17 Bikes of Crankworx Rotorua Speed and Style

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Upduro (Mar 5, 2020 at 2:03)

I think a video of the riders just standing there awkwardly for a few seconds with their bikes would have been the better choice here, pinkbike.

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cuban-b (Mar 5, 2020 at 8:54)

they show a video, we want pics. they show pics, we want a video. love this site

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seismicninja (Mar 5, 2020 at 9:46)

@cuban-b: I think that was the implied joke...

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cuban-b (Mar 5, 2020 at 10:13)

@seismicninja: i am aware, but thank you

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seismicninja (Mar 5, 2020 at 10:16)

@cuban-b:

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icespec (Mar 5, 2020 at 12:46)

@cuban-b: lol

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Landonop (Mar 5, 2020 at 4:50)

Man, Kyle Strait still crushes it after like 20 years in the game. Saw him slamming Natty Lights and tacos between runs at Rampage and he instantly became my favorite rider. Probably because I can relate to slamming crappy beer, but can't relate to hucking my body off cliffs.

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sharpiemtb (Mar 5, 2020 at 5:47)

an absolute unit

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pargolf8 (Mar 5, 2020 at 7:47)

Commencal please raw-up the absolute like lyle has done here

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krashDH85 (Mar 5, 2020 at 8:35)

Ha, can confirm this story. Worked/volunteered this year, I got stationed close to the outlet of his practice runs where family/friends had set up shop. Always down for a good time.

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plyawn (Mar 5, 2020 at 11:41)

what's up with the cable runs / ball of yarn at the headset? it looks like he's managing the lines of a racing yacht.

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sheldonuvic (Mar 5, 2020 at 13:36)

@plyawn: excess for bar spins, whips etc.

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Radley-Shreddington (Mar 5, 2020 at 2:02)

Casey Browns riding Oliver Trees bike.

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Braench FL (Mar 5, 2020 at 2:12)

i was just about to say!! haha Oliver Tree for President

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Oolex (Mar 5, 2020 at 5:32)

Max Fredriksson just did a whole video building that bike up with a new Marzocchi fork and Shimano bits and now it has his old RockShox and Sram stuff on it.

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CalvR (Mar 5, 2020 at 8:20)

yeah ikr! thats wack! he probably got dropped already lol...poor guy

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xelamoth (Mar 5, 2020 at 11:44)

@CalvR: How could they drop him? I am pretty sure the have something called contract which you can´t just drop.

I guess he had some problems with the fork and the Shimano chain ring probably didn´t arrive before leaving, as he said in the bike build video that it isn´t the right size

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Arobb (Mar 5, 2020 at 5:23)

What happened to the Marzocchi fork and Shimano cranks that Max put on his insta and youtube looks like he's running rockshox in that picture

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coolmann (Mar 5, 2020 at 6:14)

Yeha man, i`m also confused.

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xelamoth (Mar 5, 2020 at 11:44)

I guess he had some problems with the fork and the Shimano chain ring probably didn´t arrive before leaving, as he said in the bike build video that it isn´t the right size

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Spark24 (Mar 5, 2020 at 2:42)

Googled Hyper Bikes.... Not disappointed

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Landonop (Mar 5, 2020 at 5:12)

You should be extremely disappointed. Most of the bikes Hyper makes are trash "bike shaped objects" sold at stores like Walmart and spec'd with no name plastic components. They would literally shake apart on legit singletrack. It's kind of like how Mongoose makes a couple decent DJ and DH frames and everything else they produce is garbage.

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cuban-b (Mar 5, 2020 at 8:55)

their sponsorship was worth every penny

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shredddr (Mar 5, 2020 at 9:32)

I just... do they sell enough bikes to warrant sponsoring people? Ditto for Haro. Good on them I guess, but I don't get it.

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bigmeatpete420 (Mar 5, 2020 at 10:19)

Haro sells a lot of entry level bike shop stuff @shredddr:

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shredddr (Mar 5, 2020 at 10:53)

@freeridejerk888: got it - I never see their stuff in my local shops. I gather them and Hyper have a much bigger Socal presense, which is a pretty big market by itself.

