No it's not. Except for the XC hardtails in the bottom, that was some ugly ass bikes...gold is gonna be new white color
that is normal in corratec check their site:Is it just me, or in that 2nd pic, is the shock mounted to the pierced seat tube in the middle of the shock??
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.that last pic of the XC bikes is just weird. whats with the seat tube??
and vote 2 for the ugly-stick
ya, it been showing up on the high end roadbikes this season too. Makes more sense in the road world and for race MTBs.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 is a trunion mount. Cannondale and a few others have done it for years.Is it just me, or in that 2nd pic, is the shock mounted to the pierced seat tube in the middle of the shock??
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?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?
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
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!!I didn't know that the Ugly Stick could hit a bike...