I think it looks like an Ibis but pinkbikers are already on the attack
atlas4gr
I think it looks like an Ibis but pinkbikers are already on the attack
I'm in the minority but I like it and see it's value for being smack in the middle of things. One could find a lot of use for a bike like this - an everyday efficient trail bike to an XC racer to an mtb does gravel course.
For me and my riding, almost perfect geo except the very short rear triangle. Carbon is not my preferred medium and the price is a little too high. I'd rock one though.
I don't know...looks pretty damn good to me. 66.5 degree head angle too steep on a XC hardtail? Seriously? I like that it has clearance for big tires and a good range of compatible fork travel. Value wise its not groundbreaking, but not bad. The Spec Epic HT is in the same ballpark compared spec to spec. I owned the Epic HT last year and thought it was a super fun, capable xc bike. If my back could tolerate riding a hardtail for more than an hour, I'd take the DV9 all day over the Epic HT.
Totally bias, but @Roxy, what happened to form follows function? Is the “function” expression to allow for a lower seat tube and you needed a way to connect the head tube with the lower seat tube?
If it isn’t that school of thought and pure aesthetic, at least the form should suggest a cause and resulting effect that has something to do with motion?
If it isn’t that school of thought and pure aesthetic, at least the form should suggest a cause and resulting effect that has something to do with motion?
everyone's do it all is different. I think it's clear this bike is minded to efficiency. billed as applicable to NICA races. I give them a 1/2 pass on the pump track comment since slack geo doesn't really work great in that setting.
I read the PB comments and am pretty much embarrassed to be associated with the MTB community if this what most are really like. Just dozens upon dozens of posts with vitriol and hate and insults because....the top tube isn't straight??? Good lord, man. Pathetic.
I was absolutely dumbfounded reading through some of them and trying to put some sense in my replies until i gave up. The lack of basic geometry understanding and not even reading to understand the design choices that lead to the overall geo of the bike.
Astounding.
Astounding.
850 × 567
640 × 480
Dang, you're right!
Better order a Fox 38 for it to avoid rock strikes. Unless 150mm cranksets are what you normally run...
Better order a Fox 38 for it to avoid rock strikes. Unless 150mm cranksets are what you normally run...
With tire clearance up to 2.6 and a fork spec from 100-140 looks pretty damn versatile to me! 100mm fork and some semi slick 2.25's and you'd be rocking a a full XC bike. A 140mm fork and some meaty 2.6's would have a pretty slack, capable "downcountry" hardtail. Without really splitting hairs, can't see much to hate here.
I first wrote something mean but that's not fair. Still, why does this bike not excite me and something like a Paradox feels cool?
I think "do it all" is the key phrase here. It's not a legit, all out XC bike...but it will do it darn well. It's not a big hit, trail shredder... but for a lot of people it will do that "trail" thing or that DC thing pretty well too on some meaty 2.6 tires and 130-140mm fork. It's pretty light, and very capable in a lot of situations. It's not even that is "can" do something, but it does it pretty dang well. It will do XC WAY better than an RSD MC or similar bike and, in DC guise, it won't be much worse on most trails if at all. Pretty much the definition of do it all.
The only thing it is not is affordable for most high school kids. 3-4K isn't very reasonable for a high schooler working over the summer, especially if they are on the younger side. Yeah it's spec'd nicely, better than most. Having that 34SC fork is awesome. But it's hardly affordable.
The only thing it is not is affordable for most high school kids. 3-4K isn't very reasonable for a high schooler working over the summer, especially if they are on the younger side. Yeah it's spec'd nicely, better than most. Having that 34SC fork is awesome. But it's hardly affordable.
PB reactions were over the top, both when it comes to geo and looks. To me the geo looks well designed for a XC/Trail oriented bike. I used to own a ht with a 66.5 HTA and 425mm CS in size small and it was a very versatile bike, even back in 2016 I imagined it would even make a good race bike with a lightweight build. With a long dropper and meaty tyres it would let me tackle anything within reason.
My only objection is the same chainstay length across all sizes, this needs to stop happening across the industry. Even more when it's a carbon ht, which means each size has it's own mold anyway.
My other objection is the "value" argument, there must cheaper alternatives if a VFM hardtail allrounder is what you need? I know I wouldn't priotitise a carbon frame in such a case, I'd rather spend that money on the lightest wheels I could afford.
My only objection is the same chainstay length across all sizes, this needs to stop happening across the industry. Even more when it's a carbon ht, which means each size has it's own mold anyway.
My other objection is the "value" argument, there must cheaper alternatives if a VFM hardtail allrounder is what you need? I know I wouldn't priotitise a carbon frame in such a case, I'd rather spend that money on the lightest wheels I could afford.
Is it not the best looking hardtail out there and it’s also not the best colours to choose from. You look at how good an arc looks and the colour choices available compared to a dv9 that looks like a throwback from years ago, especially in the brown colour.
I like my Ripley but I just couldn’t buy the hardtail to go with it.
I like my Ripley but I just couldn’t buy the hardtail to go with it.
if they wanted to make it versatile, they could have put an adjustable chainstay length of some sort on it. don't like the short chainstays? make them longer with a few twists of a wrench. otherwise, that bike looks rad.
BB drop would change with BB height, right? The rear axle height would stay the same as the front rotates upwards with the longer fork A2C - BB raises, drop reduces.
If the BB is that low, it's a definite no. I've had friends crash from catching small stumps in races. I've seen hospital trips due to the bb being too low. I've broken countless crank brothers pedals and the bb has only gotten lower in the last decade.
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