Brendan Fairclough at podium in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada - photo by IanHylands

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igottaride (Aug 9, 2010 at 16:30)

I believe the chainring is a 30 tooth, combined with only 6 gears out back(the smallest gear being an 11 tooth!). There was an article not long ago about the monster engergy specialized team prototyping their new 6 speed drivetrain. On another note; amazing photo!

Luseboy (Aug 9, 2010 at 17:02)

your right about everything except that the smallest cog is a 9 tooth. a standard mountain casette has 11 tooth.

igottaride (Aug 10, 2010 at 10:16)

correct. and also, I just looked at the article and the chainring is a 31 tooth.

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ORgrown420 (Aug 9, 2010 at 14:41)

it kinda looks like he is wearing socks on his hands
that bike is sick though cant wait to get mine

downhiller900sl (Aug 10, 2010 at 16:15)

or latex gloves hahahahaha!

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sniperbob02 (Aug 9, 2010 at 7:42)

I really like that bike. looks great and the attention to detail is perfect

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Hunter95 (Aug 10, 2010 at 1:28)

how do you fit a 30 tootth on a standard crankset??

downhiller900sl (Aug 10, 2010 at 16:20)

it just fits,i think that would be easy comparing it to modigying the chainguide back plate for working with the 31 tooth ring

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Hunter95 (Aug 9, 2010 at 14:31)

i mean the bash guard and the chainring

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Hunter95 (Aug 9, 2010 at 1:51)

thats one small chainguide

pong101 (Aug 9, 2010 at 2:06)

you cant see the chainguide..

the-freerider (Aug 9, 2010 at 4:12)

i think he meens chainring?

pong101 (Aug 9, 2010 at 4:51)

probs

downhiller900sl (Aug 10, 2010 at 16:14)

the chainguide can be seen though...

the-freerider (Aug 11, 2010 at 3:59)

well brendons set up has been a 31 tooth chain ring and a 6 speed rear wiht lie 9 teeth cogs

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downhiller900sl (Aug 8, 2010 at 23:28)

anger faced

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iran (Aug 15, 2010 at 2:13)

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Luseboy (Aug 9, 2010 at 0:00)

black stantions? what the hell. only otherwise seen on old manitous and cheap marzocchis. thats wierd

laney15 (Aug 9, 2010 at 1:38)

is the blackbox reply to fox's kashima coating to make them more slippery

Luseboy (Aug 9, 2010 at 17:01)

hmm... well it must be good. its just wierd seeing that, considering that its almost a marketing thing to not have black stantions. i doubt the color even matters anyways, its not like every coating has to have color to it.

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