For those of you interested here's a pic of the new V8 - no front mech!!??
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Not really a replacement for the VP free then 🙁 More like a Short travel V10!
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I would think it worth mentioning that these pictures are taken from the new issue of DIRT, in case anyone wants to read more.
oooooh, it's fwoooargeous
These were from MTBR.com but since noticed they are in DIRT.
It's like an ugly V10 🙁
Maybe companies are starting to realise an 8" 'freeride' bike is not really much of a market now with people using smaller, lighter shirter travel bikes for the same stuff.
A shorter, tighter, lighter DH bike makes more sense to me.
I think its a case of what goes around comes around, Short travel is the new big thing it seems.
Elsewhere in the new dirt there is a lot of talk about quality not quantity (of travel). Certainly we will probably see more short travel rigs for more 'extreme' riding in the near future.
Trouble is once a bike or suspension design is perfected in short travel they will make a longer travel version and we are back to square one, only for it all to happen again.....
Removed the pics just incase, didn't realise when I posted them that they were in Dirt 😳
