First Look - Atherton Racing GT Fury

Jan 15, 2012 at 17:50
by Ian Hylands  
FIRST LOOK
ATHERTON
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Atherton Racing mechanic Polish Pete built up the first of the team's GT Fury DH bikes at their winter training spot in Southern California yesterday. Check out this video of the build by Pinkbike Video Guru Aaron Larock and listen to Pete talk about the bike and the parts the team will be running this year. As Pete says this is a pre-season bike and all parts and graphics etc are subject to change before the beginning of the World Cup race season.

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For the 2012 race season the Atherton Racing team of Gee, Dan and Rachel Atherton and Marc Beaumont will be running a stock GT Fury frame. The bike is white for now while the team graphics are being finalized, but we can expect to see something different once World Cup time comes around. This bike has an Ultegra 11/21 9 speed cassette with a 36 tooth chainring up front that will probably remain standard through the season, and they've been working with Continental and Stan's on a tubeless setup that is pretty much dialed now. More information on the GT Fury can be found here on the GT website

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There will be a few little details that will help to adjust the geometry of the bike. The team will be using a slightly shorter than stock shock, as well as offset bushings and an FSA Orbit Option headset. This will get the headtube angle to 63 degrees, and the bottom bracket height close to 13.6"

Gee Atherton s new GT Fury being built up by team mechanic Polish Pete.
The team will be running the Shimano Saint group the same as last year, with a few proto bits here and there, such as these brakes with an XTR style lever and a prototype Saint Caliper. PRO is working on a new Atherton line as well so we'll probably be seeing some new parts from them soon such as this 800mm PRO Atherton bar. Gee is running one a little bit shorter than the full 800mm.

Gee Atherton s new GT Fury being built up by team mechanic Polish Pete.
The bike is built up with an E-13 SRS Plus chain guide that the team will be using this year.

Gee Atherton s new GT Fury being built up by team mechanic Polish Pete.
For 2012 the Team will be running Fox Suspension the same as before. Everything will be fairly standard, with a few details such as a slightly shorter than stock shock, and a custom race tune. This bike has a normal spring on it right now that will be replaced with a Ti one as soon as possible, and this seatpost will be swapped out for a new PRO Atherton one as soon as they get them.

Gee Atherton s new GT Fury being built up by team mechanic Polish Pete.
The Atherton Racing team is sponsored by One Industries for clothing this year, however the team kit is not quite done yet, we'll have details on that as soon as they're available.

Atherton Racing Q&A Session

Pinkbike's Aaron Larock will be doing a video interview with Gee and Dan later this week, what questions would you like to ask them? Write them below in the comments and we'll get them to answer as many as possible in the time we have.

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  • 251 8
 the fastest sperm on course
  • 30 28
 Gee is winning on this
  • 119 17
 I hope Rachel has different graphics on her bike. It would be kinda awkward if Rachel was the fastest Womens Sperm on course...
  • 6 3
 This thing is a monster!! Love the white, but it's probably not going to stay anywhere near that colour for long. Sick bb set up they've got going on also.
  • 119 0
 There better still be atherton project..
  • 52 4
 i would sell my nipples for that bike.
  • 12 150
flag RoyalT523 (Jan 15, 2012 at 23:55) (Below Threshold)
 Athertons are forsure gonna be on ONE Industries this year... ONE is releasing their new bike line in spring, my educated guess (as im sponsored by ONE) is Gee is gonna be the frontman of that team
  • 209 0
 OMG your sonsored?? can i have your autograph?
  • 16 0
 thanks for stating all of the obvious royalt523, as one hasnt announced that on there bike site or anything... and that gee is obviously going to be the front man as they aren't sponsoring anybody bigger or better than him...
  • 9 3
 The question isn't why they switched, it's why they switched THEN change the fury to have the same geometry and the commy (and if anyones states the obvious of 'that's what they're comfortable on' you'll be ignored :L)
  • 4 0
 the gommencal V.3 was kind of build for the athertons so they had a lot of influence on the geo... so if you don't get it exactely how you want it you'll have to change it an thats what they are doing with the GT.
  • 8 0
 The geometery is similar because thats obviously what works for them racing, and it is pretty standard race geometery for world cups.
  • 5 31
flag RaleighVoid (Jan 16, 2012 at 3:38) (Below Threshold)
 love the fact that they're using xtr brakes!
  • 15 0
 notice the sign in the background saying no bikes on deck haha Smile
  • 5 0
 The thing is: it would be too expensive to create new carbon forms for an up-to-date fury-frame so they have to use these measures instead.
  • 4 7
 I think I mentioned on another thread that Rob Warner ill be making a lot of Sperm comments this season lol
  • 18 0
 I always thought that frame looked so sick but everyone seemed to hate it. Now that GT signed the Athertons I get the feeling a lot more people are going to like that frame...
  • 5 0
 me too, always like it. I thought the older colors were nice.
  • 3 2
 Trend whores, they're coming! I feel bad for Commencal, losing the Athertons and Fabian in one season
  • 5 3
 What does the sperm joke mean (sorry if i missed something simple)
  • 5 4
 sperm is white and fast, dt bike is white and gee is fast so, yeah.....Sperm
  • 28 4
 agh i see... My British sense of humour was looking for something more subtle and intelligent than that lol
  • 34 2
 anyone get the feeling polish pete isn't feeling the change!?
  • 12 1
 I think it needs a kashima seatpost.
  • 6 2
 I love Pete, sounds like he love the Commi and does not like this Furby. So... they change the headset, bushes, shorter shock, different valving to make it feel like a commi.....
  • 20 2
 Guys... Comm is a good bike but I can assure and you will see in a near future that GT Fury is a much faster and better bike. The geo changes were necessary to make the bike capable of winning WC's in our hands, it might not be necessary for other riders. Also please look at any other race bikes, different cups, custom shocks etc. It's normal. In my personal opinion I think it looks good, it's lighter and FASTER...and this is all I care aboutSmile If you have any constructive questions please PM me. Thanks, Pete
  • 1 3
 so is this the final paint scheme? or are they still designing the colours they want?
  • 5 1
 If you read the article or watched the video you'd know the answer. This is not the team colors or graphics...
  • 10 0
 You know its a shit storm when Hylands joins the comments
  • 2 0
 I just think it looks like something nasa would use on the moon
  • 2 7
flag kennyp28 (Jan 17, 2012 at 12:46) (Below Threshold)
 sperm are black
  • 8 0
 You need a doctor.
  • 2 2
 i dont know what the big deal about carbon. my bike is just as fast.
  • 4 0
 you need a biology lesson
  • 1 2
 @ KennyKillsIt - Fabian Barel was on Mondraker (much better ride in my book), he never rode GT...........ever
  • 1 0
 Oh god why Eek
I just managed to get the summum confused with the V3 Facepalm
  • 35 1
 i love the sign that says no bikes.
  • 30 2
 The gold stantions on the Fox 40's just compliment the white on the bike. Probably the sexiest GT Fury I personally have ever seen, And trust me, I spend ALOT of time looking at bikes...
  • 1 0
 sexiest GT bike i've ever seen!
  • 3 0
 Just saw pictures of the new race bike with team colors on it, looks so sick! Smile
  • 2 0
 Gotta love Polish Pete...
  • 4 0
 My one is not so bat too www.pinkbike.com/photo/6318944
  • 31 0
 pete's accent is awesome...a mix between polish and cardiff
  • 26 1
 I like the spoke trick with the chain. Why didn't I think of that. Also, where's Stevie Bell?
  • 3 0
 Heard he is taking a year off of the traveling to stay closer to home.
  • 3 0
 The spoke trick was superb!
  • 3 0
 looks a lot less frustrating than holding it with your hands lol
  • 1 0
 i agree. i usually bug one of my friends just to help me re-link the chain. sometimes i even put the bike upside down just to do the task. his idea rocks!
  • 7 0
 I thought that needed to be shown, I've always struggled with that too!
  • 18 1
 Hey Guys, Thanks for watching the video. Just to clarify I was answering specific questions. Obviously when you change bikes people ask about the differences between them. When you look at the modern DH race bikes you will agree that most of them are pretty slack and low it's not just Commencal. GT's suspension platform is far superior. We have made some changes to get the best out of the the new bike which I can tell you is already faster than the last season! Thanks, Pete
  • 7 10
 thanks for replying Pete - -my questions to you.

