29 Apr 2010

Here is a sneak peek at the “Late ‘11 / early ‘12″ Thylacine ‘The Rift’ All-Mountain 29er. This one is somewhere inbetween proto and production, being for an ‘early adopter’ customer and good friend, Mike D. (No, not that Mike D.) He’s had a lot of input into this frame and is in more ways than one, a co-designer, so I’d like to thank him for his inputs (and patience) which has been invaluable.

The plan for this frame is to have it available in 3×2 geometry - that is, three sizes of rear, and for each of those sizes, two front end designs, so six sizes in all.  They’re not really going to be ‘production’, but the rear ends will be batch made so that we can speed up the build process substantially.  They’ll also be available as full custom, because, well, that’s what we do.

It’s all still a little bit up in the air at the moment, but as usual I was so excited I couldn’t contain myself, so there ya go.  I feel like I just got drunk and left the next gen iPhone behind at the bar.

More info as it comes to hand. Should be available after September, all things going to plan.

Posted by warwick @ 6:31 am

06 Apr 2010

Here’s a quick snapshot of “the Elephant in the room” (I mean that in the coloquial sense, not insinuating Geoff is a trunk’d mammal) - Geoff Hughes aboard his monsterous yet still somewhat dwarfed Tephra Ti.  I should run a caption contest for what the middle guy is saying to the short guy.

Posted by warwick @ 8:32 pm