Patensie Posted January 29, 2019 Share When proper tyres are comfortably over a kg each...Do you imply that I ride panaracer speedblaster 1.75s? Granted, I weigh only 65kgs and get away with a bit lighter tyres (Spaz Purgatories/WTB Vigilante) than say a Minion DHF/DHR. But, point taken. Edited January 29, 2019 by Patensie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grease_Monkey Posted January 31, 2019 Share I am geeking out on this bike on another level! Interchangeable rear triangle for travel from 120mm - 165mm, 27.5 or 29, adjustable reach, air or coil shock, threaded bb, covered external cable routing, integraged storage solution, carbon that is more impact resistant than traditional carbon, affordable. This bike ticks all the right boxes and seems to be extremely well thought out! Piston ZA, Hairy, Pieter1 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcBurger Posted January 31, 2019 Share That's brilliant, and will open up a whole new bag of worms (and goodies) among other manufacturers. I'm pretty sure most people will just blindly throw it into longest, slackest and angle'ist of setups right off the bat. Hairy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo-Yo Posted January 31, 2019 Share I am geeking out on this bike on another level! Interchangeable rear triangle for travel from 120mm - 165mm, 27.5 or 29, adjustable reach, air or coil shock, threaded bb, covered external cable routing, integraged storage solution, carbon that is more impact resistant than traditional carbon, affordable. This bike ticks all the right boxes and seems to be extremely well thought out! I was about to post that. I've been keeping an eye on GG for a while and really wanted a Smash. For such a small company they are really thinking differently on a lot of levels. I'll admit I'm sad they are ditching all Alu' frames as I still really like the feel of a metal bike alot, especially when I crash hard! I'm wondering if they are trying to pack a bit too much adjustable rear between 120 and 165 is alot and I wonder how that effect geo and ride. The storage and the cable routing is nice and such a simple win. Maybe they will have a fire sale of the old frames. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefmeister Posted January 31, 2019 Share I am geeking out on this bike on another level! Interchangeable rear triangle for travel from 120mm - 165mm, 27.5 or 29, adjustable reach, air or coil shock, threaded bb, covered external cable routing, integraged storage solution, carbon that is more impact resistant than traditional carbon, affordable. This bike ticks all the right boxes and seems to be extremely well thought out!Apart from that head tube, it looks rather nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anybody seen george? Posted February 5, 2019 Share I want this so badly. Think it's sexy AF! Niner is back. I miss my SIR 9 now BSG and Hairy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJacques Posted February 5, 2019 Share I want this so badly. Think it's sexy AF! Niner is back. I miss my SIR 9 now Pretty like a bulldog... but it sounds like it rides really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popcorn_skollie Posted February 5, 2019 Share Apart from that head tube, it looks rather nice. The head tube must be one of my favorite design elements about this bike. I'm wondering if they are trying to pack a bit too much adjustable rear between 120 and 165 is alot and I wonder how that effect geo and ride. The storage and the cable routing is nice and such a simple win. I don't think so. We're talking about actual wheel travel here. A mere 45mm to be exact.Which really isn't that much clearance in the grand scheme of things.Easily achieved with the right wheel path. The only thing I'm kinda curious about is how much of a difference full compression will have to the bb drop in different settings. In an industry where so many manufacturers try an sell you so many different bikes with small differences between them.(Not that small differences don't translate into a completely different bike but still)The differences to achieve something completely different is often just a few mm here and a degree or 2 there. Its refreshing to see such versatility being maximized upon with clever design implementation. Its always been possible.GG is just showing us how they went about achieving that versatility. Yo-Yo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odinson Posted February 5, 2019 Share I want this so badly. Think it's sexy AF! Niner is back. I miss my SIR 9 now Pretty like the dog's breakfast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Gordo Posted February 5, 2019 Share I want this so badly. Think it's sexy AF! Niner is back. I miss my SIR 9 now The big surprise: The RIP 9 RDO 275 is a ground-up design based on the mid-sized wheel format. The 29" wheel version has a separate chassis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odinson Posted February 5, 2019 Share The big surprise: The RIP 9 RDO 275 is a ground-up design based on the mid-sized wheel format. The 29" wheel version has a separate chassis. Some very dodgy looking Photoshop there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popcorn_skollie Posted February 5, 2019 Share The big surprise: The RIP 9 RDO 275 is a ground-up design based on the mid-sized wheel format. The 29" wheel version has a separate chassis. Much of mehness if you ask me. Its nice. But then again so are many others.Besides GG. Its been a while since I've seen something really interesting. I'd personally like to see some 29er super enduros. Not too many of those around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaGearA Posted February 5, 2019 Share Much of mehness if you ask me. Its nice. But then again so are many others.Besides GG. Its been a while since I've seen something really interesting. I'd personally like to see some 29er super enduros. Not too many of those around.Pivot Firebird and its not nearly as cool as people on the internet think Eddy Gordo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odinson Posted February 5, 2019 Share Much of mehness if you ask me. Its nice. But then again so are many others.Besides GG. Its been a while since I've seen something really interesting. I'd personally like to see some 29er super enduros. Not too many of those around. The 29er version of my bike should qualify. 170mm back and front, with solid geo. Should be an absolute bruiser. BaGearA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted February 6, 2019 Share anybody seen george? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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