I'm in the process of buying a new bike. I'm looking at the Specialized Enduro. It has a triple crown fork. I currently have a single crown? - I have a cheap Trek. Anyway, I was watching WestCoast Freeriding and they had this video with Ryan Leach doing amazing stuff. In once scene, he was cruising down this single track, he pulled a wheelie with his back wheel, whipped the tail 180 degrees and then started pedaling again in the opposite direction (so basically an instant reverse of direction). Can this be done with a triple crown fork? I noticed he didn't have one...
I'm in the process of buying a new bike. I'm looking at the Specialized Enduro. It has a triple crown fork.
If it has as a triple clamp fork, then it is an Enduro SL not an Enduro. They are both "All Mountain" bikes, but the SL is significantly lighter both in weight, and construction. The SL is not a freeride bike, and the E150 Future Shock is quite possibly the lightest duty triple clamp fork out there. The SL's fill the gap between the "trail bike" (Stumpjumper) and the freeride/Super D SX/SX Trail, by sliding closer to the Stupjumper end. On the other hand the Enduro slides more towards the SX end of the scale.
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I currently have a single crown? - I have a cheap Trek. Anyway, I was watching WestCoast Freeriding and they had this video with Ryan Leach doing amazing stuff. In once scene, he was cruising down this single track, he pulled a wheelie with his back wheel, whipped the tail 180 degrees and then started pedaling again in the opposite direction (so basically an instant reverse of direction). Can this be done with a triple crown fork? I noticed he didn't have one...
Ryan Leech ...probably Craig Lee Scott ... probably Vincent Hermance ... probably
I'm in the process of buying a new bike. I'm looking at the Specialized Enduro. It has a triple crown fork. I currently have a single crown? - I have a cheap Trek. Anyway, I was watching WestCoast Freeriding and they had this video with Ryan Leach doing amazing stuff. In once scene, he was cruising down this single track, he pulled a wheelie with his back wheel, whipped the tail 180 degrees and then started pedaling again in the opposite direction (so basically an instant reverse of direction). Can this be done with a triple crown fork? I noticed he didn't have one...
Doing that move has nothing to do with the crown of the fork and everything to do with the skill of the rider. There are probably only a few percent of riders out there with skills that exceed what their bike is capable of.
IOW, don't worry about the lack of a triple crown fork holding your riding skills hostage. ;-)
I'm in the process of buying a new bike. I'm looking at the Specialized Enduro. It has a triple crown fork. I currently have a single crown? - I have a cheap Trek. Anyway, I was watching WestCoast Freeriding and they had this video with Ryan Leach doing amazing stuff. In once scene, he was cruising down this single track, he pulled a wheelie with his back wheel, whipped the tail 180 degrees and then started pedaling again in the opposite direction (so basically an instant reverse of direction). Can this be done with a triple crown fork? I noticed he didn't have one...
I'm in the process of buying a new bike. I'm looking at the Specialized Enduro. It has a triple crown fork. I currently have a single crown? - I have a cheap Trek. Anyway, I was watching WestCoast Freeriding and they had this video with Ryan Leach doing amazing stuff. In once scene, he was cruising down this single track, he pulled a wheelie with his back wheel, whipped the tail 180 degrees and then started pedaling again in the opposite direction (so basically an instant reverse of direction). Can this be done with a triple crown fork? I noticed he didn't have one...
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Thanks for everyone's responses. This is my question. Has anyone in this group ever done a 180 tail whip with a triple crown?
And what do you feel is the limitations of turning with a triple crown besides bar spins?
Dave
Dave said:
I'm in the process of buying a new bike. I'm looking at the Specialized Enduro. It has a triple crown fork. I currently have a single crown? - I have a cheap Trek. Anyway, I was watching WestCoast Freeriding and they had this video with Ryan Leach doing amazing stuff. In once scene, he was cruising down this single track, he pulled a wheelie with his back wheel, whipped the tail 180 degrees and then started pedaling again in the opposite direction (so basically an instant reverse of direction). Can this be done with a triple crown fork? I noticed he didn't have one...
Thanks for everyone's responses. This is my question. Has anyone in this group ever done a 180 tail whip with a triple crown? And what do you feel is the limitations of turning with a triple crown besides bar spins?
This biggest limitation of a triple crown fork is that you can't buy one.
Second time?
It must really [censored] you off.
You're confusing being amused with being [censored].
Ok, now I get it... so what are the limitations of a triple clamp fork for riding trials?
Dave
Dave said:
Thanks for everyone's responses. This is my question. Has anyone in this group ever done a 180 tail whip with a triple crown?
And what do you feel is the limitations of turning with a triple crown besides bar spins?
Dave
Dave said:
I'm in the process of buying a new bike. I'm looking at the Specialized Enduro. It has a triple crown fork. I currently have a single crown? - I have a cheap Trek. Anyway, I was watching WestCoast Freeriding and they had this video with Ryan Leach doing amazing stuff. In once scene, he was cruising down this single track, he pulled a wheelie with his back wheel, whipped the tail 180 degrees and then started pedaling again in the opposite direction (so basically an instant reverse of direction). Can this be done with a triple crown fork? I noticed he didn't have one...
I'm in the process of buying a new bike. I'm looking at the Specialized Enduro. It has a triple crown fork. I currently have a single crown? - I have a cheap Trek. Anyway, I was watching WestCoast Freeriding and they had this video with Ryan Leach doing amazing stuff. In once scene, he was cruising down this single track, he pulled a wheelie with his back wheel, whipped the tail 180 degrees and then started pedaling again in the opposite direction (so basically an instant reverse of direction). Can this be done with a triple crown fork? I noticed he didn't have one...
Thx Dave
Sounds like a more sophisticated version of the endo-tailwhips we did on our BMX bikes 25 years ago. I don't recall having a triple crown.
I'm in the process of buying a new bike. I'm looking at the Specialized Enduro. It has a triple crown fork. I currently have a single crown? - I have a cheap Trek. Anyway, I was watching WestCoast Freeriding and they had this video with Ryan Leach doing amazing stuff. In once scene, he was cruising down this single track, he pulled a wheelie with his back wheel, whipped the tail 180 degrees and then started pedaling again in the opposite direction (so basically an instant reverse of direction). Can this be done with a triple crown fork? I noticed he didn't have one...
Thx Dave
If his bars turn with the rest of the bike then its an endo turn and is entirely feasible with a double clamp fork. Any full suspension bike will be [censored] for trials though. HTH!