the performance of the lower tier parts...
Manufacturer wise it should make sense as they buy the gear and "make" the frame so the margins should be higher. Problem is most of the brands also buy the frames 😂
Oh god, the amount of Ibis Mojos with Xfusion suspension in the wild in 2013-2016 was wild. The amount of people with carbon bikes and non functional forks I saw was a sight to behold.
It's the "we don't do a frame only option so here's the bare minimum" build imo
mullet, M, L, and XL sizes (no small? maybe full 27.5 in that size?), carbon front alloy rear.
I guess no one can take a joke in 2025.
I still think its a good looking bike.
I had a Mojo with X-Fusion. Friend was the local dealer and got offered a deal. Idea was to swap parts over time. It ended up with Fox 36 and CCDBA and full XT groupset as things wore out and items were in the sale. Still worked out cheaper than buying a better spec to begin with and I had it exactly how I wanted it.
It still seems silly to me to put a floating brake mount on a Horst link bike.
Why is it silly? Don't know the intricacies of the design.
It's very modified with a much higher main pivot and they are probably testing (trying out) a lower antirise value for whatever reason.
There are for sure reasons to try it out on a Horst link when you are developing the bike.
If you are running the fork super stiff you can lower anti-rise since it's not prone to diving. Most WC racers are so that makes sense to me. If you don't run the fork super stiff, weight transfer is accentuated and the bike seesaws when you go on and off the brakes.
WHOA hold your horses the brake arm is cool and all, but is that a Radial ply Tacky Chan prototype I can see???? Praise the lord!!!
How dare you speak ill of Santa Cruz! Let the downvotes commence!
In seriousness though the entry level scott is destined to be many a European bike park's "premium" rental option.