Bike Check: Bruni's Shiny Surprise, Bergamont's 26" Wheeled Prototype - DH World Championships Vallnord 2015

Sep 4, 2015
by Mike Levy  
Lapierre World s Bikes Photo by Dave Trumpore

Chrome Surprise for Lapierre

How do you stoke out some of the fastest racers in the world who already have the best of the best when it comes to bikes? You take that gear and come up with some very special, one-off paint jobs (or lack of paint jobs in this case) and designs that are based on the rider's national colours, of course. This is why Loic Bruni and Loris Vergier were clearly a bit disappointed when they showed up to the Lapierre Gravity Republic pits and found their regular yellow and black team bikes waiting for them rather than the custom rides they were anticipating. The joke was on them, though, because the team had prepared special Worlds bikes but wanted to surprise both the riders on the morning of the first practice.

Loic's mechanic, Jack, had spent the previous six weeks hand polishing the frame until he could use it as a mirror, keeping the whole thing secret until it was done, and Bruni's reaction pretty much says it all. Loris' bike is more traditional and less likely to blind anyone standing on the side of track, but it's still sporting custom French colours, and both racers are in custom ONE Industries kit that go with their bikes and the French flag.


Lapierre World s Bikes Photo by Dave Trumpore
I think this means that he likes it.
Lapierre World s Bikes Photo by Dave Trumpore
The bond between a racer and his mechanic is a special one.



Bergamont

Casey Brown's 26" Wheeled Bergamont

Bergamont are working on a new downhill bike that's a pretty big departure from the Straitline that's currently in their catalog. The all-black machine pictured here is Canadian Casey Brown's 26'' wheeled bike (the rest of the team are on 27.5" wheels), and it employs a relatively simple single pivot swing arm with a compact linkage tucked up under the seat tube to alter the leverage rate. Nothing groundbreaking, but it's likely built around more progressive geometry than the Straitline features, and clearly uses a very different suspension layout compared to the concentric axle pivot and large rocker link on the current production bike.


Bergamont
A stout looking linkage compresses the shock while also making this Bergamont look like a few other bikes out there.
Bergamont
The shock sits lower on the new bike than it does on the current production offering.



MENTIONS: @Lapierre-Bikes / @BergamontBicycles



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139 Comments
  • 226 16
 26 aint dead!
  • 64 4
 I'm seeking a girlfriend. Only 26 years old.
27.5 and moreover - 29: please, don't disturb.
  • 6 1
 And back!!!
  • 54 46
 Just because you keep saying it isn't dead doesn't mean its not dying (terminally ill)...I am sure your next bikes will be either 27.5 or an E29...here come the neg props from those in the first step of the grieving process...Denial.
  • 5 22
flag nvranka (Sep 4, 2015 at 15:57) (Below Threshold)
 yep...it isn't good, but it's certain.
  • 23 6
 I just remind myself that at least 29ers didn't completely take over. I'm always happy when I'm riding a 27.5 instead of a 29er
  • 33 5
 26 forever Big Grin I like that bikes, looking great to me!
  • 15 89
flag racecase (Sep 4, 2015 at 16:27) (Below Threshold)
 Dear 26 riders- One day when you become fast enough to feel the difference, you can upgrade to a respectable bike. Your friend- anyone on Earth in 2015
  • 66 23
 LOL because you pinkbike armchair commenters are the ones that are fast enough to notice the difference. Good joke, go outside god damnit

