stefmeister Posted February 8, 2018 Share Sigh. If you want lower travel, get the Jeffsy. Or something else. The Capra has always been a heavy hitting enduro bike.Just pointing out the trends. The only thing that i can hit hard is the ground. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Captain Fastbastard Mayhem, Odinson, Duane_Bosch and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headshot Posted February 9, 2018 Share I think that bike designers have massive leeway these days because shock technology and the understanding of suspension kinematics has advanced to an extent where a a 180mm travel bike can be designed to pedal uphill quite well. The trend for a while has been for longer ie 160mm plus travel enduro bikes - the Radon Swoop 170, Spaz Enduro, Propain Spindrift etc have been around for a while. YT have just updated an old design and brought it in line with other manufacturers. Captain Fastbastard Mayhem and Odinson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted February 9, 2018 Share Just pointing out the trends. The only thing that i can hit hard is the ground. Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkHAHAHAHAHAHA! You and me both, buddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headshot Posted February 9, 2018 Share Interesting that they choose the 29ér over the 650 https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/The-Return-of-the-Goat-We-Ride-the-All-New-2018-YT-Capra,2195 This article is very balanced and the tester preferred the 27.5 in the really steep stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Gordo Posted February 13, 2018 Share http://ridegg.com/resize/Shared/images/Product/MEGATRAIL-2017/GG-MT_var_FrameColor_Raw.jpg?bw=2200&bh=1467http://ridegg.com/resize/Shared/images/Product/MEGATRAIL-2017/GG-MT_var_FrameColor_FYeahBlue.jpg?bw=2200&bh=1467 Traveler and Hairy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Gordo Posted February 13, 2018 Share http://ridegg.com/images/bike_slider/bike_slider_v2_sd.jpghttp://ridegg.com/resize/Shared/images/Product/MEGATRAIL-2017-SS/GG-SS_var_FrameColor_GuerrillaGreen.jpg?bw=2200&bh=1467http://ridegg.com/resize/Shared/images/Product/MEGATRAIL-2017-SS/GG-SS_var_FrameColor_FYeahRed.jpg?bw=2200&bh=1467 Pieter1, Traveler and BSG 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted February 19, 2018 Share Edited February 19, 2018 by Hairy popcorn_skollie, Pieter1, Captain Fastbastard Mayhem and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Gordo Posted February 19, 2018 Share I cant make out the name one the frame!Need more info. popcorn_skollie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted February 19, 2018 Share I cant make out the name one the frame!Need more info.Altruiste Bicycle Company Altruiste's founder and builder Gabriel Lang Is from New Brunswick, in eastern Canada, where he mainly builds with chromoly, but is experimenting with titanium. The ex-downhiller worked for some prominent Canadian builders as a welder before founding his own brand. He's pretty much a one-man show. Lang believes that plush suspension is more efficient in the long run, even at the expense of pedal bobbing, which is why both his dirt-jump and trail bike designs use a concentric bottom bracket pivot location for their swingarms. I liked his asymmetric shock and seat tube arrangement. It is a simple solution that should be lighter weight and stronger than the more common work-arounds. Eddy Gordo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capediver Posted February 19, 2018 Share I cant make out the name one the frame!Need more info.Altruiste https://www.pinkbike.com/news/north-american-handmade-bicycle-show-2018.html Eddy Gordo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Gordo Posted February 19, 2018 Share Just saw it now too on pinkbike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane_Bosch Posted February 19, 2018 Share I cant make out the name one the frame!Need more info.If you zoom in enough you'll make out the words VERY UGLY. That is the manufacturer but the model name is the Hideous. They use the finest left over scaffolding in their badly lit garage production facility. Edited February 19, 2018 by Duane_Bosch Traveler, NicoBoshoff, T-Bob and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBeer Posted February 19, 2018 Share plus it has a horizontal shock. Nuff said... Capricorn and Duane_Bosch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted February 19, 2018 Share If you zoom in enough you'll make out the words VERY UGLY. That is the manufacturer but the model name is the Hideous. They use the finest left over scaffolding in their badly lit garage production facility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headshot Posted February 19, 2018 Share I may be mistaken, but it looks like iRide won the Delvera enduro this weekend on a Mercer bikes dual suspension steel is real bike. Local is lekker. Eddy Gordo and Hairy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicoBoshoff Posted February 19, 2018 Share I may be mistaken, but it looks like iRide won the Delvera enduro this weekend on a Mercer bikes dual suspension steel is real bike. Local is lekker.Yeah and he didn't need 500mm's travel to do it either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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