Waste of a bike. That would probably be such a seriously nice bike if it didn't look like it had a broken frame. That bike would be do dialled if it were just a normal dirt/street frame with the same colors and parts.
so you can hide it in your closet so mommy doesn't know you've been a naughty lil biker lol, genious design, i'd like to test it, durability, performance, comfort...lol, i seen this idea on comuter bikes but the idea for DJ is sweet
hahaha, i really dont see the point in that tbh. who needs to turn crazy fast when they're dirt jumping? surely a high speed turn that tight would just throw you off?
Someone needs to dirt jump that. Imagine the whip you could get going with the folding frame!
That is one of the coolest things ever, too bad it has Deity parts.
It looks like the front brake lever is attatched to an actuator of some sort that then pulls on the brake caliper that's located in the middle of the frame, disengaging the lock that hold the front and rear triangles together. I guess that's good or something.
That is an awesome design. It looks like he can engage/disengage the rear triangle. That is very unique on a swing bike and the best design I've ever seen. They are impossible to ride if you are standing up so that fixes the problem.
lol a few weeks ago i saw a kid riding the skatepark on a crappyer version of that bike and when he tried the jump box the pivot bit fully snapped and the dude faceplanted, it was the funniest thing ive ever seen, but that one looks like poo and it would probly weigh heaps by the looks of it
i'm sorry if someone has already said this...i only took the time to read about half the posts because most of them were "omfg!!?! is it totally like supposed to be like thayt?!?! :O!!"
but am i the only one that thinks that bike is SCREAMING gimmick?? if we get to see it in action and it's better than a normal frame then i will eat my words...but seriously...right now it just looks ridiculous.
that design is amazing. so i'm guessing the rear wheel is able to pivot of the frame along with the crank set and where you turn it? oh my god! switchbacks would become a dream
YYYOOO
i saw that guy's bike in whistler he did the glc on it its so sick!!!!
its a hardtail and he was gdoing whistler downhill on it
BIG PROPS TO THIS GUY
its called a swing bike. there are alot of those made out of road bikes but thats the first mtb ive seen. those things are soooooo much fun to ride on the street
looks heavy. looks like your got a brake rotor at your nuts, and looks just about impossible to jump since you would be all over the place. no innovation here just useless complexity.
the left break lever is a cable mechanical lever the little cylender makes it so he can use a cable lever hook up to this thing and run a hydrolic break
reminds me of my sisters bike she had over 15 years ago for some reason, it had a lever/clamp/hinge thing on the downtube to actually fold it up.. no thank you
yeah, the disc is there to keep the frame from going from one direction to another! I saw the guy riding the bike in one of the crankworx video.. just don't remember which one it is!
its shit. i saw that stupid bike in whistler during c worx and i made the mistake of saying wtf? and the guy talked my ear off about it. he was so stoekd about how well it "railed" berms, but seeing him ride it he just seemd to release the rotor and kind of -ride beside himself- im not a hater, i love creativity and original ideas, but its just a dumb bike. i saw a kona bike like this a long time ago.
It's not a waste. I don't really understand the bike myself, but if someone has the time and has made the effort to creat e something new, then why knock it. It's more than I (and prob most other people on PinkBike) have done for the MTB scene.
Its his first proto... so its probably not perfect yet. Don't knock on the guy though; he had a cool idea and he built it. You haven't ridden it and neither of I. So lets leave the critizing to people who ride it.
i saw that guy with the bike at crankworx on the slopestyle day. he was riding by and it looked so smooth and sick, but i guess it would be kinda hard to get used to