Bike Check: Thomas Lapeyrie's Sunn Kern LT - EWS Aspen 2017

 @scary1: love my lyrik with luftkappe. Can't fault it.

 If Lyrik is garbage, then what is Sektor? Or Epicon?

 Lmfao literally every fucking enduro bike is specced with Rock Shox Lyrik

 To be honest, i liked the Charger back when it was still a prototype, it was something i was wishing to buy. But i was both broke at the time and Sunn also went broke, the company got sold, started again, the charger was made, but too late, after which the company died again, if i'm not mistaken?

The question to me is where do they get the money from?

 @Primoz: MFDC aka French intersport it is.

 @Primoz: I had the same question...

 I was riding a Sunn Radical in 2012 and had my best race result on it. It was a fun bike but it had temper and needed you to ride active all the time. All bearings were completely broken after one season though. Frame quality in general was quite shitty.

 I own a Sunn and its the best bike I've owned and still own. It doesn't ride better than my expensive enduro bike but it has proved to be more bombproof and reliable. I've a lot of respect for the Sunn brand and their bikes don't get enough praise. I've never seen another Sunn at UK trail centres although I'm scared I'm going to take the wrong bike home with my expensive enduro bike (which I also love) as there are so many about!

 I Thought Sunn ripped their own soul out when they got rid of the creator of the brand, he then started Commencal.

 Exactly, many alloy ones..

 Good point, there are many more than is given credit, like RC is underrating them and their existence in EWS!

 Sam Hill

 @bridgermurray: pretty sure he's riding a Proto carbon these days

 Indeed he is. But yeah, i fail to see the point of carbon for MTB frames, aluminium is hardly any heavier, unless you do weird frame shapes, then carbon will be the better choice. But that means you were going wild with the design, which isn't the smartest decision in the beginning in my opinion.

 Ive got 3. And thats just from me.

 @scary1: yes when speaking with "I" that means you are talking about yourself. Thanks for making it clear

 @scary1: earlier you claimed they are garbage, yet you own three?

 @MrFogg: i have 3 bad reviews on different aspects on the fork for the masses

 The leopard wrap also looks like something Ratboy or Warner would spec.

 He's most likely running a coil

 But they don't want you to know it so the f*cking turd buying it thinks "eh if it's good enough for EWS it's good enough for me!"

 All mountain style - or - AMS, I believe. Really cool protective frame tape.

 @Trudeez: nope !

 I thought BOS is done? Isnt that why polygon switched to suntour?

 @mhoshal: just googled them and they seem to be alive and kicking - www.facebook.com/BOSsuspension (even like some new products coming )

 Oui Monsieur, I completely agree!!! In order to make it more "frenchy", they should have given that bike some proper suspensions such as a BOS set up.... But on the other hand: come on : SRAM/Rockshox arent't too bad about suspensions, even I really prefer BOS, not only because of the components'quality; no plastic bullshits if you see what I mean.. ;-)
BTW, it's rather odd not to see a Sunn/BOS couple for the occasion, because:
- BOS is based in Toulouse, where I live, south-west of France.
- Sunn was historically based in Saint-Gaudens, 50km from Toulouse. After all their up and downs, probably only a group such as Intersport could save the boat from sinking, and once again, our most famous french living-dead brand is back, and I think there are also Antidotes Solutions' designers behind the technological renewal, hyper-active bike designers working for plenty of brands and based in... Toulouse, S-O!!!!

BOS is evething except dead now!!!!!!!
and Sunn is back to life... until when???

 Bos costs loads more and the performance ain't much better if at all. I had deviles on my Capra and the Kirk. Both had issues and spares are a nightmare.