The Slacker Project
A Homegrown Downhill Bike
19: The End
We made it. And although it's been a massive team effort, James has been the main man. So it's only fitting that he should have the last word...
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18: The Devil's In The Details
One last chapter to nerd out on all the little details of the Slacker frame before we launch in a couple of weeks.
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16: Production Challenges
We ordered the Slacker frames a year ago, and we thought they'd be here by Summer. Little did we know that 2022 was going to be a bit of a challenge...
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14: Production Ready
The new samples are here. Are they right? Will the Slacker finally be ready to go into production?
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13: Refining The Design
We've been riding the Slacker prototypes for nearly 18 months now. It's time to evaluate everything we've learned and roll that up into another round of developments. This might be the last big push before production.
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12: It's Not A Race Bike
With most things being cancelled the past 18 months, getting out on the Slacker has been tricky, but the SDA race at Glencoe was the perfect opportunity to test the prototype on the high-speed straights and loose turns of a proper DH track.
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11: Ride Testing
This is the part we've all be waiting for... riding the Slacker. After a year of testing times (get it?) this is what we've learned.
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10: Prototype Builds
The prototype builds let us get into testing but they're also an important step in determining how we might build up the Slacker production bikes...
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9: Prototype Teardown
The arrival of the Zeb fork last time meant we had to jump ahead a little bit, missing out the original Prototype Teardown blog. But it's an important step that you can't miss out so here goes...
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8: Testing The Zeb
The Slacker was always meant as a platform to test and learn from. So when we got a chance to test the new Rockshox Zeb fork, we used it to build a bike unlike anything else out there right now.
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