gnrendeiro

Looks very nice and all... but to go and say they are innovating and came out in 2017 with this great idea of using high pivot rearward suspension designs is a bit of a stretch... I don't know the age of the writer, but there were plenty of bikes using high pivot rearward travel frames back in early 2000s (Brooklyn Machine Works, Balfa, Canfield, to name a few).

@fecalmaster: That is so true, thanks for reminding, obviously we can't forget the Avy shock importance in the package. I've left DH and sold my racelink a few years ago to another guy who liked BMW as much as I did. I still have another Avy DHS for an enduro bike, though.

It is not just the "high pivot" thing. I would say the most important part is the rearward travel of the rear shock, which is fairly common on the high pivot bikes. This gives you a longer wheelbase when compressed increasing its stability at high speed and also being a rearward travel reduces a lot the "braking effect" when hitting an obstacle with your rear wheel.

@fecalmaster: People who have not tried them don't even come close to imagine how good these things were. I've had a Brooklyn racelink and it was by far the best DH bike I've ever ridden. And regarding the weight, the only time I noticed it was at the end of the day by the fadding on the brakes due to overheat... but that was because I'm a pussy who has trouble leaving the brake lever alone! :p

@ka-brap: It clearly is a very specific market. Almost no Hope, BOS, and other really good products. I have been running Hope's for more than 10y and at the same time on other bikes I've run other brands like Hayes, Avid and Formula and in terms of brake feeling and maintenance, I just love hope and don't really understand the sales on other brands.

@hypermoto: GT has been perfecting Ghost's bike for the last 6y... by putting some 29'' inch wheels on it! That's called development and evolution in the bike industry. ;)

@ThomDawson: I've been playing with the number of cogs up front since I was a little kid. I remember a dirt bike I had with 2 cogs upfront and a Shimano SIS shifter because it was one of those shifters without set positions in which I could just calibrate for one gear at lowest position and the other at the highest position and that's it, and this was an "emergency" extra gear to be used sporadically. The shifter was even fitted to the frame and not the handlebars. Nowadays I run my all-mountain/freeride bikes with the truvative hammerschmidt (which is kind of a pain in the *ss with the noise and added maintenance) and get 2 cogs upfront and 9 or 10 on the rear, which is more than enough. I've always tried as much as possible to use the shortest rear derailleur possible and the new set-ups are just ridiculous in terms of rear deraileur size. That only gives you added chain noise and chain slap and reduces the general strength of the rear deraileur. Sorry, but 1xInfinite is not for me. Just to add to your description of DH bike with see through tires and all I would say that having a rear cog bigger than your disc brakes also kind of gives in the XC interest, and for XC, there are clearly better bikes.

@slovenian6474: When the Karma came out there was no spark yet and I don't believe you can compare both in terms of market segment. Also, I was comparing to the cost of buying just camera and karma grip alone because, as I've said above, this drone makes sense for someone which already is a GoPro consumer and just wants to take his point of view to "another level" and instead of buying just the camera or the camera and Karma Grip, they give $500 more and go for the complete pack with the drone. I do understand both sides, I'm just saying that if you look at the Karma from a drone user's point of view than there are better options, but if you look at it from the GoPro user which wants to increase his/her options with the GoPro equipment, than the Karma is a pretty good option.