Bikes for Enduro... The restart

[Jewbacca]

35 minutes ago, Hairy said:

Is there really anything so propriety about the design.

The idler is just a pulley wheel and the shock just has a cover, the cover can be considered a frame part like any other bike which is specific to that brand and bike frame.

Bearings are bearings in the linkages.

 

Maybe less on this bike than a usual upper end 'Dale. That pulley wheel is probably proprietary or has a weirdly tapped bolt or something.

I don't really like pulley wheel drive trains. They look silly to me. 

While my opinion doesn't matter, I just can't look past the fact that the frame looks way too busy and weirdly proportioned.

As I said, I'm sure it rides beautifully. 

[Headshot]

50 minutes ago, Hairy said:

The real joke is that you can not find the bike on the SA Cannondale Website.

 

https://www.cannondale.com/en-za/bikes/mountain

Local availability is set for early 2022 and pricing will be available closer to then.

[Hairy]

Let's reflect.

There have been other brands that have previously had their shock within the frame or protruding through the frame. So what Scott and Cannondale are doing is not really far from what has been done before?

[BaGearA]

8 hours ago, Hairy said:

Let's reflect.

There have been other brands that have previously had their shock within the frame or protruding through the frame. So what Scott and Cannondale are doing is not really far from what has been done before?

I was waiting for someone to bring up an old trance or reign 

[stefmeister]

9 hours ago, Hairy said:

Let's reflect.

There have been other brands that have previously had their shock within the frame or protruding through the frame. So what Scott and Cannondale are doing is not really far from what has been done before?

 

The new Banshee Trance ain't bad either;

Edited June 24, 2021 by stefmeister

[Hairy]

13 minutes ago, stefmeister said:

 

The new Banshee Trance ain't bad either;

ANY Banshee Ain't Bad

 

[Hairy]

And Norco have nearly / half type junction with the shock and an idler

 

[Headshot]

This thing weighs about 1kg more than the Cannondale and has an even higher pivot. On looks alone, I'd prefer the Jekyll. 

[Headshot]

2 hours ago, Hairy said:

ANY Banshee Ain't Bad

 

Dude you broke that poor bike...

[Eddy Gordo]

There have been a few that have had shocks mounted low down.

[Eddy Gordo]

[Jewbacca]

5 minutes ago, Eddy Gordo said:

That's a Cannondale bro........ ????

[MrJacques]

2 hours ago, Jewbacca said:

That's a Cannondale bro........ ????

Scott bought a majority stake / share in Bold.

[Jewbacca]

1 hour ago, MrJacques said:

Scott bought a majority stake / share in Bold.

I know... Did the Emoji not give away my jestness?

 

[Eddy Gordo]

5 hours ago, Jewbacca said:

That's a Cannondale bro........ ????

 

[Hairy]