I've seen several photos from Sea Otter of various Versus Cycles rigs and I was wondering - is this a brand new bike manufacturer or have they been around for a while?
Anyone have the scoop on Versus?
Their website is up, but it's just a homepage - nothing to drill down into yet.
I'd love to hear more about this company.
Thanks!
Mark
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Scrub
04-20-2004, 07:50 PM
They're a fairly new company from the Bay Area- Fremont, CA to be exact. The DH/huck rig the "Weapon" has 9" of travel and uses a Fox shock. The freeride frame named the "Blitz" has 3 settings- 4,5,6" of rear travel with a Manitou spv shock. I rode the Blitz and it feels awesome.
Superdeft
04-20-2004, 08:06 PM
Does the company have a web site?
Juano
04-20-2004, 08:19 PM
Originally posted by Superdeft
Does the company have a web site?
Versuscycles.com
zedro
04-20-2004, 08:42 PM
Originally posted by Juano
Versuscycles.com
nice effort on the link...
thaflyinfatman
04-21-2004, 01:54 AM
Maybe Crazybastard knows.... ahaha
Fulton
04-21-2004, 03:45 AM
any prices or pics??
syadasti
04-21-2004, 05:51 AM
:confused: :rolleyes: :eek:
syadasti
04-21-2004, 07:06 AM
The girl working their booth looks a bit young :p
Jeremy R
04-21-2004, 07:07 AM
Originally posted by zedro
nice effort on the link...
Yeah, somebody cracked the devinchi code.
Jeremy R
04-21-2004, 07:09 AM
Originally posted by syadasti
The girl working their booth looks a bit young :p
Luc's girlfriend needed a breather so she sat down while he snapped the pics. He forgot her animal crackers, and she was a little grumpy from being dragged to all the booths.:devil:
dhdescender
04-21-2004, 07:30 AM
Is this the same company that was being claimed to supposidly making its famed debut at sea otter in the admidst of one giant pathetic battle on Hcor.net? I can't remember who it was, but I'm sure a few of you will never forget that....
If not. mmmkay. :P :monkey:
Tame Ape
04-21-2004, 07:41 AM
Hmmmm
Its good to see that they are not afraid of being labeled ugly.
Where are they getting their work done? That one bike has a front triangle that looks very K2/PX in nature. Are these guys from a catalog?
Inclag
04-21-2004, 08:01 AM
Time for us internet engineers to come out! :D
Appears to be a bit over-engineered for my liking on the downhill bike. Lawill-esque suspension, with a concentric pivot, and a moto-linkage, and floating-brake :eek: .
But hell, it may ride like a dream for all I know.
MMcG
04-21-2004, 08:07 AM
Did anyone get any ride time on their bikes while at Sea Otter?
Sandwich
04-21-2004, 08:23 AM
durrrrrrrrrrr.....Nice looking DH rig....but another Kona style walking beam for a freeride bike? Come on!!!!!!!!! Do these companies make any money? They're all the same!
The concentric pivot allows them to bypass lawill patent laws. I've seen it before. Now why didn't they do it for their freeride bike? Does good shock absorbtion and pedaling performance not matter for freeride? I don't understand.
FlipSide
04-21-2004, 08:32 AM
Originally posted by Acadian
hahah...I remember that! ;)
Who could forget it...hahahaha:devil:
Tyler
04-21-2004, 08:45 AM
Yes, this company is brand new. I dont know how many of you are from Hcor.net but i told them that this bike is coming out and nobody belived me. So i got to feel the bike before the sea otter before he had the floater on ther and it does feel very nice thought the way it is set up it is a bit on the heavy side nearly 50 pounds.
steve45
04-21-2004, 08:56 AM
thats pretty cool, reminds me of that old storm DH bike(cant remember the model name)
dexterq20
04-21-2004, 09:08 AM
Originally posted by steve45
thats pretty cool, reminds me of that old storm DH bike(cant remember the model name)
H2
beaverbiker
04-21-2004, 10:20 AM
Originally posted by Tame Ape
Hmmmm
Its good to see that they are not afraid of being labeled ugly.
Where are they getting their work done? That one bike has a front triangle that looks very K2/PX in nature. Are these guys from a catalog?
its called hydroform
zedro
04-21-2004, 11:04 AM
hey look, they brought one of the factory workers along!
Originally posted by beaverbiker
its called uglio-form, its Italian
so true, so true
Jm_
04-21-2004, 11:36 AM
concentric pivot lawill....aka "Profile DR1"....
Sandwich
04-21-2004, 12:25 PM
Originally posted by Jm_
concentric pivot lawill....aka "Profile DR1"....
AKA Storm Hurricane a la 1998
I was going to grab a picture off Kalo's website...i can't believe those !@#$@$%'s are still in business, but it looks like the site is down....hooray!
