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doesn't look too far off
See. This is how it happens. All these names and links are how Crab sows contempt and discord amongst the masses. An NSA psyop has nothing on Crab
What throws me off is the double shear interface between the SS-Rocker, usually the bearings get put in the Rocker and the SS has the overlap, but this frame has it the other way around. No brand I know does it this way, I think if we find who does this with their rockers, we find the brand behind the proto.
So... It's a Specialized?
I should have emphasised the vertical shock layout to be fair. Does this pre-date the UBB layout they were doing or nah?
I don’t know if you guys have ever owned a banshee but they’re pretty poor quality frames unfortunately. I had some of my closest friends ride them and they kept breaking chain stays, hardware kept coming loose and snapping pivots. Warranty was good, but it happened so many times that they had gotten rid of them for something else. seems to be from today, but they did feel a little bit too high a little bit to steep head to angle wise. But who knows with aluminum bikes as they are usually pretty far off of what their numbers suggest
Can’t tell if sarcasm
Specialized does this sometimes. They did it on the Enduro, but put the bearings in the rocker for the Stumpjumper Evo and now have the bearings in the SS again for the Stumpjumper 15. Current Norco Sight does have the bearings in the SS, too.
Might need to take a look at it again then
Figured it out
I bow humbly in front of your greatness. Clearly you are the all knowing expert.
Will you kindly grace this ignorant peasant with your wisdom on what bike company created the prototype?
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If I may interrupt the bickering... This page says 998, but the Hub says 999. Either way, we're close to a thousand pages in this thread! Who's buying the keg and where will it be?
Imagine if page 1000 is just arguing about this proto lol
We can only hope that a new crab link bike is dropped today so it takes its rightful place as the centrepiece of page 1000
I am here for semi meaningless contribution on the road to 1000. Back to the Demo... let's dig deeper into the chain routing and what we feel is being hidden and will be revealed soon. What is behind the housing that we cannot see? I know the links are more hidden for protection but there's more going on in there..........
Maybe something to do with the idler that appears to sit on the bottom bracket axle?
This, kids, is how we summoned the Holy Crab
Definitely! Thanks for the solid linked pic as well!
Yeah, thats what I am trying to wrap my head around because there's definitely more beneath the surface on that one... Be freaking cool if its a way inside that they can totally isolate the drivetrain from suspension
It still has a rear derailleur, so it's not a gearbox.. I'm thinking a 2 chain deal like the Pivot, just a different location on the main pivot ..
I'm just excited for the 2028 Enduro that takes cues from the DH bike.
I'm just exited for the next 1000pages of this thread, always a good read!
I am just excited for my next beer!! Oh wait…🍻
Normally the easiest way to identify the brand is where it's been ridden. If it's Bellingham it's Evil or Transition, Colorado it's a Yeti etc etc.
But it's safe to say that the proto isn't coming to market. Full carbon frame in 2023 and we haven't seen it again since? They tested it and for whatever reason didn't continue with that design.
A crab bike, without size specific chain stays, and a 64º head angle.
Totally agree that this looks most closely like a DW6 linkage arrangement. The referenced Yeti patent lacks a link on the chain stay and Sixfinity is a has a different linkage configuration
2028?! Very optimistic of you. I like your optimism
Could be for sure. Definitely eager to find out
Seems that bike sure is working very well
It was said somewhere, I wish I could remember where, that it has an internal jack drive from the BB to the upper pulley.