1: how satisfying is it to be building bikes on that particular beach? oh, and is your face hurting from smiling?

questions for the family:

1: will you please bring it all back for Britain in your respective categories, including the Enduro for Dan?
  • 24 5
 well that bike just isnt dialed at all...
  • 10 1
 it looks like an airplane.. so he'll probs get more air Big Grin
  • 6 0
 I miss the Smurf Bikes but im pretty sure that Gee Dan and Rachel are all happy racing GT.
  • 17 4
 The "i" in Saint should line up with the valve, and tyres aren't quite centred either...that's the kind of detail that wins world cups. Shoddy, really shoddy. lol

Mr Turner must be stoked to have this team together. GT have come a long way in 32 years. Lets hope for another title Smile
  • 1 0
 Anyone know what kinda wieght these furys are with a similar build?
  • 5 2
 Doesn't say much for the geometry of the stock Fury when they're running offset bushings, angleset headsets and a shorter shock to get the head angle to where they want it to be... Razz
  • 7 0
 To be fair you'd expect the top racers in the world to make adjustments to any bike to get absolute peak performance, and they'll do it for each track. Next years frame may be altered to the Athermont/Beauton spec, but they're probably all gonna run it slightly differently so it will be a centrist compromise regardless. 2 cents Smile
  • 4 1
 Gee is running an extremely slack bike, I think the fury is up to date, he just wants it even to be even slacker. I don't think it's good for most riders to have is settings, because most people can't ride their bikes as agressive as he does!
  • 3 2
 I remember the Dirt review of the Fury and the steep head angle was a criticism of theirs too.
  • 2 1
 Pshhh, what do professional reviewers know? lol
  • 2 3
 all this slack crap is startin to grate abit!
  • 2 0
 Thanks eder.
  • 16 1
 Typical SoCal winter hahaha
  • 1 0
 lol, i was just thinking that!

I see you race at Southridge....a little tip if you didn't know: A certain pair of brothers, one of which this article may or may not involve, are definitely confirmed to be racing super d there this coming weekend.
  • 15 1
 Looks Startrooper worthy.
  • 17 4
 Seems like they miss Commencal already! At least the mechanic does, lol.
  • 2 1
 What happened to stevie bell?!
  • 4 0
 He couldn't stand Gee anymore... ;-P
  • 1 0
 He changed his name to Manny Puig Big Grin
  • 16 4
 do they like bacon?
  • 17 0
 duh. everybody likes bacon
  • 1 3
 but not everyone likes Canadian Bacon... you guys even call it canadian bacon in Canada? hahhaaaa
  • 4 1
 Muslims don't like bacon!
  • 3 1
 yep your right, muslims don't like bacon. i guess thats why i don'y see any in denny's.
  • 5 1
 The Atherton's 2012 GT Fury as it should be! www.pinkbike.com/photo/7602456/?s6
  • 3 0
 Bacon makes the world go round
  • 2 0
 yes, yes it does.
  • 9 0
 If the clothing companies are making us look like we are wearing pajamas, then we may as well be riding the bike of our dreams. This is it.
  • 8 0
 Those continental tires actually look pretty good...
  • 2 0
 does anyone know what the new tubless thing is all about. I thought most DH'ers ran tubes?
  • 3 1
 DH'ers who aren't sponsored tend to run tubes because a full on reliable tubeless setup costs a lot more, as they usually insist on nothing but full UST setups and tire options for full UST compliance are more limited. Most racers I know who have had to pay for their own bikes (even at pro-deal prices) will run whatever came on the bike as much as possible to keep their costs down. If the bike came with UST tires and wheels, they'll stick to UST tires... but if they didn't... they're not going to likely want to spend another chunk of money until they've at least trashed their existing wheelset.
  • 4 0
 2013 Saint (available summer 2012) gets major changes, goes 10 speed, gets shadow+, lighter, stiffer, stronger, etc. Brakes change too. Also a budget version called "Zee". All the info here:

www.bicycling.com/mountainbikecom/bikes-gear/2013-mountain-bike-gear-news-and-rumors
  • 2 1
 new Saint brakes look pimp
  • 1 0
 thanks for the lead!
  • 1 0
 Been looking for this, thanks!
  • 4 0
 Ive owned this bike for over a year and a half and it still blows me away how fast and well it handles.Its so quiet and you dont feel any vibrations,its acceleration i incredible.Take no notice to the people who just look at bikes,and listen to the people that actually have rode or own one.If anyone is thinking of getting one then dont think twice about it because you will be so happy and will never want to stop riding it.Mine is 37lbs and i know you can get them down to 35,go see one in the flesh and you will see what a nice looking machine it really is.
  • 5 1
 Wonder if the geo for next year's fury is going to change? Considering all they are doing to make the angles more "DH race", reminds me of when Monster hopped onto Specialized and helped to make the Demo more "DH race".

