T0m profile

Dammmnnn now that is hot. 

Will be watching for any/all info on this bike and production plans. Photos are exceptional also- Sion has the kind of style that shows up in stills.

Good review, nice bike for most of the world, unbelievable price. I also can’t believe the “improved” Reverb requires a proprietary tool to desquish.

The key questions for this whole endeavor will be durability, service, and parts. It’s risky as hell to introduce a proprietary shock but the design is enticing. Will it be user serviceable, and parts easy to source? Hopefully reliability and service intervals on this huge damper will exceed that of our usual suspects. I’m definitely intrigued. Gonna be an uphill battle to convince the market to skip Ripmo/Bronson/Jeffsy for aluminum and a proprietary shock/strut at similar cost but I wish Tim and co. all the luck in the world. That bike is a looker IMO.

Mikesee is a hugely accomplished all-season rider whose advice I take if offered. Continental temp-gradient snowpack can be nearly impossible to ride in certain conditions cos it just doesn’t stick together.

There is a Cane Creek upper headset bearing - the Viscoset- that is a polymer steering damper intended for E-bikes with speed wobbles. I try to never mention my fat biking but the Viscoset helps immensely on mine in soft snow (it’s a Mike Curiak tip- he is a boss.) Anyway when I tried it on dirt I thought the damped steering was subtly beneficial but big movements like tight switchbacks were harder as it slows high-angle steering down. Not a game changer IMO unless you like to scrabble through unpacked continental sugar snow. I also have used a VO steering spring thing on my Riv, which is an ancient Eurobike idea that works subtly to stop a front load from doing your steering, but is not really that effective. Based on this history I think Syntace/Canyon’s tech is a subtle control improvement that some may love but few will see as essential.

SC’s recent colors seem chosen to accessorize tan and olive garage queen Ta-bro-mas and Jeeps. The blue is welcome.

Sorry this post is on wrong thread- was just an added data point for the list of North American-produced carbon frames. Ibis has plans for this at larger scale than just the Exie, I’d bet.

Ibis has moved some carbon production in-house, probably to work out the possibility of larger future production. Started with the Exie, along with in-house polymer coat finishing for the same model. It’s a start. Ibis Exie Mfg

Thumbs up! That bike looks great. Many parts I know well there, like the moose tongue Joplin (bought mine almost new for $100 back when droppers were still weird.) It worked well for two seasons until it leaked. 

And yellow is growing on me, have never had a yellow bike yet.

Love my Smooth Move bars too. 3” rise, Nitto, and silver seem to aggravate the endur-bros on 7” FS. Which is seemingly every other rider around here in front range CO.

I’ve been considering selling my “sagwagon” after some rigid bike time. Synchronicity or something but last night I dreamt of pinning it on a loop ride a few years ago that had a long rough 4WD road as the exit. Realized this morning I easily averaged 30-35mph for several miles on that downhill. TBIs, spinal injuries, compound fractures, the bad possibilities are endless. My experimental 29+ rigid fat bike setup actually rides very well on most dirt trails with speed limit built in, so maybe a custom steel rigid or a Stooge is in order. That misaligned vertebra pic will stick with me. Maybe old folks will usher in a new wave of rigid MTBs ha ha.

That was meant to be a reply to Ziggy’s post. Not sure why threading doesn’t happen on previous posts.

I agree with this sentiment. “Accidents” between cars and people don’t have appropriate consequences. Even the way vehicle/bike or pedestrian accidents are reported and talked about is skewed. Cyclists and walkers aren’t hit by cars, they’re hit by drivers. What’s the functional difference between killing someone with a car or gun? Just because our culture is car-dependent doesn’t exempt drivers from responsibility. I argue this every time I see it. And it’s common all over the US to see “car hits cyclist” headlines and then read that “no criminality is suspected.” Why the F not?

Man, Andrew, sorry to hear about your Ford issues. That is a true lemon story. The Focus is a solid chassis, it’s a shame they couldn’t do other basics (like drivetrain or warranty) right. Hope there’s a remedy.

The only safe cycling infrastructure separates cyclists from cars. Two- way MUPs can be a shitshow with some accident potential, but if they’re well away from the 3 ton texting obliviates going 50 mph I’ll take the MUP option any day. Had to give up road riding around here as it’s obvious I’m trusting my life to distracted-driving muppets. I do commute to work on painted one-way lane some of the time and take the sidewalk on the sketchiest part. It’s almost always empty anyway, as this is a driving town— er, country.