Diamondback's Jon Kennedy (the man playing Eric Porter in this photo), introduces you to the new DF5 Team...the final notch in a master plan of breathing life back into the Diamondback MTB brand. By Seb Kemp
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Building the Diamondback line of bikes around team input is of utmost importance. Rather than rider's giving feedback on a bike completed by engineers, the riders have a say from the very start of the process.
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The team consists of a diverse group of riders like Kelly McGarry, Eric Porter, Billy Lewis and Kyle Thomas. They dropped <a href="http://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/features/Diamondback-DF5-Pro-Factory-Team-Trip-to-Utah,7866/bturman,109" target="_blank"><b><font color="#ffff00">this video banger</font></b></a> earlier this summer.
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It's not just about performing on the bike, either. The squad is very approachable and down to earth off the bike. Fun is number one.
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Kyle Thomas explains that the 5 in DF5 refers to the number of bikes in the line-up, ranging from dirt jumper to trail bike to downhill rig.
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Kyle Thomas, the team's DH rider, is also a mechanical engineer.
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Developing the new downhill bike is not about chasing weights or angles, it's about creating the best bike for those who really ride hard.
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History lesson part 1...
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Internet nerds can talk all they want about angles and BB heights, but Diamondback is proving their designs in the field, not chasing trends.
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See...fun is number one.
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This is the new DH bike prototype in version 1.5 or so (now they're at V2.0 and possibly further along).
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To find the right angles and geometry, going to extremes are part of the experiment as Kyle Thomas explains.
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Diamondback understands that it takes testing and tweaking to get things right. Billy Lewis shines a light...
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Billy rides everything from dirt jumpers to trail bikes, but loves the Dreamliner slopestyle bike.
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Diamondback's DF5 squad was grown from a vision and to a solid team that is proving itself with solid results.
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Kelly McGarry is not small. If a bike can handle his abuse, you would never have to doubt it.
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History lesson part 2...
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Classic Kelly McGarry hijinx pose.
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Kelly is excited to work with a larger company that has such passionate employees and riders engrained in it.
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Jon Kennedy talks about his roots in the trail advocacy side of our great sport. A man who loves trails, loves bikes!
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While DF5 is having a great impact on our gravity side of cycling, Diamondback uses its resources to uplift our entire community.
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Take a trip to Washington to visit Diamondback Bikes headquarters where new life has been breathed into the brand. Jon Kennedy, Billy Lewis, Eric Porter, Kyle Thomas and Kelly McGarry prove they are in it for the long haul.
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