That being said I'm sure Mick Hannah had a ton of input on the initial frame geo
  • 36 1
 Monster just told them to make it more green...
  • 5 2
 This really sucks, I was gonna get a fury but then they sign the athertons. And guess what! Freaking atherton stalkers will all go out and buy Furys, now they might not have any furys available for employee purchase this year! Stupid atherton fanatics!
  • 3 0
 hey wilkey - your full of it, it's been pretty obvious for months GT were taking the Athertons, if you were that keen you would have bought pre Atherton announcement and then you could have flaunted your purchase safe in the knowledge that you were GT before them, hahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa whatever.
  • 1 0
 good point. buT!!!!! i work in a bike/ski shop. it takes me a while to save up 3grand
  • 1 0
 fair play, doubt i can even save 3 grand to be fair. although i doubt very much it will be 3 grand over here, more like 5, 5.5 grand.
  • 3 0
 This Video Explains the system very well.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nGoqF7CNR8

GT Fury is the fastest bike on the market in my opinion.
I have been racing it for tvo seasons now and it has landed me 4 titles in my country. It is really good!

Cheers.
  • 15 8
 From Commencal to this. Buh. Feel for them.
  • 2 5
 Yes...I feel so bad for three highly paid and highly skilled riders moving from a brand that outside of europe and racing is doing so poorly that they could no longer afford their salaries to a internationally successful brand that can. Oh boo hooo.
  • 1 2
 Just lamenting the loss of of a skilled clan of riders on a small and dedicated name. Now they ride for Dorel, another big name at the top of the corporate game -- more concerned with BS innovation for dollars than a solid ride. Dorel: Cannondale, GT, Schwinn, Iron Horse, Mongoose, and Pacific. Boo hoo? Yes, boo hoo.
  • 2 1
 Perhaps you should read this...

www.commencal.com/web/en/company/history

And if reading the company history is too long a read for you, then here's the summarized version... Max Commencal founded, built up, and then ultimately sold the Sunn bicycle brand. In 16 years the brand amassed 70 World Cup wins and world championship titles. And after starting a brand under his own name, he recruited many of the top names of the sport including two very well known downhillers..Anne-Caroline Chausson and Cedric Garcia. And its doubtful ANYONE, rachel atherton included will EVER break anne-caroline's record of 12 World DH championships (with 11 of them consecutively), two dual world championships, two 4x world championships and the 2008 Oympic BMX gold medal (not to mention the countless world cup wins and series titles).
  • 3 1
 Who thinks they will use a progressive wound shock to make this bike exactly like their old one?

Kind of ridiculous really, engineers usually should be finding best theoretical settings and making slight changes from there to suit rider. Really should be trying the bike stock for a good while first. Almost no point in moving if they just want the same thing- beside the cash of course!
  • 2 3
 They aren't talking about the shock. They are talking about the leverage curve...
  • 3 0
 Agree completely. I do wonder though if they havent already spent some time on the bikes before making the move? I don't know. But yeah, seems like they're just pulling out the cookie cutter and going with what they know. Seems logical, but I guess if I was at their level I'd be looking for any possible overlooked edge I could use to my advantage.
  • 8 0
 Actually they're pretty stoked on the bike because it's not as progressive as the old one, that's one of the positive changes that they like about this bike over the Commencal, they won't be doing anything to make it more progressive...
  • 4 0
 Thanks for putting that out there. Polish Pete made it sound like they would... or at least he would.
  • 11 0
 Polish Pete is the man.No questions asked Wink
  • 2 0
 Since when is having a progressive suspension a bad thing?
  • 2 0
 It depends how and what you ride. I think that for freeriders the progressive suspension would be better then a linear, cuz that would just blew through the travel, but for DH it's kinda better to have smooth(er) travel all the way.
  • 1 0
 yeah, i noticed some of the pros like it on the progressive side. probably they don't want their shock to blow up when going too fast or landing those big drops or jumps.
  • 5 0
 I dub thee,... White lightning! sick bike.
  • 3 0
 La Flamma Blanca
  • 9 0
 Ha, white lightling here in the UK is a cheap cider tramps drink.
  • 3 4
 What UK woman isnt a tramp?
  • 2 0
 lol please tell me that was a joke FarmerJohn because canadian girls arent exactly better (I'm not canadian so I dont care)
  • 1 0
 I would like to know what Dan will be running? The Sanction or the Force? Or will he be swapping around? I would go to 160mm because the meta AM he wa running last year is quite progressiv an as Pete said, Gt is much more linear..
  • 6 0
 nice GeeT
  • 1 0
 Questions for Pete: I own a 2011 Carbon Fury, its a sick ride and for the geo nuts it came standard with a Crane Greek angleset so has a 64 degree HA. Anyway Pete, I am upgrading parts of it at the moment and I'm having trouble sourcing a new seat post (30mm) and seat clamp (38mm). What brand post and clamp is currently on Gee's fury and do you know when PRO be releasing a post and clamp that fits? Lastly, what size frame and stem length do Gee, Rachel, Dan and Marc ride? Cheers
  • 1 0
 Some aftermarket 30.0mm options for Fury Carbon post are Thomson, RaceFace, Truvativ, & SDG (that I know off the top-of-my-head). The 36.4mm clamp size is pretty standard on carbon frames. A high end road or mtn bike dealer should be able to help sort you out. Hope makes this size and this is what Marc used last season.
  • 1 0
 Thanks dude, some good options for me to look at.
  • 1 0
 Ok Ok I get all the excitment about this lovely GT bike, Geo this slack angle that fine. All WC racer's are running similar Forks & Shocks similar breaks just different names, It still needs a pilot with balls of steel. If you had all Race's riding the same stock bike with minimal changes you wouldnt give a SH1T about what bike they rode Its ALL ABOUT THE PILOT, its all about the pilot, His fitness, mental state, injury, personal life and so on when its your day its your day not the bike.
A good pilot with drive, guts & glory... GO HARD OR GO HOME!!!! Just saying.
  • 1 0
 Interesting debate on here, if what is being said from within is true then Gee will be beating Gwin....
Bottom line engineering wise is they do not like what they are on, thus have modified it.
I guess we will find out on the 18th March if it is faster/better than the Commi.
1.92s over a 4 minute track in 2011. 1% faster than the Commi and Gee will be on top!
I know where I would put my money for 2012...
  • 5 2
 Can't wait to see the Atherton's rock these bikes world! Can I get a YEWWW?!
  • 27 14
 you can get a EWWWWWW from me i dont like the gt's they look funky
  • 28 19
 commencal>GT
  • 6 11
flag nouser (Jan 15, 2012 at 18:17) (Below Threshold)
 Somethings wrong with you mate...^^
  • 12 5
 nope mate im quite alright, my vision is clear
  • 4 0
 yew! Never been a huge fan of GTs but hey, get the right rider on there and they'll make any bike fly. hope they have a great season.
  • 6 0
 yea im not doubting the performance at all, just the look, i dont think theres a bike Gee wouldnt kill it on
  • 3 2
 I can see where you are coming from. simple example - seeing the Atherton's ripping on a commencal I considered buying one - still do. can't say the same for the GTs. not based on anything I can put my finger on. The GTs seem to sit really tall and carry their weight up high. maybe I'm wrong but that's the overall impression I get when I look at it.
  • 1 0
 @conv3rt. you are right. I felt like they had a high center of gravity. But I really enjoyed the feel of high center of gravity. I've got a whole rant on this at the bottom of the page
  • 3 0
 see. that's why real riding experience is better than an opinion from a photo. good rant, sounds like you had fun. different strokes for different folks. I like it.
  • 2 1
 Theres nothing wrong with the GTs, they might not be as good as the commencal, but i don't know i've never ridden either, but Marc Beaumont won the 2010 world cup round at Val Di Sol on a fury and he also won the 2010 British Downhill Series overall on the fury, so obviously with the right rider these bikes are pretty quick.
  • 2 5
 You can say Commencal>GT any day you want, but Commencal is going out of business so none of that matters Razz
  • 2 0
 Has anyone here actually had a shot on a Fury? The bb is 14.02" static which isn't overly high, personally I wouldn't mind a carbon fury in a bright colour scheme like that of Marc Beaumont's last year. 2.bp.blogspot.com/_ewIVv1aRuoU/TIDRfUnSYZI/AAAAAAAAATA/sQ7WX0hp1NA/s1600/Presentaci%C3%B3n1.jpg
  • 1 1
 Marc's bike from last year was silver and black with a yellow stripe and black boxxers, at least at every event I saw him at. Your photo looks to be a few years old...
  • 2 0
 Marc was also riding this blue one with red forks on 2011, although i think he only used this bike for the British Downhill Series www.pinkbike.com/photo/7108256
  • 2 0
 Not to have an argument Ian but even if the bike shown in the picture I linked was from another year what relevance would that have other than slight technicalities to the point I was trying to make. There's no logical reasoning behind others saying that a GT isn't as good as a commencal.
  • 1 0
 Not trying to argue at all, I just have or have posted a bunch of photos of him from the World Cup season last year as well as US Open and that bike hasn't been in any of them. And I agree fully with your comment.
  • 1 0
 The blue polished Fury frame was one off made for Marc for 2010 Worlds at MSA.
  • 2 0
 He rode the blue frame with the red forks at the BDS and the silver and black with the yellow stripe at WCs. the picture i linked was from 2011 BDS. so maybe he used it last year for worlds and is now using the same frame for races in England, who knows but it does look pretty good.
  • 4 0
 almost impossible to buy a GT in Canada...no dealers.
  • 3 0
 Not true, spoke to a guy that sold them in Van. He told me he would be willing to do a road trip down to California to buy it straight up, and I could go with him. Creep I went with the Cove
  • 2 0
 There ARE Canadian dealers, GT is owned by Dorel which owns Cannondale - so if you bug a Cannondale dealer enough they should be able to order you a GT.
  • 1 0
 There is a dealer here in the kootenays....he has one of last years blue GT Fury's on the floor for sale right now.
  • 3 0
 GT is currently poorly distributed in canada because their previous distributor here (genesis cycles) decided last year to launch their own brand of cookie-cutter made in asia bikes. But yes if a shop staffer requests a 'one off' order thru the correct product rep for a bike brand they also distribute but for which the store isn't a dealer, they can usually get you the thing. I was wrenching at a dealer that gets its parts from Norco which is also the Ritchey, Haro, DMR and Masi distributor for canada. The store carried Masi and Ritchey bikes and frames but not the other three, but by asking the rep I got a Haro beasley shipped there for myself.