edit: correction---you pinkbike armchair commenters that are literally dads with a hobby. Pretty much guarantee you don't have what it takes to tell the difference, while the folks who sacrifice it all go live at a bike park for the season, who ride more then you ever will on your occasional weekend trip with "the guys from work" still ride the shit out of 26" and rip trails up better then you ever could.
  • 8 4
 yeah boy! stick it to them! about time someone shut them up.
  • 14 1
 I've been spreading my dads old trek hardtail with a 100mm stem and 80mm of fork travel and having a whale of a time this week. I'm well over wheel sizes.
  • 9 6
 @anchoricex- that was awesome...!
  • 15 2
 @anchoricex I am one of those dads that makes it to the park 2-3 weekends a month. I could not care less about the wheel size as long as I am shredding (in my mind at least) down the mountain (then the 14 yr old kid passes me).
  • 36 4
 Anyone else getting the irony in @anchoricex preaching to anyone who has fathered a child that spending a season at a bike park involves "sacrificing it all"?
  • 21 7
 My point is there are people who do this more, are likely faster then 99% of pinkbike commenters that don't feel the need to say a damn thing about 'being fast enough to notice the difference' between 26 and 27.5. Long story short very few people can say the 26 vs 27.5 is what improved their time. Fast times go to good lines, how well acquainted you got with your trail during practice, physical conditioning and skills behind the bars. To come forward and say 26ers might understand when they're fast enough someday is called going on Pinkbike and being a f*cking dick.
  • 17 1
 Just finished throwing down on some big kickers and bombing some trails today on my 26" carbon v10. I have absolutely NO desire to waste money on changing everything to 27.5.
  • 8 1
 @anchoricex I agree with you on that for sure.
  • 25 24
 Anchorixex. Good for you. You are a god. And I'm just a Dad. But you need me. Because my job not only pays your allowance, but allows me to buy whatever smackin' sweet bike I want.which gives you the opportunity next year to buy my offal (look it up) and indulge your juvenile fantasies of superiority. Remember. If you work very very hard and are very very lucky, you will be me. Someday.
  • 25 8
 and there you have it. codypup hits the nail on the head: he can afford whatever bike he wants...but has close to zero skills and close to zero time to ride his better-than-yours bike. the good riders laugh at you, Cody, all decked out on your "smackin' sweet bike."; that is, until they've seen so many people like you that they simply stop paying attention.

you're also a perfect consumer, cody. keep thinking that that new whatever is going to make you fast, and keep discount-selling your like-new bikes to better riders. we thank you to your face and joke about you after you leave in your Cadillac Escalade (ok maybe that's a reach. call it literary license Big Grin )

maybe you could get over your smug self and acknowledge that Anchoricex has a very valid point: the vast majority of riders need dedication and the skills that follow far more than they need some new bike or new wheel size. and the vast majority of riders speak authoritatively about all things bike while in actuality they can't ride worth a damn.

BTW, this Spring I quit my job as a professional and I'm spending the entire season at Whistler. I could have been (was) you but chose something better.
  • 6 5
 btw offal are intestines etc. usually it's connected to the eating of them. you misused the word. nice try though. i'm all for the ignorati trying to better themselves
  • 6 12
flag VelkePivo (Sep 4, 2015 at 23:30) (Below Threshold)
 EDIT: --after you leave in your Cadillac Escalade, hurrying back to your unfaithful, obese wife in your McMansion on the cul de sac Big Grin
  • 19 0
 Big shout out to all the 'codypups' out there, keep selling off your year old bikes with killer upgrades, it has made riding all these years a whole heap cheaper for us broke fullas! keep it up big papa!
  • 14 2
 You guys have taken the wheel debate to a whole new level.
Incidentally hating on dads is like cutting your nose of to spite your face.
Dad probably funded your bikes, took you to the parks and encouraged you to bike.
Who cares if dad can afford a flash bike, you probably wouldn't want it cheap of him if the wheels are wrong. Right?
  • 6 0
 My next bike... just bought my 26" V10.5. She is rad. The tracks have not changed. I am still old slow tight ass joey. And 27.5 has made desirable 26 much cheaper. Just raced my termly ill new bike. She performed well for me. Just me to fix now.
  • 11 1
 I don't think hating on dads is the point at all. as usual, people fixate on the thing that dents their overblown egos. the one and only point anchoricex is making is this: you have loads of people saying how awesome 27.5 is and how passe 26 is, when those same people ride like crap and could, and routinely do, get their asses handed to them by about a million better riders on 26" wheel bikes. Distilled down further, it's really quite simple: perfect your skills instead of buying every new thing that comes along (and then mouthing off about it).
  • 6 1
 I'm a dad with 27.5 dh bike but I still ride pretty much every day does that still make me shit?
  • 6 5
 @anchoricex gotta be one of the best responses iv read this year on PB.

