Re Forestal, as far as I know CG is one of the investors. I might be shooting blanks here, but I do seem to have it...
Re Forestal, as far as I know CG is one of the investors. I might be shooting blanks here, but I do seem to have it rooted in my memory that some Russian money used to be thrown around as well? Don't quote me on that one as well (might be a PITA for the company these days if true). In any case, Forestal and Production Privee are part of the same group with designers stationed in the same building.
Regarding CG's tinkering, as far as I'm informed, it's a custom Bafang unit optimised for light weight, which makes the bikes sleeker through a smaller battery and through a less powerful motor the middrive unit can be a bit smaller too, if there were any changes done it ot of course.
As for the same frame (design) used for both types of bikes, I'd say that's a no. No way in hell are you going to compromise a bike with an open downtube unless strictly necessary (for battery mounting), removing the motor to remove the battery is very cumbersome (though Specialized does this...), the mounting geometry for the motor requires different requirements to pedal bikes, the suspension geometries can be optimised differently (different levels of antisquat and possibly leverage characteristics), etc.
CG and Forestal are not tinkering anymore, they are up and running. I'm surprised it hasn't been discussed more in here, but ok - it's just an ebike.
Technically their Syrion is an 18kg enduro bike with a 60nm motor built by Bafang in cooperation with Forestal and a 360Wh battery, and it rides great, and turned me from eBike hater to enthusiast. How? I have one in my garage since January.
About the company:
CG mentioned a while ago on GMBN that he was a partner in Forestal, his role is somewhat of an ambassador. One of the other owners is Anton Yarashuk from bellarus (not Russia, but not very different) and is the owner of vizor-games and also lives in Andorra just like CG, where the bikes are assambled, painted, and in the future will also be built there.
This pick came up on an owners-forum recently, and it's their take on a trail bike, that you can order as well. Bikes in the US have been delivered.
They have had a little hickups, with delayed deliveries, paint chipping and troubles with their electronics, but as far as I know they loved up to their promises and guarantees.
About the e-hatred:
I love mountainbikes and I can still put the hammer down on my own, but having a family with little kids leaves less time that I'd like to for biking. So I commute with my eBike, do a 45min trail lap on my way home, did exercise, but am not tired and can spend more quality time with my family, without feeling the urge to go out ride, because I already have.
About the costs of ebikes:
Have you seen prices for a lightweight specced enduro bike lately? And if it's not so lightweight there's little weight difference to my bike now.
I'm not sure I'm burned yet, but I can tell that I have only touched my outdated 26" speci enduro once since.
FWIW, the tinkering comment was aimed as a quote of Big Birds comment. As far as I've been told, Forestal's operations are damn serious.
I admit I haven't read the whole build up. Just was wondering why it's overlooked. I was hesitant to buy from such an unknown brand, but they take no prisoners, they mean business. Btw. I've read that there is or will be a dealer/customer service in Slovenia. Do you know more?
So far Jordi, Boris Beyer, and I think Emily Batty have been spotted in Finale Ligure. Im guessing something new from canyon, fox, or both.
Definitely Canyon. A lot of mtb magazine bike testers were there and one of them posted a bad ass Canyon-team-Sprinter. Don't know about Fox.
I guess it is the new Strive release
I've noticed Dean Lucas is running an aluminium Gambler frame this year, or at least the front end.
It doesn't look too different from the stock...
I've noticed Dean Lucas is running an aluminium Gambler frame this year, or at least the front end.
It doesn't look too different from the stock one but there has to be a reason. New Scott proto or just testing custom geo?
They dont really have an R&D team anymore.
has scott purchased any other brands other than bold recently? The current genius and ransom were anther design that wasnt theirs and we all know about the new BOLD! spark.
I've sat on the new genius and ransom (basically same bike with different link) when it was in the local scott dealer with the Countrys importer who was doing the rounds of all the scott sellers.
Wasnt allowed to take photos but i snuck one in, wont post it though as thats a pretty shit thing to do.
Re Forestal, as far as I know CG is one of the investors. I might be shooting blanks here, but I do seem to have it...
Re Forestal, as far as I know CG is one of the investors. I might be shooting blanks here, but I do seem to have it rooted in my memory that some Russian money used to be thrown around as well? Don't quote me on that one as well (might be a PITA for the company these days if true). In any case, Forestal and Production Privee are part of the same group with designers stationed in the same building.
Regarding CG's tinkering, as far as I'm informed, it's a custom Bafang unit optimised for light weight, which makes the bikes sleeker through a smaller battery and through a less powerful motor the middrive unit can be a bit smaller too, if there were any changes done it ot of course.
