I know people who have worked at “the factory” that made the Evil Revolt frames – there are currently 300 crooked Revolt frames sitting in boxes in the corner of the factory
they cannot be sold, and cannot be used for warranty purposes as they are f*cked
the problems with the Revolt were two-fold
1. an poorly-designed frame (it wasn’t actually fully designed when the factory was told to build it)
2. quality control problems (the factory is well known for “issues” unless you pay 100% attention to quality control at every stage)…and even then its pot luck
put 1. and 2. together and it was a disaster = the Revolt frame
regarding 1. the “Delta Link” kinematics were done by D.W. but he had no involvement in the ‘physical packaging’ of the Delta Link or other frame components
the short links placed huge stresses on the links, bearings and pivot hardware which was transferred into the mountings on the frame components, causing the premature failures of pivot-related parts and the frameset itself – I was told the links could experience nearly 6-8 tonnes of load at full bottom out
when the design was handed over to the factory, it was seriously flawed; the factory’s in-house design engineer did his best to rectify the issues and told Evil it was unworkable but production deadlines were looming..
shame, because it was a really trick looking frame, and Evil had a fresh marketing approach with some great graphics and team riders
I know of a number of riders who suffered ongoing problems with their Revolts, and one guy who had 3 different frames in a year with the 3rd taking over 6 months to show up – which he promptly sold off cheap
hopefully Evil can get this carbon version right with a decent vendor and redesigned Delta link packaging