Bionicon Germany is reporting a great response at the just-completed Eurobike. There was a lot of interest in the new Tesla, a revolutionary new Bionicon design, as well as the evolutionary changes to the time-tested adjustable travel and geometry systems on the rest of Bionicon’s line of mountain bikes.
Bionicon’s Eurobike Presence:
Bionicon’s Eurobike presence has been getting lots of attention, as usual. Singletrack Magazine (UK) interviewed Roger from Bionicon UK on camera. He shows off the latest BBoxx prototype and the New Bionicon Tesla, the latest Bionicon to take climbing efficiency and downhill freedom to their extremes. Click the “Read the rest of this entry” link below for the video, or visit Singletrack Magazine’s Eurobike Coverage.
The Bionicon coverage begins about ten minutes into the video.
A great little video showing how the Bionicon system works, and how it functions on the trail.
More Bionicon-related videos can be found on our Video page.
BikeRumor and other web sites are today spreading word of the B-Boxx, Bionicon’s internal planetary geared front derailleur transmission, which is making it’s debut today (September 4, 2008) at Eurobike.
Bionicon’s presence at Eurobike is large, and the B-Boxx debut has been much anticipated. If you happen to be in Germany for Eurobike, stop by and visit the Bionicon crew in stall FG-A7/4.
Bionicon USA staffers got to take out and test the new Bionicon 170mm Double Agent TA fork this past weekend, before shipping off the first 170mm-equipped Supershuttle FR to it’s anxiously waiting owner this week.
The new fork falls between the 150mm Double Agent and the 200mm Special Agent upside-down fork in the Bionicon line. It combines a plush and responsive coil with an adjustable air chamber and an elastomer bottom-out bumper. It is stiffened by a 20mm through axle (thus the TA designation). The dual-crown leading-axle design pulls the stanchions back for a shorter feeling “stem” length, better suited to the steepest of downhill runs. The 170mm travel fork, with Bionicon’s patented F.I.T. (Front Impact Transmission) headset and stem weighs in at a scant but solid 6.5 pounds.
The problem of front derailleur position for full suspension bikes is as old as full suspension itself. Instead of concentrating on geometry, ride characteristics, optimum pivot placement and system integration, engineers have been forced to design frames around the front derailleur and its chainrings.
Nicolai and Bionicon, the new generation of innovators in drive trains and variable suspension, have also faced these problems since their very beginnings. As a result, an intensive exchange of ideas began after Eurobike 2003 with the aim of finally eliminating the troublesome front derailleur.
Arthur Kostron’s spectacular jump on a Bionicon Ironwood, at LeoGang Bike Park in Austria.
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