As for the same frame (design) used for both types of bikes, I'd say that's a no. No way in hell are you going to compromise a bike with an open downtube unless strictly necessary (for battery mounting), removing the motor to remove the battery is very cumbersome (though Specialized does this...), the mounting geometry for the motor requires different requirements to pedal bikes, the suspension geometries can be optimised differently (different levels of antisquat and possibly leverage characteristics), etc.
CG and Forestal are not tinkering anymore, they are up and running. I'm surprised it hasn't been discussed more in here, but ok - it's just...
CG and Forestal are not tinkering anymore, they are up and running. I'm surprised it hasn't been discussed more in here, but ok - it's just an ebike.
Technically their Syrion is an 18kg enduro bike with a 60nm motor built by Bafang in cooperation with Forestal and a 360Wh battery, and it rides great, and turned me from eBike hater to enthusiast. How? I have one in my garage since January.
About the company:
CG mentioned a while ago on GMBN that he was a partner in Forestal, his role is somewhat of an ambassador. One of the other owners is Anton Yarashuk from bellarus (not Russia, but not very different) and is the owner of vizor-games and also lives in Andorra just like CG, where the bikes are assambled, painted, and in the future will also be built there.
This pick came up on an owners-forum recently, and it's their take on a trail bike, that you can order as well. Bikes in the US have been delivered.
They have had a little hickups, with delayed deliveries, paint chipping and troubles with their electronics, but as far as I know they loved up to their promises and guarantees.
About the e-hatred:
I love mountainbikes and I can still put the hammer down on my own, but having a family with little kids leaves less time that I'd like to for biking. So I commute with my eBike, do a 45min trail lap on my way home, did exercise, but am not tired and can spend more quality time with my family, without feeling the urge to go out ride, because I already have.
About the costs of ebikes:
Have you seen prices for a lightweight specced enduro bike lately? And if it's not so lightweight there's little weight difference to my bike now.
I'm not sure I'm burned yet, but I can tell that I have only touched my outdated 26" speci enduro once since.
It is impossible to find any reviews of these bikes anywhere... Would be interested to know how they stack up compared to an Orbea Rise.
I've noticed Dean Lucas is running an aluminium Gambler frame this year, or at least the front end.
It doesn't look too different from the stock...
I've noticed Dean Lucas is running an aluminium Gambler frame this year, or at least the front end.
It doesn't look too different from the stock one but there has to be a reason. New Scott proto or just testing custom geo?
They dont really have an R&D team anymore.
has scott purchased any other brands other than bold recently? The current genius and ransom were anther design...
They dont really have an R&D team anymore.
has scott purchased any other brands other than bold recently? The current genius and ransom were anther design that wasnt theirs and we all know about the new BOLD! spark.
I've sat on the new genius and ransom (basically same bike with different link) when it was in the local scott dealer with the Countrys importer who was doing the rounds of all the scott sellers.
Wasnt allowed to take photos but i snuck one in, wont post it though as thats a pretty shit thing to do.
Who was responsible for the current Genius and Ransom (and, by extension, the current Gambler and previous Spark)?
Pinkbike posted and then hastily hid an article and a video on Cervelo's XC race bikes. Not quite badge-engineered Santa Cruzes, but pretty damn close. I thought they were at Sea Otter but based on this I guess they're still embargoed?
I've noticed Dean Lucas is running an aluminium Gambler frame this year, or at least the front end.
It doesn't look too different from the stock...
I've noticed Dean Lucas is running an aluminium Gambler frame this year, or at least the front end.
It doesn't look too different from the stock one but there has to be a reason. New Scott proto or just testing custom geo?
They dont really have an R&D team anymore.
has scott purchased any other brands other than bold recently? The current genius and ransom were anther design...
They dont really have an R&D team anymore.
has scott purchased any other brands other than bold recently? The current genius and ransom were anther design that wasnt theirs and we all know about the new BOLD! spark.
I've sat on the new genius and ransom (basically same bike with different link) when it was in the local scott dealer with the Countrys importer who was doing the rounds of all the scott sellers.
Wasnt allowed to take photos but i snuck one in, wont post it though as thats a pretty shit thing to do.
Who was responsible for the current Genius and Ransom (and, by extension, the current Gambler and previous Spark)?
Pinkbike posted and then hastily hid an article...
Who was responsible for the current Genius and Ransom (and, by extension, the current Gambler and previous Spark)?
Pinkbike posted and then hastily hid an article and a video on Cervelo's XC race bikes. Not quite badge-engineered Santa Cruzes, but pretty damn close. I thought they were at Sea Otter but based on this I guess they're still embargoed?
I was comparing the cervelo against the Blur and they were pretty damn close looking other than a few visual differences at a quick glance. I'll be interested in a back to back test.
