Farkin.net spy satellite intercept - Iron Horse in '05  
(17 comments)  Friday, 21-May-2004  11:04 AM - by DOM 
Update: Unfortunatley Sputnik 69 died, so we don't have any pictures or more info for now.

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Spy photo's of a prototype Iron Horse catalogue have been photographed by our high-powered orbital cameras while the subject carrying them moved between buildings on the ground.

The shots reveal the retirement of Iron Horse's SGS 4-Bar FSR design (licensed from Specialised) in favour of a series of DW-Link bikes in everything from 8" and 7" freeride and downhill rigs through to a 3" DW-Link cross country race bike.

Also of interest are the new series of affordable single-pivot downhill rigs that are on offer. With a Dave Weagle tuned rear end, 7" of travel and a design that will offer a super-low centre of gravity these new rigs seriously look to be the business for someone after a cheap, low maintenance downhill racing bike. Single-pivot 5" trail-riding bikes are another new product featured.

Photo's show the catalogue contained only computer generated images, not photo's of the bikes in question. Intelligence suggests working prototypes should be available at Interbike.

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