Sam Hill Testing his new Specialized bike?
Nov 1, 2008
I was looking through shots from today on the site and I came across these ones from one of our users.
Here's a couple quick photos of Sam Hill on his new Specialized bike at the Australian Nationals - Round 1.
Here's a couple quick photos of Sam Hill on his new Specialized bike at the Australian Nationals - Round 1.
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by looking at these phots i can also conclude, other than the fact that he is pinning it, he is 1.3634 seconds faster on the demo than his Sunday.
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I worked it out as 1.4764 faster but my calculations could be a bit out!
p.s looks like this confirms the worst kept secret in mountain biking...
p.s looks like this confirms the worst kept secret in mountain biking...
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i guess all the hundreds of wanna be sam hills are all going to swap there sundays for demos now.
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artifact: You can actually have a good idea of how hard someone is pinning it by a picture. eg. How far they are looking ahead and how much they are leaning into corners etc.
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you can tell how fast someone is going, people say oh so pinned so fast, so why not slow? anyway im fed up of him winning even though he got jank this year, much prefer athertons, minaar, rennie, peaty.
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from watching sam hill ride im sure you would fall down the track slower than he rides down it, he just needs to be more consistent in the world cup will 2009 be Sams year because he deserves it
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Feel free for anybody to answer im sure lucky03 and I are very curios how you calculate times by a picture?
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ummmm if ur being seirious u need help, and if ur kidding it wasnt very funny.....
anyway i think Hill is still running code calipers with ultimate levers, thats wat he had last year
anyway i think Hill is still running code calipers with ultimate levers, thats wat he had last year
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well, u guys can give me all the negative props u want but i just think that sam hill on a demo is gonna take a while for me to get used to seeing. it just dosent look right, maybe if it were black it would look better
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black and green with all the monster stickers 
it just looks wrong to see him in a plain race jersey.
it just looks wrong to see him in a plain race jersey.- + 15 Show
Sam Hill doesn't ride a stock demo, it's custom made for him, head angle, top tube length, seat tube angle, everything is custom made for him, just like his Iron Horse was a Med rear end and a Large front end. I heard that Sam wanted specialized to make the bike feel as close to his Sunday as posable.
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I think he is riding a normal demo 8 frame right now actually, and his personal frame will come later. Could be wrong though.
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from what i have been told crazy-canuck is right.
they are on standard demo frames with their own bits. eg, vivid and obtanium springs. and that sam and brendon are in the process of designing their own angles for a custom bike for them and then they wil;l be making another one for the world champs in canberra specifically designed for that track.
they are on standard demo frames with their own bits. eg, vivid and obtanium springs. and that sam and brendon are in the process of designing their own angles for a custom bike for them and then they wil;l be making another one for the world champs in canberra specifically designed for that track.
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how could his old iron horse be a medium rear end and large front end? the rear end doesn't change throughout the sizes.
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don't listen to him, from what i've been told, he was running a medium seat tube with a longer top tube, essentialy it was a large with a lower stand over
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i'm pretty sure he's on a custom geo demo 8, and he's getting an all new frame either later in the season, or for start of 2010 season, once theyve had time to get one sorted properly.
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It's hard to tell from these pictures, but he's running a 1.5 headtube vs the standard Cobra headtube one would usually find on a Demo 8. So he's either running a demo 7 frame or a custom demo 8. I'm thinking the latter is true.
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i just dont really see sam on a fu cking demo??? nothing against the bike... its a sick bike... but he belongs on like a santacruz V-10 or somethin??
just not fealin it?
just not fealin it?
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medium rear end!! hah!! you guys are awesome!! a little information is a dangerous thing in the hands of a moron!!
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@jmsxtreem the 3rd picture kind of shows it. it appears that he's running a 1.5 to 1 1/8 reducer headset rather than a standard 1 1/8 headset. Also, the headtube is slightly visible in this picture, but it's too hard to tell. previous pictures of what was allegedly Sam hill's bike more clearly showed a 1.5inch headtube.
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So since I like specialized I am gonna take that as compliment. Personally couldn't make it much better gotta love the lifetime warranty!
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THIS is sick, specialized now has an awsome dh racer for them, they are going to have a sick season with HILL
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they are the new 09 boxxers not the blackbox, the blackbox is still in testing thats just the new look for the boxxers but could be wrong
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Yeah, pretty sure it is the new boxxer. What in the hell is the rex 180mm?? It f*uckin says box on the right stanction then xer on the right lower; spelling boxxer.
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Like I said... They are 2010 boxxers. I know Because I own a pair or 2009 boxxers and they are definetly not that sick. His have the writing on the stanchions and they are beefier. Look it up...
