Aaron Chase at If you dont know..... in Aptos, California, United States - photo by j-brantley

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viniciusgushiken (Dec 22, 2009 at 17:44)

small fork!!

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shockabahala Plus (Jan 6, 2011 at 18:34)

bike looks sick, he looks like a chinese bumf*cker

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beavola (Dec 22, 2009 at 18:33)

great move by Cannondale this year: drop ALL your freeride bikes and your gravity team! nothing cool in the 2010 Cannondale lineup and Aaron is the only one who can get that frame now. Lame.

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seraph (Dec 22, 2009 at 18:50)

No one ever said Cannondale was the kind of company that actually put thought into their business decisions. Remember when they tried to make motorcycles? Or when they sold out to Dorel?

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dingus (Dec 23, 2009 at 4:16)

I thought they dropped all their freeride bikes because they aquired Iron Horse, which will cover the extreme end of the range of bikes.

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nofree69 (Dec 23, 2009 at 6:45)

lol seraph you are hilarious...

Just wait and see what they have lined up for 2011...

yeah motorcycles weren't the greatest idea but I think selling to Dorel has been good.. a lot more money and better support for R&D etc...

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seraph (Dec 23, 2009 at 9:34)

dingus, they didn't acquire anything, they were bought by Iron Horse's parent company.

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dingus (Dec 23, 2009 at 9:57)

Don't you mean Cannondale's parent company? Just been looking at an article about it on Bike Radar.

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seraph (Dec 23, 2009 at 11:15)

Dorel is the parent company. Iron Horse and Cannondale are its subsidiaries. They acquired Iron Horse before they acquired Cannondale. The wording in the article is just semantics.

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stryke Plus (Dec 23, 2009 at 11:29)

actually guys the motorbikes had many great ideas which is now starting to appear in many modern motocross bikes

but hey because they didnt have enough money to finish their plans it means they suck right?

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seraph (Dec 23, 2009 at 12:10)

I didn't say anything about Cannondale sucking. I said they were stupid to try to move into the motocross market without enough financial backing.

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nofree69 (Dec 23, 2009 at 20:06)

seraph just for clarification Dorel had owned Cannondale before aquiring Iron Horse in july of this year. Dorel acquired Cannondale early 2008.

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MCsession7 (Jan 10, 2010 at 11:51)

The cannondale Atv's started the wave of high performance 4 stroke atv's. If they hadn't of go ahead of themselves, I imagine they would be now one of the top off road Motorsport's company's around.

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richierocket (Dec 23, 2009 at 4:09)

He is a spectacular rider n he will rip no matter what! He should do whatever is best for him, Also, although Cannondale has failed in the past.. they were and are pushing the limits every year! Good for both.

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JesusJohn (Dec 23, 2009 at 10:08)

Not sure if i would want a integrated seatpost on a jump bike??
good on bmx but nice to change your post hight on a mtb.

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seraph (Dec 23, 2009 at 12:12)

I have never adjusted the height of my seatpost on my dj/street bikes. I can't think of a single person who would.

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26street-swaagg (Dec 25, 2009 at 14:35)

a jump bike lol

I can't lift mine the post is to short Razz

but slamed looks way better and is so much better for riding

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streetrider709 (Dec 20, 2010 at 19:04)

soo dirty, im so glad i got my chase when they still made them

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mooseduck13 (Dec 23, 2009 at 13:45)

Looks like a fox 36 float in a way

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seraph (Dec 25, 2009 at 14:45)

From what I understand, the internals are almost identical.

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nickis Plus (Dec 23, 2009 at 16:27)

I love that fork loooks so sick

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ardiorewotum (Jan 6, 2011 at 18:39)

hot

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banshee-ripper (Dec 23, 2009 at 9:29)

WOW, I never thought I'd see an Xfusion on a c-dale! lol

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freeridemtb22 (Dec 22, 2009 at 18:28)

awesome ride

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benbiker1 (Dec 22, 2009 at 17:49)

why would you switch from fox to xfusion......

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rootsrock (Dec 22, 2009 at 17:59)

probably because they will pay him more than fox, and reliability doesn't matter when you get all of your stuff for free.

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8cr0we5 (Dec 22, 2009 at 18:08)

haha true.

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joeylansdown (Dec 27, 2009 at 22:45)

and that xfusion is way sicker!

