Darren Mabbott's Yeti SB100When a conversation at Silverfish's 20th birthday led to Managing Director Darren Mabbott signing up for the BC Bike Race, the pressure was on to get ready for one of the toughest test in mountain biking. After trying out an SB130 at first he decided that the SB100 would be the better race bike allowing him to go faster without too many compromises. To help keep him motivated, Silverfish made him this faithful recreation of a Yeti ARC hardtail.
Firstly they had both the frame and fork custom painted by FatCreations in the style of the 1992 bike then he went out and found a whole collection of purple parts to complete the look. With Sram AXS, Chris King and Race Face kit, they haven't cut any corners in putting this bike together. No pressure Darren!
No expense has been spared for this dream build
How do you recreate an early 90s bike? Make everything purple, of course. Even the Fox Transfer dropper post has been anodised to match the original.
Nukeproof ReactorWhen Nukeproof announced the new Reactor trail bike, it was only going to be a matter of time before we saw a throwback homage to the 1995 original. Nothing has been spared for the spec with Rockshox providing the suspension duties and the latest
DH tires from Michelin fitted to add to the retro look.
The retro graphics look so good against the red paintwork.
Ben Deakin's DMR SledNext up is the camouflaged DMR Sled which doesn't do a great job of hiding itself amongst the halls of the Core Bike Show. The bike is an homage to Ben's days in the Royal Marines and is complete with a dog tag headtube badge. Ben now has a complete fleet of custom bikes after being reunited with his Miami Vice bike that got stolen in December.
'The Deakinator' gets his own custom head badge which is hidden among a sea of camo
TRP brakes front and rear and a custom mudguard, with camo of course
Does anybody know Ben's catchphrase?
Magura's UK/German CollaborationHidden away on the Magura stand was this custom painted Ibis Mojo with a mix of German and UK parts. Although mostly acting as a model for the latest parts from the German brand it's definitely one of the more unique looking bikes at the show and it's great to see them handpicking some quality kit from some smaller UK manufacturers to complete the build.
Mounted to the Ride Works stem are the titanium Rust Components bars, with added Magura logos
The bike is fitted with Magura's electronic dropper post and suspension.
I’m still waiting for my Kashima coated water bottle cage, I’m sick of these “cheap” carbon/aluminium ones that peasants can buy.
I wouldn’t mind kids cranksets either Sram! They made DUB, they can make Lightweight spiderless 145 cranks.
then there was I.S. side mount which is still common.
then there was post mount 160mm
then there has been post mounts that take up to 203mm rotors without adapter
and now there is also flat mount, which is mostly used in road bikes for aerodynamics and looks it might make its way over to some mountain bikes most likely.
Saw that a few minutes ago. Award-winning porn.
If it lacks in performance, but looks awesome, there is NO reason to get it. Looks don't make you or your bike better.*
If it has the performance, but looks "dated", there IS a great reason to get it: the performance. If you're boosting everything or passing everyone, no one will care what your stupid shock looks like.
What does "dated looks" mean anyway? No kashima or fast black? Hard-ano can be many colors, and that silver-gray is probably the least expensive. RS used to use it on most shocks. Is it because it's not full of stickers reminding everyone else that you spent money on features you don't even know how to use? Because it's all black, like every RockShox shock and most OEM Fox shocks (Performance Series)?
* (Except a bright red frame or purple hubs, that's 10% more enduro-ness for free!)
If it has neither the looks nor the performance there’s no reason to get it. I did not make ANY assumptions about its performance. If it performs exactly the same I’d rather get the one that looks better.
And you pretty much said what dated means yourself: „RS used to use it on most shocks“, pronounciation on used. I can’t think of any other fork manufacturer besides Intend which is an outlier anyways that still uses grey hard ano for suspension shafts. Couldn’t give less of a shit about stickers or kashima, but that oversized compression dial and exposed air valve make it look more like someone’s personal engineering project than a well thought out product (then again there might be reason for that, but who gives a shit on the internet where everyone is free to make assumptions and facts don’t count anyways).
I work in architecture and design so I do care about how stuff looks. Opinions may vary.
PB exclusive! The Big M has electronic suspension!
(Or, please don't use such ambiguous grammar. Put suspension first: "Magura's suspension and electronic dropper." Especially since the captioned pic is of suspension.
Iv raced on standard wild enduro’s and they are plenty strong enough for aggressive use.
Mine has been great,not a single issue in 3 years.
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