The Crankworx Rotorua slopestyle course has been a hit with the riders, and the practice days took on the air of casual jam sessions as the athletes warmed up for the big show. Take a look at the bikes the top slopestyle riders in the world will be competing on at this event.
i just remembered crankworx whistler 2 years ago or so, when jamie goldman executet that sick superman over the insane double on his V10 in qualies SC's 200mm+ slopestyler
@k-rider92 - It's clearly built off of the design of the Blur 4X, but has new modern features added like a tapered headtube and 12x142 dropouts, and likely ISCG05 tabs.
@mcgrewk - that's an old video when he was still riding a custom Blur TR. His slopestyle rig now is essentially an updated Blur 4X with a tapered headtube, 12x142 through axle, and ISCG05 tabs.
Do I spy cable detanglers and calipers on Rheeder and Semenuk's bikes?!? Two cables visible from the lever to the detangler. 2to1 junction on the downtube. Maybe the death of hyrdo gyros and their leaking issues.
they use mechanical brakes, cos the gyro seemed to feel more smoother, maintance free and lighter to spin if i remember right... they told that on last years events
Nice! Makes sense as trying to find a rotational seal that holds fluid under hard braking seems impossible and the cable gyro was perfected many moons ago. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
anyone got any further details on the gyro setup they are running i understand how the top cable and lever works and that with a road calliper the pull is fine to work with bmx lever but how are they getting a long enough cable on the bottom under the gyro the standard bottom gyro cables are definitely not long enough looked in local shops today and compared on my ticket
@pedaladdiction SST Oryg is available in a long travel MTB lower cable meant for cable pull discs. One of the cable adjusters is left-hand threaded but can be switched to match your lower plate. Semenuk runs his detangler upside down to clear the tapered headtube. This does not change any function. Just drill/tap some gyro tabs on your frame and a gyro plate under your stem and you should be good. Not exactly a bolt on but all the parts are BMX and super cheap. You could take 3 standard cables and run 2 from the detangler to a cable splitter and 1 cable to the caliper. You would need a splitter much like the old Primo Pervert though. Use one of the slimmer gyros and cable pull shouldn't be a problem. If you use the older types it could be an issue flipped as they are taller. @Snowdog85 Thanks for linking the bike check. I guess I missed that article.
Fantastic cheers guys yeh i've sorted all the other parts gyro tabs etc just needed for infer about the lower cable as like you say i was going to run a twin cable and machine my own split clamp to go to a single cable but wasn't keen on how it would look the oryg looks much cleaner! cheers guys keep an eye out will be posting a new build thread when done
Hey ss noob here but why do all the trecks have a derauilier? Is it like a coincidence that those particular riders like having one or is it some limitation of the bike? If it is not what do they use the deraulier for?
Brandon has been running a down tube mounted TT friction shifter since 2009, when SRAM made a limited run of these custom shifters for their top slopestyle athletes. He has hung onto that shifter and has re-used it every year on his competition bikes; it was there for his 2011 and 2013 Crankworx victories and is on his 2014 bike
Dude, bit harsh. Doesn't actually say "bike check" anywhere in the title or article does it? The title is "18 Slopestyle Bikes From Crankworx Rotorua". So this ain't a bike check, it's pictures of riders and bikes. Still might be lazy on their part, but you can't really rag on them for not doing bike checks when they haven't actually said they are...
Edit: of course they may have changed the title, in which case, as you were.
How the fuzz can most of them ride those X0 carbon cranks without snapping them? Or are they just that sponsored? I have snapped 4 different SRAM carbon arms on small kiddy jumps, now back on Saint.
I teach mountainbiking and ride every day. 1 set of Noir, 2 XX1 and 1 X0 DH all failed. The DH version is a joke, they died without even jumping the bike. I was handed new ones on warranty every time, worked in a bike shop. But will never trust carbon arms again.
anyone got any further details on the gyro setup they are running i understand how the top cable and lever works and that with a road calliper the pull is fine to work with bmx lever but how are they getting a long enough cable on the bottom under the gyro the standard bottom gyro cables are definitely not long enough looked in local shops today and compared on my ticket
Please somebody help me. I have a Specilized p2 and I really love it; but I wanna change the front suspension for a good rock shox or a Fox. What's the type I need in any of these brands. (For example fox talas 32?) Thanks
Nice to see dartmoor at all these big events alongside all these mostly huge brands.
Nothing will ever be as good and as affordable as dartmoor tho. Go Poland lol!
Wow so many neg props. BMX and MTB can coexist. Both should draw influence from each other anyways. Remember when a DJ frame had multiple brake mountings, cage mounts, vertical dropouts, horrible geometry, and gussets galore? Now a modern DJ frame is low, sleek, light, one brake mount, horizontal dropouts, maybe ISCG mounts, and geometries figured out. Less is more trickled over to MTB. Look at the relationship of S&M Bikes and BlackMarket. All the sudden BlackMartket was making the best DJ frames around. Hmmm...
If you single out the full-suspensions, you forgot the p.slope, of course they are different. The hardtails look like any other frame designed to jump mounds of dirt. Either way who cares what it "looks" like just go jump the damn thing.
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@Snowdog85 Thanks for linking the bike check. I guess I missed that article.
Edit: of course they may have changed the title, in which case, as you were.
Maybe someone should teach you Mountain Biking...
Shots Fired!
Still, C-Mac's Trek is soooo rad. Just rather have it with a concentric BB pivot & no clunker on the back.