New Job for Chris Cocalis

BH bikes ...yummy frames.
Nice if CC is working with them.

Guess is BH is pretty upset with ORBEA's (neighbour company) success in the US. BH will need more than just a name IMHO.

That Sucks...

He might as well have retired from cycling as much as that effects anything to do with what we do here.

Well Blacky, ya take what ya can git.....tis a shame though that he isn't doing anything
MTB related given his background and experience. Maybe this company is looking to expand into MTB and he'll be heading the effort? That would be cool. :thumbsup:

Dropin%Dug said:

Well Blacky, ya take what ya can git.....tis a shame though that he isn't doing anything
MTB related given his background and experience. Maybe this company is looking to expand into MTB and he'll be heading the effort? That would be cool. :thumbsup:

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If you look at BH's website, they do have MTB's, not overly exciting ones, so maybe that's what Chris is coming in for.........

Dropin%Dug said:

Well Blacky, ya take what ya can git.....tis a shame though that he isn't doing anything
MTB related given his background and experience. Maybe this company is looking to expand into MTB and he'll be heading the effort? That would be cool. :thumbsup:

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yeah BH makes mostly MTB hardtails.. at least that's what's known around here... but, as TiEndo says, that could change for the better

Dropin%Dug said:

Uhmmm....they do have both Full Suspension and HT....here's their main site.

http://www.bhbikes.com/en/index.php

And as they call them, the Doble-suspension Bikes

http://www.bhbikes.com/catalogo/doble-suspension/doble-suspension.htm

They don't look half bad....except for being kind of a Ellsworth knock off.

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Thanks... I had seen the site

I know they make FS bikes too .. I just meant they are "known" for HTs

A lot of MTB brands on this side of the pond use HL/FSR/ICT/etc suspension, since the patents for those designs don't apply here...

crisillo said:

A lot of MTB brands on this side of the pond use HL/FSR/ICT/etc suspension, since the patents for those designs don't apply here...

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Good point....I wonder if they are limited from importing the FS Bikes because of patent issues? Simliar to what happened with Scott. I wonder what role Chris will play in all of this? Is it just a marketing, brand identity role or will he be developing suspension designs for them? Interesting!!!

So now we have Commencal, Orbea and BH in the US market. The Spaniards are really making some headway into the MTB whirld.

Is it just a Scott Scale?

Anyone notice that the BH Carbon XC Rig looks alot like a Scott Scale? Who makes Scott's carbon bikes? Is it done in house? If so, any relationship to BH?

Dropin%Dug said:

Anyone notice that the BH Carbon XC Rig looks alot like a Scott Scale? Who makes Scott's carbon bikes? Is it done in house? If so, any relationship to BH?

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Depends on who you believe.......Scott claims to have their own factory in Taiwan. Others have said its one of 2 or 3 main CF frame producing factories in Taiwan or China.......

Either way BH probably is done in same factory or previous factory as the Scotts.

Dropin%Dug said:

So now we have Commencal, Orbea and BH in the US market. The Spaniards are really making some headway into the MTB whirld.

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Andorra is a Principate... not part of the Spanish Crown...

geolover said:

Yeah, sangria, tapas and now MTB's....what's next?:

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My name is Inigo Montoya...you killed my father...prepare to die.

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Pfttttttt....LMAO.......

By the way I ride a Orbea road bike and I love it...........nothing wrong with Spanish Fly.

geolover said:

Yeah, sangria, tapas and now MTB's....what's next?:

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My name is Inigo Montoya...you killed my father...prepare to die.

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:lol:

Warp said:

Andorra is a Principate... not part of the Spanish Crown...

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Commencal is considered a French brand (Max is French, and the production is in Taiwan). I rode very briefly a Meta 4 and 5 at Sea Otter. Accelerated like a hardtail.