Bikes for Enduro... The restart

[Rigardt@Scott]

Same with those ugly ass Evil bikes for me, with the head tube that looks like saddlebags fat.

Blasphemy. I'm personally offended.

[gummibear]

I've never actually seen a DeVinci that I've thought looked good, particularly their carbon bikes. They always look awkward and somehow unnecessarily overbuilt. 

I've always thought that of Yeti bikes.

[Hairy]

I've always thought that of Yeti bikes.

I've always thought that of Ellsworth Bikes

[Dirt Tracker]

Same with those ugly ass Evil bikes for me, with the head tube that looks like saddlebags fat.

 

Ahhh. Fat shaming my bike. Got it.

[stefmeister]

Ha, ha, ha. That will keep popping into my mind this weekend when I'm building up my Following.

 

Edit: I've been trying to work it out. What is Saddles bag fat and what does it look like? and don't say it's like an evil head tube. I'm scared to google it.

Start with safe search on????

 

 

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[Piston ZA]

Forbidden Bike Company high-pivot 29er

 

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/forbidden-bike-company-high-pivot-trail-bike-crankworx-whistler-2018.html

[Rigardt@Scott]

Forbidden Bike Company high-pivot 29er

 

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/forbidden-bike-company-high-pivot-trail-bike-crankworx-whistler-2018.html

Really like the look of this. I wonder how much that high idler causes the chain to drag... I've never ridden an idler bike, but I've heard it causes quite a bit of drag - anyone with some first hand experience?

[Hairy]

Forbidden Bike Company high-pivot 29er

 

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/forbidden-bike-company-high-pivot-trail-bike-crankworx-whistler-2018.html

It was bound to come out sooner or later .... the bike has all the current selling points, long/low/slack, high pivot with idler and big wheels on a long travel (long travel being a relative term) bike.....

Edited August 14, 2018 by Hairy

[Hairy]

It was bound to come out sooner or later .... the bike has all the current selling points, long/low/slack, high pivot with idler and big wheels on a long travel (long travel being a relative term) bike.....

And it is a sexy looking bike!

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Really like the look of this. I wonder how much that high idler causes the chain to drag... I've never ridden an idler bike, but I've heard it causes quite a bit of drag - anyone with some first hand experience?

I wouldn't imagine it'd be much... Equivalent to a derailleur pully, probably

[Nofearnofun]

2018 Nukeproof Mega 275 RS   

 

Nice piece of kit! 

[Hairy]

 

 

 

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

saw A video of it kick-back is like zero

He's not talking kickback. Talking about drag on the chain due to the idler pulley.

[Rigardt@Scott]

oh , I'd imagine it being very little ...if the pully in there is high quality

 

 

 

*side question :

 

If one rides with oval chainrings and now buys a high idller bike , will the oval still work the same ?

considering the chain will wrap around A different part of the chainring in relation to your leg-knee position vs. A normal drivetrain setup

Should work the same. The point at where the chain makes contact with the chainring shouldn't have much of an effect on your pedal stroke, you would still be putting down power in the same place of your stroke.

 

For ex: you can still produce power on the upstroke (ie pulling) even though there is no chain making contact with the corresponding place on the chainring in your pedalstroke.

 

I would just imagine that the chainring gets worn a bit faster because the chain makes contact with fewer teeth at any one time meaning the distributed load is a bit higher at any given time when compared to a normal bike. If it is the case it won't concern me much though as lifetime of a good chainring is pretty long to begin with and they aren't too expensive to replace.

 

Manufavturers will just have to startmaking some long chains! Anyone know how many links in these high pivot bike chains?

Edited August 15, 2018 by Grease_Monkey

[Eddy Gordo]

Forbidden Bike Company high-pivot 29er

 

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/forbidden-bike-company-high-pivot-trail-bike-crankworx-whistler-2018.html

Looks very similar to the supreme sx

 

[Eddy Gordo]

The new Gt Force looks good. Pricing is nit bad either. I wonder if omnico will choose to sell these.