The GT bikes available to canada (ie, the ones the distributor bothers to import) does include the Fury DH bike... but does not include a whole bunch of XC and Trail and All-mtn models that are available in the USA, and often in models they do offer...they'll only import ONE size of them. I own a 17" 2008 GT Peace 9R Multi in the rasta colour scheme because Genesis wouldn't import then 15" or 19" frame sizes at all for that model, and its the only one I could get here.

GT USA has exactly 12 women's model bikes available (counting the road and mtb lines) but GT Canada only offers THREE of them, and all at the bottom of the model ranges.... the highest level they give women here an option of is the Avalanche 4.0 hardtail and the Series 4 road bike. GT USA's XC Race lineup is now seven 29er models, one full suspension 26er and the Xixand titanium frameset. GT Canada has 5 bikes including three 26er hardtails not apparently offered by GT USA any longer (if the website is anything to go by). Of course they could also be old inventory that the canadian distributor still has and is still trying to move.
  • 1 0
 There is a GT dealer in Kaslo BC. When I was there in the summer they had a blue Fury on the floor just waiting for the right person to come in.
  • 2 1
 WOW, a GT Fury, that doesn't make me puke when I look at it. Amazing what a different colour scheme can do for looks. Not sure if I "like" it yet... but a big improvement over some of the others I've seen.
  • 1 1
 I think the Athertons went to GT because no one else wanted them sad to say Frown don't get me wrong i think they are all talented and G is my favourite rider in the world i also think Rach is under rated but needs a bit more confidence think she has had to many serious bumps and psychologically slows herself down at times, dan is also a good rider, but look at it from a sponsorship side you have to hire the three rather than picking your own team... and if i was a sponsor i would rather pick G Hill and Ann even though retired LOL so as a sponsorship it would make more sense to drop them and pick a winning combo. that's my theory of why GT. but i think the GT is awesome.... sorry just my opinion
  • 2 0
 Like I said above, if industry rumour is to be believed, Commencal is thought of to be going out of business in the near future. Which is probably the main driving force behind the Arthertons departure.
  • 1 0
 I think you guys should ask what sort of pressures they run in there tires, What the main differences between the commencal and the gt and the weight difference in weight between the two.
  • 1 1
 encorp (1 hours ago)
Like I said above, if industry rumour is to be believed, Commencal is thought of to be going out of business in the near future. Which is probably the main driving force behind the Arthertons departure.
sorry cant see how to reply to your reply mate Frown
if this was the case though then why are not picked up by another team? a bigger team than GT?
I just think in my opinion they a less of an attractive bid as a trio but that's just me and believe me i don't have a clue what I'm talking about haha but as a business owner it would not make sense.
  • 2 0
 Andy, a bigger team than GT? Seriously?
  • 2 0
 Kyle Strait is riding for GT now too.
  • 1 0
 i know GT are a good team and have been around for a long time, and like i said in an earlier post i don't know much about DH to be honest i only been ridding a couple of years. maybe i should of worded it better i mean GT have been out of the spotlight since i been ridding i not heard much about them same as Kona when it comes to DH, Kyle straight? where has been?? do you honestly think he is going to come and make a huge impact to the scean now?? when you have such new talent backed by some of the best teams?? he has not done anything memorable or exciting since 2004... i hope i'm proved wrong and GT and athertons smash the crap out of the circuit i really do as i really like them as i said. but we will see... I say dan will be just outside the top 10 G will be in the top 10 same for little sis but not quit hitting the podiums enough...
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 I think you should get your facts correct first before you begin to give your lecture... Gt is on of the founding brands in the Mountain Bike Industry, Using knowledge from 1979 till now, to have refined their bikes too the best they can be. The Athertons will win so long as they remain fast racers, its not the bike that matters, it's the person. And about Kyle Strait, he has not made any good DH results in a long time, but you must have payed no attention to the FMB tour and slopestyle evets last year, because, he killed it! He won best trick with a double tailwhip at Claymore Challenge, and a top 6 result at many other contests, double whipping the last drop at Red Bull Joyride. I'm sorry, but i can guarantee you will be proved wrong, and the team as a whole will kill it this year.
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 who's lecturing??? as i said in my post if you could be bothered to read it properly, I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT DH AND THIS IS JUST MY OPINION. 1979 wow they where formed in 1979 so was Fuji cycles of Taiwan does that mean they are awesome to?? yes i have google to. as for kyle strait i do not doubt his slope style ridding one but he is a very talented rider but that's slopestlye not DH just because he can do a double tailwhip does not mean he can win DH it's 2 differnt kinds of riding look at how many other riders enter other events don't mean they are going to win it does it?? and just a note if your going to spit your dummy out when someone has an opinion you don't like i suggest you join hello kitty instead of a bike forum...
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 Im sure the bike works perfect...........it must considering they put not thought at all into cosmetic appearance
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 As an honest answer they will have bikes with graphics as soon as the design is finalized, for now this is what GT has given them.
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 I think less is more - I am not a GT fan and I think function always beats form but by God this has to be one of the most beautiful bikes I've ever seen - enough to convert a few DHers to GT on looks alone.

