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Who's stoked on the 2010 Cove G-Spot?

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GearTech

Discussion Starter · Jan 8, 2010

I am...

The guys at The Cove are pretty excited about this one too. 35# builds are said to be easily attainable and it is said to climb as well as it descends. This suspension design works really well too as evidenced by the Shocker and STD. A light mini-STD I suppose. I'm diggin it, how about you?

Cove still needs it's own forum...

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bobzibub

· #2 · Jan 8, 2010

Hell ya!

fattireridereric

· #3 · Jan 8, 2010

I love my cove std, the only issues for the kind of riding I wanted to do on it was: heavy weight, 7.5" rear travel, 83 bb and 150mm rear end. The new Gspot addresses those issues to make it more pedal freindly.

Hopefully the final production smoothes out a few lines from the protos.

GearTech

Discussion Starter · #4 · Jan 8, 2010

fattireridereric said:
I love my cove std, the only issues for the kind of riding I wanted to do on it was: heavy weight, 7.5" rear travel, 83 bb and 150mm rear end. The new Gspot addresses those issues to make it more pedal freindly.

Hopefully the final production smoothes out a few lines from the protos.

I love the STD as well, it does so many things so well. That being said it is a bit burly for longer rides where a decent amount of climbing is involved. Now we've got the G-Spot as an answer for our trail bike needs. The only thing I would change on the new G would be to slack up that front end a bit. Chill it out to 66* (with the new 170mm Lyrik DH attached, which I happen to have on hand

) and I'd be in heaven. If your going to get serious on climbs with this frame you'll probably want a travel adjust fork anyway. That way you've got the DH slaying slacker head angle and with the fork dropped a steep enough head angle to manage technical climbs. Then again, I did have a Banshee Rune with a 67* HTA and it felt very comfortable on the descents hmmm. I'll be checking out the new G-Spot regardless of what they do with the final production geo numbers since the guys at Cove know what the hell they're doing and I'm sure it'll be a stellar ride.

Mr Bling

· #5 · Jan 9, 2010

was gonna go with that bad boy but in the end it should ba a 2010 Knolly DT

GearTech

Discussion Starter · #6 · Jan 9, 2010

Before you drop that serious cash I would suggest you ride them both. The Knolly has the 4bar FSR and the Cove has a Virtual Pivot so they will pedal and feel different. You may like the Cove over the Knolly after a ride or vice-verse. Either way they are both the sickest new designs of 2010 IMO.

Mr Bling

· #7 · Jan 9, 2010

Clearly, I have demoed a V tach, older DT, STD, shocker and endorphin and as much as I like the Cove the new DT should fit me better than the Cove in size as well as riding characteristics.
that being said I wish I could score both:thumbsup:

GearTech

Discussion Starter · #8 · Jan 11, 2010

Mr Bling said:
Clearly, I have demoed a V tach, older DT, STD, shocker and endorphin and as much as I like the Cove the new DT should fit me better than the Cove in size as well as riding characteristics.
that being said I wish I could score both:thumbsup:

If it fits you better then it's easy to choose I suppose. I'm still super stoked on the G-Spot and would love to throw a leg over the Delirium to do some comparisons. Lots of great bikes coming out this year...

ronny

· #9 · Jan 15, 2010

Cove looks to have a winner on their hands and it is great that some kick ass am bikes are coming out of Canada now. Knolly and Banshee are really getting noticed now and I'm sure that Cove is going to get some recognition with this new bike. The G-spot looks burly and the stand over also looks very good. The dual link design should make it very pedal friendly. I have heard it is 7 pounds without the shock for a medium. Any word on the frame weight?

I noticed you said you had a Rune, which is one of my favorite bikes right now and the Rune's linkage design is very similar to the G-spot. Any particular reason for wanting to make the switch and what didn't you like about the Rune? I have only checked the Rune out quickly but it is a very stiff and versatile rig.

