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FFS. You know how there's those grumpy commenters on the other site that call every E-Bike a motorbike or moped? This is that, and I hate it. The fun of an E-Bike is that it takes a lot of the effort out of pedalling, but it still feels like youre riding a mountain bike. This is a literal motorbike conversion, but with MTB geo. Gross.

Wonder if they're using the same crown as used on their 1.8 bottom steerers. From a mfg standpoint, having one crown to rule em all makes a lotta sense financially.

Chinese trade shows apparently make good games of "name the knock-off"

Think Profile Racing tubular chromoly cranks

Copying the 5Dev cranks tells you everything you need to know about a company. All they care about is looks. The originals are a horrible engineering design. They should have copied Came Creek EEwings. But that would require some skilled welders and not just feeding a CNC machine. Innovation would be using ultra high strength steel from the automotive industry and make a tubular crank that uses the same axles as RF, Cannondale , FSA and all the others that use that same axle.

Apologies for the double post. I recall a story once told by an American craft brewer (who I don't recall...): "If a bottle of your beer costs you 25c to make, why am I paying $5 for it?" "Because making the first bottle cost me $1 million".

Lol I cant wait for the comments of wealthy 200lb beginners say the USD Fox is not stiff enough for their riding when there is a 200lb pro racer taking golds on the fork.

It's blatantly obvious that Lewis just straight up copies prestigious products with the objective of selling them to people who love the looks/bling factor of the absolute high-end stuff but don't want to pay for it. The structural integrity of the design has nothing to do with it.

I'll just be over here hugging my Saint cranks if anyone needs me.

It's a grower not a shower

Wonder if it comes with pubes?

Looks like a Lahar

Just wait for the new EXT single crown usd fork…better buy that one. Also made in Europe 😉

They must have hired the Lewis engineering team.

I'm sure it's mainly because with this setup, even if it's just for testing, they can re-use the Dissent main frame which simplifies things quite a lot.

I mean ive not had a bunch of fox stuff but if they do a usd enduro fork with the dual air chamber thing and can stick to traditional 38 pricing i might be in for that.

Yeah its definitely not cast. Im guessing they (radoxx who machines them) has a wide block of billet aluminium, and machine out several rough forks, and then put each one through the operations in a 5axis machine The "legs" also have way rougher machining marks than the normal forks do, most likely since its one piece, they cant put the legs in a lathe, but rather has to have the cnc machine swivel around the leg to remove material. I believe they also use the regular steerer pressed in like the other forks. Will be a limited edition run, orders...

Just don't use sugary formulas there, it'll last much longer.

Afaik theres not really any brand making them, most likely just some person working within the team that is handy with a 3d printer. Same goes for specialized's guards.

Does nobody throw their bladders in the freezer between uses?