Huh, interesting that they took it down. I watched it yesterday. It is similar to the Blur, there is a family resemblance, but the tooling is completely new. And supposedly they did take the Blur as a base and adjusted it to their own liking.
Makes sense, the gravity crowd looking at/going for an XC bike will buy the Blur as it's from a familiar brand and 'surely must be OK', while the roadies and racers will go for a Cervelo for the same reason, it's a known quantity. So covering a lot more market with an identical product (or at least a product that was spared a lot of development).
More brands need to make light casing high grip/soft rubber.
Regarding WTB; their 'light' casing is still pretty burly. I think most put it between EXO+...
More brands need to make light casing high grip/soft rubber.
Regarding WTB; their 'light' casing is still pretty burly. I think most put it between EXO+ and DD. I would say that's a fair assessment.
dhf maxxgrip is available in exo. a tad bit over kilo
[img]https://r2-bike.com/media/image/product/171400/lg/maxxis-tire-minion-dhf-29-x-250-wt-3c-maxxgrip-tr-exo~2.jpg[/img]
dhf maxxgrip is available in exo. a tad bit over kilo
Who was responsible for the current Genius and Ransom (and, by extension, the current Gambler and previous Spark)?
Pinkbike posted and then hastily hid an article...
Who was responsible for the current Genius and Ransom (and, by extension, the current Gambler and previous Spark)?
Pinkbike posted and then hastily hid an article and a video on Cervelo's XC race bikes. Not quite badge-engineered Santa Cruzes, but pretty damn close. I thought they were at Sea Otter but based on this I guess they're still embargoed?
Brendog posted a video from new Scott HQ some time ago, here is the link and he said he is not allowed to film in the R&D parts of the building so I'm pretty sure they still have that, also if the bike looks like bold it does not mean it has the same linkage, geometry etc...
Brendog posted a video from new Scott HQ some time ago, here is the [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueTXQqNedK8]link[/url] and he said he is not allowed to film in the...
Brendog posted a video from new Scott HQ some time ago, here is the link and he said he is not allowed to film in the R&D parts of the building so I'm pretty sure they still have that, also if the bike looks like bold it does not mean it has the same linkage, geometry etc...
maybe it was a clever ploy to hide the fact that there is no R & D department..
Scott not designing its own bikes?
That's crazy what I can read in the recent lines...
The Spark looks like the Bold because it uses a similar layout. Period.
The Ransom and Genius share a family look but every single part is different from each other, just look closer.
Scott not designing its own bikes?
That's crazy what I can read in the recent lines...
The Spark looks like the Bold because it uses a...
Scott not designing its own bikes?
That's crazy what I can read in the recent lines...
The Spark looks like the Bold because it uses a similar layout. Period.
The Ransom and Genius share a family look but every single part is different from each other, just look closer.
Peace.
Scott MTB Lead Designer
The fact that you are answering in this thread and not designing bikes is the biggest proof that there is indeed no such department
Scott not designing its own bikes?
That's crazy what I can read in the recent lines...
The Spark looks like the Bold because it uses a...
Scott not designing its own bikes?
That's crazy what I can read in the recent lines...
The Spark looks like the Bold because it uses a similar layout. Period.
The Ransom and Genius share a family look but every single part is different from each other, just look closer.
Scott not designing its own bikes?
That's crazy what I can read in the recent lines...
The Spark looks like the Bold because it uses a...
Scott not designing its own bikes?
That's crazy what I can read in the recent lines...
The Spark looks like the Bold because it uses a similar layout. Period.
The Ransom and Genius share a family look but every single part is different from each other, just look closer.
Scott not designing its own bikes?
That's crazy what I can read in the recent lines...
The Spark looks like the Bold because it uses a...
Scott not designing its own bikes?
That's crazy what I can read in the recent lines...
The Spark looks like the Bold because it uses a similar layout. Period.
The Ransom and Genius share a family look but every single part is different from each other, just look closer.
I am not an engineer nor do I work in the bike industry. But I’d be annoyed enough to respond to a post if someone claimed...
I am not an engineer nor do I work in the bike industry. But I’d be annoyed enough to respond to a post if someone claimed my job didn’t exist.
It's not surprising that the trolls who make stupid claims like Scott not having an R&D Department or Cascade Components not understanding kinematics NEVER reply when called on their bullshit.
Who was responsible for the current Genius and Ransom (and, by extension, the current Gambler and previous Spark)?
Pinkbike posted and then hastily hid an article...
Who was responsible for the current Genius and Ransom (and, by extension, the current Gambler and previous Spark)?
Pinkbike posted and then hastily hid an article and a video on Cervelo's XC race bikes. Not quite badge-engineered Santa Cruzes, but pretty damn close. I thought they were at Sea Otter but based on this I guess they're still embargoed?