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i think his bars look narrow...
is thats just me???
sam hill...one word...aussie.hahaha
he is fast an specialized an him are working on building him a custom bike
is thats just me???
sam hill...one word...aussie.hahaha
he is fast an specialized an him are working on building him a custom bike
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its not the best bike in the world but at the end of the day sam hill would kick all of our butts what ever he rides stock or not !!!!!
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i got one 7 mounths ago first year racing its not bad bike maybe it will sell better now i hope ????
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Looks like one of the biggest bike companies has just bought its way to the top. Dont think I will be trading my sunday in just yet. Although I ride specialized as well, they are just no way cool as my horsey
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Ya for 2009 the shifted some of their free ride/slope style sponsorship money to DH racers because DH is starting to become more and more popular and the slope style scene has hit a little bit of a plateau with the explosion of tricks. Though people always like to see someone just go ripping fast on a bike
Anyone heard the rumor going around that ironhorse will be going away from the DW-link some time soon?
Anyone heard the rumor going around that ironhorse will be going away from the DW-link some time soon?
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nedownhiller, check the Pinkbike Interbike news for that. If memory serves me correctly, Iron Horse no longer has the DW link.
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well it has boxxer writen down the side in hudge letters, which might make them boxxers possibly?!
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correct me if im wrong but im fairly sure he had a deal with black box for forks ?? in answer to above !
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Sam is sponsored by Rockshox, he rides and tests their products...and the blackbox program is a part of rockshox/sram
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continuing above... The best ride with the best bike!
That gonna be amazing... Now, to wait the next year to see WC.
That gonna be amazing... Now, to wait the next year to see WC.
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"ArthurGreen (4 hours ago)
Not necessarily - Spec builds new bike for Sam "
it's only rumour
Not necessarily - Spec builds new bike for Sam "
it's only rumour
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i take it some of you guys slaggin the demo dont read magazines like mbuk and dirt....if you did you would have read that confirmed by memeber of specialized team that sam will work with them in developing a new wc standard dh bike over the next season. get your facts right before slaggin?
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Actually sarcasim is when i am like WOW You'Re CoOL!!! A question is like "Are You Retarded?", there is also rhetorical questions which don't require a response like "Are you retarded."
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sarcastic/mocking whatever tone it comes across as doesnt matter. My point of saying it was that people should double check things before going and slaggin someone off. Also didn't realise apart from a bike site this was a grammatical correction service too.
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LoL Pink Bike come with lots of great unapproved features. and i totally agree with you, people talk shit too fast nobody reads before they talk, as they say (it might even be in this thread) a little information is dangerous in the hands of a moron.
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you can bet sales will jump for specialized from all the ironhorse kiddies selling thier little sundays and following like loyal sheep whatever sam hill rides
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Nahh sam's only fast because of his bike. I just hope the specialized is as fast as the iron horse.
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To be honest, yeah photos are nice, yeah sam hill is a fast rider, yeah demos are nice bikes! but why does everyone lick sam hills arse? Yeah its good to have an idle within the sport but some people need to get a life and just have a bike because they like it not because a pro has one
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i wouldnt want a bike that a bunch of people have....like espesially a kona everyone has one
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Lewis, there are way too many fashion victims in this sport who need to be told how to think. There have always been fashion victims kicking about but there's been a rapidly rising tide over the last 5 yrs or so.
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Well, i think the sport is turning into a fashion statement instead of just ultimate enjoyment!
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Really? Does this mean I have to take my $4000-DH-rig-decoration off the wall and actually ride it??
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but than again if I was with Ironhorse for a gazzilion years I'd trade it up for specialized but maybe if his demo was the same colors as his sunday it wouldn't seem so strange.
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There is nothing secret about this, they've been making it pretty obvious for about a month. Hopefully Specialized will be able to do what they did back in the day.
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i think he looked way better/faster on the sunday...maybe it's just me but i dont like the new demo. in fact none of the new specialized bikes.they look chunky. but i am looking forward to the wc and see see him ridin on it
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he should have stayed with Ironhorse, it just feels right... however I believe that being such a remarkable rider will get him to the top on any bike, gg
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it is his job, would you stay where you work if you were offered 20% higher wages somewhere else for doing the same thing?
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yeah I know and I'd probably move, but I've never imagined Hill riding any other bike than Sunday, so it's a little shock for me 
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I think Specialized and Sammy are perfect together. Smart move for both.
I red the entire first page and knowone asked the question if Specialized would jump on the dual link wagon.
I red the entire first page and knowone asked the question if Specialized would jump on the dual link wagon.
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basically, all you mugs who are saying he shouldve stayed with ironhorse need to understand that you have to make a living. the company that pays better you go for, its that short, just because its a "nicer bike" doesnt mean your going to turn down a massive amount of money to ride for a smaller company.
