Something Evil.

http://2flat.net/2012/03/09/the-writer-knows-nothing-evil/

Unless you've been involved in this tiny little world of DH bikes about 8 years ago,or again about 3 years ago then you've probably never heard of Evil bikes.Evil bikes was an Eastcoast company started up by everyone's favorite suspension design guru,Dave Weagle.They originally started off making a chainguide because at the time of forming the company your chain retention choices were bleak at best.The forever shit Mr.Dirt Gizmo reigned supreme.They ventured off into making a couple of hardtail frames later down the road,aswell.There was the Sovereign which was billed as a do-it-all all mountain before all mountain exsisted frame.And one bike I would still wish to have in my stable to this current day.The D.O.C was a,at the time,lightweight skatepark and dirtjump based frame which was somewhat ahead of it's time.The centerpiece of this collection of frames was the,in my eyes atleast,crown jewl of the bunch.The Imperial.Twin top tubes that ran all the way back to the dropouts and a warranty that covered frame breakage if you ran a Harley Davidson fork on it.My 13 year old self wanted nothing more.Luckily for me,a close friend at the time picked a used one up right around the time they got scarce.So yes,I have thrown a leg over and ridden one of my dream bikes.Check another one off the list.

I mentioned the frames being somewhat scarce to come by up there,and that's because at a certain point Evil rebranded themselves as the company we know them as today.e13.They branched off into making more components and ditched the frame making.e13 produced beautiful,well thought out components at the time.Super light and ungodly durable chainrings.More chain guides,including dual-ring retention systems and the end all be all of guides the LG1.And a direct mount stem that still trumps 95% of the other direct mount stems available.e13 continued to grow and expand,as you can clearly see because,if you own a bike over 5'' of travel,you probably own a product from them.The Evil name was filed away somewhere,never thought to reappear,but that's where the story posted up top starts.The second comming of Evil bikes.



The original DH bike idea from Evil.The Empire.Circa roughly '02?



Couple of things.

Shirt idea.Blatantly stolen from Sensus.

You should know this by now.

Cranked.

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Crankbrother-Kronolog-Adjustable-Seat-Post.html

If you ride a mountain bike,or any bike for that matter you probably saw atleast something about the new Crank Brothers dropper post today.Now,I rant and rave about pretty much any other dropper post besides Gravity Droppers.Why?Because Gravity Droppers just fucking work,and continue to work and then continue to work more.Where as pretty much every other up-y down-y post seems to shit the bed on a consistant basis.Crank Brother's makes it seem like their post is the final answer in adjustable seatposts by giving you a run down of all the "problems" it fixes.

- Robust simplicity-A Gravity Dropper literally has like 12 parts to it.How many does this fucker have Crank Bros?
-Mechanical design -Again,Gravity Droppers have been mechanical since day one.Nothing new here.
-Hydraulic feel-My Dropper feels damn smooth.I can push it down with pretty much a finger,I bet you you have to nearly lay on that piece of shit to get it to go down,ala a Reverb.
-Two-stage damping-Damping?Simplicity?Gravity Droppers run on a big ass spring and involve no air seals.
- Rotational stability-2 years slop free here.Plus,when it does get a little wiggly a new bushing is like,$6,from Dropper and take 10 minutes to install.
-Two-way locking-Uhhhh,yep.My Dropper does that too.
-Improved cable routing-You stole this from Gravity Dropper.
-Travel adjust-Why? 4'' is more than enough.No need to go more or less.
-Remote adjust-Ummmmm,isn't that why adjustable height seatposts are cool,cause you don't have to get off the bike to lower them?
-Stronger and lighter-Seat bounced and sit down landered my Gravity Dropper countless times,and i'm a portly little fuck.I also bet my Dropper's lighter.

So there.Nothing to see here.Move along folks and purchase the ultimate seat post.A Gravity Dropper Turbo.Besides,the Kronolog kinda looks like a lightsaber/dildo thing anyway.

  

Pretty much.

Dreams do come true!

http://www.bikerumor.com/2012/03/01/2013-shimano-unveiled-new-slx-group-road-and-cross-disc-brakes-11-speed-di2-alfine-more/
Remember awhile back I begged Shimano to make a mid-cage,Shadow+ SLX rear derailer?Well those fuckers must have listened.My hope is now a reality.

We dive into this lovely piece on Shimano's latest offerings with the shit I don't care about at all section.Scroll down about halfway and then we start seeing some good shit.I'm psyched to see they redesigned the cranks too,and also added another shot gun blast into the half dead body of the triple ring crankset by making an SLX double.Now all we need to do is get that other fucking chainring off and then we'd really be onto something.New shifter looks pretty good,reminds me of my beloved 8-speed XT shifter of years gone past.I'll probably be picking one of those up to replace my current first gen. SLX 10-speed dinner plate,oh I mean shifter.I-spec is for idiots because anyone who wants their shifter attatched to their brake lever should just go back to 1996 when that shit was cool,the brakes are the same as what's out now,front derailers should be shot and tossed into a shallow grave,and really...who the fuck cares about what you did to your front derailer to make it "better".It still makes a shitton of chain noise and can't keep a chain on if it's life depended on it.We end with a look at the new SLX hub and some new wheels,they're all 29'ers and unsealed so I lost intrest quick.

All I can say is if SLX is this dope,may God save our souls when the new Saint hits.Radiator fin padded,Ice Tech rotor having,four-piston dick rippers known as Saint brakes.Phew,hot damn.

Zach loves Shimano.You should,too.

This dude.

Chris Kovarik.
Drifting before drifting was cool.Flat pedals.Off the back.Plowing.
The fucking ultimate.