Description:7.75” travel speed machine. With 2.5” of rearward travel this frames feels as smooth as a 10” plow bike but with 7.75” bike nimbleness. The chainstays start extra short at 16.25” which maintains it’s quick, sharp, lively feel.
Zero chain stretch and squatting under braking.
20mm bearings with custom axles. 10lbs frame and shock.
this is the most amazing bike that i rode!!! light weight very fast.
the short chain stay makes than cut corners like a knife.
the reward travel gives a very unique feeling ,when you compress the suspension the bike pic up speed and energy .
landing from drops feels like butter the rear hooked to the ground no movement at all!!!
go for a soft spring and you will feel nothing below you as you burn rock gardens with full speed
padals very well without bobing at all!
last thing very important the service and giving of the brothers is outstanding with a lot of love for their product and alot of love for riding
buy and start ride for real
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Submitted by
Spencer Corbridge
a Downhiller
from lindon, utah, U.S. Date Reviewed: May 6, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Deer valley ncs
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$2700.00
Purchased At:
Canfield brothers
Strengths:
Great cornering, soaks up EVERY THING! light weight, takes hard impacts amazingly, Feels bottom less.
Weaknesses:
NONE!
Similar Products Used:
Iron horse sunday, Santa cruz v 10.
Bike Setup:
Canfield jedi, Marzocchi 888 world cup, Marzochi rocco wc, transition revolution rims, race face diablos cranks. etc
Bottom Line:
The canfield brothers never cease to amaze me with their extremely well thought out and perfect bikes. The older canfield formula 1 was great but lacked just a little in cornering and weight. The canfield brothers not only fixed those problems but made those some of the bikes better qualities.
The bike seems to feel more and more stable the faster you go. This bike increases your over all confidence and ability of riding. I love coming into rock gardens with full speed knowing that my bike can handle what ever i throw at it.
Unlike the iron horse sunday this bike can also take drops and free ride amazingly well. I was able to go down to the red bull rampage course in virgin utah, and after only about 3 total hours of riding the bike i felt confident in doing some of the biggest drops of my riding career.
Bottom line this bike is well worth every cent you pay for it, and exceeded my every expectation.
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Submitted by
Travis Allen
a Downhiller
from So Cal Date Reviewed: April 12, 2008
Favorite Trail:
all
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$2700.00
Purchased At:
canfieldbrothers.com
Strengths:
Corners like its on rails, pedals effeciently, light 8.24lbs with all hardware minus shock, stiff build and attention to detail.
Weaknesses:
None so far.
Similar Products Used:
F1, Karpeil armageddon, RM7, Bullit and more....
Bike Setup:
jedi, 888wc, roco wc air, I9's, middleburns, hopey damper, e-13 ring and lg-1 etc....
Bottom Line:
The asthetics of it are amazing, the attention todetail is flawless. Its extremely nimble, reponsive and fast. It doesnt suffer from the F1's issues which are slow cornering and hard to pedal, these have been corrected as well as this thing lands drops as well as the F1.
It makes a great single crown fr rig or a race rig.
I dont have an extensive time on this but having been riding the F1 for over a year and getting on this bike, you can feel the difference. Rail a few trails and its scary accurate on cornering and pops out of berms... It is an amazing design and is definently a work of art.
I am keeping my F1 with a 66rc3 on it for FR and hucking due to the fact that it is still a phenominal bike that I love to ride and inspires confidence of durability and trust. I would not hesitate to buy either of these bikes again...
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