Other Specialized suspension patent for new ebike (?)

[jcmonty]

Saw this on another forum

Bicycle Rear Suspension by Specialized - WheelBased

Specialized have a new long travel Demo/Enduro E-bike design.

wheelbased.com

Tl;dr
Hopefully those means a turbo enduro and/or enduro SL

 

[jbrown15]

Oh daaaaaammmmmm

 

[jcmonty]

They are actually calling it a “demo” e-bike. Maybe Specialized thinks there is more room at the top past the Kenevo. Maybe they will have an extension of this for the e-enduro. Who knows?

 

[DtEW]

They are actually calling it a “demo” e-bike. Maybe Specialized thinks there is more room at the top past the Kenevo. Maybe they will have an extension of this for the e-enduro. Who knows?

Isn't the Demo one of the places you can't (legitimately) ride any e-bike?

 

[rydeezie]

 

[jcmonty]

Isn't the Demo one of the places you can't (legitimately) ride any e-bike?

The Demo is their DH bike (doing well on the UCI circuit). If you are referencing Soquel Demo forest, which is near their US HQ, then I think you are right. They are pretty anti- bike at that place, though many still risk it I believe.

 

[DtEW]

The Demo is their DH bike (doing well on the UCI circuit). If you are referencing Soquel Demo forest, which is near their US HQ, then I think you are right. They are pretty anti- bike at that place, though many still risk it I believe.

Speshy’s Demo is of course named after the Soquel Demonstration Forest. It is open to bikes, but not e-bikes. I’ve ridden (before e-bikes were a thing) various trails in the Demo. Yes, people poach the Demo on e- bikes and 1) risk getting ticketed and 2) jeopardizes legitimate bike access.

I am noting the irony of possibly naming any e-bike after a place they aren’t legitimately allowed in, and can be pointed-at by enemies of all MTB access as evidence of the flippant, scofflaw nature of MTBers and the industry.

Yes, there should be an e-bike version of the Demo, but it better be called something else.

 

[jcmonty]

Speshy’s Demo is of course named after the Soquel Demonstration Forest. It is open to bikes, but not e-bikes. I’ve ridden (before e-bikes were a thing) various trails in the Demo. Yes, people poach the Demo on e- bikes and 1) risk getting ticketed and 2) jeopardizes legitimate bike access.

I am noting the irony of possibly naming any e-bike after a place they aren’t legitimately allowed in, and can be pointed-at by enemies of all MTB access as evidence of the flippant, scofflaw nature of MTBers and the industry.

Yes, there should be an e-bike version of the Demo, but it better be called something else.

Ah gotcha. Yeah, I meant that e-bikes aren’t allowed at Demo forest (darn autocorrect). FWIW - that was just a patent read-out, no actual clue if Spesh will call it a Demo. Probably not given their history of using different names on their e-bikes

 

[HGmtb]

That looks very much like a Mahle motor.

 

[Mcharza]

Saw this on another forum

Bicycle Rear Suspension by Specialized - WheelBased

Specialized have a new long travel Demo/Enduro E-bike design.

wheelbased.com

Tl;dr
Hopefully those means a turbo enduro and/or enduro SL
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That's the reason I didn't buy a new emtb, waiting a new suspension setup

 

[Bencab]

That's the reason I didn't buy a new emtb, waiting a new suspension setup

March 2021!

 

[Ymersmoelf]

That looks very much like a Mahle motor.

How du you tell?

 

[HGmtb]

How du you tell?

 

[cozzy]

I recon it's the gen3 kenevo due next year, although how they could improve on perfection I don't know. Whatever the motor is as long as it's as powerful as the current brose rather than a weak sl type motor.
Must not buy a new bike. Must not buy a new bike.

 

[Ymersmoelf]

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Thank you. Very convincing
Not good news... was hoping for a fullblown emtb. Fingers still crossed!

 

[Mcharza]

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Hope it comes with Mahle motor

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

here's hoping!!! looks like a a dedicated uplift bike perhaps...