mountain cycle fury

[numbnuts]

Did anyone else see the review in MBA ? That design looks familiar. It is a pity that the new rear shock technology wasn't around a few years earlier, maybe K2 would still be using a Evo type design. I haven't ridden a Lithium/Tirade, but although they it look good I still would prefer a beefed up Evo.

[Dennis]

I didn't see the review in MBA, but the Fury kinda looks like a metal Oz to me. Looks nice, but since I am obsessed with SO height, I notice that that the small Fury frame has an SO of 30", barely small enough for me even tho the TT length is less than 20", weird, Huh?

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[Carbon_Angus]

it is a very strong frame over 33#'s when built.

maybe somebody someday will get a license to build a stable platform shock designed to fit the old EVO frames as well as valve it to work with the frame geometry which is more.

the Tirade is a very good bike as well as the Liquid.
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[GaryF52]

..is an article about the single pivot bikes made by Steve DeLay of SWD Racing.  I had the chance to go riding with him and his teammates a few times earlier this year.

His single pivot downhill machines are very impressive.  Those guys do drops and jumps that are way out of my league, but those chromoly bikes land almost silently!  Some aluminum downhill bikes sound like a shopping cart tumbling down the hill by comparison.

At least one of his early homemade machines was based on a modified EVO frame.  Check out his website www.swdracing.com.

[jimbo]

Good news, Bad news.



Good news: Got a used 2005 Fury.



Bad news:  Don't have the time to ride it so I won't be able to post a review yet.



I know a few riders who also own the Fury.  They all love it.  The Fury’s stock headangle is 70 degrees.  An undocumented modification is too use the shock mounting bracket from the MountainCycle Sin which lowers the bottom bracket and changes the head angle to 69 degress.  Most of the Fury owners I know have made this mod.  I’m not sure if the used Fury I got has the same mod.  I’ll have to check with the original owner.



From a static and parking lot test I can tell the Fury is way stiffer than the Evo.  I’ll write a report comparing it to the Evo when I finally get to ride it.



The bike weighs 32 lbs. in it’s current form.  I can lighten it more by swapping the 2.3 Nokians to 2.1s and swapping the Marzocchi Z1 Freeride III to a Fox or equivalent.  The other weight savings would be to swap the 5th Element Coil for an air shock.  I’ll likely just swap out the tires only.



The frame size is a small.  I’m 5’7”.  I’ve gotten use to SO heights being a little tight.  

[jimbo]

I had a chance to sneak out for a ride this morning.  I decided to hit one of the DH which has a heavily rutted slalom section.  The Evo is all over the place on this section so I've got a baseline.

Couple of points to mention is that this bike is used so the setup is for a much heavier rider.  I'm 140 and original owner is 200+.  The only thing I added was my own flat pedals and reduce the preload pressure in the fork and platform air on the rear shock.  The spring on the fork and rear shock is suppose to be to stiff for my weight.

This bike is what K2 should have evolved the Evo to.  The bike was plush and very controllable where my Evo would be wandering in heavy rutted turns.  I can't image how much more plush it would be when I get the right springs for it.  I ran into another Evo rider this morning who's about my weight.  I let him take a run on the salom section.  He couldn't believe how plush it was considering the heavier springs.

There are some other differences.  The obivious one is the additional stiffness of the swingarm.  This bike really rails on rough sections.  The swingarm is 16.5 inches so about 1/2 inch shorter than the Evo.  Very easy to bring the front up.  My biggest beef with the Evo has been the rear tire clearance.  A 2.3 tire would have just enough clearance on the rear of the Evo.  The Fury has plenty to spare.

The plushness is very close to my Cannondale Gemini on this course.  I suspect the Gemini will feel better on a high speed course.  The steeper head angle compared to the Gemini was noticable too.  The bike reacted really well in the tight sections.

[jeffhop]

i would hope the fury was better than the evo after all it has a had a few years more development, who knows what the evo would have been like given the same timespan. as we all know we all ride bikes ahead of their time. oh yeah, just found out i live near an iron horse dealer that im also pretty familiar with  so i will be pressing him about k2 parts.

[Sprucey]

One of my staff members rides a Fury.

When it's side by side with my Oz the two are almost identical!

It is heavier, it is stiffer (particularly the swing arm) and has stood the test of very hard riding both XC enduro and free ride over the last 12 months.

I have fitted a 5th Element pedal damping platform to the Oz which has revolutionised the ride. Awesome.

Sprucey

[jimbo]

I have fitted a 5th Element pedal damping platform to the Oz which has revolutionised the ride. Awesome.

Sprucey

Yeah, I'm thinking the plushness is from the 5th rather than design.

Hopely I can sneak out for a ride again this weekend.