I was riding at Laguna once and saw a pearlescent white prototype (or probably a pre-production final) and I said 'You've got to bring it out just like that.' To cover it in logos would be a shame. Mick's paint jobs were okay but that white pearl, in the flesh, is just so gorgeous.
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 @Ian, its not the graphics im on about. I mean the general look of the bike. I know the mechanical workings of the bike take predominance, however people like specialized, Giant, Trek etc manage to create a well functioning bike and creating a look that will make people want to buy it. With this bike, there i just nothing on it that makes it "cool"
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 @chris that's because most of the mfrs you have mentioned use a similar designed frame,that design wouldn't work on how the suspension is made for the gt.
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 I think it looks solid, less is more.
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 Pretty freaking rad bike. GT was the first to offer a full carbon PRODUCTION DH bike. This Furry frame is like 4 years old already, built with input from Bryn Atkinson. Impressive that with only a few minor geo adjustments that the family is confident enough to sign with GT and race this tough guyfor the coming season. Sure you could diss the bikes aesthetics compaired to the follower carbon frames from Trek or Special Ed cuz they are fresh out of the molds. Thats the camble with carbon versus alloy, you cant just spark up the torch and change geos for each riders mood.
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 Chris, I understand what you are saying, but perhaps it is because it looks so different from the "Looks like a Trek" mob (Trek, Spesh, Kona, Norco, Giant - ignoring suspension designs, of course) that it is going straight onto the 'Sub Zero' panel of The Cool Wall.

I think the others went "This design works in aluminum, so lets just reproduce it in carbon", where GT went "Well, with carbon the frame design has no limits, so let's start from scratch." GT started at the front and are still there in terms of what can be done with carbon.
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 @Chris - If you want cool, go eat a popsicle
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 yeah maybe so. Like i say good bike, just my thing. Fair points you made though
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 Kyle Strait is riding for GT now too.
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 Is that because Pivot Cycles didn't really work. . . . . You could already do a 'where are they now' TV episode on that company
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 anyone have a link to videos that shows how the rear suspension moves? i've never seen it. it looks like a single pivot to me, but I'm sure there's more to it.
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 I am familiar with Max Commencal's history. It doesn't sway my opinion in the slightest, nor should it. I'm also not going to use ellipses to slight you. I've said my piece. Signing off of this emerging flame war now.
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 that is absoloutly the sickest f**kin bike i'v ever seen!!!!
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 Finally a GT
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 Kyle Strait is riding for GT now too.
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 MARAVILLOSA CREACION DE NUESTRO SENIOR DE LAS DH BIKES...!!! INCREIBLE..!!!
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 Gee looks pretty stoked at 2:58
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 Notice how we don't get a shot of the other side of the rig......why??? ( and of course, this ride is simply gorgeous - I want! )
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 If anybody wants to know where they can get GT bikes in Canada they will be sold out of Sportchek. I've been in the industry for a long time and I found out that we'll be carrying the brand gt I was worried about it but now that you have names like that on the team we have already started to see the hype in stores already we have a demo on them in three weeks at joyride 150 all the bikes will be there from the fury down to there're low end mtb.
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 cool bike###.... let the series begin for us to see what GT bikes can do.....
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 radical. its not the nicest looking frame by a mile but it has plenty of scope. it will look a lot better all compressed & moving with one of them on it thats for sure
  • 3 0
 i have never seen such a good looking GT bicycle in my entire life!
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 also marc beamount's Fury!
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 Pete, love your Polish Welsh accent!
  • 1 0
 Still think you could get some advantage having sealed drive for wet races, will talk to you guys at Sea Otter Classic about it?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDuWn2ncOp8
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 More slack angle leaves rear tire glued to the ground; It is just style. I prefer the OEM 65 head angle because I like to float over the trail.
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 "The bike is white for now while the team graphics are being finalized" sounds to me like "we are looking for a new sponsor to put up with our antics..." the bike on the other hand looks wicked.
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 What's the final weight on this? Looks sweet by the way.
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 @ ty-adair. Jesus rides a TREK and won the stripes last year.... the most boring personality of all the riders but gets it done on the Sunday. I almost reckon there should be a handicap system for the riders who party and get on the gas Smile

As for the GeeT I like it, Gee obviously believes carbon is the secret to winning....
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 Funny how many changes they're having to make to try and make the bike WC worthy... offset bushings, shorter e2e shock, angleset... But to hear all the fanboys tell it, the Athertons left cause the GT was so superior to the Commie. Rolleyes
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 Yeah, I was going to say the same. They've had to do a lot to adjust the bike with aftermarket parts, because no one at GT thought of making a DH bike adjustable Wink
I guess GT must have spent quite a bit on the molds for the frame and can't afford to shell out for new ones to bring the bike more 'up to date'.
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 guys how much dyu actually know about WC racers and parts? quite a few racers I know run prototype shocks and have been getting them shortened for a long time to give head angle reductions, on several platforms by the way. Heard of Mojo haven't ya? you know their association with Fox?

ps. aftermarket parts are where its at, come on, how do you really think r&d pays off and actually gets parts arriving at our doors.
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 As pointed out earlier in the comments... the fury already has world cup and national championship series wins to its resume, but different racers like different setups to their bikes. Putting in adjustable headsets and offset shock mounts to tailor the geometry for THREE riders doesn't mean there's anything unworthy about the existing numbers. The stock GT Fury carbon bike already comes standard with a 1 deg adjustment CaneCreek Angleset headset anyway. So all they seem to be doing here is changing the headset brand to FSA instead.
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flag badbadleroybrown (Jan 16, 2012 at 10:04) (Below Threshold)
 You guys are funny... you like GT and you're fully onboard the Atherton's fanboy express, we get it, that's cool... that doesn't make the bike worthy.

