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Perhaps a custom Ti front triangle (since they already make Ti hardtails) mated to the existing carbon rear triangle?
Although the shape of the rear end around the dropout, from what I can glimpse in that video, does look slightly different to their existing frames.
Smashpot V2 is dual rate with HBO in 180mm+.
Progressive coils do exist in motos, we actually pulled them out for linear on the road side. Might be a lack of volume, too niche within a niche sport.
Great video on using oil volume in coil fork.
(Sorry to derail tech rumors)
[edit by @sspomer - revel asked that the photo be removed]
She's a looker.
It's interesting to see that it has a vertical shock layout, unlike their other offerings.
A new crab
Seems odd that the rest of their stuff is Canfield CBF..then they do a ti crab link??? Ti CBF would be on brand. This looks like they just had some rando Asian factory knock up catalog ti crab link.
CF3Ticrab
Might be weight/contruction considerations, CBF require more pivots and a complete rear triangle. So an extra tube, 2 links and a yoke extra essentially
Good timing, as Canfield just posted about the “new 2026 Tilt and Lithium” coming at Outerbike in October.
It's not super intricate, it doesn't have a preloadable topcap (uses a standard air topcap), rather it relies on correctly sized springs.
It's in a set of RS Revelations, the length of the stanchions meant that the usual 300-305mm Z1, MRP, Selva springs were too long so I needed to shorten them.
Made the plunger shaft out of a piece of titanium round bar I had laying around.
Used a B1 seal head as the plunger guide. I machined a new ID journal and modified a DU eyelet bushing for the plunger shaft to run on.
Lower spring guide/perch is made from acetal. Upper is aluminium with a small acetal sleeve.
I calculated my desirable spring rate by cross referencing a couple of different spring design calculators and ended up with a variety of different spring rates ranging from approx 8Nm - 12Nm at the required lengths I needed for 155 - 165mm travel.
It was me that initially said people here seem to be better. After then starting another thread in an attempt to stop constant derails the attitude of some contributors made it very clear things are no different here to Pinkbike. People are people, good and bad everywhere.
Some people even go so low as to make comments that others then find it distressing to read over the World Champs weekend! That weekend of all weekends! That's just an example that was brought to my attention of how self centred and inconsiderate some people can be! 🤣
Edit; Not that you would, but careful you don't be seen to agree with my divergence from the pack. You may also get cancelled (despite seeing a poll somewhere that seemed to show that 50% of people agreed with my stance). 🤣🤷♂️
Sorry for the continuation of that derail.
I have an MRP Ribbon coil and I play around with oil weights a fair amount depending on ride characteristics and time of year (ambient temps). It can make a surprising difference to how a fork rides.
Is Cascade cooking up a lug/tube e-bike?
Sure you have a point, admittedly there’s irony there. But I’m resolute that I would rather voice my opinion and face those that differ from my own here than at PB. I honestly think there’s a different, less self-adulating while ostracizing forum culture here. And it’s fine if you don’t agree.
This is a messageboard, Pinkbike has comments on their articles. Zingers over there, dear diary and super breakdowns over here.
Cant forget the occasional shit posting happening here as well.
Carcinization over here
Sure looks like it could fit a bosch shaped touch screen. I can certainly see them making the lugs and someone else doing the rest of the work. If you look into the work cascade does outside of the mtb world, they seem well equipped to do this kind of work at scale.
Zingers, puns, and one liners vs actual conversation.. Not always on topic, but still conversation..
https://reverse-components-usa.com/collections/chains/products/reverse-colab-pro-chain-tensioner?variant=45589163933846
For all you free riders. Looks amazing but a bit steep of a price.
Bummed Specialized didn’t include this $3500 limited edition drivetrain on that Levo.
https://www.sram.com/en/sram/models/gs-87-e-a1
You can destroy 3 GX DH derailleurs or 4 Zee derailleurs for that price 😆
This is a message board where Pinkbike sources their news
Maybe they are doing more work with Crestline?
They have another Avinox release in January, but could they also still release new Bosch frames concurrently? I think diversity is good but it's a lot to manage for a small operation. A lugged frame sure is sexy and from Crestline would be top notch.
I wonder if they're collaborating with Canfield? It looks a bit like the vampire
I've tried a lot of the coil forks on the market and I feel like HBO/air bottomouts/etc are generally unneeded for the type of rider that coil is suited for. The air trapped in the lowers can be used to adjust some level of progression, but IMO neither HBO or the other options really justify their tradeoffs.
If you try too hard to make a coil fork as progressive (or close to) as an air fork then you end up with a heavy fork that feels like an air fork. I would personally prefer conversions that keep the nature of coil as close as possible without pulling in the drawbacks of a second damper or airspring, which are largely unneeded for most. Ohlins has an interesting solution using a spacer on one side to reduce lower volume and IMO it works well, but oil should be usable also as previously mentioned. Anything else is added complexity, friction, weight, and temperature sensitivity with little added benefit IMO
TL;DR This might be Chris Canfield's new CF1 system, that is similar to a horts link with the cbf magic.
I did some thorough research of Chris' Patents and Applications after seeing this, because it defienetly is not CF3 or Standard CBF, and it is not the CFZero that he has a pending applicaton for. But it could be the CF1 listed on the suspension formulas website that says it's coming on "Hellion" bikes, that there are no public photos of yet. It looks like a Vampire because it likely is without the adjustable pivot point/travel.
I will concede “articles” was doing a bit of extra work there
Looks to be pretty much a copy of the SB One G3C chain tensioner that's been available for a few years now.
https://www.sbonebikeparts.com/sb-one-chain-tensioner/dh-chain-tensioner-225.html