Da Bomb Tsar Bomba - Eurobike 2010

 You know that they also have a bike named Castle Bravo...

 It`s kinda funny and cool that they call all their frames after bombs...at least they`re kinda original

 WTF look at the quality of all the kit on that bike..... then a damn marz fork on it? barf. I have had first hand experience with the fellas at marz. Why not a fox 40 to finish it off?

 what`s the problem with the Marzo ?

 They are shit! the warranty is shit! the customer service is shit. They feel like shit compared to my new fox. Somehow i bent my marz on a VERY light ride( my wife was right behind me) The dampner broke and the uppers bent. The guy at marz was a dick on the phone and told me it looked like I ran it over with a truck and they wouldnt warranty it because of that. what a slap in the face. ....... his product just ended up looking like a truck ran over it with very little and light use. Oh and i forgot to mention that they were only 3months old and hardly ridden. Just seems like a shitty product compared to the rest of the bike!

 well...then I must agree, if that happened to you, I kinda lost a part of my respect to Marzocchi... Anyway, the bike looks really cool and it would be KILLER with a Fox40

 It may just be me personally tho haha I mean.... i bet if you "know a guy" at marz they might take care of you. Agreed on the fox 40! That would finish the deal for sure!

 I'm guessing Da Bomb is made in the same factory from the same catalogue parts as Nuke Proof? The frame dropouts are almost identical except for the IS vs Post Mount.

Not a fan of these catalogue companies tbh...

 Color = sexy.

 i just jized

 wow dude stop jizzing on me down here, anyways..does anyone know what type of saddle is on that bike?, i want one.

 Selle Italia Shiver - TLD Edition. Looks cool, but is pretty firm...and i bent the rails within 2 weeks. I only weigh 160lbs...maybe good for xc, but not on a dh rig.

 ohh, i weigh about 160 too, maybe i shouldn't get this seat.

 cool looking bike, but any other welder here think the joint where the down tube, top tube meet head tube are welded too cold.... to me looks like a shitty weld, theres even a lack of fusion where the weld curls under the top tube. on some of the thinner sections it looks fine but there in particular... looks questionable. i say this because i always tend to look at the welding before anything else.

 i dissagree with bunkey. you cant deny that the nuke proof looks amazing

 all these companys look sick you cant judge them til uve gone shredding on them but yah i miss thoes 888 decals 08 was a sick year

 The Nuke Proof does look nice I agree, but I'd rather pay for a bike which has been designed from the ground up. In house. You cant really say that about these sort of bikes. Look at the Carbon V10 in relation to this for example, there is so much more that has gone into that and it really shows. The workmanship on these bikes is poor too to be honest, Tejj is totally right about the welds (I bought a 24Seven trials frame made in a similar production setup to this: the brake mounts weren't even aligned correctly! The threads also stripped at 80% of the torque requirement on one of the post mount tabs). If your after something cheaper its much better going with a mainstream company such as Giant (with a massive customer base and a huge amount of money to play with in R&D/Testing) than a small catalogue company IMO.

Sorry if this seems harsh, but its definatly something which needs to be taken into consideration when investing this much money in a bike.

 yeah i totally understand where you're coming from and considering you have first hand experience i believe you. and yeah the welds do look pretty bad on this one but on the nuke proof they look quite a bit better. and since nuke proof is new to frames id give the frame a year or two to sort itself out and see how it holds up, but nuke proof does make some amazing stuff so hopefully that will follow through into their frame. cant say im a fan of this da bomb though. acutally now that i say that i find it weird how a company who specializes in components can make a better frame on their first try than a company who already makes bikes. (i say this just from looks so far). and also take into consideration that both frames are still in their pre production stages so im sure some of the things people arent to keen on such as the welds will be sorted out by production. hopefullly

 isnt it funnt that they "have 2 chainguide models to choose from" and the bike was built with a e13? hahahahaha

 anyone know what pedals they are

 sucky ones.