They have wins, yeah well... the sun even shines on a dog's ass some days. The point is, they don't have a competitive bike week in and week out... it's not my opinion, it's a fact. You watch a season of races and you'll see the same brands on the podiums time and time again and they won't be GT. GT is one of those... "oh look, they won one" brands. And, a large part of the reason why, is because the bike isn't setup for modern world cup downhill. For example, the stock fury has a 65 degree head angle... they come with an angle-set not to adjust for preference, rather just to make it close to slack enough for high speed WC DH. Most top guys would consider 63 or 63.5 angles at the steeper end of DH angles... some are even running down around 62, which wouldn't even be possible on the Fury. Sure, pros do run prototype shocks... but they don't run hacked up one-off eye to eye shocks to compensate for the bikes shortcomings. Putting in an adjustable headset alone doesn't make it unworthy... putting in a -1.5 degree headset and STILL TRYING to find other ways to slack it out more because the manufacturer didn't have the foresight to make an adjustable frame or to use angles more applicable to the task at hand does make it unworthy.
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 Giant Glory has the same head angle as stock, Leroy. And with a few mods, the pro's seem to do quite well on it.
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 Jesus you fanboys are tiresome in your blind defenses... it'd be awesome if you actually took the time to know what you were saying before you post.

The stock Glory is actually a half degree steeper than the Fury... but then, the pro's aren't on stock Glory's are they... or did you actually think they were? They're all riding Glory Prototypes which were developed with input from Hart, Needles, and Riffle that were developed after a very mediocre year aboard the stock bikes... and which, among other things, have a much slacker head angle.

So yeah, the pro's are doing well enough on bike's labeled Glory's though not on the same 65.5 hta Glory you can buy. In 2010 when Hart rode a stock Glory, I think his best finish was a 7th if I recall correctly and the Giant team only managed something like 14th, behind much smaller budget teams like Mondraker and Lapierre... GT actually managed a bit better at 10th or something. For 2011, after redesigning the frame to suit the riders and the WC DH courses they're riding on, both Hart and Needles managed to finish top 10 overall and the team was 2nd overall I believe... proving just how much the stock bike and its bullshit angles were holding them back the year before.

From Giant's own site... "Over the following months, Giant engineered a modified race bike for Danny and his teammates Andrew Neethling and Duncan Riffle. The prototype Glory bikes were quietly unveiled at Round 2 of the World Cup series in Fort William, Scotland. The very first time he raced it, Danny scored a career-best second-place finish."

So... like I was saying, expect to see a similarly redesigned Fury in the coming year or two which incorporates all the BS adjustments the Athertons are now having to hack together to accomodate for the shortcomings of the current bike.
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 Thanks’ for the unnecessary insult. Hope we are taking years off your life with your unintelligible, humorous, hater’aid diatribes that not only contradict, but are based on unscientific reasoning. Glad you're just a kid behind a keyboard, and not anyone making decisions in the real world. Carry on.
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 What's hacked up about offset shock mounts? They're a production item available to anyone.

dirt.mpora.com/uncategorized/burgtec-introduce-offset-shock-bushhardware.html

Marc Beaumont has been using them since 2010 as it happens.. so maybe these are just items the Athertons are now getting to use themselves since they were already using them on the Fury Team bikes for Marc. Perhaps if you actually worked on bikes and rode bikes, instead of just reading about them and spouting off like an armchair expert... you'd not be making such ridiculous statements. What do you consider "modern" world cup downhill ? Who are these "most top guys" you apparently speak for ?
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 He's just a Troll. In his mind he's the reason pro's win world cups. In our minds, he's a source of entertainment.
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 Do either of you ladies even own a DH bike or ride DH??? I see a couple hard tails in your albums and an AM bike here and there but yeah... I'm sure you're the end all be all of DH knowledge. While I'm stating facts and actual results on the World Cup Circuit, you guys are screaming "troll" and saying "they must be good cause Beaumont uses them".

I'm apparently the only one objective enough to recognize that for a TOP LEVEL downhill bike, you shouldn't need to hack your shock to get a custom eye to eye to get the angles you need. That's why bike like the Demo and now the Glory have been redesigned with input from Pro riders to address deficiencies which were holding them back previously..... No, but I'm sure you're right... Specialized and Giant completely redesigned their bikes to suit those pro riders cause they were bored and had nothing better to do... had nothing at all to do with performance. Sure... Rolleyes

You guys are a joke... You're just stuck drinking whatever KoolAide is served to you in the form of mass market hype and have lost all ability to think for yourselves... If the Atherton's ride a Fury it must be sick. If the Atherton's are using a product, it must be legit. Just cause a product is available to the public doesn't mean it shoudl be used at the top level of WC racing anymore than the Atherton's getting paid a huge check to ride for GT means the Fury's worthy. No shit Beaumont's been using offset bushings... WHY does he use them, because the GT's angles f*cking suck dumbass. Do you think he's using them cause he's happy with the bike as it is???? Do you think a top level world cup DH bike should actually REQUIRE third-party products to make it rideable at the top levle??? Seriously, pull your heads out of the hype machine's ass and learn to think for yourselves.
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 Just take a step back and look at the diatribes you're spouting off, along with name-calling and assumptions about people you’ve never met. There's no need for me to establish anything to some 'bro' e-thug, who assumes because someone raises a point about other racers having modified bikes they are ‘fan boys’, or the like. Do you rock a Tap Out sticker on your lifted truck, bra? You sound so tough... haha.





I'll leave saying this: Pretty much all pro bikes are massaged in some way to suit the individual riders preferences. This is no different. It’s clear you have an unfounded, uneducated hate-on for GT, but really, your ‘proof’ is the same ‘proof’ for nearly every other pro ride out there. Most every rider running a stock frameset uses some 'bandaid' for geometry adjustment.

Continue shooting from the hip.
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 Whoa chill guys Frown

There's nothing wrong with adjusting a bike to make them slacker/tighter. Hell there'll be some pretty drastic differences in bike setup between PMB and Champery.

What I do find surprising and concerning about this bike is that they've had to exploit every available option to get the bike to how they want. Not just one or two mods. That says alot about the current frame design and its lack of in-built adjustability. Doesn't mean the bike is crap, only that it could be tweaked to better suit modern races/riders.

After all Polish Pete has already commented above that the bike's already riding faster than their last Commencal.

Smile
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 new start!
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 i wish all bike shops were like that
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 I know im going to get swamped with neg props but I think commencal was a better team, I really dont like the Fury.
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 I bet i'll get hella negative props, but that bike looks dated. if it works, cool...but for some reason it looks like it came from 2002.
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 And how many other full carbon DH bikes are there now after how many years?

