Chris Canfield’s new Vampire Bikes challenge kicks off with one extremely adjustable, high-pivot Fastarossa DH body design and three suspension patents tucked inside. CF3 is the important thing. 3 adjustable pivots. 3 journey settings. 3 doable rear wheel paths. Chris calls it a “quiver killer”!
Strap in. This one will take a minute to wrap your mind round.
Vampire Fastarossa DH bike debuts adjustable CF3 suspension
Ex-DH racer Chris Canfield has been designing mountain bike suspension for 2 and a half a long time, most lately below the corporate title Suspension Formulation. We greatest know his present suspension designs from these developed together with his brother Lance Canfield for his eponymous bike model, and likewise for full-suspension Revel Bikes, each of which license his CBF – Canfield Stability System
However he has lots extra loopy suspension concepts, so determined it was time to show all of it into one final DH bike.
Chris additionally sat down with us a couple of 12 months and a half in the past for the Bikerumor Podcast Ep. 086 to elucidate multi-link mountain bike suspension designs in a means that extra of us may perceive.
OK, so what’s new right here, and what carries over.
Canfield Stability System patent tech
First, let’s begin with CBF, that is Chris’s patent that’s already on the market on loads of bikes. Principally, it’s a digital pivot design the place the Prompt Middle (that’s primarily the momentary digital pivot at any level all through a motorcycle’s journey) is at all times in keeping with the highest of your chain, because it comes off your chainring delivering energy to the rear wheel. Because the rear wheel goes up, the IC goes down to remain aligned with the taut part of your chain below load.
Canfieild explains that this leads to “most pedaling effectivity” but in addition means the bike may have no brake-jack and no brake-squat, so balanced braking, too.
What’s new is CF3 – Chris’ System Three
The core of what makes this bike so distinctive is its three primary pivot areas. Chris Canfield stated he wished one DH bike that would do all of it “a race bike that would deal with any monitor, from rock gardens to bike park air DH programs. It needed to be versatile sufficient to adapt to all of them.“
So, as a substitute of selecting a low, mid, or high-pivot design, Canfield simply offers you all three in a single body.
Swapping apparently takes just some minutes – simply unbolt the primary pviot axle, pull it out and place it again the place you wish to strive subsequent.
Every transfer considerably modifications each suspension journey and rear axle path. Assume 165mm in low, 180mm in mid, and 220mm in excessive. It even retains a comparatively constant shock treatment so that you get an analogous really feel all through, simply with increased leverage as you increase the primary pivot and prolong journey. Canfield explains that you would be able to often set your best spring setup within the center place after which add high-speed compression damping going up a gap or decrease HSC happening (plus 1 click on of rebound for every gap going up.)
That means you will get three bikes in a single – from enduro bike really feel to professional DH shredder – all fast and simple to swap backwards and forwards relying on the way you wish to experience.
I-Monitor Suspension license
The ultimate patent that makes the brand new Vampire Fastarossa DH bike tick is the i-track dynamic loafer pulley design that Canfield licenses from Australian suspension designer Hugh McLay. Mounting the i-track loafer pulley on the Fastarossa’s swingarm implies that as you pedal tougher, a bit extra stress (anti-squat) is added to the suspension so it stays extra secure whenever you put the facility down. And the drive is stronger earlt within the journey, having much less influence whenever you push the bike deeper into its journey.
Vampire Fastarossa DH – Tech particulars
Sure, the Vampire Fastarossa DH body has a batwing rocker hyperlink and batwing headtube gussets.
And sure, there are bats infesting Vampire’s web site that consistently flutter round (and presumably will drive you loopy whenever you attempt to learn in regards to the bike’s specs!)
strengthened 4130 metal entrance triangle to “dampen high-speed vibrations and supply a stable, managed really feel throughout large impacts”
7005 aluminum seatstays, chainstays, and linkages for gentle weight & stiffness
variable 150-220mm rear wheel journey relying on primary pivot place & Trunnion shock stroke size from 67.5-755mm(for ex. 165/190/220mm with a 75mm stroke)
3 primary pivot positions – fast swap Low, Mid & Excessive pivot setups in a single body
chainstay mounted i-track loafer pulley will be swapped with a chainguide within the Low place (and saved on the additional non-driveside mount)
29″ or 27.5″ rear wheel with decrease shock mount flip-chip
exterior cable routing, however with stealth routing for a dropper submit
IS44/56 tapered headset
34.9mm seatpost, consists of CaneCreek 31.6mm shim
180 submit mount rear brake
1 bottle cage + 1 software provider cage mout on every body
73mm BSA threaded backside bracket with ISCG05 tabs (52mm chainline)
Enhance 148mm spacing
not SRAM Transmission appropriate
4 body sizes provided (S-XL)
Vampire Fastarossa DH – Pircing availability & choices
And not using a rear shock, the $2998 Vampire Fastarossa DH body is available in 4 sizes and three vampire-themed colours. It’s out there now in choose colr and dimension combos. You decide from Twilight white, Coffin Nail black, or shiny Blood purple.
After which Chris Canfield will assist get you arrange with the fork & shock of your alternative to start out your excellent construct.
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