i aint hatin on the 27.5, but if you cant smoke trails on either size, you aint got no place to be judgin' (out loud on public forums, anyway haha Wink ).
  • 4 3
 Yeah...if you're a 5' tall woman.
  • 13 3
 I'm still enjoying the irony of kids "sacrificing all" to ride bikes. As opposed to being parents.
  • 12 2
 I'm a dad with two great 26" bikes (made of aluminum - gasp!) who doesn't go for the latest trends. Even though I am not trendy and I ride a 26er, I still suck at the bike parks that I go to once every three years. After reading these anti-dad posts, I am confused. I guess I need to get a divorce, leave my kid and move to Whistler to "sacrifice" so I can throw down and think I'm a great rider, yet still get smoked by actual great riders. I will commence my plan today. I'll write my letter of resignation and put my house on the market. I'll file divorce papers on Tuesday. Can I then please have your respect, mighty PB awesome posting guys? Or is your intention just to bag on dads who ride 27.5" wheels in new Troy Lee kits? I know that only people who follow their narcissistic self-indulgent recreational passions truly know the meaning of the word "sacrifice."
  • 1 0
 It looks like a 5 in 1....nice.
  • 15 4
 Children.after you put another old geezer in his place, I decided to put on my matching troy Lee gear and take my carbon fiber 29er to the pier in my escalade and drive off the end. But wait. No troy Lee in the laudry. No escalade in the driveway. Just ratty old gear and a ten year old truck loaded with shuttle scratches in the driveway. No carbon fiber 29er either.some other "smackin' nice bikes" though. A 29er. Two 27.5. About six,26ers. A trials bike. A few with motors that you will never have the skills to ride even as well as this old dad. My point is that if you are as passionate about riding as you are about going all Trump on message boards you MAY be lucky enough to still be riding after 30 years on wheels, like m3. Perhaps you will even learn that when you see another rider it's enough to appreciate where they find the r joy instead of your puerile judgements. Like it or not I AM who you want to be which is still riding after many decades on two wheels. If you are lucky enough to have this life you may,also learn that while a man's abilities erode with time it does not mean he never had them.
  • 8 3
 What he said ^^^
  • 4 2
 What Cody pup said ^^^^^^
  • 9 1
 I am 'literally a dad with a hobby'. I ride as much as I can, 4 times a week if I'm lucky But unfortunately I do have to work in order to put food on the table and a roof over my 2 children's heads. That does make me normal, it does mean I can buy a nice bike and it also means I can't spend a season at a bike park. I could 'sacrifice it all' but in not sure my wide would he too happy about that (and she's pretty scary). Im quite quick and I don't really appreciate douchey comments assuming I'm not because I have sired lickle ones.
Anyway @anchorichex happy shredding. You may see me on my 26 inch sled one day, but you'll probably not say hi as you are far too cool Smile
  • 8 0
 *wife not wide!!! Shit I'm a dead man
  • 4 1
 Ha. Yes. And at least in my neck of the woods, the hobbyist dads are close to the racers on strava, and the racer dudes show respect for the old men.
  • 4 2
 @anchoricex don't worry, most people who aren't completely self absorbed got your point. The whole 27.5 thing has now become just like the 29er thing a few years ago when all the xc guys were hating on 26ers all over the place online and preaching how great there new wheels were bla bla blah...
It's obvious to anyone with common sense that you were figuatively spesking when using the dad reference, as a metaphor for people who have no skills and a brand new 650b DH bike and do nothing but talk shit on pinkbike.
  • 3 0
 @X-Hobby-X No doubt! Ignorance shining through on that one. I've been riding bikes like this for almost 20 years. I'll happily put my speed up against that goof, as long as he can work around my kids naptime.
  • 2 4
 @anchoricex see what I mean by self abdorbed. They just can't get past it !
Pretty funny/sad that some father would resort to namecalling and picking on a kid on the internet.
  • 3 1