8664

· #10 · Jan 15, 2010

juicy:thumbsup:

GearTech

Discussion Starter · #11 · Jan 15, 2010

ronny said:
Cove looks to have a winner on their hands and it is great that some kick ass am bikes are coming out of Canada now. Knolly and Banshee are really getting noticed now and I'm sure that Cove is going to get some recognition with this new bike. The G-spot looks burly and the stand over also looks very good. The dual link design should make it very pedal friendly. I have heard it is 7 pounds without the shock for a medium. Any word on the frame weight?

I noticed you said you had a Rune, which is one of my favorite bikes right now and the Rune's linkage design is very similar to the G-spot. Any particular reason for wanting to make the switch and what didn't you like about the Rune? I have only checked the Rune out quickly but it is a very stiff and versatile rig.

The review site that I run has me switching bikes quite often. It wasn't that I didn't like the Rune, It was just time to move to a new frame. I rode the Rune on many different styles of terrain from smooth bike paths to slopestyle trails to full on DH gnarl and it did very well in all situations. I'd have to say that where it really shone was on aggressive AM bordering on FR trails. I'm not sure if it could handle continued FR/DH use under my 200 pounds of abuse.

That's one reason why I'm so excited to try the 2010 G-Spot. Geo on the G is similar to the Rune and if the STD that I'm currently on is any indication of the suspension performance I know the G will shred. I'm loving the STD but there are times when I don't need that much bike and I'd like to be on something a bit lighter. I have a feeling the new G-Spot will kill it on smooth fast trails (jumps-n-berms), happily climb back up and still be capable of tearing through some gnarl if you ask it to. That's all speculation but when it comes out I hope to feature it in a review so we'll find out for sure.

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L. Ron Hoover

· #12 · Jan 27, 2010

I'm really interested in the 2010 G-Spot. I'm looking for a frame that I can do trail rides on but still have it FR/DH capable for trips to Whistler, the North Shore, Bromont, etc. with a change of wheelset. My local shop just picked up Cove so the G-spot has definitely piqued my interest.

For reference, I'm currently riding everything on a 2006 Uzzi VPX with the Slacker dropouts, an '07 66RC2X and a heavy-ish build. It's savage going down things but up is becoming a chore. My budget doesn't allow for 2 bikes so I'm looking for something that can do it all without too much compromise. I've also found myself doing more trail riding than dedicated DH lately.

Any word on when they're going to be shipping them?

dr.smooth

· #13 · Jan 27, 2010

Shipdates

We're aiming for an April 20th ship date for the first run of frames. Everything looks good so far!

-Adam

L. Ron Hoover

· #14 · Jan 27, 2010

dr.smooth said:
We're aiming for an April 20th ship date for the first run of frames. Everything looks good so far!

-Adam

Sweet! So I might be able to get my grubby little hands on one for this year? They're not all spoken for, are they?

dr.smooth

· #15 · Jan 27, 2010

You should be fine, but get dealer on the move!

-Adam

GearTech

Discussion Starter · #16 · Jan 29, 2010

Is it April yet?

Tazil

· #17 · Jan 29, 2010

This is definitely on my wish list just unsure with the sizing. I'm 6ft (183cm) 170lbs.
Current ride 07 sx trail weighing around 35lb (rough guess) with a 45inch wheelbase, fox36's, 50mm thomson.

2010 G-spot geo is almost identical to the nomad so i was thinking goin by the nomad sizing chart and get a large.

What do you think guys?

Also dhx air 5.0 option?

dr.smooth

· #18 · Jan 29, 2010

The bike will come stock with a 2011 DHX Air 5.0, small can.

I'm almost identical to your specs and would be on a large no question.

-Adam

Tazil

· #19 · Jan 29, 2010 (Edited)

When will the g-spot page be updated on the cove site?

Tazil

· #20 · Jan 30, 2010

https://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/core-bike-2010-cove-g-spot-prototype-24797

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