Why has every bike part or frame been upgraded to the new improved and more expensive EVO version.
It,s around so much it really gets on my t*t 😉

TBH I’m surprised nobody’s gone for “Intelligent Design” instead – sounds better to me

(Ed: What happened to your other t*t ?)
(Ed2: It’s “it’s” innit !)

it started here didn’t it?

robhughes

Why has every bike part or frame been upgraded to the new improved and more expensive EVO version.
It,s around so much it really gets on my t*t

List some examples please?

List some examples please?

I can only think of the Hope stuff – the new ProIIs and the new brakes.

I suppose you have the Spesh Evos, but I don’t suppose they’re really ‘better’ – just aimed at different riders to the normal models.

SS also have Evo versions of their hubs (wonder who had the idea first) and of course the 456 Evo…not exactly hundreds.

marzocchi, schwalbe, hope, chumba, …

op has a point, just put evo in CRC’s search box…
Hope Pro2 Evo hubs
661 Evo elbow guards
Di Marchi contour Evo sock
No Fear Prime II Evo helmet
Spank Spike 777 EVO Bars
Hope Tech M4 Evo Brakes
Electron Terra 2 Evo Front Light
All the Schwalbe tyres
etc, etc…

Evo innit!! EVO!! means it’s well cool/top/sorted/wikid innit! INNIT!!! 😯 EVO!!!!

crikey that is a bit more than I had noticed…. Damn I even have some Evo tyres (Schwalbe). I’ll have to go de-chav them with a black pen to hide the logo! 😉

I guess it does have a legitimate reason if the item is not ‘all new’ but is an evolved version of the previous – like the Hope hubs that are slightly improved and the 456 that is slightly tweaked.

Its the equivalent of putting a lower-case “i” before a product name to make it double in value.

It’s like turbo in the eighties all over again..
I had a turbo ghetto blaster… 8)

The Evo I always wanted:

sssimon, that at Chatsworth? Shame they aren’t running the event this year, very local and a decent day out…

Lets have it right…if you ain’t got an ‘evo’ slapped around the gaff, bike, motor, caravan, lawnmower blah-blah ‘den you aint like nuffink yeh?!
😉

I reckon these lot started it

You,d have to be on glue to believe the hype. 😀
But that Lancia is a different story.

I think sssimon has it. 😀 Bonkers car too.

Was going to say that I’d never noticed it as a phenomenon, but got some road shoes the other day that have EVO in their name…

No idea, but I think I know what comes next:

I have no idea what this band sounds like.

Nor do i want to know really. Clearly very cool though.

Just got an “evo” wheel today dammit. guess i’ll have to add a letter…

Evo, short for Evolution innit…

And Evolution is good, cos without it we have…

-No Gears
-No Suspension
-Fixies
-Bad Haircuts
-Skinny Jeans

Put another way, you want EVO all over your bike, otherwise you’re just gonna end up looking like you’re from Bristol, with your fixie, your retro hair and your sister’s jeans… 😉

No. It means “You Just Can’t Do It” in Finnish. Seriously:

http://www.acronymfinder.com/EVO.html

But the Hope Pro2: You Just Can’t Do It doesn’t have the same ring (or fit on the hub) so they went with EVO for short.

For it to be Evolution bikes would have to have sex and that’s a myth.

It does make a little sense- “This isn’t a totally new product, it’s an evolved and improved version of the old one”. Though in practice, it does seem to have about as much meaning as sticking an R on the end of the name, in most cases.

I hadn’t realised why the Integrale was called Evo until I saw themanfromdelmonte’s post. Now it all makes sense.

For it to be Evolution bikes would have to have sex and that’s a myth

You may think so, but I own an ibis mojo with a 31.6mm seat tube….

Don’t forget the Trek EVO link.

Orange 224 EVO

And the worst Evo ever, the Fiat Punto Evo. Surely a branding crime!

I have no idea what this band sounds like.

Awesome!
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