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The man has to make a living while he can. It's hard to make money in this game. And I wouldn't judge what Sam is riding by what we've already seen from the Demo 8. Look at when Valentino Rossi left Honda to go to Yamaha which was an inferior bike. He brought people from Honda with him and were told they could do whatever Rossi wanted with the bike. By the end of his first season with Yamaha he was world champ yet again. With Hill and Brendog riding, the new Demos that will be developed could be unbelievable bikes that surpass the Sunday.
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of all bikes, why a demo
i mean you would expect something like a shocker, wilson, v-10
,but really a demo
i mean you would expect something like a shocker, wilson, v-10
,but really a demo
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because he's riding for specialized therefore is going to ride a specialized and since its downhill I doubt its gona be anything else. Demo's are fantastic bikes one of the most versatile big bikes.
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It doesnt matter what bike he rides... as long as hes got FUNN bars!!! Its all in the bars folks!
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first of all, maybe hes just having a good day.
second, do you think he'll keep all his sponsors?
monster/specialized seems kind of...off
second, do you think he'll keep all his sponsors?
monster/specialized seems kind of...off
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really???? [/sarcasm]
All i'm saying is that all other spesh riders are Red Bull sponsored. There could be a Spesh/Red Bull deal. I don't know... like I said, let's wait and see.
All i'm saying is that all other spesh riders are Red Bull sponsored. There could be a Spesh/Red Bull deal. I don't know... like I said, let's wait and see.
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how does that seem off? its only 2 companys finally comming together? no diffrent then when sram and avid became partners
thats just how intense sams face looks, that stair can go right though you
deff not as good as the iron horse but we shall wait for 2009 and see how the bike does
thats just how intense sams face looks, that stair can go right though you
deff not as good as the iron horse but we shall wait for 2009 and see how the bike does
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I was expceting this at long time ago
I just wanna wait to see if he cut put the demo on top 3 it will be BEAUTIFULL +.+
I just wanna wait to see if he cut put the demo on top 3
it will be BEAUTIFULL +.+
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such f*cking bull shit cuz of this dike like a trillion people got tooken off specialized cuz he needs so much money.
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I hear you, I can think of atleast 2 up in coming slopestyle guys that aren't going to have the support they are going to need in order to kill it next year.
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Exactly. I don't think Sam would leave IH if the partnership with DW hadn't run it's course; and now big changes are in store for IH. It's going to be interesting to see what kind of bikes, if any, are in store for IH's 2009 line up.
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Cammy67, DW link Iron Horse's will still be on sale in '09 as they were all devoloped during '08. They have bought the rights to develop Ellsworth's suspension technology during '09 so they can launch a full range of new bikes in 2010.
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Yeah, you're right Gadmack. I was surprised the other day when I went to IH's website and saw that they are still selling DW bikes for 2009. I have an IH 7 point that I use for training and love it.(they don't make them for 2009). The Ellsworth news is interesting, we'll have to see what happens with that. Thanks for the info.
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Specialized back in the game! Might be the first time they're worth watching since Napalm...
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who the f*ck are you kidding, spesh just makes a bunch of mass produced pieces of fsr garbage. i dont think i have ever ridden a specialized and thought i want to ride dh on it.
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joey your an idiot. if you want to get technical about it. go to wal mart or sports authority and ask them for an iron horse catalog. than we can talk about mass produced pieces of garbage. nobodys gonna give two shits about IH next year.
1) they have no DW link
2) hills gone.
1) they have no DW link
2) hills gone.
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did i say that ih was any better. I dont think anybody has ever went to a wal mart and asked to see the specs and the geo of a shitty iron horse. bTW specialized still makes bikes that are shitty.
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I think there about the same.... Specialized sells some crap bikes and so does IH but when they get more expensive.. they both become a better brand... And plus its not just the frame its the components and fork and rear shock that you get with the frame... just my opinion
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I think if sam hill didnt think he could win a worlds on a demo, i doubt he would choose them as a company, if you think a demo is slow, its prob you not the bike..
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true man, its stupid how people, just regular people not even rpo riders, get so technical with there bikes, the bike can only do so much its the rider that makes any bike good
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you guys (or should i say WOMEN) are all aruging about stuff that has to deal with sam hill, who gives a **** honestly let him ride thats what it is all about not being 1.2564738893894 seconds faster but being on his bike and having a good time am i wrong?
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he had a mechanical prob and didnt qualify.
had a timed run and would have got 2nd behind J.Graves
had a timed run and would have got 2nd behind J.Graves
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from what i saw of him he was riding well
but he shouldnt have sined with Specialized in his 1st race he had a mechanical prob
but he shouldnt have sined with Specialized in his 1st race he had a mechanical prob
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minnaar had a mechanical on his first race with santa cruz and he didn't exactly struggle last year did he....
