silentbutdeadly
has some good things to say
Maybe they used a fisheye lens to try and make it look longer and slacker?
sane
Eats Squid
There’s some nice animated rendering on the Spot site too
spotbikes.com
Mayhem 130
In this era of mind-boggling complexity, we at Spot Brand never forget that the best solutions are often the simplest and most elegant.
spotbikes.com
yuley95
soft-arse Yuley is on the lifts again
Doesn’t do it for me. Too much going on, don’t like the line of the top tube and that head tube junction is over the top. I am fucking grumpy at the moment due to not being able to ride anywhere so maybe it will grow on me as my mood improves
Nambra
Definitely should have gone to specsavers
Not a fan either, there’s something odd going on with the bend in the top tube, the bulge in the lower part of the head tube and what looks to be a fairly tall stack height. The acute visual angle between the top tube and the fork sort of makes the front end look like it’s running an angle headset in reverse to steepen the HA. If the top tube / seat tube junction was a bit higher it would probably look a bit better.
Each to their own though, it’s probably a great bike.
Interesting that Spot has changed to titanium for the Living Link. Wonder if it has to do with the breakage from a few years ago:
ridemonkey.bikemag.com
Although 2 years to update is a long time so maybe not. Still not digging it either. Nice touches like decent chainstay protector and torque settings on linkage bolts.
The Living Link has Died (Broken Spot Bike Creates Much Butturt)
Skip to 7:00 for broken bike action TLDR: It's a video you can't read it. TLDW: YouTuber breaks rental Spot bike and posts it on the internet. Spot blames rider. Everyone argues about it (cuz internet). Lolz Lots of back and forth in the bike-o-sphere on who's fault this was and if Spot had a...
ridemonkey.bikemag.com
Although 2 years to update is a long time so maybe not. Still not digging it either. Nice touches like decent chainstay protector and torque settings on linkage bolts.
SummitFever
Eats Squid
Or the result of a too big huck to flat.
In case anyone's been wondering what Tony Ellsworth has been up to lately..
https://theridebikes.com
https://theridebikes.com
Daniel Hale
She fid, he fid, I fidn't
not sure whether to put this here or douche listing, $8K US hardtail, i normally like orbea s but what the F with the gold, they let some crazy cat lady work her decoupage magic with some gold paper, it’s on the underside of the fork also..apart from that looks ok
PS it’s rigid, you don’t get a fork for your 8k,there isn’t any special elastomer/headset/pivot magic to cushion the blows..an actual fork
that’s another 500, dropper another 130..i was hoping that added some extra BS so there was a 10K rigid bike, oh well..always next year
PS it’s rigid, you don’t get a fork for your 8k,there isn’t any special elastomer/headset/pivot magic to cushion the blows..an actual fork
that’s another 500, dropper another 130..i was hoping that added some extra BS so there was a 10K rigid bike, oh well..always next year
Ackland
chats d'élevage
Can you run it SS? I like!not sure whether to put this here or douche listing, $8K US hardtail, i normally like orbea s but what the F with the gold, they let some crazy cat lady work her decoupage magic with some gold paper, it’s on the underside of the fork also..apart from that looks ok
PS it’s rigid, you don’t get a fork for your 8k,there isn’t any special elastomer/headset/pivot magic to cushion the blows..an actual fork
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Daniel Hale
She fid, he fid, I fidn't
unfortunately not, actually wait it’s pressfit, pf92, throw on an eccentric ?
Ackland
chats d'élevage
PF92 is one of the ones that you can't
Oddjob
Merry fucking Xmas to you assholes
Ultra Lord
Hurts. Requires Money. And is nerdy.
Can’t you slap on a tensioner? Looks shit but what can you do.
Pivot les SS is better IMO. Those frames are gorgeous.
Ackland
chats d'élevage
I'm almost certain that they didn't bring any of the new SS specific frames into the country....
Pivot don't offer a frameset with a rigid fork.
Also pivot tax means frame only is more expensive than that Orbea.
Ultra Lord
Hurts. Requires Money. And is nerdy.
Sliding dropouts though.
That orbea is 8k US? Surely the pivot frame is cheaper than that.
This just reaffirms the fact XC is dumb.
pink poodle
ここには見るべきものは何もありません
Tony Ellsworth specialises in ugly bikes
Cardy George
Piercing rural members since 1981
That's on my list of bikes to look at next.not sure whether to put this here or douche listing, $8K US hardtail, i normally like orbea s but what the F with the gold, they let some crazy cat lady work her decoupage magic with some gold paper, it’s on the underside of the fork also..apart from that looks ok
PS it’s rigid, you don’t get a fork for your 8k,there isn’t any special elastomer/headset/pivot magic to cushion the blows..an actual fork
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Not rigid. Too old for that lunacy.
bear the bear
Is a real bear
Sklar Bikes- All-Road as shown at the ENVE Annual Builder Bikes Show