Strange bikes
junglist_matty
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Seen some strange designs, these have to top the list though....
Check the painfully complex suspension on this beast:
Weird looking gearbox design:
Check the painfully complex suspension on this beast:
Weird looking gearbox design:
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? top one is an FSR and the bottom a single pivot."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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nicklouse wrote:? top one is an FSR and the bottom a single pivot.
Not as much the suspension design being strange; more the overall look of the bike....0 -
remember this beast...
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That is an odd looking bike.Many happy trails!0
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Slingshots were / are the oddest bikes I ever saw. Great fun to ride .0
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pah! my whyte looks better than that!
check out the purple preston in the your mountain bikes..... if you dare!
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We saw a Preston at Glentress on saturday, great to see one still in the wild, still looking like it was stuck halfway into transforming into a robot. I think the owner was quite surprised at all the appreciation it got.Uncompromising extremist0
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I nearly bought one a while back, pretty decent (if old) spec ones go for around 350-500 beer tokens ont' eBay, I'm a sucker for bikes/kit that's a bit different, just want to see how they ride/work!Santa Cruz 5010C
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Specialized Sequoia Elite
Pivot Mach 429SL
Trek Madone 5.2 Di2
Salsa Mukluk Carbon
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I very nearly went for a Whyte 46 instead of the Moment - that was ahead of its time.
I wonder if the PRST1 could keep up with modern forks if the front shock was swapped for a modern unit. If I remember rightly the wheel was allowed to move rearwards slightly to aid bump absorbtion without having to alter the headangle.0 -
Can't find a picture of the old USE single sided, linkage suspension fork. But the bamboo bike, Honda G-Boxx and that matrix hardtail were all interesting in their own way.0
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"Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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bluechair84 wrote:Can't find a picture of the old USE single sided, linkage suspension fork. But the bamboo bike, Honda G-Boxx and that matrix hardtail were all interesting in their own way.
How weak is your google-foo? First page for the USE Sub fork
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Aah it's becuase I'd forgotten the 'Sub' monika - I'd searched USE single sided fork and got nothing but some leftys.
Orange emblazen their prototype bikes with Strange so for Northen Monkey, here is an Orange in the Strange bikes thread...
Singletrack think this is the new Patriot.0 -
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Aren't these usually found in Australia with engines and a long line of trailers behind?0 -
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The Northern Monkey
yeah this is off of fabian 2's own website [/lies]0 -
bluechair84 wrote:I very nearly went for a Whyte 46 instead of the Moment - that was ahead of its time.
I wonder if the PRST1 could keep up with modern forks if the front shock was swapped for a modern unit. If I remember rightly the wheel was allowed to move rearwards slightly to aid bump absorbtion without having to alter the headangle.
iirc everyone who rode it (not me) said it used to dive hideously under braking, not sure propedal or platform shocks could dial it out?Santa Cruz 5010C
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Specialized Sequoia Elite
Pivot Mach 429SL
Trek Madone 5.2 Di2
Salsa Mukluk Carbon
Specialized Turbo Levo Expert 29er0 -
Interesting issue. Platform damping might help you know because they are designed to differentiate between 'spike' hits and 'slow compression' - Brake dive might be seen as a slow compression and not a spike and so resisted against. Entirely theoretical... Maybe TF could tune it to suit the characteristics of brake dive?0