You Probably Haven't Seen These Bikes - Whistler Crankworx 2015
The new long-travel Delirium enduro bike from Knolly was hiding in plain sight at the Cane Creek tent. No hard facts are forthcoming until the official launch at Eurobike this month. Knolly has reached out to Asia for its aluminum manufacturing and the construction appears to be even better than the bikes they made in North America. The welding looks like the perfectly spaced silvery fish scales of vintage Yetis. Rectangular frame tubes, as well as the suspension's CNC-machined 4 x 4 linkages are true to the original Knolly designs. Suspension was shared between Fox and Cane Creek, with a Float 36 up front and a DB Coil out back. Wheels are 27.5 inches. Weight seemed around to 30 pounds and the bike's profile suggests that Knolly has lengthened the cockpit, while keeping the stays short and its head angle near 66-degrees (all educated guesses). We will fill in the blanks when the official press release arrives.
Beautiful welding and internal cable routing.
Clamp-style rear dropouts and post mount brake.
Two position shock mount.
Four by Four linkage and Cane Creek DB Coil shock.
Lars Sternberg entered the Crankworx whip off competition (held on the infamous Crab Apple Hits DH run) on an unsuspended steel-framed klunker. Sternberg also starred in a video edit earlier this week that documented the wild man's exploits as he shredded the park riding the same bike. Sternberg said that his bike, the Transition Freedom Flyer, held up fine, but he burned through three handlebars during the festivities. Evidently, landing impacts were too much for the cross-braced steel bars and they bent or cracked near the junctions of the brace. Animal!
Shimano disc brakes, cross-braced steel handlebar.
Odyssey Chromoly Crankset.
Lars added disc brake tabs to the seat stays.
Transition Revolution 32 wheels.
2016 Specialized Rhyme FSR Expert Carbon 6Fattie is an elite-level 27.5-plus trailbike that will slate into its female-specific bike range. Travel is 130mm/rear and 150mm/front, and it shares the same carbon frames and sizes with the male version - with some of its cockpit accessories modified for smaller framed people. The MSRP is expected to be $6500 USD. Tyler Maine photo
Transition's carbon fiber Patrol in all its glory, closely guarded by some excellent paint ball targets. Tyler Maine photos
Transition made news with its aluminum framed Patrol, a 155-millimeter AM/enduro-class chassis that has garnered a reputation for shredding features and steeps. After riding it, the first question that came out of our mouths was, "When will the carbon version appear?"
When we approached their tent, it appeared that everyone who worked at Transition was there to welcome us. To our surprise, however, the crew had propped up cardboard copies of themselves and were out on the mountain doing laps on the jump lines. We spied a beautiful carbon fiber Patrol leaning against the back wall, completely unchaperoned and decked out in baby blue. With nobody around to say nix, we popped off a quick spy shot of the bike for your viewing pleasure.
When we approached their tent, it appeared that everyone who worked at Transition was there to welcome us. To our surprise, however, the crew had propped up cardboard copies of themselves and were out on the mountain doing laps on the jump lines. We spied a beautiful carbon fiber Patrol leaning against the back wall, completely unchaperoned and decked out in baby blue. With nobody around to say nix, we popped off a quick spy shot of the bike for your viewing pleasure.
Transition's employees left cardboard models of themselves to stand guard over their tent at Crankworx Village while they spent most of the week riding the park.
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Told ya so........
You ever ridden the crabby line?
Not really much forgiveness there.
Carry on
Renthal braced Moto-X bars would have been perfect on that clunker!
Narrow BMX bars would probably have the best chance (because less leverage), but how miserable would that be?
I'm sure there are better bars out there, but what Lars put that bike through at Whistler is not comparable to any BMX or any street riding. Period. It's okay that you don't know what Whistler is like because you haven't ridden it, but dude, what you know about riding street and BMX just doesn't apply to Whistler. Riding the park at Whistler is a DIFFERENT SPORT - the only things that might be shared between disciplines are grips and pedals, maybe. Really, you should make a trip so you can gain some perspective, it's awesome. But bring the Stinky, and be prepared for it to break.
It is indeed a different sport, but the fact is that Lars rode shit bars and blamed it on the category (falsely) instead of on his shitty model.
imgur.com/PSlFtiP
Regardless, I'm excited at the possibility of a DB Coil CS!