 colin, totally true considering this isnt on the market yet, but before you start showing something off, something as basic as having a proper weld profile should be one of the first things sorted out..... to some people they might not even think twice about it, but it stood out alot, and the frame is the first thing anyone is going to look at. and yes, those nuke proof welds were spectacular looking

 yeah thats true first impressions are always key i suppose

 I use Alumate for producing Corsair and so does Carter from Black Market and they actually reversed our Corsair Crown DH frames drops we did three years ago. Glad to see other companies use them because they look great. Not mad at all

I asked about why they came up with something close to Transition and its always a cryptic answer but since most of us as companies "choose" to use Taiwan for manufacturing it never surprises me that what we design influences them to create variations. Taiwan may simulate products but never copy the spirit of our brands and I think everyone here knows the difference between us and them. Alumate are great people and it's no surprise to me that Nukeproof and the like are using them... Pablo

 Does this look a tad like a TR450? but not a smooth?

 when you have so many companies nowadays, being original is kinda difficult. i dont blame them for ripping off other companies but at least they're not like canondale and coming up with the weirdest possible designs for everything. im also digging the iron cross.

 Haha, do you even know what the Iron Cross means loaded? And btw the iron cross has been their logo since 98. Also, many of you forget but dabomb was one of the better companies in the early 2k's of dh.

 Its not about what the iron cross means, its about what it represents in 2011...keep that shit away from my bike please

 lol, what does it represent in 2011? It's not racist moron. Half of the chopper brands roll with it, hot rodders as well. Where are you going with this? Did someone tell you it had anything to do with racism? Because it didn't and never will. In todays terms it's an outlawish thing, but in reality its a prestigious military award.

you don't like Iron crosses don't look at dabomb... because almost every one of their products is littered with em.

Issues spelling Militia?

 i think he simply has issues. period.

 Same shit here. Black socks and flat billed hats ftmfw!

 What's wrong with black socks? A lot easier to get dirt out of than white ones.

 (Yea man they have been doin this shitz for like ... since i was born bro.... since 98ish..........wow man wow .... lets join the militia bro yea man! Where is my god damn flat brim hat! ).....thats still a new company compared to the rest of the bike world fags.

 That's exactly what I was thinking...

 I wish people would stop with this " OMG it's copying so and so " there are only in reality a few designs that actually work well so there is bound to be similarities! unless manufacturers start making frames out of noodles then it's not gonna change to much

 Usually I'd be with you on this one bigburd but DaBomb have a history of copying designs. Their previous bike was a rip-off Cove Shocker.

 C'mon guys, there are only so many ways to skin a cat. And although the linkage my look very similar to some other bikes, it only takes the tiniest change to completely alter the way the suspension works. A few mm here or there can result in a bike that is an entirely different beast.

 Mikel remember, 99% of pink bike are educated engineers and patent disecting professionals.

 lol

 that linkage is the exact same as the first generation DHR from Turner also. do your homework kids. been around a long time. circa 2000

 bbbbbbeeeeecccccaaaauuuuuussssseeeee they are in the SAME country... and probably good friends of each other.

In fact, if you went on retro bike in the uk, you will find, many of these companies workers and owners are actually good friends, and communicate on a regular basis. A few companies making stuff with similar parts makes it easier in the long run, especially if they in a place as small as the UK is.

O and good fact on the name bud. I would never have caught the meaning of it. A+ on your attention to details zorba.

 I agree completly

 They are Shimano Saints

 he said discs not brakes "Tektro Auriga replica brake discs on it" learn to read

 sorry for that Daire

 It`s 5KG, with the X-Fusion shock I suspect (frames are weightened with a shock on, righ?)

 It can`t be !
As far as I know, the other frames do come in like 2 or 3 different sizes...why would they offer this one in only one size ?

 The only relation the Iron Cross has with the Nazi's is that it was used as an official military symbol/award since the 1800s and was kept in use by the nazi's. It has no racist correlations whatsoever.