...a wee bit tricky to take a pic with true representation of the colour you see in the flesh (its really really nice, and by nice I mean stunning), the bottom bracket area on the 2nd picture is mighty close to it.. also the glow in the dark is quite vivid.. . It is exactly this colour (as seen at the 2012 rampage):
cheers mayha, like the diety saddles and pedals (especially the pedals), but ive got most of the parts already...just really the shock and forks to determine. F.N.G, I wont be...it will be sick though
... how the hell do you explain that to your girlfriend/wife???
...you don't, that's the trick. when she says "whats this?", you say "whats wrong with you, you want some money to go shopping...", end of story. Theres a lot of stuff they don't understand about us, and theres a lot of stuff we don't understand about them, and its best to just leave it that way... don't explain anything, stay in the mystery......and if your past that stage, regretably, and shes got you trained to tell the truth about everything...well...im sorry to hear that brother .
Wow! Really nice stable! Owning all of these would make me self-sufficient on bikes for 15 years to do any type of riding anywhere. Now you just need a Warden to complete the quatuor...
I can't help myself, but it's just for money reasons. I should stop working as a trailbuilder and get a degree in Accounting so I could buy that new un-neccessary 650B fork and wheels. But then we'd have less trails to ride!
I can't help myself, but it's just for money reasons. I should stop working as a trailbuilder and get a degree in Accounting so I could buy that new un-neccessary 650B fork and wheels. But then we'd have less trails to ride!
second hand Chilcotin frame + second hand Avalanche Woodie and the parts you've already got would make a lot of sense. ive done a number of 25-30km enduros on the chili...it wouldn't win KOM (the Endo has the potential to be that bike) due to weight / penalty on climbing, but it seriously rips downhill and is a lightweight freeride dream bike.
Yep, wheel-size debate aside, the more I look at the Chilcotin, the more I think that it'd be perfect. Anyway, I'll wait until spring so I can have stuff to geek out in my spare time this winter.
Ok, enough thread derailing, can't wait to see the fully built-up pics of your Podium!
doing the uplift this weekend? it's the last one before christmas and tally reckons all the fallen trees will be cleared
yeah it was a bit of a mess up there...I had to lift the podium over 5 trees on the way up and one on the way down at caddon bank that I very nearly hit....maybe do uplift Sat, Sundays out (forecast is very windy though), what you riding these days?..ill keep an eye out for you...feel free to PM me..
this week's forecast seems well over the top, it's certainly not been as windy as they said over the weekend.
will look at doing saturday if I can get a peek at this podium! I'm on a red commencal but finding you is gonna be pretty easy!
this week's forecast seems well over the top, it's certainly not been as windy as they said over the weekend.
will look at doing saturday if I can get a peek at this podium! I'm on a red commencal but finding you is gonna be pretty easy!
lol.. yeah i guess he's not gonna be to hard to spot on that bike ha ha... the podiums looking sweeeeeeeeeeeet now chris.. money well spent and well worth the wait eh bud, whats your thoughts on the bike.
lol.. yeah i guess he's not gonna be to hard to spot on that bike ha ha... the podiums looking sweeeeeeeeeeeet now chris.. money well spent and well worth the wait eh bud, whats your thoughts on the bike.
Yup, it turns heads that's for sure
Only just got my second ride on her today...the weather in Dec was wild but the shock/forks needed sent in anyhow for tuning and springs adjustments...but, yes, it was well worth the wait! I've had so much fun today and my confidence on the track was growing quite quickly all day. I'm really stoked for this bike
My thoughts are: it rides like a Knolly, I've felt quite at home from the start, to me it descends like a big forgiving Chilcotin and its actually very eager to launch itself off jumps! I gave a Kona sponsored rider (there were three of them at inners on their carbon operators, all three top UK DH riders) a go to get his opinion on the suspension dial...he launched off three doubles and he was about a foot higher and 3-4 feet further out on landing than what he was doing on his own bike, so the Podium is a great jumper.
Cant really say more on the bike just now as its still so new to me.
