Aaron Chase's weird 3 inch shock on the top tube of his bike.

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flag stinkybigd (Aug 25, 2008 at 22:27)
holy shit thats crazy! wuts the frame called?
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flag crashin (Aug 28, 2008 at 15:43)
yeah, another crazy idea from cannondale, but i dont really see a point in this, is it to save weight?
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flag nik-ant (Sep 8, 2008 at 11:20) (Below Threshold) show comment
does botom tube pivot? because if it dont, thers no point
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flag naturalhigh (Sep 15, 2008 at 18:29)
obviously it does bro. the frame concept wouldn't work if there wasn't one
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flag brandyn16 (Jan 3, 2009 at 20:56)
looks like cannondale's been trying to hard again...
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flag nextchase (Feb 23, 2009 at 11:57)
actually if you go to the news article and watch the video and read it the concept solves some interesting problems... Its a pretty cool idea
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flag freeride-4-me (Apr 12, 2009 at 23:36)
in's not weird it's awesome!!! i want it!
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flag chromag (Aug 25, 2008 at 22:28)
mayeb a cannondale cause there is cannondale stickers all over the middle of it
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flag pS-P-TO-D-Km (Aug 25, 2008 at 22:31)
cannondale prototype. personally i dont trust cannondale after the lefty's came out
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flag dhsami (Oct 30, 2008 at 22:09)
good for u!
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flag pS-P-TO-D-Km (Oct 31, 2008 at 6:29)
i didnt mean it that way, i like cannondale, but not the forks.
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flag wesley-fraser (Aug 25, 2008 at 22:32)
As well Aaron Chase told me that they are a prototype bike, maybe its for slopestyle.
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flag Freerideguy14 (Sep 30, 2008 at 15:40)
Its either slopestyle or HEAVY DUTY dirtjumping.
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flag evan247 (Nov 1, 2008 at 11:27)
it cant be too heavy duty cuz he has a fox 32... not that theyre bad, thats my dream fork but it probs cant handle huge jumps and hucks
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flag Freerideguy14 (Nov 1, 2008 at 19:55)
Uhh correct me if i'm mistaken but didn't kyle strait ride 32's at crankworx and other slopestyle comps? crankworx had the monster (the drink company) drop and the step down..thats beyond heavy duty dirtjumping.
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flag evan247 (Nov 2, 2008 at 7:12)
maybe but i thought they were more of a street/dj thing. i guess your right tho
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flag DRAGAN (Aug 25, 2008 at 22:33)
cannondale prototype for sure because the rider is Aaron Chase !!!
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flag ss-bass-rider (Aug 25, 2008 at 22:36)
How does it work?
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flag wesley-fraser (Aug 25, 2008 at 22:37)
I forget, he told us how but I can't rember it?
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flag seraph (Aug 25, 2008 at 22:39)
Looks like it has a pivot just in front of the bottom bracket that allows the top tube of the frame to move towards the rear wheel when upwards pressure is applied.
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flag bigslope3 (Aug 25, 2008 at 22:57)
Yea sorry, but its kinda obvious Razz, like u said seraph, it pivots infront of the bb, and acts like a normal shock
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flag alex (Aug 25, 2008 at 22:40) (Below Threshold) show comment
that looks so stupid!
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flag wesley-fraser (Aug 25, 2008 at 22:42)
alex, you deserve negative props.
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flag seaplusplus (Aug 25, 2008 at 23:30)
maybe it is a prototype? i mean the sticker right on it says prototype.../sarcasm
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flag dh-pete (Aug 26, 2008 at 4:23)
Yeah, it's a prototype street/DJ fully/

The shock you can see as the toptube is the shock from a headshok fork
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flag Phelix (Aug 28, 2008 at 8:55)
cannondale chase for slopestyle!!!!!!!!!!
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flag That-Norco-Dude (Aug 28, 2008 at 16:45)
fn cannondale is always doin sumtin crazy
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flag grommit (Aug 29, 2008 at 18:49) (Below Threshold) show comment
ZOMFG!!! I dont get the piont of it????
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flag wesley-fraser (Aug 29, 2008 at 20:33) (Below Threshold) show comment
Its to save weight, thats the point of it.
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flag johnbb (Sep 9, 2008 at 19:01)
cool!
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flag That-Norco-Dude (Sep 15, 2008 at 17:09)
its genious because you can have a full suspension that is gonna feel exactly like a hardtail in the air.. i dunno y noone thought of it b4 now
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flag dirtparkstreet (Sep 21, 2008 at 17:33)
wudnt wanna pinch ya balls off a big huck!
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flag marquis (Oct 15, 2008 at 10:02)
and i thought all the urt bikes had died oh well nice come back cannondale.
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flag riot-rider (Dec 9, 2008 at 14:34)
is that a fox f100 rlc he is using?????
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flag waterfall99 (Dec 31, 2008 at 12:25)
Its called the Chase Softtail, and it was made to act like a hardtail with shorter chainstays, and to have no seat buzz, but with having 3 inches of travel.
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flag MadnessMaker69 (Feb 27, 2009 at 15:51)
THIS IS UGLY GAY SHIT UNUSEFUL!
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flag wesley-fraser (Feb 27, 2009 at 16:06)
Hmm... I wonder why your name is MadnessMaker69?
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flag rockshox845 (May 3, 2009 at 22:00)
canondale chase softale prototype
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flag Titusdh (Nov 25, 2009 at 10:09)
Sorry, i love cannondale and all their concepts but this is just useless, you can bottom out 3 inches when going over an ant, do you guys really think it helps? even on a super stiff suspension setting, 3 inches wouldn't do you any good when hitting a large jump, just flexes a bit and has more stuff to wreck, props to Chase though.
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Date: 2008-08-25
Trail: Boneyard
Riders: Aaron Chase
Description: Aaron Chase's weird 3 inch shock on the top tube of his bike.
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