 Damn right. Power to the dads.
  • 3 8
flag anchoricex (Sep 5, 2015 at 23:11) (Below Threshold)
 @jlhenterprises my mind is literally melting right now reading this overly angstful daddios going absolutely f*cking nuts with the keyboard mashing. Even after my followup post and a couple other users who posted to try and simplify and emphasize the real point I was making, like someone else said, people came in to swing their keyboard around because they saw the "dad" thing and failed to read on (AINT NO STINKIN ENTITLED LITTLE BRATS GON COME ROUND HERE AND TELL ME IM JUST SOME JO BLOW DAD ON MY WATCH!), fragile manchild egos were at stake and it's now become a dad circle jerk. Awesome. I absolutely can't simplify the point I was trying to make any more then I did in my follow up post & some of the posts other people were making who actually read at a coherent enough level to understand where I was getting at, but feel free to air out your exhausted fatherly angst on this comment thread, I won't stop you. Your wife might. I might actually go to church tomorrow and pray for the salvation of your guys' poor kids. Good f*cking lord.
  • 6 1
 I think the response you are getting from dads is because the word was used to describe a rider as lesser or inadequate in someway, as though having worked hard for twenty or so years to bring up a family some how diminishes the reward of a flash bike because the skills arent there to use it. Its similar to utilising the word "gay" to describe something in a derogatory fashion.
Weve all seen noobs on trick bikes and we all start somewhere.
Yes biking is a hobby
And yes dads do get pissy when the suggestion is we are not worthy
More back to the origional point. No one gives two f**ks about wheel size anymore.
  • 5 1
 Remember Loic's dad is the current over 50 dh world champion. He pipped the Scottish legend big Al for the honour. I am a dad too. Not world champion, just another dad. As for wheel size. Ride whatever you like. It's just a bike. But accept the banter that ges with whatever size you ride. It's just banter.
  • 1 4
 No their not
It just won a world championship ????
  • 4 2
 Brunis bike is 27.5
  • 2 1
 Yeah. But as Americans, we know zealots claim the right to their own set of facts, right?
  • 5 2
 @anchoricex I'm not the one airing out the angst, I hope you realize me and whiteknuckels were the only ones who got it and found your comment funny and brilliant.. I can't believe the amount of hatin' going on here from the dads. Its really sad. They made it about them, when it was just a figure of speech. I think you might need to re-read my reply's.
  • 3 1
 so wait, the point was that a guy who only rides his bike all day is faster than a guy who doesn't ride his bike but once a week?... thats something we can all agree on!- finally! what was all the fuss about?.. silly....
  • 3 1
 @jihenterprises read his first comment again, the second paragraph. rarely have I read a more wanky couple of sentences. 'Funny and brilliant' ?! Not sure about that. Anyway this is boring.
  • 2 1
 Yeh,yeh,yeh...I found it funny, cause it sums it up brilliantly. Not sure what is like on that side of the pond, be he nailed it for over here.
  • 1 0
 Haven't been on PB for a couple of days and just saw this article... I knew what the top comment was going to be Wink
  • 2 0
 I bet you didn't expect where it would go though?
  • 2 1
 Diego-B, I think we can safely say that we have moved past denial into Anger.
  • 44 0
 Wait, hold up, is Bruni French-kissing his bike?
  • 29 0
 Well no, he's French -comma- kissing his bike.
  • 18 2
 lets eat grandma
  • 9 2
 Well he is French so really that means whatever he kisses it's French kissing...
  • 24 2
 That's a nice transition.. But it's really cool to see that companies are still interested in 26 bikes.. Because we are!!
  • 18 0
 This new 26 wheel size, is it any good then?
  • 13 0
 I did/do 27.5 on the front wheel, 26" rear wheel on some of my rigs....did it on my Tr500 and the DiamondBack DB8 which has a very similar design.. I'm surprised nobody has come up with it lately .... motocross has been doing mix-match wheel sizes for years. Sure, there's an engine pushin' it but still.... why not?

