K2 / Proflex Riders Group
General => Tech Forum => Topic started by: Vitaliy on March 29, 2003, 05:52:59 pm
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H guys, check what I've found :o, I bet this is, the strangest design out there, if it's not show me the stranger 1. (http://www.nicolai.net/imgs/prod-frames/range2002/nucleon-st-50.jpg)
this is downhill NUCLEON ST World cup.
Here is another one:
(http://www.nicolai.net/imgs/prod-frames/range2002/nucleon-dh50.jpg)
NUCLEON DH
and one more:
(http://www.nicolai.net/imgs/prod-frames/range2002/nucleon-fr-50.jpg)
NUCLEON FR
Here is web site to the company website:
http://www.nicolai.net/.
Does anyone know how that system works?
I was trying to find Info on their web site but without any success yet, any ideas?
Vitaliy.
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Actually seen one of those in person, at Whistler last year.
The chain runs from the bb up to the internally geared rohloff hub, which is mounted in the center of the front triangle. Then another chain runs from there to the rear end, single speed mode.
The system seems to work quite well, and considering that you need to buy very little in the way of drivetrain components, the cost isn't as bad as you would think. Not to say that they aren't DAMN EXPENSIVE frames, mind you! :)
Overall, they are really a simple design that just looks nasty. Now the V10 VPP from Santa Cruz, that's a wierd setup - I still haven't managed to wrap my head aroung the physics invovled there.
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that looks like it should be on Sci Fi channel. One of the reasons I still love my old hardtail is that it's simple, another is that it actually looks like a bicycle. But I'm getting older and need the FS otherwise I hurt for days. [smiley=worry.gif]
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Yes, I'm with you on that point numbnuts. The frame is wild though and looks like something Sigourney Weaver might use while chasing down an alien.
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4300 bucks for the Nucleon FR with Fox shock,
not as expensive as one would think? I think it is, but if I had the bucks, I would buy one. I love scifi looking stuff, plus like the Oz, I don't think I'd seen another very often!!
how about a silver anodized one with a Shiver DC fork?
tasty.
[smiley=groucho.gif]
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The lahar DH bike is pretty interesting as well. dmc
(http:// http://www.lahar.co.nz/images/LaharDHV.gif )
http://www.lahar.co.nz/DHV_specs.phtml
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$4300 is up there, sure, but seriously, look at what comes included in the deal. Frame, rear hub, rohloff gearing...
That drops the effective price of the frame down to the $3000 mark, or thereabouts. That's still pricey, but it's not ridiculous.
How much would it cost to hook yourself up with a Santa Cruz V10 & Rohloff hub? Or an Ellsworth Double Dare? These are all top shelf bikes, and you'll pay a hell of a lot for any of them. Matching them up with the Rohloff just blows the price right off the scale.
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Hey Dave can you explain more about
rohloff gear
. Or at least give me Link where i can find info on it.
Thank You,
P.S. I'm a mountain bike newbie , and dont know about some tchnologies used in modern bikes, but I would like to know it and find it really interesting.
Vitaliy.
P.S. 2 What about that crosslink fork? It's getting warm up here, and I can't wait untill I'll finish my bike, all I have left is fork, and stem.Please let me know if you will be able to ship it this week.
Thank You Again.
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here ya go (http://www.rohloffusa.com/frame.htm)
(http://www.rohloffusa.com/images/speed1c.jpg)
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H guys, check what I've found :o, I bet this is, the strangest design out there, if it's not show me the stranger 1. ([url]http://www.nicolai.net/imgs/prod-frames/range2002/nucleon-st-50.jpg[/url])
The Terminator's frame.
Quick, someone email Arny!
Looks like a robot should be riding it.