Tomac Primer 220 and Snyper 140
Kenda/Tomac World Cup Gravity Team’s Primer 220 race bike
Joel Smith from Tomac shows us two bikes from their 2009 lineup, the Primer 220 DH bike and the Snyper 140 All Mountain bike.
Tomac Primer 220
-220 mm travel rear (9.5″)
-7005 series aluminum
-hydro formed top and down tubes
-CNC chain-stay yokes
-CNC dropouts
-extremely stiff, based on old Magnum DH bike
-1.5″ head tube
-hex axle rear end for lateral stiffness
Yeti ASR 7
Steve, from Yeti, is one of the main engineers who helped develop and build the ASR 7. Here Steve goes into detail about the features of this bike. The ASR 7 is a long travel All Mountain bike based on the 575 platform, but with added travel.
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La Pierre Tecnic FS 900
Tim Rutledge of Seattle Bike Supply shows us the La Pierre Tecnic 900. This is a new model for 2009, based off of the popular Tecnic 700, but with some upgrades.
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Pivot Cycles Firebird
See all the latest 2009 Bikes and Products from Pivot Cycles Here!
Chris Cocalis of Pivot Cycles give us an in-depth look at the all new Firebird! This bike features:
-6.5″ rear travel (actual 167mm)
-6.9lbs frame weight
-1.5 headtube
-approx. 29 lbs full bike
-dw-link rear suspension
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Santa Cruz Bicycles: Dirt Demo
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Santa Cruz Bicycles have updated and totally redesigned some key bikes.
The Nomad gets some key updates learned from the Blur LT redesign:
- Hydro-formed top tube that gets rid of the weld.
- A bit longer top-tube: larger cockpit
- Carbon Fiber link arm - interwoven to improve strength
- Zerk ports on links for easy greasing
- New drop-out design
