The 2011 bike reviews have kicked off with a bang with some of the big name companies stepping it up huge for the 2011 season. Tim Felton, the mastermind behind the Australian company
Descendence Bikes has put his heart and soul into these creatures of metal, and the hard work looks to have finally paid off. Both his innovative and fresh outlook have lead to some high quality masterpieces being created which are sure to turn heads in 2011. Through countless hours of trial and error and expert machining it has led to a lightweight, super strong build with the added bonus of being 100% unique and handcrafted.
Pics and details inside,
Descendence Akuma
-Weight: 9.5lbs w/o shock.
-Replaceable Titanium Drop Outs
-100% Craftsmanship
-Annodised Bolts And Washers
Descendence 3point5
-The 3point5 weighs an amazing 3.2lbs.
-Authentic Steel Badging
- 68 Degree Head Angle
- Unique Seat Tube Gusset.
To put the coming release of the Descendence 3point5 into perspective it will become one of the world's lightest dirt jump frames at 3.2lbs compared to other high sellers such as the Giant STP at 4.7 lbs and the Banshee AMP at 4.4lbs. Tim Felton's artistic approach to frame designing has lead to a swift progression in Australian frame construction and all due to sheer determination and a passionate vision. Stay tuned for the official launch of the Descendence bike company late in 2010!
-Austen Tanney
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Blameitonus = faggets XD why did you guys down rate that ? tell me the DJ frame looks great but what the helle happend for that ''fully'' xD
Give the bikes and the guy a chance to explain themselves before you shoot em down. By the looks of it he actually has some pretty decent stuff. It's a garage job, so if you have a hard on for only demo's and other botique shit... pass this on. If you want to support a rider just having fun building shit... check this guys stuff out.
Really dug your site bro. Nice to see a riders site actually legit and fresh unlike many other web designs. Simple, to the point, and absolutely blunt in all the typing. Hope things pan out for ya
btw guys, have you ever though that he left the shock mount out because it would break patent laws? looks very vpp ish to me soo in other words since he is a 1 off for fun bike builder, he probably won't give a hoots about design limitations legally. Just what I think. COuld be wrong. I'd do the same thing if I was a frame builder and wasn't planning on going into mass production.
I'm not dissing on your design or anything, the bike is great, but argue all you want... call up the us patent office and they'd tell you the same as I just explained...
stil waiting to see this build on the home-made-bikes thread
It gladdens me to see somebody trying to do something different for a change, and apparently succeeding.
Cheers.
have a look in my photos for a couple of the build pictures.
It's nice to see something original after the millions of linkage single pivots recently though aha
i just thought aluminum is always stiffer because when an aluminum frame breaks its just " all of a sudden, where as a steel one - if your lucky - you can see a crack before complete failure, because its not as stiff, and more ductile... ?
Some more information would be good too. Geometry, steel types etc.
No rear Maxle on the Dh frame?
this frame was entirely custom to graeme, the rider- the head angle of this frame was 65 degrees, chainstay length was 435mm, wheelbase 1165mm.
im about to make another, the head angle 64 degrees and otherwise all simillar. obviously the wheelbase etc is dependent on rider height.
this frame is plain guage 4130 cromolly steel with an extra heavy guage downtube, as graeme has previously sheered the headtube off a nicolai...my version (im only 65kg) will be triple butted cromolly and hopefully weigh less than 7lb complete frame.