Yeah, that's what I thought
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 No Bikes, RAZORS, Skateboards and Rollerbaldes allowed on this deck Big Grin
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 thats a nice looking bike for sure. but it doesn't say to much for gt regarding their standard geometry when they have to get a custom shock and offset bushings to make the thing rideable.
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 I think that the Fury is very rideable. It would be stupid to say that is not. The Athertons are pro racers, so it's normal that they will customize the bike to what they think is the best for them. Isn't that we are all doing by swapping bars, stems, and other parts to suit the bike to ourselves? It is, only that they are doing it on a higher level.
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 They riding for ONE Industries now? That's sick! I'm sure their new MTB gear is going to be rad.
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 Mechanic is trying his best to make it a Commencal the only problem is... Its a GT! I sure think Athertons got the short end of the shit stick...
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 With that awesome balcony view I think I'd struggle to get any work on the bike done!
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 damn if they still riding continetal tires, they not gonna win anything
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 I must admit i used to hate the look of the fury but this year they actually look alright, if anything good haha
  • 2 0
 Wanna see pics of the sanction.
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 looks more like a rocket than a bike!
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 Good job Ian ! The pics are so nice. Good color saturation.
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 Agree totally!!! Forget all the gossip and heresay, these pics just made me want to ride that bike Wink
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 uhhh sorry guys thats not paint... its all the people who still like gt SCHWIN IS WHERE ITS AT!!!!!
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 Obviously team Atherton left Commencal on good terms, but I'm curious as to what initiated the change?
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 This shit is the future! Mad looking bike
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 You don't get if you don't ask so.........Please Please Please can I have one for free.

Thanks in expectations!!

Smile
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 Kyle Strait is riding for GT now too.
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 secondo voi meglio la specialized demo carbon di sam hill o la gt di gee aterton?
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 its like nasa's version of the orange 224 especially with in the rear suspension linkages... pretty basic in my opinion.
  • 1 1
 the only thing i wish on this bike is that blue atherton´s color ^^, is like the green monster color that used sam hill on his sunday for those WC wins
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 The Athertons will no longer "be blue" and Sam is not on that bike any more. Get over it. lol
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 GORGEOUS, END OF!!!!
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 the hell kind of accent does that dude have?! its sick but i cant understand most of what hes saying. wish i had a mechanic though
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 Leave it white and minimalist. K.I.S.S. pretty much always works.
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 The Atherthon's new bikes well, maybe... www.pinkbike.com/photo/7602456/?s6
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 it actually looks nice in white.
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 Ehh mate finish building me bike while the i try on some banana hammocks. right right.
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 commencal is a small name?! You don't really know your bike company history very well....
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 My friends and I have been arguing. What is the proper pronunciation of "Commencal"? Thanks.
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 cum en sale Smile
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 BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!!
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 too bad that bike will never look that good again
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 where I can get those saint wheels?
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 Saint hubs. DT swis rims with saint stickers. I had some on one of their old commencal supremes.
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 Nope they're Stans DH protos with Saint stickers. Ian Hylands mentioned it somewhere above. Smile
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 Anyone else notice the sign that said no bikes on deck?
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 Read up.. (and don't think the guy two posts up was first)
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 Says no bikes on deck on the sign behind him, Friggin criminal!
  • 2 1
 F*ck tha police!
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 he should have stayed with COMMENCAL!
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 that thing looks mint
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 Inconspicuous Conti tyres there. Wonder if they got proto tyres too?
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 tut tut tut, no torque wrench doing stem bolts up at the end of the video ^-^
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 have they got rid of Steve the mechanic and just having polish Pete ?
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 i dont give a shit about the bike... i want that workshop!
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 its just so white and clean
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 that bike is so cool
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 sweet bike Smile
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 Great bike, great read. Will be fun to see how they do on them.
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 NO GOOD MOVE BACK SWITCH =p
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 Awesome, looks like Newport Beach, CA
  • 1 0
 The commencal bike that gee had looks way better
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 Looks like a Honda RN-01.. just whiter.
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 where exactly are they riding ?
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 Does anyone know what size the shorter shock is on this?
  • 2 2
 its maybe not the best looking bike but lets face it neither was the commencal
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 anyone notice how the Rear Caliper is sitting too high and not actually bolted into the brake mount properly?! Something they might have to fix before the first race...
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 The rear caliper? The rear is pretty much perfect. The front was a little bit off when the bike was first built yesterday, but if you look at the complete bike photo above it's all good now
  • 2 2
 I hope GT is gong to pop out with something new as the present Fury is a bit lame for now. Big Grin
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 Totally lame, maybe you should stick to a cool british brand like a Saracen or a Charge
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 Currently I ride Commencal ex Athertons team bike and I have some observations on the new GT Fury as well. I've tested it last year on a bike competition, and I was not really impressed, there are many brands (Orange, Lapierre) using single pivot design better than GT . I think GT is not my favorite BB too high, rear end not too responsive, the rear shock eyelets dont look too durable, also they haven't changed much since their previous model. On the other side I would love to try Saracen or even consider to get one, it is similar to Foes Hydro, and the new " pending" Tomac and they seems more reasonable to me and my style Wink
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 Haha they stuck building a single pivot bike while all the girls run wild on the beach. Dont get any sand in that pivot mate.
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 gawwwwwannnn polish peteerrrrrrrr
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 What is the biggest difference between the alloy and carbon frames, also how did the transition go from commencal to gt?
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flag Larkey1 (Jan 15, 2012 at 19:14) (Below Threshold)
 Carbon key differences at weight, cost and the feel. Carbon will flex, allowing a smoother ride. Alloy and cro-mo don't as much.
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 But GT has said many times in the past, that the Fury wasn't developed for weight savings. They wanted a stronger frame with different flex/stiffness built into it. They could engineer the "feel" of the frame with carbon more efficiently than alloy. Not weight savings.
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 I think AL vs carbon question depends on the design of either. I think in the end it comes down to weight personally. If you're talking a hard tail it may change the "feel" of the ride but once you put suspension in, it comes down to the link design more that the material choice. in my experience carbon tends to absorb or insulate against impacts (ground to rider) but either can be ultra stiff / strong / impact resistant. I hit a carbon frame with a ball peen hammer at my LBS as a promotion of the frame maker and not a scratch. An AL frame would have at least dented. I wouldn't say carbon will flex. Especially when it's laid up into a tube shape. My $0.02.
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 I rode them both at dealer camp. and I have to tell you even though they are the "same bike" minus frame material. The fury frame was not designed to be anything but a carbon bike. At least that is how I felt, the alloy rode like S@#$. I was talking to the rep and he said it was mostly for use as a fleet bike at rental shops. But the carbon.'' OMG!!!! I jizzed in my pants and rode it all day. The reps were mad but I don't care it was sooooooooo fun. The bike, Even though it really isn't that light is really flickable. Part of that might be the high center of gravity feel it has, possibly a consequence of the high pivot point. That high feeling was weird, but it was super fun, it really gave me that feeling of controlled mach 2 chaos, that I love, while i was riding it. It also felt like it had some rearward travel. Like the Canfield Jedi does, but the Canfield suspension is designed specifically to give it that 2" or rearward travel. Mulling over this in my mind i feel it was because of the high single pivot that the wheel would go initially up and back. It made it accelerate sooo fast super rough sections. Faster then anything else I've ridden, examples pivot, turner, kona, commencal, and transition bikes couldn't touch this thing in a drag down a rough section the only thing that would compare is again the Canfield. This is basically what really stood out to me when I rode this bike. It is really great and just bikes alone on the mind i would take the fury in a heart beat above anything else. I totally get why the Atherton's went with GT because this bike alone really feels like something you can win on.
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 Oh and it did feel like it had a really tight head angle. But that is something i love. I hate the super slack angles on bikes now. Makes me feel like I'm driving a tractor
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 The Geo is exactly the same on the Carbon and Alloy bikes. I have spent time on the Carbon Fury as well as the Alloy fury and I have found that they feel extremely similar if not exactly the same! The Carbon does seem to absorb the high frequency 'buzz' that Alloy frames have when hitting stutter bumps and rougher faster sections. I didnt gather this from riding around in a car park - I have ridden these bikes on DH trails here in SA, spending a lot of time on the Cascades WC course.
One other thing that I found was; I ordered a Large Alloy Fury (I am 6'4") and when measured against the Medium Carbon they are almost exactly the same in length (Top Tube measurement), which was quite strange. The Medium Alloy is roughly an inch shorter than the large alloy.
Keep this in mind if you are fussy about fit.
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 Guys... I work in a bike shop and have to explain the difference between the different frame materials on a regular basis. Go easy on the neg props :/
I was talking about carbon frames in general. not just this bike.
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 saint wheels?
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 Stans No Tubes DH prototypes labeled as Saint.
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 Same rim supplier as last year.
  • 1 1
 Mr.Turner cashed out in 1996.Smile
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 white is the new blue
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 Where's Stevie B?
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 so pretty much they are trying to make it the same as the commencal....
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 They are making the geometry on the Fury similar to how they set up the geometry on the Commencal because that's how they like the bike. The ride of the bike will still be quite different. It's a pretty basic concept, and something that is fairly common in racing.
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 lovely bike but nasty nasty color,looks proper chav
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 I liked commencal better, but I can't wait to see the GT in sky blue.
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 haha looks super sick, but that shock looks lost in that beast of a frame!
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 Sorry, but no matter what parts you throw on that frame, it´s still ugly and the rear doesn´t work at all - unlike the Demo, v10 VPP or Giant Maestro.
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 im sorry but as nice as that gt is the atheltons will never be the same Frown
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 Why would they want to be the same, shouldnt they progress?
World class racers dont win by remaining static
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 humm but id chose Commencal over gt think how far they brought the atheltons this year just gone they had the nicest race kits and bikes id ever seen,
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 hmm my bikes nicer Razz haha
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 Why aren't they using the Fury carbon frame? Although it will only take like 5 or so pounds at most off the total bike weight, it just seems more logical...
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 what the heck are you talking about? that one up there is the carbon fury frame.
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 If u read up above it says that they r using a stock gt fury frame, there is no mention of the frame being carbon. Also the texture of the frame looks to be like most downhill bikes: a hydroformed aluminium alloy. Well i guess it could be carbon(with a weird glossy paint job), but I doubt it...
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 The alloy frame is reffered to as GT Fury Alloy. The carbon version is called GT Fury. Plus you would easily see welds through the paint if it was a metal frame.
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 Ugly frame.
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 i dont think this bike suites gee athertons style of riding personally
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 That is SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!
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 love the brakes
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 I liked Commencal..
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 sounds like they want it to be just like the commencal.
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 Shorter shock AND offset bushes! My goodness that bike is high and steep as standard!
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 WTF sperm you talking about? lol
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 who builds a bike on the beach...
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 People who can afford to.
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 White bikes are bad.
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 u bad eyed
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 Straight up single pivot?
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 Yes but its I-drive, the bb moves and theres a rearward axle curve, so no chain growth or brake jack
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 Technically they're known as floating bottom bracket linkages, the Maverick frame is another like that and the now discontinued Haro Virtual link also fit into that category to a degree. On an I-Drive, the swingarm pivots off the frame, and the bottom bracket floats on a pair of double-ended concentric pivots that rotate around it and part of the swingarm, while their magic link (that big polished silver skeleton looking thing on the pics above) is constantly pulling the BB forward as the swingarm rotates upwards and away from it.
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 And what is the end result of that?
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 the bb moves and theres a rearward axle curve, so no chain growth or brake jack
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 The BB rotates forward under compression and the high single pivot axle path is rearward.

