Bikes for Enduro... The restart

[Patensie]

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

[Grease_Monkey]

 

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!

[MarcBurger]

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.

[Yo-Yo]

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.

[stefmeister]

 

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. 

[anybody seen george?]

I want this so badly. Think it's sexy AF!   
Niner is back. I miss my SIR 9 now   
 

[MrJacques]

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.

[popcorn_skollie]

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.  

[Odinson]

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. 

 

[dave303e]

[Eddy Gordo]

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.

[Odinson]

 

 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. 

[popcorn_skollie]

 

 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.

[BaGearA]

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 

[Odinson]

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. 

 

[Hairy]