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Right? I was thinking Scott since the new gambler is already 6bar/6bar-ish
Going off @therock911's cryptic comment to check out the headtube cable insertion for clues, it doesn't look like a Yeti SB120 or new Scott Gambler, but it does look pretty close to a new Norco Sight. I chose the newest bikes I could think of from each brand as a gauge of how they're doing cable routing right now:
The BB/Lower shock mount area remind me of a Scor for some reason.
Dont think its a gamux but the way they did that brace in the seat stay with the 2 cut outs reminds me of the 2023 gamux sego when it was all cnc
Sorry but that mold does not look like Santa Cruz
I actually don’t know and thought that might help some others find out who. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say Evil bikes. DW connection(is this dw6?)and cable insertion is somewhat similar to older evil models. Plus original poster says he’s in Washington
I was thinking about this Yeti patent but there are slight difference between this real life proto and the patent drawing:
https://wheelbased.com/2020/11/22/multi-body-vehicle-suspension-linkage-by-yeti/
But the cable entry is very different from current yeti model including their more recent Mte and Lte. That cable entry port looks a bit Norco-ish. Scott is fully all-in on headset cable routing and the ransom is already 6-bar. Could be Intense new tracer as they have been willing to offer DVO oem spec and not bound by their JS-tuned VPP platform with the M1 and new Spider.
New YT? /s (too soon?)
rocker link also made me think transition or kona but the linkage looks off for either of them
Allow me to pass out tin foil hats.
One of these riders is an employee for Faction Bike Studio (Engineering house (MULTIPLE bike brands use their services)). What are the odds of both of them being employees?
Being that they're QC based (relatively short driving distance to Highland) - could it be an eastern Canadian Brand (*cough* Devinci?), OR, Faction might just have a DH bike development in the works for an undisclosed brand (which seems more likely).
Is that split pivot ? And if so, could it be a new Wilson?
I think Propain has learned their lesson on headset cable routing. They released a Tyee 6.1 just to update the carbon frame to have the option of normal internal routing.
Yes it is split pivot. I think the shock might be vertical orientation judging on how it moved when he sat down on it but not positive on that. Hard to tell but I was betting maybe DeVinci as well considering the relative locality. I know Faction employees test bikes as Highland because I’ve talked to one of them with a proto Frameworks there before.
The other brands I can think of that use split pivot are Canyon, Orbea, and Trek, all of which have race teams that have developed bikes recently and wouldn’t need Faction to help them.
Ah. Yeah… new Range maybe?
Kona getting back into the game?
Whatever it is, it looks like the seat angle could be steeper. :o
So in that case its Kona… certain things are hard to unlearn lol
It might be:
-Ibis / Polygon
New Enduro
With what looks like a production-ready DH T-type group from SRAM on the horizon, clearly shown on a host of pro bikes towards the end of this past season, sporting tactically placed tape to conceal branding, what DH frames are currently UDH compatible? Could an impending release from SRAM herald some new or updated options in the DH frame market, or would SRAM need a cable-actuated T-type group to accompany the wireless offering to make it worthwhile for frame manufacturers?
My thoughts as well. It's looking like DH bikes will shift to UDH sooner than later, which isn't the worst thing in the world. Maybe we'll see more adjustable/replaceable dropouts with UDH mounts soon to help maintain rider customization.
So far, brands with UDH or UDH-compatible setup off the top of my head: Frameworks, Orbea, Specialized, Commencal (special made seat/chainstay), Crestline, YT (RIP).
A few more that are UDH... Atherton, Pivot, Trek, Canyon, Forbidden.
Whatever it is, those linkage bearings are going to die a very quick death
How many links is to many?
By that i mean, does the extra complication add so much benefit compared to a crab?
So, it depends on who's designing it. I've been developing a 6-bar mid-pivot suspension system for the past year and I found that having an idler pulley on a twin-link chainstay that rotates around a virtual centre is very good for the anti-squat. My theory is that it will pedal much like a VPP but will have the anti-rise properties of a mid-pivot bike. 4 extra bearings per link is a lot of extra complication and brings the bearing total to a heinous 20, since I'm using double row bearings at the point where the seatstay meets the rocker and chainstay. I draw the line at 8 bars though.
He isn’t wearing fox clothing though…
Something screams scor at me with this bike but they went out of business, somehow…BMC, the company behind it, might want to give it another try.
I think that’s a good guess. The cable port is similar to Norco (and Scor), but the area where the seat tube and top tube meet definitely doesn’t look like a Norco. It does, however, look similar to the 4060.
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Oh you…. 😉