hamncheez

go carbon!

@ logcabm77 and @wakaba Cannondale scalpel has been using flexing seat stays for a decade. They used to use flexing chainstays as well and still got 100mm of travel. Carbon is amazing, and IF done properly, it can flex all you want and not fail. http://4pack.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/hartwig.jpg I pole vaulted on carbon composite poles in college, and you can get a 16 foot pole to bend way past 90 degrees. Each pole is made with a specific length and flex. If you weigh more or run faster, you need a stiffer pole. The increments in stiffness, or the flex rating, is very precise. They hang a 10kg weight from the end of the pole and measure the bend in cm. The difference in stiffness is often less than a centimeter between flex ratings. The tolerances of each rating is less than a millimeter.

Get that kid a haircut! Looks like a gd hippie!

Yes, read the article instead of just looking at the pictures! Also, the carbon fiber can be manufactured to have different flex properties. The chain stays don't flex, and the seat stays only flex up and down, not laterally (more or less)

I like 29ers, i think the video just sucked.

" But the elevated chainstays had no place on a bike anymore" Any reasons why? Seems to me it makes it easier to deal with the crowded bb area

Why do people put dh forks on dj?

A few months ago, PB did an article on a brand that had EXTREMELY wide rims. Anyone remember what it was?

'Merica~!