Two other things that I came away with today: the Schwalbe Magic Mary is a brilliant tyre, the grip is first rate, it was dry when I first went out then it rained for a little bit and it was great in both conditions. Its very noisy on tarmac, theyre well sticky, hopefully durable too. Second, XT brakes with 200mm Ice-tech rotors are amazing and probably all you'll ever need for downhill, im putting them on all three bikes
I was wondering if you could do me a small favour. I'm looking at possibly getting a Podium and wondered if you could measure the wheel base for me? I would have mine set up with similar fork arrangement and was after an "actual" wheelbase measurement.
I was wondering if you could do me a small favour. I'm looking at possibly getting a Podium and wondered if you could measure the wheel base for me? I would have mine set up with similar fork arrangement and was after an "actual" wheelbase measurement.
Cheers
A2C was set exactly as per Knolly website so HA/wheelbase as spec'd.
Thats a sick bike dude! I was just wondering how you were liking it? Inners are my local dh trails too so was just wondering how the new podiums liked the tight techy stuff as well as the faster jumpy shit? Would you describe it as a plough bike or playful agile bike?
Thats a sick bike dude! I was just wondering how you were liking it? Inners are my local dh trails too so was just wondering how the new podiums liked the tight techy stuff as well as the faster jumpy shit? Would you describe it as a plough bike or playful agile bike?
Give me a shout if you see me out and about, i'll be out alot this year and doing uplifts so i'll let you know how it goes.
Sicklines verdict:
Knolly put together one hell of a frame here and something that’s just a blast to ride weather you’re an average joe or a seasoned vet. Could it be better? Sure, it could be carbon and a pound or so lighter. It could use an integrated chain stay protector and sport a 56 mm bottom headset ID. But it’s all just nit pick. Over the course of the summer the frame its self has required exactly zero maintenance. No creaks and not a single fastener has loosened even a little. The ride is all about balance here. Low but still pedalable, slack but not too light in the front, terrain gobbling but with plenty of pop, and dead reliable. As delivered, the Podium’s credentials as a serious big mountain machine are beyond reproach. Just Google Garret Bueller and James Doerfling to get an idea of what this thing is capable of under talented professionals. But lets be real, Pros are on another level and most of us just ride for fun. We mix it up bouncing between jump lines and tech runs and maybe a bit of the really scary stuff. Having a bike that can ride it all well is what most of us need. Which is why I think the Podium is just about right.
from the few weeks i spent on my podium in whistler last year. id say its a great allrounder... pops of jumps very well, very playful manouverable bike, and handels techy tight twisty trails with ease, and ploughs through rocks gardens and roots with ease to... you wont be dissapointed with a podium.
from the few weeks i spent on my podium in whistler last year. id say its a great allrounder... pops of jumps very well, very playful manouverable bike, and handels techy tight twisty trails with ease, and ploughs through rocks gardens and roots with ease to... you wont be dissapointed with a podium.
yeah 'very playful manoeuvrable bike' is how I would describe it too. was back out today, it was brilliant fun, only thing stopping me putting it to the test on the twisty tight steep sections was the soaking wet pine needles, the forest has got a red pine needle carpet and its hard to see/find a line, it just all looks the same and its very slippy. looking forward to them disappearing and getting a dry day without them, then we'll see what this podiums made of
yeah 'very playful manoeuvrable bike' is how I would describe it too. was back out today, it was brilliant fun, only thing stopping me putting it to the test on the twisty tight steep sections was the soaking wet pine needles, the forest has got a red pine needle carpet and its hard to see/find a line, it just all looks the same and its very slippy. looking forward to them disappearing and getting a dry day without them, then we'll see what this podiums made of
ha ha ha,, youd better bring out the rake,,, yard brush,,, and leaf blower then, ha ha....
i can well imagine it adding to the fun when you cant even see the trails, lol... similar to riding in the snow, lol
ha ha ha,, youd better bring out the rake,,, yard brush,,, and leaf blower then, ha ha....
i can well imagine it adding to the fun when you cant even see the trails, lol... similar to riding in the snow, lol
im so not going anywhere near the place in the snow id definitely end up in a tree. went out night riding tonight on the endo at inners with (mtbr member) goodgrief, he raced off ahead and I ended up freeriding the endo off-piste most of the time (didn't know where I was supposed to be going) lol...at the bottom we agreed I had discovered a shedload of new lines...
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...size M, arrived this morning ..and completes my Knolly Hatrick (Endo Chili Podium), happy days indeed!!
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. It is exactly this colour (as seen at the 2012 rampage): 
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