You might want to rethink the chain growth point...

And the brake jack point is even less valid. The bottom line is this bike will ride like any other high single pivot (with the same rate) but maybe with a slight sensation of something odd going on with the BB position. Unfortunately marketing drives design more than performance. Apart from weight, I don't see any advantage to this bike over the teams 2010 bike. Obviously $ was the main factor in the decision.
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 This vid explains how the I-Drive system works.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nGoqF7CNR8


Cheers.
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 it reminds me of a VPS
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 Commencal > GT ...
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 like 5 years ago, ugly bike!
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 What a horribly ugly looking rig!
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 Yuk.
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 dont trust that swingarm ........
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 that's one ugly bike right there
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 Why the shorter shock? Wanting a shorter wheel base?
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 to change the head angle slightly probably only be a few mm shorter
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 Shortening the shock will make the bb a tiny bit lower and the head tube a bit slacker. It will actually increase the wheelbase by a mm or two as well...
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 yeah i was refering to the shock length didnt really think about the bb but now that you mention it yeah it would
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 As long as Fox can keep the shock stroke the same, and shorten the eye to eye, no travel loss. Just have to make sure everything clears at bottom-out.
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 fun! should be a fun bike.. i was really close to being on one this year!
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 I'm sure it's a sick bike to ride, but that thing looks like a tank..!
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 Tanks are bullet proof and tackle any terrain!
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 i have never seen anything so beautiful...
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 This bike has been out and racing on the world cup for four years. I guess it's a good move for GT since everyone is so blown away but geeze, this bike is old news. It was the first carbon dh bike in the WC. Everyone hated on it then....
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 I have a bad feeling about this... polish pete is dope though
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 I think that trek and Antherton racing would have been way better
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 No. Commencal is better.
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 lot hype over a stock bike
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 japierdole ta rama jest taka zjebana ze chuj
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