VooDoo
04-21-2004, 02:01 PM
ahahhahaaha,
Tyler, how is this bike "revolutionizing" the industry?
Oh, and storm meets lawill meets g-spot.
Jm_
04-21-2004, 02:08 PM
Originally posted by Sandwich
AKA Storm Hurricane a la 1998
I was going to grab a picture off Kalo's website...i can't believe those !@#$@$%'s are still in business, but it looks like the site is down....hooray!
no, the storm had the BB on the swingarm, not concentric like the DR1. Different, but the Versus is pretty much patterned exactly like the DR1, concenctic pivot, and lawill...
Sandwich
04-21-2004, 03:16 PM
ah my bad
UiUiUiUi
04-21-2004, 03:30 PM
that dh bike looks like something that was posted somewhere (might be here or MTBR) in "relation" to that taipeh OEM tradeshow earlier this year.
Originally posted by UiUiUiUi
that dh bike looks like something that was posted somewhere (might be here or MTBR) in "relation" to that taipeh OEM tradeshow earlier this year.
My nutsack cringes when looking at the toptube of their DH frame...
ChrisRobin
04-21-2004, 04:04 PM
Originally posted by binary visions
My nutsack cringes when looking at the toptube of their DH frame...
We've all seen worse: Giant DH
zedro
04-21-2004, 04:06 PM
Originally posted by binary visions
My nutsack cringes when looking at the toptube of their DH frame...
might be a victim of proportion, that downtube is massive. Looks like its wide with a stiffiner though
UiUiUiUi
04-21-2004, 04:08 PM
Originally posted by zedro
like these...
yes that was what i meant.
not as similar as i thought.
to me that linkage on the versus looks very close to this:
http://www.cortinacycles.com/Cortina-2003-01/images/T_Gallery_images/AVerboomRig.jpg
anyways the versus things might be good rides.
we shall see :) :cool:
binary visions
04-21-2004, 04:09 PM
Everything else is in proportion in the shot, though.
And the Giant DH really isn't worse. Can't tell what size the frame is but the Giant's clearance improved with different size frames. It doesn't look like there's much room for croch clearance improvement when switching sizes on that frame.
zedro
04-21-2004, 04:10 PM
Originally posted by UiUiUiUi
yes that was what i meant.
not as similar as i thought.
to me that linkage on the versus looks very close to this:
http://www.cortinacycles.com/Cortina-2003-01/images/T_Gallery_images/AVerboomRig.jpg
anyways the versus things might be good rides.
we shall see :) :cool:
the Astrix is probably the closest in similarity as a 4x2x2 bar Lawill-esque
hm thats right with the astrix, i totally forgot they have that linkage for the shock.
now the real question is did anybody pedal one of those things around at SO?
internet mountainbiking sucks.
i will be out of here for 4 straight days.
todtnau here i come!!!!
Inclag
04-21-2004, 04:25 PM
Originally posted by UiUiUiUi
that dh bike looks like something that was posted somewhere (might be here or MTBR) in "relation" to that taipeh OEM tradeshow earlier this year.
I think they were Tank Bikes. These bikes are definately catalog though.
Jeremy R
04-21-2004, 06:08 PM
Originally posted by binary visions
My nutsack cringes when looking at the toptube of their DH frame...
Hey, that is my line!;)
Any Dh bike with a top tube scares the poo out of me.
Which is weird considering that I have never even "landed"
on one. Maybe it is just a mental thing.
zedro
04-21-2004, 06:11 PM
Originally posted by Jeremy R
Hey, that is my line!;)
Any Dh bike with a top tube scares the poo out of me.
Which is weird considering that I have never even "landed"
on one. Maybe it is just a mental thing.
its because everyone was brought up on the classical frame sizing measurement of 'frame to crotch distance'...
Curb Hucker
04-21-2004, 07:21 PM
Originally posted by zedro
hey look, they brought one of the factory workers along!
Originally posted by zedro
its because everyone was brought up on the classical frame sizing measurement of 'frame to crotch distance'...
I size my bikes by having my knees at the lowest point of the toptube when my cranks are level. I like being able to lay the bike down while still standing fairly straight...
binary visions
04-22-2004, 05:16 AM
Originally posted by Jeremy R
Hey, that is my line!;)
Any Dh bike with a top tube scares the poo out of me.
Which is weird considering that I have never even "landed"
on one. Maybe it is just a mental thing.
You've probably never landed on one because you've never bought a bike with a proper top tube, 'cause it "scares the poo" out of you :D
I have ended up in a few places stopped, straddling the top tube either riding my Evil, my buddy's Balfa, or my old AC2. And in every case, I was glad I had some extra clearance...
