I am not too sure why the BC edition has aluminum stays. Is it for tire clearance?
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I am not too sure why the BC edition has aluminum stays. Is it for tire clearance?
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I am not too sure why the BC edition has aluminum stays. Is it for tire clearance?
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I can answer that. The BC Edition comes with a few non-xc features that greatly increase the cost of bike: Travel adjust Fox fork, Reverb seat post, Type-2 derailleur, etc. To keep pricing at what we at Rocky feel is a reasonable level, the rear end is kept aluminum to offset the extra goodies.
If you look closely at the 970 RSL (Non BC Edition) that bikeradar has, you'll notice the spec is more race oriented, including the carbon rear end.
What Cheez1ts said.^
I just rode the Test of Metal course and was wondering what a 29er would ride like.
Does anyone know if you can rent a 100+ mm travel 29er in North Van or Squampton?
CORSA rents out stumpys.
I am not too sure why the BC edition has aluminum stays. Is it for tire clearance?
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I have aluminum chain / seat stays on my Stumpy Expert Carbon 29. Still really stiff but gains the durability of aluminum for the rear end. Probably the same thing here.
I hope they did update the seat stays with more of a curve, the last element I saw didn't have much room with a 2.0 tire.
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CORSA rents out stumpys.
Cove has a couple of Satori Demos. Had one for a day and they didn't charge me.
"I just rode the Test of Metal course and was wondering what a 29er would ride like.
Does anyone know if you can rent a 100+ mm travel 29er in North Van or Squampton?"
Republic have access to Scotts Spark Pro 29 in large.. alloy version in medium
Summit (Whistler) rent element 29ers.
What can you see that I can't? I was having so much fun doing those!
Looking at it again, I still see some front wheel flex, but not quite as scary as I first thought. Perhaps it's an optical illusion, but lateral force like that will definitely flex a light 29 wheel (experience, not interweb assumption).
Lee Lau riding Empress on the BC Edition. In case you needed some more proof of how awesome this bike is.
Looking at it again, I still see some front wheel flex, but not quite as scary as I first thought. Perhaps it's an optical illusion, but lateral force like that will definitely flex a light 29 wheel (experience, not interweb assumption).
I'd like to know what scientific highly calibrated internet calipers you're using to measure the flex in the wheel in that photo.
All I can see is a slight bulge in the tire where it is making contact with the ground.
As to the article if I was looking for an XC bike this would be a solid contender! Great write up and pics!
You can't try to gauge flex in a photo because there is always some fisheye effects delinearizing everything.
I can answer that. The BC Edition comes with a few non-xc features that greatly increase the cost of bike: Travel adjust Fox fork, Reverb seat post, Type-2 derailleur, etc. To keep pricing at what we at Rocky feel is a reasonable level, the rear end is kept aluminum to offset the extra goodies.
If you look closely at the 970 RSL (Non BC Edition) that bikeradar has, you'll notice the spec is more race oriented, including the carbon rear end.
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