Ellsworth is back. I know you missed them.
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Tell us the Truth. Do we really need this?
“The smart cockpit”
I wonder what Tony thinks of this.
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“The smart cockpit”
I wonder what Tony thinks of this.
I see what you did there.
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Cray. The whole package. How people once salivated over these. Then they started breaking. Then…Tony. Then someone buys this company. Not once but multiple times. What could possibly be left of it, apart from tarnished, negative value goodwill?
Just nuts. Everything.
Just nuts. Everything.
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I wouldn’t mind kick starting it. I wish so much Tony would come back, saltier than ever. He’s long gone now though with his own e-bike venture.
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A moment of enlightenment from the oracle. The method of this joker has gone rogue yet dare to evolve to some truth.
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The downfall was using paper thin aluminum to keep the bikes light. Serious low weights on full suspension bikes back then. Great craftsmanship and suspension designs. The problem was, the paper thin tubing would fail. They more often than not wouldn’t honor warranty claims. Great designs and a huge following until it became apparent that they fought most all warranty claims. It blew up on social media [this site included] and they soon got a bad rep. I used to live maybe 3-4 miles from Tony’s nice country home north of San Diego and Southern California became Ellsworth central. Not many of those early 2000’s frames are still around other than cracked and hanging on a wall in a man cave.
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Good ole Smellsworth...
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Those would be cool, on a bigwheel. I wonder if those buttons make laser sounds and stuff? One is for an intercom fer sure.
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That's what I called mine
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Facts.
I had a Ellsworth Sub 22. When putting a clamp-on front derailleur, I crimped the seat tube a bit. I was not gorilla handing the Allen wrench either. It was the same pressure you would use on any other aluminum frame. I ended up putting some rubber under the clamp and using the frame for a long time, no problem, but that aluminum tubing was hella weak.
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