Oooh, so 'pre-regs' Souls and Sodas are going to be collectors' items, eh? Interesting <strokes beard>... 😉
Has anyone got any video of someone dropping 3.5 metres on a 120mm forked hardtail? sounds like a bit of a fishy story to me.
Youtube search:
Impressive, but not sure it's a hardtail:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZLrNlnHJTA
Impressive indeed
i rode the big drop(called the 16fter) on pitch hill years ago on my hummer with 130mm forks.
as long as the trannny is steep its all good
Answering queries:
aw - The Simple is identical to the Soul, but with track ends and no cable guides. There is no SS option on the BFe.
Lionheart - Yes, that is the case.
takisawa2 - I use FEA, I know other people who use beam calcs and simply test lot's of prototypes. One of my main beef's about the standard is that it makes FE really hard to use because the load cases are all 'drop anvil on this bit of frame' lab test type stuff which makes working out the physics of the static load case to design to quite difficult. At the end of the day, the new law states you have to have credible evidence of compliance, and that is almost certainly a lab test.
mattoutandabout - The new Soul should be just as sprightly and wonderful as the old, if not more so. Once I got over the shock of the regs, I've decided to turn this around and use it as an opportunity to stretch what's possible with steel. I will not compromise what the Soul is for these regs, but as mentioned above, achieving that has meant a whole new level of cunningness.