years ago, I frank N bike'd some 69ers with 29er front and a 26" rear --- ok, those had slightly weird steering but they were just left-over parts so, I didn't care
  • 6 2
 Because its an unnatural feeling. Specialized was doing that for a little bit with their old demos.
  • 8 7
 It makes sense on a dh. But on a trail bike I don't want to need 2 tubes in my pack.
  • 20 1
 u can usually use a 26 tube in a 650b tire
  • 13 0
 you can use a 26" tube in a 29er FFS, I did it 2 weekends ago. tubes is stretchy. I've used a 29er tube in a 26, too.
  • 5 1
 And I think 27.5 fits both. Just sayin.
  • 5 1
 im still running an old bighit with a 24" on back. love the setup
  • 3 1
 Not gonna like, I miss my old Bighit, I sold if for a better bike, but I wouldn't mind having it back now. Or something similar with newer geo.
  • 4 2
 You can use a 26 inch tube on a 29 if you need to
  • 1 0
 Almost a year now with 650b front and 26" rear on my 2011 Specialized Demo 8. Awesome and I have the benefits of both wheels.
  • 2 0
 The Liteville 601 comes spec'd with 26' rear, 27.5 front wheels from size M up.
  • 1 0
 see Liteville 601 bike.... they recommend that....
www.pinkbike.com/news/liteville-601-mk-2-review-2015.html
  • 4 9
flag khaki (Sep 4, 2015 at 15:31) (Below Threshold)
 Except though Liteville claims the same, arguing better clearing of obstacles, in mx front outer diameter actually is about the same as rear, since rear tire is fatter than front, which btw may make some sense in bikes as well - slimmer at the front for lightness and precision, wider at the back for traction, smoother ride.
  • 10 3
 Absolutely incorrect, @khaki.
  • 4 0
 Specialized did it back in the days had a Murder out Big Hit 26 front 24 rear low BB turned nice on those shape turns
  • 5 10
flag khaki (Sep 4, 2015 at 16:09) (Below Threshold)
 @inter71 maybe you care to explain exactly what...?
  • 3 19
flag khaki (Sep 4, 2015 at 16:43) (Below Threshold)
 Who's the f*ggot that downvotes asking for explanations?
  • 1 1
 2 tubes? Seriously? 24" tubes work the best in my 26x5" fatbike. Also carry one as a spare for my 27.5. They'd also fit my 29ers when i rode those
  • 6 1
 @khaki, what works for mx, where an engine is involved, does not work for mtb. If you ride different sized tires, you want the slim tire in the rear.
  • 2 1
 @khaki , Gwin has done every WC race with a 2.35 Butcher rear tire and a slightly larger volume Hillbilly up front. Clearly he's doing it wrong. Maybe you can enlighten him?
  • 2 9
flag khaki (Sep 4, 2015 at 23:14) (Below Threshold)
 Moron, can you see the difference between *may* and *does*, from where you live?... I can...
  • 6 2
 absolutely @khaki - you were suggesting something that was incorrect, though you *may* be correct in an alternate universe, it *does* not make sense in this one, you homophobic loser.
  • 2 0
 Maybe cuz he rides in Antarctica lol
  • 1 6
flag khaki (Sep 5, 2015 at 4:40) (Below Threshold)
 @MmmBones: Well, touchy-feely buddy, maybe you're 5yo and I was to hard on you, then, otherwise, if you can't tell (or accept) hypothesising about something just because maybe, from stating or even "suggesting" everyone should do it "like nao", you totally deserve whatever anyone throws at you, (not) sorry to twell you.

