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Morewood Proto DH Bike
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008So we sought out some more information from Morewood awhile back on their latest prototype. You’ve no doubt seen some shot in spy photo’s from various races around South Africa over the last twelve months (Yes, it has been out and about for that long more or less). Details inside.
Morewood has tried quite […]
Banshee Legend MK I
Thursday, March 13th, 2008The guys over at Banshee sent over some information on their latest and greatest. There will be 50 selected riders on them this year before its available to the masses in 2009. Check out some of the first shots inside of the Legend!
Disclaimer: Make sure you have some Kleenex handy
Banshee Bikes set […]
2008 Rocky Mountain Flatline 3
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008For 2008, Rocky Mountain Bikes sought out to create a new platform to replace the RMX and the Switch. The Flatline has its mass low and utilizes a swing link actuated single pivot to dial in the suspension feel. It utilizes their LC2R (Low Center Counter Rotating) system to create a rising rate […]
BOS Engineering: Stoy & Idylle
Monday, March 3rd, 2008BOS Engineering has come in swinging to the high-end consumer market with a downhill shock and a downhill fork. Rough translation inside. Available soon. English page is also now available here with details.
S** Toy (Stoy) Rear Shock
BOS Stoy (Sex Toy) Rear Shock
Successor of the DH07, Stoy is the new damper BOS descent. […]
2009 Commencal Supreme DH: Animal Race Bike 2008
Thursday, February 28th, 2008Browsing TractionMag, and saw a link to the Commencal Owners Club showing off a new Animal DH bike for 2008, the 2009 Supreme DH. Looks like Gee, Dan, and Rachel will be on these new rides this year. Check out the Traction mag link as well for more info on it. Killer!
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PUSH Industries 4 Way Damping Rock Shox Vivid + More
Thursday, February 21st, 2008Darren passed along some information on some of their latest and greatest…
PUSH - to put forth vigorous or persistent efforts.
PUSH Vivid 4 way shock
As we move further into 2008 PUSH Industries is excited to announce a new development program geared specifically towards the Downhill Racing segment of the marketplace.
Darren Murphy from PUSH commented, “Our goal […]
2008 Team Lapierre : Saab Salomon
Monday, January 7th, 2008Team Lapierre sent through some images/info on their new bikes the team will be on in 2008. The team powered by Saab Salomon will be using this model derived from Nicolas Vouilloz and World Cup races. Many changes have transpired and the prototype is still being tested intensely for a future version. […]
Banshee Bikes Amp Dirt Jumping Frame
Friday, December 14th, 2007Banshee’s got a new Dirt Jumping frame finally and it looks great. It should make for a nice dirt jumper / slalom bike without breaking the bank. Prototype picture below and more at the Banshee Blog.
4.6lbs claimed weight
ISCG-05 mounts
Horizontal dropouts
Integrated 1 1/8 headset
Hydroformed tubing
Geometry
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Banshee Interbike 2007
Dobermann prototype short travel fully
Monday, September 17th, 2007It seems like everyone is starting to build short travel fully’s! Dobermann’s got a new prototype they’re working on that fits in this category. 3-4″ travel. Check it out the rough prototype so far. It’ll be interesting to see if this fully will require a single speed tensioner or not.
The prototype […]
Hayes prototype 4 piston brake and a new bike from Marin
Friday, August 10th, 2007Whistlermountainbike got some shots of Hayes’ new prototype 4 piston brake (mated with a stroker lever) as well as a new long travel quad XLT DH bike from Marin.
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Hayes Stroker
Marin Interbike 2006
