Lo siento, esta todo en ingles y es mucho para traducirlo. http://www.dirtragmag.com/print/article.php?ID=680 If youve ever had trouble pronouncing the name of the Italian suspension fork brand, Marzocchi, fear no more, life just got a little easier. Sure, the merger of Manitou and Marzocchi into a new company, Marzanitou, might seem confusing since the two fork makers have been at odds with each other over the need for a new freeriding steerer tube diameter, but the newly-formed company has quickly settled the half-a-decade head tube diameter standard dispute with the introduction of a new steerer tube diameter, 1.3125. The new head tube diameter is a result of many engineers coming together from across the globe to discuss the fate of the head tube standard wars. Its just strange that after we let Marzocchis engineers work with our [Manitous] engineers, that the resulting new standard would be exactly half the difference between the traditional 1 1/8 headtube and the oversize 1.5, but both teams of engineers have assured us that this new size is much stronger, lighter and easier to produce than any other diameter, said Manitous marketing guy Bill Christensen. While international magazine editors met at the 2005 Manitou/Kenda press camp in Spains Canary Islands, Manitous engineers met with Marzocchis in hotel conference rooms on the other side of Grand Canary Island to discuss the future of the new company and their first joint product venture, the Condoleeza, designed around the new One-point-three-one-two-five steerer tube diameter. No. It just sounds cool. said Joel Smith, Marzanitous head marketing guy, when asked if the new forks name had any relation to the US Secretary of State. The Condoleeza series of suspension forks is aimed at the emerging Cattle Class (see Dirt Rag's news article). We really see some promise in the Cattle Class. Americans can sit around and gain as much weight as they like, but that doesnt take away from the fact that they still want a little competition Once they see a race class, a suspension fork, and a steerer tube diameter, designed just for them, we believe theyll finally get off their asses and ride, said Christensen. But what about the rest of the suspension forks? Fortunately, Marzanitou wont have to start from ground zero in discussing brake arch designsboth companies start with M, so Marzocchis original M-shaped brake arch just might easily convert to Manitous reverse arch design. But valving is another storyManitou prefers Stable Platform Valving (SPV) while Marzocchi has sworn by Speed Sensitive Valving (SSV). Simple, says Smith, SS-SPV is an optimized speed sensitive stable platform valving system that utilizes the best of both systems. Its just like one-point-three-one-two-five. Consumers can expect this mindset from Marzanitou as it works to combine technologies pioneered by each company into single technologies that feature the best of both worlds. And while Condoleeza is Marzanitous first joint offering, at least in the short term, expect to find both Marzocchi and Manitous previous offerings to exist simultaneously under the new name. For example, Marzanitou will sell 05 and 06 Shermans as well as 66 and Junior Ts; Nixons as well as All Mountains. This merger leaves us consumers asking, will other companies merge as well to compete with the new giants? RockShox and Fox? RST and Spinner? No, said Elayna Caldwell, marketing person at Fox Racing Shox. Thats the stupidest idea outside of 29 suspension forks that Ive ever heard. Well, Ive always thought it would be best to buy out the competition, said Michael Zellman, head marketing guy at SRAM, owners of RockShox, but to be honest, we cant afford Fox. As for the competition, well probably just wait until the Italian mafia kills off the Californians at Marzanitous next press launch. To keep up on Marzanitous latest, visit their website, www.marzanitou.com
LOLLL :lol: :lol: :lol: # As for the competition, well probably just wait until the Italian mafia kills off the Californians at Marzanitous next press launch. # One-point-three-one-two-five steerer tube diameter. De verdad, hacia tiempo que no me reia tanto con algo de la bici xDDDDD
krystian xtc, no te preocupes que......Va a ser que no........traduzco la ultima frase para que veais: -1.3125 de diametro de tubo....... Lo siento krystian xtc, pero tendras que cambiar tu cuadro por uno que valga esa horquilla.....Pobre Giant que solo tiene 1 mes y algo..........SaLu2!!
Co*o Navarro, ¿que es de tu vida?, tengo nueva rígida que no sé si podré estrenar algún día, ya te la enseñaré. A.B.R.I.D.A. for ever... Saludos cordiales...
****** un mn!!!!!!! :shock: q es de tu vida??? jejej la noticia se als trae,al principio me ha dado un espasmo q no me lo creia,y menos mal pq hay q ver q tomadura de pelo. :mrgreen:
Yo digo una cosa. hay que tener pocas cosas que hacer en la vida pa tirarse escribiendo esa chorrada una hora... :scratch Hey tio! estabas muy perdio! ¿qué hay de tu vida?
April's fools! Condoleezza jajajajaja. Cómo se lo curran para el día de los inocentes, no es la primera de la que me entero, además las webs dan mucho juego soltando bulos jejejeje 1 saludo!
Simple, says Smith, SS-SPV is an optimized speed sensitive stable platform valving system that utilizes the best of both systems. Its just like one-point-three-one-two-five. :meparto :meparto :meparto
jajajajaja-......la verdad es que es una buena coña.....Y lo del nombre Condolezza, así completan la Nixxon....harán tambien el hinchador Lewinski Blower para el amortiguador Clinton ....jajajajajajaja :lol: :lol: Pero tambien se publicó el nacimiento de Gmail el 1 de Abril...y mira..... :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: