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Vanderham and Simmons Ride Element MSL On The North Shore
Wade and Thomas shred the shore on the new Rocky Mountain Element MSL.
Shot and edited by Matt Dennison.
Song: "Nervous Breakdown" by Will Crum
81 Comments
- - 32
only the seat stays are carbon, but my '07 edition is still going strong
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- + 4
6 feet is the biggest i've gone on it, and could never hope to be as smooth as they are, saying more about the durability of the bike
- - 8
ya i can do that jump... that rock roll is a little harder... that's fairly sized ladder... that rock drop is.....no, no way, im going around...that's Massive!
- + 5
Kind of makes me want a shorter travel bike. Something I can freeride on but also for this stuff.
- + 4
I'm assuming most people saw the Santa Cruz failure test video. carbon > aluminum. Period. Yes it's an expensive risk for most of us to take, but more and more all mountain and dh frames are made of carbon instead of aluminum, and it's not because we're all weight weenies, it's because carbon is stronger. Aluminum has a relatively short fatigue life, too many hard hits = cracked frame. Carbon will flex and soak up the hits longer than I ever will. This is a sweet video and I wish I could be that smooth on any bike! Great riding and awesome camera work/ editing on this video. I was wondering how long it would take to be VOD
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carbon is the way forward on all frames, the only thing that lets it down is that it is very expensive to buy and mould. To have a frame mould made it costs between £200,000- £400,000 or more depending on the complexity. Carbon is great strength wise but the down side to it is that it dose not dent and flex like aluminium and no signs of fatigue will show. you only know a carbon frame is gone when it cracks due to carbon being brittle. so yes it will soak up the hits well and for alot longer than an aluminium frame but not only is it more expensive, but when it dose decide to fail it will snap/ crack and not bend like aluminium. Overall though the pro's far outweigh the con's. It just needs to become cheaper!
"No f*cking way" seriously thought they were going to do it.
And if you buy this bike you know have no excuse for going slow.