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integrated angle adjustment IIRC
IIRC the tolerance stacking in the linkage was poor and led to issues (binding) even on the ones that didn't crack
I was patiently in line to get one of these, and a good friend of mine was an outside rep. He excitedly texted me when their shipment came in, and then a couple hours later gave me the bad news. My memory might be off, but I think it was only 1 in every 10 frames that were usable.
Story please!
Yep, I had a Commencal mini-DH back in the day with the same setup. Thanks for posting the infamous photo, I spent way too long looking for it this morning.
I’m not pro-Evil but dude this is like bringing up the Pinto as a reason not to get a new Ford.
There may be plenty of relevant and current reasons but this isn’t one.
I don't buy Ford because of the Michigan Supreme Court's decision in the 1919 case Dodge v. Ford Motor Company.
It's more an explanation of why evil hasn't had a dh bike in their lineup for so long
I think a better reason is because Ford was a nazi sympathizer. That said, we have more than likely all owned products from companies with ties to the nazis sadly.
I emailed them about 5 weeks ago to see if this was a possibility. They said “watch this space”. Glad to see it’s happening.
So what, this crap doesn’t belong to this thread, or any on this website per se
Well said. Keep your BS at home where it belongs.
Take it easy buddy. I’m not trying to derail the entire conversation but also think it’s allowed to have an aside now and again. There’s plenty of off topic quips that go on in this thread.
I love DH bikes. They make my motor hum like a buzzy bee. I get excited just looking at my DH bike and all silly when I ride it and pretend I’m Asa who makes it look SO easy.
yeah I prefer this to arguing about brake mounting standards tbh
Damn dude! I just looked this up and at first glance Ford was the homie for doing something other than maximizing shareholder profits but then I read the next paragraph of the Wikipedia and he was doing that, in part, to squeeze out the dodge bros from using their fordbux to make their competitor brand, so that seem like he’d be a god to the Brinance types oh so smart (usually psychopathic) but then I got very bored and realized that there are no winners in that one and Chevrolets have always been cooler than Fords and/or Dodges. My dad had a NASCAR type character who’d say cool car things and one of them was “I’d rather push my Chevy than drive a Ford” and I will say that the rest of my life for sure
was this not part of a Super Bowl ad campaign a few years ago?
Cybertruckers revealed!
nah I feel like Ford doing stuff that would help the working class cancels out that they were trying to screw the dodge brothers over
Stop talking about Ford, with enough mentions the Ford sales team will find this thread and think we want more of the abominations. https://ford-bikes.com/collections/frontpage?srsltid=AfmBOopli28vcdxT2i…
This might help with placing it in history
Didn‘t know that one, looked it up and man, that will give me (as a European) something to ponder for a couple of days. Especially in this economy and regarding the purchase of bike parts
And yes, I find this very bike-relevant, even though it touches on politics.
Taiwan being relevant for many of the parts in this thread, companies producing/buying there solely, could be facing serious challenges. Or not.
I am very curious for the Tallboy on monday and also pondering the question, if Santa Cruz is still an american company or a european one, because of PON holding? ;-)
Wait till you hear about Volkswagen!
Today I looked for some replacement floor mats for my Japanese car and found one manufacturer that puts little Imperial Japanese flags on them. I wondered what they do if you own a Volkswagen.
Totenkopf
Remember the good old days when we talked about bikes on here?
You mean chainstays?
Crab talk.
From what Evil have said (Jason Moeschler) it’s not a DH dedicated bike - there just isn’t the market for them, it’ll be the new Wreckoning but it’s not going to be out anytime soon… so he says.. he’s on instagram as evil.bikes.smooth.operator and answers questions every Friday in his stories. This bike was in it this week.
Zerode are launching a new frameset, looks like two travel variants, 160 and 140mm. Shadow and Shadow Trail. 450mm chainstays on the large too. Internal frame storage too. Curious what the kinematics are. Looks pretty cool imo!
https://zerodebikes.com/products/shadow-origin
Rob continues his streak of only launching bikes like a month or two after I buy something else...
These were launched a month ago, although sounds like delays on deliveries.
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