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mgarn (Mar 5, 2020 at 12:40)

@Landonop: cough* teocali cough* canaan cough* but yea they are a different breed, the only thing in common with walgooses is the name since they are cascaded from pacific cycle

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constantly-broken FL (Mar 5, 2020 at 6:24)

Lemoine on a Stiched 360? Didnt realise the 360 came with a rear shock........

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ben314 (Mar 5, 2020 at 3:46)

That commencal meta got the cleanest cable tidy with two brakes a rear mech and a dropper.

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nsmithbmx (Mar 5, 2020 at 8:36)

Sam Reynolds bike looks insanely small.

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krisstoff (Mar 5, 2020 at 11:10)

Maybe "picture illusion" but look how thin the space between rear tire & frame is !

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evildos (Mar 5, 2020 at 14:01)

@krisstoff: Indeed, man ! Crazy !

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RowdyAirTime (Mar 5, 2020 at 9:00)

What, your kidding, all bikes don't have Minions...Actually, it's good to see so many different tires used on the bikes at Crankworx. However, I did not think they would be using Ikon's, and even Kaos Seagrave's Canyon Stitched bike has a "Racing Ralph" on the rear? The Racing Ralph would be very light & good for speed but wonder about durability hitting the big jumps? Could be using a tire insert on rear maybe...

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Civicowner (Mar 5, 2020 at 14:48)

yeah its called 60psi

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ATV25 (Mar 5, 2020 at 5:14)

Love me some 26"

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vinay FL (Mar 5, 2020 at 2:40)

I thought there typically used to be more riders on Rose slopestyle bikes too for these events.

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borisimobike (Mar 5, 2020 at 4:47)

Barry making the front page, woot woot! #AlabamaRipper

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christillott (Mar 5, 2020 at 7:18)

That polygon looks like an old school freeride hardtail

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b1ackstar187 (Mar 5, 2020 at 7:49)

Did Garret Mechem just tease the Bomber DJ

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KrumplisGeza (Mar 5, 2020 at 8:39)

Somebody knows something about Söderström?

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bigmeatpete420 (Mar 5, 2020 at 10:19)

Yes his 1st name is Martin and he is indeed tall

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MrEtnie (Mar 5, 2020 at 1:54)

Sick bikes.

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teamkr (Mar 5, 2020 at 2:03)

Please, no.

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Rideuse67 (Mar 5, 2020 at 3:17)

Strait won on a meta, not the absolute on picture. Change of plans?

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longstrangetrail (Mar 5, 2020 at 6:23)

That was dual slalom. This is speed and style bikes.

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Rideuse67 (Mar 5, 2020 at 6:56)

@dcsmith99: ooooops

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sethius (Mar 5, 2020 at 3:33)

Hypers ss bike is a winner. Great unicorn bike

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BeKwik (Mar 5, 2020 at 7:15)

Hyper still makes bikes!?

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sethius (Mar 7, 2020 at 14:27)

@BeKwik: for its athletes. Nothing else.

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steezer (Mar 5, 2020 at 6:32)

Garret Mechem= Nyquist's illegitimate son?

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coadymacmillan (Mar 5, 2020 at 9:43)

Ticket S Alloy?

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cwatt (Mar 5, 2020 at 11:19)

I noticed this as well.

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coadymacmillan (Mar 5, 2020 at 13:24)

@cwatt: They've always just been alloy, ha.

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doctorfuzzz (Mar 5, 2020 at 10:59)

is that meta a 29??

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teamkr (Mar 6, 2020 at 0:17)

Yes.

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PazParry (Mar 5, 2020 at 4:10)

Seagrave rocking a belt drive?!! Would be interested to hear more about that!

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lerichard (Mar 5, 2020 at 4:41)

I think it is a half link Chain like on a BMX

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Mayzei FL (Mar 5, 2020 at 4:52)

Think it's just a black half-link chain

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Andypanda82 (Mar 5, 2020 at 5:52)

Thought the same thing but agree with other commenters that it is likely a half link chain. The "top" is smooth so from a distance, one could easily think it's a belt

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PazParry (Mar 6, 2020 at 5:08)

Oh yeah. Duh. Cogs with teeth easily give that away. It was the all black and flat top surface that stumped me there!