Diamondback Gearbox bike
Wednesday, September 13th, 2006As predicted, gearbox’s were huge this year. Diamondback even has one! 8.8″ of rear travel and a few more goodies within this prototype.
“The one at the Eurobike show had a 14 speed G-Boxx 1, with a Rohlloff 14 speed twist shifter. Finished bikes will have the G-Boxx 2 9 speed which is Sram trigger shifter compatible. They should be good to go in March but quantities will be very limited. Pricing to be confirmed.
Earlier this year we met Karl Nicolai, who unveiled the G-Boxx 2 and G-Con standard at the March ’06 Taipei show, not under the Nicolai brand but “Universal Transmissions,†at that show there were no other complete bikes apart from Nicolai’s own and a mock up of the Suntour bike. (The Suntour bike was designed in conjunction with Karl) Since then we have developed a new frame around the G-Boxx with UK riding conditions in mind. What you see here is our first pre production sample, it’s heat treated and fully functional.”
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