[Downhiller]

gold is gonna be new white color

 

[Eggzoi]

Congratulations Corratec, you have made the first bike I wouldn't consider buying because of severe ugliness. This from a person who didn't mind the new Demo's.

 

[rockwool]

gold is gonna be new white color

No it's not. Except for the XC hardtails in the bottom, that was some ugly ass bikes...

 

[ridefast]

ugly ass bikes...

so true

 

[SlackBoy]

At least none of them had the upside down riser bars of old

 

[Tame Ape]

I didn't know that the Ugly Stick could hit a bike...

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Is it just me, or in that 2nd pic, is the shock mounted to the pierced seat tube in the middle of the shock??

 

[Downhiller]

Is it just me, or in that 2nd pic, is the shock mounted to the pierced seat tube in the middle of the shock??

that is normal in corratec check their site:

http://www.corratec.de/

 

[DHS]

that last pic of the XC bikes is just weird. whats with the seat tube??

and vote 2 for the ugly-stick

 

[OGDMFG]

the last bikes remind me of...........................that right those landrider bikes with the autotransmission

 

[dump]

Corratec - isn't that the company from the mid 90s w/ the big elastomer DH bike? The seat tube was really laid back & the rear shock looked like a big black marsmallow?

It's been a long time.

 

[JRogers]

that last pic of the XC bikes is just weird. whats with the seat tube??

and vote 2 for the ugly-stick

Looks like those XC frames might be buying into a new trend in road bikes, which is to increase the length of the seat tube and have a short post or have a full length seat tube that you cut to fit when you buy the bike, completely replacing the seat post.

 

[DHS]

scary

 

[Tame Ape]

Looks like those XC frames might be buying into a new trend in road bikes, which is to increase the length of the seat tube and have a short post or have a full length seat tube that you cut to fit when you buy the bike, completely replacing the seat post.

ya, it been showing up on the high end roadbikes this season too. Makes more sense in the road world and for race MTBs.

 

[firevsh2o]

I've never seen a beautiful Corratec. That continues to be true for the year 2007.

 

[AtTheGates]

anyone notice the zzyzx components. talk about blast from the past.

 

[konastab01]

Fugly.

 

[skatetokil]

the dh bike doesnt look that bad. . . other than the colors

 

[rockwool]

loool

 

[LOOnatic]

I for one actually like the gold finish on the dh bike.
Not as bad as the demo 7 for gawd sakes

 

[Transcend]

Is it just me, or in that 2nd pic, is the shock mounted to the pierced seat tube in the middle of the shock??

Ya it is a trunion mount. Cannondale and a few others have done it for years.

 

[blue]

Someone's taking their design cues from Special Ed...

 

[offtheedge]

they may look a bit genaric, but not even on the same fugly scale as the abstract specialized offerings....IMO

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Ya it is a trunion mount. Cannondale and a few others have done it for years.

Really....huh....I guess I haven't paid that much attention to C-dale in the last couple of years... I googled it...but I got a bunch of lighting and cylinder applications...no suspension...I can connect the dots but would you mind cliff notz-ing it? Does the shock have a bearing system on either side of it or what?

 

[Transcend]

Really....huh....I guess I haven't paid that much attention to C-dale in the last couple of years... I googled it...but I got a bunch of lighting and cylinder applications...no suspension...I can connect the dots but would you mind cliff notz-ing it? Does the shock have a bearing system on either side of it or what?

Simplest explanation. Have way up the outer shock body is threaded. You have a threaded collar that uh, threads, on. It has to bolt holes in it for the shock mount. Frame bolts to collar, collar adjusts BB height of bike by moving it up and down on the shock.

Many motos use this setup for the rear shock.

GT used it on the LTS bikes under the rear seat, Cdale used it on the jekylls. The old yeti pull shocks used this as well.

lts shock example

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Simplest explanation. Have way up the outer shock body is threaded. You have a threaded collar that uh, threads, on. It has to bolt holes in it for the shock mount. Frame bolts to collar, collar adjusts BB height of bike by moving it up and down on the shock.

Many motos use this setup for the rear shock.

GT used it on the LTS bikes under the rear seat, Cdale used it on the jekylls. The old yeti pull shocks used this as well.

lts shock example

Aha!! Doh!! Now I remember the Jekyll and the pull shox.......thx!

 

[Demomonkey]

I didn't know that the Ugly Stick could hit a bike...

I had a corratec road bike a few years ago when i was a cycle messenger.....I had it re-sprayed and put a Santa Cruz sticker kit on it!!

 

[DThomson]

gross.