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spitfire3
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| Spokes wrote: | | I remember a english mag did a very bad review on a GT Lobo. They broke it in half and printed it. GT and others pulled the advertising. Just about killed the mag. |
 haha shame to both of them
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snr_merv
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| Posted: Thu 11th Sep 6:16pm Post subject: |
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Dirt mag says 37lbs out of the box, and some dude from Trek has built one to 33lbs with proper DH tyres 
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soccer_pro
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| Posted: Thu 11th Sep 7:19pm Post subject: |
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So whats gonna be the price of one of these machines?
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pushbikerider
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| Posted: Thu 11th Sep 7:23pm Post subject: |
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| Spokes wrote: | | I remember a english mag did a very bad review on a GT Lobo. They broke it in half and printed it. GT and others pulled the advertising. Just about killed the mag. |
That was MBi wasn't when Chris Porter (mojo suspension, the UK Fox distributor) was the editor, great magazine
GT threw big toys at them, but they never seemed to be short of bikes to ride (or gas money to go ride on france / spain)
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yakuzas_rock_888
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| mudguard wrote: | Money not so much the problem, getting it out now is.
Lahar is another story all together |
lahar is one of the best downhill bikes on the market!! i have never heard of one snapped or cracked or any dumb tihs like that.
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Stun
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| Posted: Thu 11th Sep 7:57pm Post subject: |
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| pushbikerider wrote: | | Spokes wrote: | | I remember a english mag did a very bad review on a GT Lobo. They broke it in half and printed it. GT and others pulled the advertising. Just about killed the mag. |
That was MBi wasn't when Chris Porter (mojo suspension, the UK Fox distributor) was the editor, great magazine
GT threw big toys at them, but they never seemed to be short of bikes to ride (or gas money to go ride on france / spain) |
I've go that mag somewhere...
They sure knew how to take pictures of people doing skids.  
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Robbie
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| Posted: Fri 12th Sep 7:01am Post subject: |
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| snr_merv wrote: | | Dirt mag says 37lbs out of the box, and some dude from Trek has built one to 33lbs with proper DH tyres |
Means little until somebody weighs the frame (and shock),
after all the rest of the compments are two thirds-three quarters of the weight.
Class leading frameweight is a nice phrase, but are they "leading" by 0.05 lbs? Who knows ?
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dhmachine
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| Posted: Sun 14th Sep 4:24am Post subject: |
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I can tell you that they are light. Probably very close to what they claim. (This is for the complete bike)
I haven't picked up a frame yet.
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banga
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from velo news
"Todd Wells and Burry Stander leave GT for Specialized, while Liam Killeen moves from Specialized to Trek under an expanded program run by former Honda team director Martin Whitely. Also going to Trek is downhiller World Cup champion Greg Minnaar, from Santa Cruz Syndicate. Downhiller Sam Hill is expected to move from Monster Energy to Specialized."
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Robbie
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| Posted: Mon 15th Sep 9:11am Post subject: |
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oooer.
Sam h at The Syndicate would have been interesting..
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dhmachine
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Sam Hill at the Syndicate was never going to happen.
Minnaar on the Trek and Hill on a Specialized should be interesting. Hmmm.
Good for the development of more good bikes IMO.
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