i agree, but i read something and he said everything is specified for himself, all the geo is rewelded to his liking maybe thats why it doesnlt look like your standard dh bike.
did you ever see the world championship course at Canberra? It was full of completely flat pedaling sections and few technical spots. Sam Hill was running an SX trail.
no i dont really follow dh racing much. its kind of sad seeing it go that way i like it better when it was really techincal rough terrain and you needed all the suspension and braking power you could get...
it was the only course like that really, in MBUK there was a section on the bike peaty won that course with and he was running 140mm rotors and practically slick tyres, managed to get his bike down to 24lbs or something crazy
Its because it runs angled or an offset headset so it looks bent because it isn't parallel with the headtube. But if you follow it to the stem, shes straight.