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Album: Events
Category: Interbike 2009
Date Posted: Sep 21, 2009 at 23:20
Sep 21, 2009
Location: Boulder City, Nevada, United States
Trail: Out door demo
Riders: none
Articles: Interbike Day 2 - A closer look at what's coming up!

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g-monster (Sep 21, 2009 at 23:27)

looks sexy as hell! the cranks and guide look like sombody bled all over them!

marcinszklarz (Sep 23, 2009 at 5:29)

god damn

balfa7 (Sep 23, 2009 at 7:17)

sickest banshee ever created

hanchardwoodworking (Sep 23, 2009 at 14:50)

That bike is hot as hell!

Rideslots (Sep 23, 2009 at 18:00)

Niceeeeeee. I'm not really a giant fan of maitou forks thought...

typrattmtb (Sep 23, 2009 at 19:34)

most people wern't but if you read pinkbike's recent review of them apparently with the new dorado they have re invented themselves.

Rideslots (Sep 24, 2009 at 19:17)

I read it, but still...

jackthemaniac (Sep 21, 2009 at 23:42)

mmmmmm now that's a fine lookin piece of machinery

tetonlarry (Sep 23, 2009 at 10:58)

I thought this was the new demo at first. Very smart of Banshee to copy specialized's theory of having the shock driven by the chainstay, as opposed to the seatstay, and then having a rocker link between the seatpost and the seatstay. It's similar to the demo, but withouth the FSR pivot. It looks like this bike would have a nice low center of gravity, and a really stiff rear end. I also like the low standover height, and the slack angles. Very nice Banshee, very nice.

diroc (Sep 23, 2009 at 13:33)

It has a virtual pivot.

Augury (Sep 23, 2009 at 15:45)

Dude this is nothing like fsr... its actually very similar to VPP by Santa Cruz, but the top link is horizontal as opposed to vertical.

tetonlarry (Sep 27, 2009 at 17:58)

I believe we have a misunderstanding here. I know my suspension designs. I never said the suspension on this bike was like FSR. It's similar to the Demo due to the fact that the shock is driven off of the chainstay, instead of the seatstay. Actually, in my original post I mentioned the lack of an FSR Pivot. What I meant was that this bike looks similar, and shares the chainstay driven shock that the demo has. I realize the suspension works completely differently. I thought it was a linkage driven single pivot until I read diroc's comment. When I took a closer look at the more detailed pictures on here, I saw the one that clearly shows the lower link, which makes this a virtual pivot bike. I like it.

kurbitur (Sep 23, 2009 at 7:13)

Dream! but whould have choosen a smaller front chainring:S

alexkona (Sep 24, 2009 at 14:40)

dammmnnnn that's an amazing bike and i hope someone will be riding it in the wc next season!! it looks so epic and curvy

norco-gaz (Sep 23, 2009 at 6:55)

awesomeness in its truest form

skibiker (Sep 23, 2009 at 9:28)

I love my Legend, it's awsome

nouser (Sep 23, 2009 at 16:43)

I'm sorry but after seeing the new yeti this thing looks like franken bike or throwback to 2000.
(wow did I just say throwback to 2000?)

crashin (Sep 24, 2009 at 4:26)

Nicely speced! besides the WTB stuff.

niesen-ranger (Sep 25, 2009 at 3:18)

nice rig.

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epicbiker (Sep 22, 2009 at 0:31)

other than the dorado i'd love that bike

reilly (Sep 22, 2009 at 12:28)

whats wrong with the dorado?

nouser (Sep 22, 2009 at 18:34)

Hey if it doesn't raise the price at all I'd love it

But of course....

epicbiker (Sep 23, 2009 at 1:54) (Below Threshold)

rediculously expensive, and i dont care what people say about it, it's a manitou and i will never trust them

Larkey1 (Sep 23, 2009 at 2:37)

I am no fan of manitou, but have nothign against the darado's other than they don't really suit the bike.

timmy00 (Sep 23, 2009 at 12:44)

epicbiker maybe you prefer fox forks, but some of the manitou forks are really good - for example travis triple intrinsic or nixon super intrinsic - lightweight and quite strong fork with smooth work.

coiler09 (Sep 23, 2009 at 13:36)

ya im not a fan of manitou but i really did like the travis

riggadon (Sep 23, 2009 at 18:42)

everything looks sick except for the fork. i prefer a boxxer or 40 over anything else

tanner69saliken (Sep 23, 2009 at 21:20)

i have a an 07 travis single and by far the worst fork ive ever ridden negative comment me all you want but unless you've ridden one you don't know mutch

rexbikes (Sep 25, 2009 at 8:13)

I bet that all of you Manitou haters have never even ridden this fork...

riggadon (Sep 25, 2009 at 8:16)

i test rode one at crankworx on an m6 and it felt really nice, but i would rather have a 40

rexbikes (Sep 25, 2009 at 8:23)

if you think it feels nice then stop bitchin'

riggadon (Sep 25, 2009 at 9:58)

well, considering that a boxxer WC or 40 is about 1000 bucks cheaper, id say i can bitch all i want