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chrisyb (Dec 29, 2009 at 9:06)

cannondale is gay this year they didnt make the chase bikes

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joeylansdown (Dec 29, 2009 at 23:03) (Below Threshold) show comment

no kiddin he should get on haro

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8cr0we5 (Dec 29, 2009 at 23:17)

no.

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joeylansdown (Dec 30, 2009 at 0:01) (Below Threshold) show comment

yes

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EthanKnott (Jan 3, 2010 at 18:02) (Below Threshold) show comment

he didnt switch from fox to x fusion. its just that x fusion only makes forks and fox has all their clothing and stuff. so hes still on the fox team, hes aloud to hav more than one sponsor

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rootsrock (Jan 3, 2010 at 18:39)

fox racing shox is a different company than fox racing

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8cr0we5 (Jan 3, 2010 at 18:41)

yea no shit.

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rootsrock (Jan 3, 2010 at 18:45)

it sounds, though, like ethan is saying that he is still on the fox RACING SHOX team, because he is sponsored by fox RACING, who makes "clothing and stuff."

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Devan-Holdaway (Jan 23, 2010 at 18:58)

yes, fox racing shox are a totally different company than fox head. actually the only thing in common are the names and im pretty sure fox heads been around longer,not that that matters...

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ryandj (Dec 23, 2009 at 8:55)

is he using a dmr sts and ss kit

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seraph (Dec 23, 2009 at 12:11)

Thank you, Captain Obvious.

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ryandj (Dec 23, 2009 at 12:49) (Below Threshold) show comment

i was asking not telling dick head

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seraph (Dec 23, 2009 at 12:57)

Try this cool thing called a "question mark" next time then, asshat.

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ryandj (Dec 23, 2009 at 13:06) (Below Threshold) show comment

asshat can you spell i think it is a*shole you dipshit

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seraph (Dec 23, 2009 at 13:20)

I wasn't trying to spell "a*shole," asshat.

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ryandj (Dec 23, 2009 at 16:11) (Below Threshold) show comment

well you must be f*cking stupid to call someone a asshat

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seraph (Dec 23, 2009 at 16:12)

Whatever you say, asshat.

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gilbert72 (Dec 23, 2009 at 17:41)

even for free why would anyone run the sts tensioner? there so teerible, and lol at asshat hahaha

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ryandj (Dec 24, 2009 at 5:22)

they are pretty bad i had one once and it just kept slipping and loseing tesnsion

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ryandj (Dec 24, 2009 at 5:24) (Below Threshold) show comment

and to seraph asshat is about the worse insult for anyone it is shit and poor and dosent make sense and itsent really that insulting you total wanker

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seraph (Dec 24, 2009 at 18:12)

It got the point across.

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26street-swaagg (Dec 25, 2009 at 14:33)

They all suck, and this frame havinf vertiacl dropouts makes me laugh

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chrisyb (Jan 4, 2010 at 13:25)

vertical drop outs are better on mtbikes because the rear wheels is always in a solid spot also for some reason on every vert drop out bike i see there is alot more room for bent wheels so u dont have to scrap ur wheel so early. i hate my norco havoc for that i get a tiny bend and my tire starts rubbing like crazy.

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26street-swaagg (Jan 4, 2010 at 13:32)

move your wheel back man, thats why they have horizontal dropouts

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seraph (Jan 4, 2010 at 17:50)

chrisyb, the dropouts have nothing to do with the tire clearance on frames.

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d7teen (Dec 23, 2009 at 9:29)

might aswell have rigid forks and let some air out the front tyre!

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26street-swaagg (Dec 25, 2009 at 14:34)

have you ever ridden a lowerd fork?

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chrisyb (Jan 4, 2010 at 13:26)

lol id think so to but they become pretty stiff forks once lowerd

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26street-swaagg (Jan 4, 2010 at 13:34)

if you leave everything original in it, I have to go down to softer coils because my fork is to stiff at 60mm with the yellow coils

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d7teen (Jan 5, 2010 at 2:50)

i havnt riden a lowered fork no but is it worth the extra weight of a suspension fork for that amount of travel? i mean i understand the reason to lower a fork, who needs 150mm on a street/dj bike but to me this looks alittle extreme more like a fashion statement more than anything.

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