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if your in the UK your gona struggle to buy a demo like sam, because they arnt bringing them in this year, just new big hits and sx trails. however they still have a few smalls form 08 left! you kiddies better hurry up
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I wouldnt doubt it if after this year sam hill gets his own model in the specialized line-up. I wonder how many Specialized Hill's they would sell
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i like the new look!, i have a shore2 but hav had the opprutunity to ride a new demo and they are nice! dont think i would trade in the shore but cool bike nonetheless. no negative props for me!
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hmm can't really say he had a good day he smashed his mech off in rut and he didn't win and who ever said demo are light wtf ever felt and orange 224 if you buy a demo because of hill you are an idiot. also all pro's run custom frames yes ALL not just hill because you all think he is amazing he is good yes but there are better
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yeah i'm sam hill and I'm pinning it. yeah that guy up theres right i'm riding a 1.5 head tube and i have elixer calipers hooked up to codes.
you guys suck cause you can't get the 2010 boxxers yet,.. hahahahaha
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you guys suck cause you can't get the 2010 boxxers yet,.. hahahahaha
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Sam will still win, I don't like the colors or his gatorade jersey. he will have good colors and a jersey on the world cups
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those bikes suck serious dong compared to a sunday. he's gonna suck serious dong racing on them next year too
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demo's are way nicer than sundays and with his input on the bike's geometry, the bike will do leaps and bounds better than the crappy sunday... and quite frankly, ironhorse is an awful manufacturer compared the specialized.
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Apperently he got second last cause his derailleur broke, i think all of use ould hate that, so.....
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sam hill's photo bike is not a demo 8 but a demo 7...see the cable keeper on the down tube...
demo 7 with 8.75" shock and zero-stack headset...with this...geometryes are better than a demo 8... ehheheheheeh
demo 7 with 8.75" shock and zero-stack headset...with this...geometryes are better than a demo 8... ehheheheheeh
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I am amazed no-one has brought up Shaun Palmer. Perhaps you are all too young to know the history of your sport. Shaun Palmer was self-funded and blasted onto the scene on the new Intense M1. He almost won the World Champs (lost to Nico by a tiny fraction of a second). Shaun was the new DH poster boy and FAST! The next year he was offered lots of money to go to Specialized. He was not as fast as on the Intense. His season sucked. He went back to boardercross and motocross. Shall history repeat itself? I sure hope not.
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couple more shots of sam on the Specialized. doesn't look too slow in these pic's:
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2658001/
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2658000/
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2657999/
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2658001/
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2658000/
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2657999/
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Sam with Specialized, cool Specialized is going to be well represented in DH
I hope so, we'll see this year...
I hope so, we'll see this year...
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So just to clarify something that has been pissing me off for a couple years now when someone says he is on codes or the new codes or he is back to codes Your getting really wrong. He has never been on a stock set of codes since he switched to Avid he first had a Set of Juicy 7's for a sort time then it was a Ultimate master cylinder (the thing hang on your bars) attached to a normal Juicy 7 caliper(the thing that clamps down on the disc to stop you) for the strength and stopping power. Then as soon as the code was in testing or a sort time after he ran a code caliper control by a Ultimate master cylinder and he has been on that ever since.
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Well given the fact its a Demo frame and he is running a coil in the rear like most pro's it's probably in the high 30's like 38 pounds because the demo frame no matter what you do to it basically has two entirely useless pieces of linkage because it is 5mm away from being a single pivot because they placed the axle on the large outer linkage and the suspension on a small inner single pivot triangle and the only thing separating the two is a pivot between the axle and the inner triangle. Anyway back to the weight he also is running minions which isn't a bad tire, hell i got a stock pile of them at home but if you want to cut down on weight the place to do it is with tire choice a set of Highroller super-tackies will save nearly a pound and half in weight compared to the minions he is running.
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@norm> i have suffer enough, please use comma in your text. Anyway, i see what are you trying to say, Demo frame is heavy as shit (mine Demo 9 has 45,8 pounds). Speculating for Hill's place is ridicules, will see how fast will he go on the races, anything can happend.
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damn dude! it's like $6000 for that bike! where did you get money from?!
lol
i like specialized bikes! cool photos man!
lol
i like specialized bikes! cool photos man!
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samm hill Wyyy???? Sammmm WYYYY???? you dond´t like iron horse ?
i dont belive !!!!!!!!!!!!!
i dont belive !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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oh yeah! sam hill now has a demo! lets all sell our sundays and get demos even though we've all been taking the piss outa them for years. oh wikid, what about some more pissing useless monsta energy stickers as well. niiiiice idea.
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