Brendog posted a video from new Scott HQ some time ago, here is the [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueTXQqNedK8]link[/url] and he said he is not allowed to film in the...
Brendog posted a video from new Scott HQ some time ago, here is the link and he said he is not allowed to film in the R&D parts of the building so I'm pretty sure they still have that, also if the bike looks like bold it does not mean it has the same linkage, geometry etc...
You can’t film in the R&D bldg if there isn’t one….
Any idea of timeline around (new ?) slip on grips Loanna was running at Petropolis
[img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2022/04/11/12370/s1200_p5pb22360791.jpg[/img]
[img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2022/04/11/12371/s1200_p6pb22375003.jpg[/img]
Any idea of timeline around (new ?) slip on grips Loanna was running at Petropolis
So many slip on grips rumours swirling round this season 😂 Maybe we need a "slip on grips and valve caps rumours" thread?
No thanks. It’s $20. And their “bead dropper” is like $30. For a 1/4 of the price you can use a strap, cut a plastic tire lever to the flat part and duck tape a handle on it. I use an old oneup frame strap if the tire is unwilling to mount by hand.
No thanks. It’s $20. And their “bead dropper” is like $30. For a 1/4 of the price you can use a strap, cut a plastic tire lever to the flat part and duck tape a handle on it. I use an old oneup frame strap if the tire is unwilling to mount by hand.
Scott not designing its own bikes?
That's crazy what I can read in the recent lines...
The Spark looks like the Bold because it uses a...
Scott not designing its own bikes?
That's crazy what I can read in the recent lines...
The Spark looks like the Bold because it uses a similar layout. Period.
The Ransom and Genius share a family look but every single part is different from each other, just look closer.
Scott not designing its own bikes?
That's crazy what I can read in the recent lines...
The Spark looks like the Bold because it uses a...
Scott not designing its own bikes?
That's crazy what I can read in the recent lines...
The Spark looks like the Bold because it uses a similar layout. Period.
The Ransom and Genius share a family look but every single part is different from each other, just look closer.
Technically their Syrion is an 18kg enduro bike with a 60nm motor built by Bafang in cooperation with Forestal and a 360Wh battery, and it rides great, and turned me from eBike hater to enthusiast. How? I have one in my garage since January.
About the company:
CG mentioned a while ago on GMBN that he was a partner in Forestal, his role is somewhat of an ambassador. One of the other owners is Anton Yarashuk from bellarus (not Russia, but not very different) and is the owner of vizor-games and also lives in Andorra just like CG, where the bikes are assambled, painted, and in the future will also be built there.
This pick came up on an owners-forum recently, and it's their take on a trail bike, that you can order as well. Bikes in the US have been delivered.
They have had a little hickups, with delayed deliveries, paint chipping and troubles with their electronics, but as far as I know they loved up to their promises and guarantees.
About the e-hatred:
I love mountainbikes and I can still put the hammer down on my own, but having a family with little kids leaves less time that I'd like to for biking. So I commute with my eBike, do a 45min trail lap on my way home, did exercise, but am not tired and can spend more quality time with my family, without feeling the urge to go out ride, because I already have.
About the costs of ebikes:
Have you seen prices for a lightweight specced enduro bike lately? And if it's not so lightweight there's little weight difference to my bike now.
I'm not sure I'm burned yet, but I can tell that I have only touched my outdated 26" speci enduro once since.
I guess it is the new Strive release
has scott purchased any other brands other than bold recently? The current genius and ransom were anther design that wasnt theirs and we all know about the new BOLD! spark.
I've sat on the new genius and ransom (basically same bike with different link) when it was in the local scott dealer with the Countrys importer who was doing the rounds of all the scott sellers.
Wasnt allowed to take photos but i snuck one in, wont post it though as thats a pretty shit thing to do.
Pinkbike posted and then hastily hid an article and a video on Cervelo's XC race bikes. Not quite badge-engineered Santa Cruzes, but pretty damn close. I thought they were at Sea Otter but based on this I guess they're still embargoed?
Makes sense, the gravity crowd looking at/going for an XC bike will buy the Blur as it's from a familiar brand and 'surely must be OK', while the roadies and racers will go for a Cervelo for the same reason, it's a known quantity. So covering a lot more market with an identical product (or at least a product that was spared a lot of development).
No comparisons though, AFAIK. PM me if you don't find it on your own.
That's crazy what I can read in the recent lines...
The Spark looks like the Bold because it uses a similar layout. Period.
The Ransom and Genius share a family look but every single part is different from each other, just look closer.
Peace.
Scott MTB Lead Designer
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/scott-now-own-a-majority-share-in-bold-cy…
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