Asininedrivel
caviar connoisseur
Reading between the lines it was more that they wanted a slice of the e-bike market and Santa Cruz was the only of their current brands that had one - and they only offer one model. Specialized has about 4 I think.
LPG
likes thicc birds
Steel FS bikes look different, a bit strange. It looks good on a hardtail but I haven't seen many steel FS frames that dont look a bit odd
SummitFever
Eats Squid
I like that they have a reasonable length head tube on the larger frame. So much bad engineering happening at the moment with super short headtubes, slack front ends and then riders increasing bar height with lots spacers and riser bars.
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
Steel is real! I had a steel dually a while back and it was great.
cokeonspecialtwodollars
Fartes of Portingale
Steel not steal.
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
A bad person did steal my steel. The pain was real.
Asininedrivel
caviar connoisseur
What was it?
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
Canfield Brothers balance, from when it was their slope style bike. Steel front with aluminium linkages and rear end (I think). It was a sweet ride.
ashes_mtb
Has preferences
Looking forward to reading how my current dream bike (ActoFive P-Train) fares against the more common bikes. Shame it's not the CNC version but I lust over both.
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Welcome to the 2021 Field Test: Trail & Enduro Bikes - Pinkbike
The 10 trail bikes featured in this Field Test are revealed, as well as a look at how we tested.
Minlak
custom titis
The only problem I have with this as a test bike in the field is that doesn't he say there is only going to be 20 made this fall so that 20 in 3 mths and an about figure. Don't get me wrong cool bike but how the fuck is anyone meant to buy it?Looking forward to reading how my current dream bike (ActoFive P-Train) fares against the more common bikes. Shame it's not the CNC version but I lust over both.
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Welcome to the 2021 Field Test: Trail & Enduro Bikes - Pinkbike
The 10 trail bikes featured in this Field Test are revealed, as well as a look at how we tested.
ashes_mtb
Has preferences
Just interesting to see how it goes against the production bikes. It's like reading a supercar review or something, none of the readers will ever get to buy one but they're still interested in it.
Minlak
custom titis
Oh 100% agree it will be cool to see it compared however I just think for this style of review it should be bikes that are available to the main stream - They could film a whole other series on "Dream" or "Wishful" thinking bikes.
mike14
Likes Bikes and Dirt
I'm seriously tempted by 3 of the bikes on the Pinkbike list, and find their reviews to be useful; but with limited stock everywhere there's no way people can wait for them to drop each review over many weeks before making a decision.
Not the end of the world, but more data is always appreciated...
Not the end of the world, but more data is always appreciated...
Scotty T
Walks the walk
The Ibis Mojo manbag edition!
Minlak
custom titis
Yeah I saw it came complete with a Porkchop in place - I really want one but just dont want to spend $150 on it. I would still use a camel back on longer rides anyway sooo.
I wonder what the fuzzed out bike is?
mike14
Likes Bikes and Dirt
My guess is a new Nomad