Oh, and lol at the "homophobic loser" bit - and have one on me on that; I always upvote the experts!...

Cheers!
  • 1 4
 @gooseman310: Obviously! But then, it's summer there now, so I migrated north!..
  • 8 0
 I remember my first internet account.
  • 14 2
 I expect every single one of you who have littered every single article in the last six months with "love it but no 26" option/264Life/etc" to chime in here. Like, now.
  • 7 1
 He'll be taking roll call, & you don't want find out what the penalty is for non-attendance
  • 19 0
 being Canadian, i'm guessing a stern talking to followed by an apology
  • 3 1
 Shhh, I told them they didn't want to know, I was trying to be ominous
  • 3 0
 Present
  • 6 0
 Sorry @groghunter. We Canucks don't do ominous well.... Sorry 'bout that!
  • 1 0
 Here!
  • 12 0
 Er, Screw your xc and your 650b
  • 11 1
 I only ride park
  • 12 0
 Lucky for you the size gap between 650b and 26 depends more on your tire choice than the rim itself. 650b with XC tires is smaller in overall diameter than 26 with DH tires.
  • 9 2
 The next big thing is 27.5+ and here is what i dont get: why are we not seeing 26+ with some nice 26+ rims and tires we could make all these 27.5 enduro rigs fun. I would love to have a DH 27.5 bike with 26+ front wheel.
  • 4 0
 Then you should look harder, because surly has been making 26+ stuff for years, there was even a bike running 26+ stuff in the eurobike coverage.
  • 11 4
 Its because +size tires are shit for cornering, and overall a marketing scam to provide a different sort of option. Yes, they do have their place, but for racing and regular riding, they actually inhibit performance.
  • 7 6
 Guess I'll have to explain to my 27.5+ wheels that they aren't allowed to corner well anymore, because VTwintips said they couldn't. I bet they'll be super bummed...
  • 2 4
 Luckily the + sizes are good for freeriding.
  • 6 0
 on my old bighit im running old alex dx32 wheels with a 2.75 kenda. tire measures about 27.5 and barely fits in my domain fork. 26+ baby!
  • 5 0
 Not saying this explains anything at all about tyre size and cornering, but why do they use a narrower tyre at the the steering end of a superbike/MotoGP bike? Genuine question. I imagine the wide rear tyre is probably to do with traction. But if plus size tyres are better for anything, why don't any pros use them? Or do they?
  • 4 1
 Because racing isn't the sole measure of whether a part is worthwhile or not? Pro's don't use armor during races, does that mean you shouldn't pad up when trying stuff at the edge of your skill level? Your decision, but I'd rather walk away from crashes, & I'll put on pads when I know I'm really pushing my limits, so that I can go too far without being laid up for weeks.

MotoGP uses different size wheels at each end of the bike. front wheel is larger diameter, doesn't need as much rubber to get the same size contact patch. Also, their rear wheels have to stand up to ridiculous amounts of power without breaking traction, compared with bicycles.
  • 2 1
 Fair points. Fun is a big factor I guess. Makes you wonder though, when the pros go faster, bigger and closer to the edge, and their career is on the line, strange that more of them don't pad up.
  • 4 0
 Because, rightly or wrongly, they believe the pads make them slower. Going slow is just as bad as crashing. I'm not even going to try to make a call on whether they're right about that or not, they're riding a whole different level from me. I'm faster with pads on, because I'm willing to take bigger risks, but that doesn't mean anything for them.
  • 1 0
 All DH tires are wider up front than in the rear for a reason. I ride a 2.7 upfront and a 2.4 in the rear on my dh bike. I have an AM bike that came stock with 2.3 I want to put a 26+ the front. VT do you know from experience that + do not corner well?
Unkle Dave on NSMB seemed to think + was the beez kneez
  • 2 0
 Yes. I must admit that I run wider tires on my all mtn bike. I run 2.4 spesh front, and a 2.5 (old) maxxis rear... the spesh is bigger - although it kinda sucks, and I want something a bit more aggressive. In that case, its a matter of trying not to flat on a bike that is used for everything from touring to dh, despite having 140mm of travel, and running something that is meant for versatility. I think climbing is unquestionably better with wider tires (and larger diameter tires). Downhill is the opposite. They'd run 2's if they could get away with not flatting.

Have you ever noticed that mud tires run really narrow and tall? That's so they rip through the mud and bite into the ground.

Its actually really simple to think about for dh racers. Consider the video of that bmx guy freeriding that fat bike in a bike park earlier this year. It looked really fun, but it also turned like a motorboat. Its really not too different from using powder skis vs racing skis. Yes, powder skis have their place, where they absolutely excel, but if you are trying to carve turns quickly, a race ski is going to bite better and lock into the snow with more control. Not to mention with dh... sniping narrow gaps betweens rocks, trees and roots is necessary as well.

