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Trying to come up with a list of companies who make single-pivot bikes (NB: not single-pivot linkage-driven designs)...

Orange
Iron Horse (Bootleg)
Morewood
Santa Cruz

Who else..?


 
Posted : 01/09/2009 12:28 pm
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Cannondale?


 
Posted : 01/09/2009 12:34 pm
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do brooklyn, thats a guess


 
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Diamondback, I think.

Edit - Indeed they do, but according to their web site they don't seem to make the one that had Revelations up front that I was thinking of, anymore.


 
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Maverick, kind of anyhoo


 
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Apollo


 
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Mountain Cycle.


 
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Orbea (Occam)
Haro (Shift)


 
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Corsair.


 
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The empire dh bike is single pivot too I think.


 
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(NB: not single-pivot linkage-driven designs)...

Why not? The suspension action will be simlar unless the linkage has radically changed how the shock is driven (and it appears to do so rarely!)


 
Posted : 01/09/2009 1:05 pm
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GT iDrive? it is a sort of single pivot.

Foes

Nicolai?


 
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Sinister do one - the Gruitr


 
Posted : 01/09/2009 1:06 pm
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Cynic-al - because the linkage may radically change how the shock is driven ๐Ÿ™‚


 
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So in that case, neither the I-Drive nor the Maverick.


 
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The idrive is single pivot as the extra bit only effects the bb. the shock is driven directly from the swing arm.


 
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Cynic-al - because the linkage may radically change how the shock is driven

You believe it actually does, or can't work that out? Frikkin journos ๐Ÿ™„ ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
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Tesco's full sussers


 
Posted : 01/09/2009 1:52 pm
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Even if the linkage doesn't do much to the suspension rate (most don't but some do IME) it'll still affect the stiffness of the frame ๐Ÿ™‚


 
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do write for MBR too?

Deary me....


 
Posted : 01/09/2009 1:54 pm
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We're basically looking for bikes that have minimal pivots/bushes/bearings to go in our upcoming "Filth Riding"-themed issue.


 
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Transition


 
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I think Mondraker do one. A sort of budget freerad type thing. Aren't the Exprezo bikes single pivot too? I s'pose you should know seeing as you've just tested their Gamjam.

Are you after a particular niche/travel cos we've got 4 inches to 8 inches being touted around in this thread?


 
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We're basically looking for bikes that have minimal pivots/bushes/bearings to go in our upcoming "Filth Riding"-themed issue.

Then the Maverick is back in the running then ๐Ÿ™‚


 
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CanyonBikes (swiss loveliness)Torque 8.0
Nicolai Helius
Yeti ASX(re-released)


 
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Ask a simple question eh?


 
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http://www.hukkbikes.com/bikes.html


 
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We're basically looking for bikes that have minimal pivots/bushes/bearings to go in our upcoming "Filth Riding"-themed issue.

The Cannondale Rush and Prophet have to be in with a shout, single pivot and loads of mud clearence.

Only 2 bearings and 4 shock bushings to worry about.


 
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Does it have to be current bikes?

The Rush and the Prophet have been de-listeded from the Cannondale USA website.


 
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[i]We're basically looking for bikes that have minimal pivots/bushes/bearings to go in our upcoming "Filth Riding"-themed issue[/i]

A hardtail then...

/coat, door


 
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The Nicolai Helius is a FSR frame.

How about a Raligh Activator 2? Only had one pivot point just behind the BB if I remember correctly.

Saracen must do something.

The Prophet isnt made anymore.


 
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Even if the linkage doesn't do much to the suspension rate (most don't but some do IME) it'll still affect the stiffness of the frame

It [i]may[/i] do, yes.

We're basically looking for bikes that have minimal pivots/bushes/bearings to go in our upcoming "Filth Riding"-themed issue.

Well if you'd said that at the start then I wouldn't have had to have pwned you would I? ๐Ÿ™„


 
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specialized
[img] http://www.vicmtb.com.au/store/05bikes/specialized/bighit_sport/05BigHitSport_Blue_l.jp g" target="_blank">http://www.vicmtb.com.au/store/05bikes/specialized/bighit_sport/05BigHitSport_Blue_l.jp g"/> [/img]

i love posting links to their Big Hit SPEC bikes as all spesh owners have some kind of fetish lust thing about four-bars
sadly i think they last made them in 05, but never imported them here, saw quite a few in Norway when i was out there


 
Posted : 01/09/2009 5:07 pm
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Although a current theme breaker, consider throwing in some frames that have one way purging pivots/bearings ie Turner, Santa Cruz.


 
Posted : 01/09/2009 5:10 pm
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Nicolai Nonius is the one you're thinking of.


 
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There's a [b]Corsair[/b] in the new Dirt. That's deffo a single pivot.


 
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We're basically looking for bikes that have minimal pivots/bushes/bearings to go in our upcoming "Filth Riding"-themed issue.


Go back to URT bikes - my Trek Y3 rode beautifully, if only it was slightly smaller and had disc mounts to fit Hope Minis......


 
Posted : 01/09/2009 5:47 pm
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Didnt Proflex pioneeer single pivot bikes?

I know they don't make them like they used to, but werent all pre K2 bikes single pivot?


 
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"did" yes - as did many. He's looking for "does"


 
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If you're looking for really low maintenance you should look at funk cycles ( http://www.funkcycles.com/) as they make a 3-4" full suss with only one pivot of any type, at the shock-frame mount (unlike single pivot bikes which can have multiple bushes, pivots etc). Flexible ti plate at the BB does the job of that pivot, nothing at the seatstay/chainstay junction, the bottom of the shock is bolted to the seatstays leaving only the toptube shock mounting as the pivot...

Happy to test one for you!

Ian


 
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Pics of the pivots or lack thereof:[img] [/img] [img] [/img]


 
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Morewood


 
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Sunn's new range includes a couple of single pivot designs.


 
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Several of the Bionicon Range, such as the eddison.


 
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I love those funks....29er FS pivotless.....OMG.
Can I find $2500 somewhere? How much are 3yr old children worth on the black market?


 
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