If you rolled a tire down a hill and rolled a ball down a hill, the tire is more likely to fall over and turn. The ball just wouldn't turn well. I'd rather have a car tire than a ball for a front wheel, and when you size it down, it works the same way.
  • 1 0
 Yup, & the casing, sidewall height, & knob placement is exactly the same as a normal tire, so it must ride just like a scaled up normal tire. Wait, what's that? you're saying that they're constructed completely differently, & don't work the same at all? Well I'll be damned.

To be clear, I have a 27.5+ wheelset for my 29er. Funnily enough, it corners just fine, though it does feel VERY different.
  • 1 0
 Are you talking like 3's or like 4's?
  • 1 1
 If the knob placement was exactly the same as a normal tire, then how could it be a plus sized tire? It just sounds like you have really tall 2.3"'s.
  • 1 0
 3", no-one is coverting a 29er frame to run 4", lol. Though I've test ridden a Salsa Bucksaw, & it railed corners too.
  • 1 0
 Sarcasm seems to be lost on you, friend
  • 1 0
 I thought you were the guy I was arguing with. It seemed preposterously stupid and short-sighted enough.
  • 7 0
 Six weeks? What did he use, a toothbrush? Smile looks sick though, and loic seems like a super nice dude, best of luck to him.
  • 9 4
 My gosh why would they build a 26 when all the larger wheels are so much better? wink,wink nudge.
  • 5 0
 Yes!!!! A new 26" dh bike, Ill buy that in a heart beat if they sell them in Oz!
  • 1 0
 Just want to say that the bikes there riding today compared to the bikes of 5,10,15 years are so more advanced..The young kids of today wouldn't take the bikes that I rode down the mountain on half the stuff that I rode and raced .yeah u might be faster today but the technology and suspension and R&D work put in by me and many others and what I do at my job make you a better rider..
  • 1 0
 Sorry guys, this may be running off topic here based on all the comments posted, but. ......Bruniiiiii's polished bike looks flipping awesome. The fact that it took six weeks to polish up and that his bike mechanic managed to hide it from him is great. For Jaco to have done that clearly indicates that the re is a good bit of respect for each other. Got to love it!
  • 4 4
 I swear to god I'm gonna grab a fork and jab my eyes and ears out- who the f&@k cares what wheel size someone wants to run?! Are you petty "children" still debating what is better?! Good for you short legged kids who live at home and convince your parents to endulge your entitled little lives with expensive bikes so that you can get up here on your soap box of 26" wheel holier-than-though attitude? What works for you is great. What works for others is great. Why do so many of you waste your time waiting to pounce all over anything but 26" wheel sized bikes? Oh, and another thing- it's "than" not "then". If you're gonna bash "dad" aged guys who have a mortgage and possibly a family to support, at least learn the difference.
  • 2 2
 @anchoricex 1. You probably think youre faster than you are' 2 I've just bought a 2016 nomad,3 I don't give a f*ck about your opinions of me, 4 when or if your man enough to become a father, you would've probably stopped riding and be an obese twat with your wife's thumb on your head! Get over it!!!
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 650b don't appear to be any faster, I have been looking back at times a few years ago on tracks that have not changed much like forth bill. There is fuck all in it. gwin was 10 sec quicker at val de sol in 2012.
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 FK 650b!
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 Cane Creek ftw
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 Marry me Casey? Me and you and 26" 4 lyfe!
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 Not Jaco, should read Jack.....predictive text and I are not the best of friends
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 Only argument I'll make for 26" right now - tire availability. It's been impossible to get good 27.5s at the lbs. The manufacturers can't keep em coming fast enough.
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 They should but a 650b up front to rake it out even more for this steep course hahaha
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 Has anyone else ridden any 2015 Lapierre gravity bikes? I am thinking about buying one but I can't find any reviews on them.
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 does it have a threaded bottom bracket though?
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 How tall is she?
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 Probably quite short! Chances are, she asked Berg for a 26er sled so she can better flick the thing around.
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 Yes I think so too, makes sense for "really" short riders.
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 Congratulation Bruni
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 Jack is very horny
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