Why this VERY weird MTB setup might actually be better

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Update: This is now the weirdest daily bike I own. The Tall Bike and the Slingshot bike are weirder but they don't really count.
Now, we have a hardtail with trail bike geometry, a 120mm Lefty suspension fork, BERD Polyethylene spokes, a 29" wheel up front, 27.5" rear, the "EDS" wireless derailleur, Magura Vyron wireless dropper post, Rev Grips, an oblong chainring, and a frame filled with expansion foam.
Despite how weird and uncommon this bike and its parts are, it rides incredibly! Today we're going to push it to its limits.
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@DronePath Год назад

seth singlehandedly increased the lefty's popularity with 2 videos

@strix8534 Год назад

@Donuts_random_stuff Год назад

I guess he’s an influencer 😅

@smithmtb8453 Год назад

If I had the money I would get one

@DronePath Год назад

@@Donuts_random_stuff a very notable one

@michaelmechex Год назад

I don't think so, it's still expensive, proprietary and difficult to get maintenance done on it.

@henri-basilhearne3480 Год назад

No surprises there, cannondale build some sick bikes and XC has become a lot more gnarly and more travel. Lekker video Seth thanks!

@KyleSantisi 8 месяцев назад

Cannondale actually started in my town

@Coastal_Cruzer 6 месяцев назад

Cannondale has some shady practices and spotty qc. I wouldn't trust my life on one

@bebopman5 Год назад

I’m glad cannondale updated the fork to single crown with a tapered steerer, making builds like this 50x times easier. The OG lefty’s were dual crown and designed around Cdale’s proprietary 1.56” head tube diameter, and limited the head tube length. Rad vid 🔥

@nostaku Год назад

Yeah, to get those older lefty forks installed on non-cannondale bikes, you'd have to buy a new steerer

@bebopman5 Год назад

@@nostaku Yeah, I had to get a Project321 steerer to fit one onto my GF Superfly.

@nostaku Год назад

@@bebopman5 yup, either Project321 or Cannondale's own aftermarket steerers

@seanhornchek6440 Год назад

I remember I had a project 321 conversion steerer to use a old lefty on any frame

@balonbalonparty6385 Год назад

Still riding Cannondale with Lefty Classic 100 mm fork. I think is from 2002

@zethjugos1250 Год назад

The lefty is probably the best engineering flex by any bike brand. Its the most over engineered fork and probably the smoothest ive ever tried...still saving up to get my own😊😊😊

@nicgur_6981 Месяц назад

Looks like a stupid gimmick to flex but okay.

@sofielee4122 Год назад

people get psyched out by the fact that the wheel is only supported on one side but, thats how just about all aircraft main landing gear are set up, and you'll note that aircraft basically never have landing gear failures that involve the wheel snapping off

@isaacschultz5056 Год назад

I often think of youtubers as just youtubers, but people like Seth are true storytelling filmmakers. Great work as always ❤

@versustires5494 Год назад

Even if it's on a weird bike, we're stoked to have you on at least one of our tires! The build looks pretty fun, keep making rad stuff!

@noahthegildedone5917 Год назад

I'm always excited to see Versus tires on a build. Love mine and I definitely think more ppl should ride them 🤘🏽

@TrailDogsMTB Год назад

Heck yeah!

@johnnydoe66 Год назад

When Cannondale first came out with the Lefty, I test rode a Jekyl with one, and it just seemed weird to look down and see a leg missing. The original had dual crowns, but when they came out with the Ocho, I was a bit skeptical on how it would hold up. Several years of Cannondale's XC racers using it , and it's still going strong. If you look at some of the modern XC courses, the Ocho is built to handle trail riding, maybe not Enduro or Downhill.

@mpeay3945 Год назад

Glad to see you adding that Versus tire to the mix and giving them some visibility. I bought a set a while back and really like them!

@j-mcharing1851 Год назад

I rode a Cannondale JeKyle and Profit for over a decade and loved the lefty fork. Took everything I could throw at it and it asked for more. The only reason I moved to conventional fork is that Cannondale discontinued the lefty fork with 140 mm of travel (which was a double crown fork) in favour of Lefty Ocho (single crown and 120mm). I would love to go back to a lefty fork if they ever made a 140 mm fork again. I mostly ride trail and enduro bikes which were called all mountain back in the day.

@justin_time Год назад

I would like to see more Frankenstien bikes. Whatever can be manufactured from bits in the trash or parts bin sounds like a fun endeavor to watch.

@leopichler Год назад

a light stiff bike is always more fun than a heavy bike with loads of travel imo. Love the content keep it up!

@Steph.98114 Год назад

Depends what your riding

@Zaquerooni Год назад

Can be scary af too haha

@rich1051414 11 месяцев назад

@@Steph.98114 I'd rather have more travel for real mountain biking, but if just playing, a light stiff bike is more fun.

@BeastyBite 6 месяцев назад

ride more than 60kmh downhill and it's the other way around

@leopichler 6 месяцев назад

@@BeastyBite I have and disagree. it's all personal taste (hence whey I said imo)

@tom.wassell Год назад

Nice to see someone as good as yourself also suffering the pre-technical feature anxiety that cripples so many😂

@ahobimo732 Год назад

I think this is one of my favorite videos you've done. I loved the idea behind the bike build, and I thought bike looked amazing as well. Then your riding skills impressed the hell out of me. Finally, "Teddy Huxpin" was the icing on the cake. Incredible work all around!

@JiorujiDerako Год назад

Man, I've been wanting a Lefty to begin with, managed to talk myself out of it after your previous video when I saw how pricy they are + not really any special benefit for my own casual riding. And now you put this out and show how epic that whole build looks in all-black, slack geometry, mullet wheels... You're making me have to start all over with talking myself out of this, definitely my new 'dream build' to have something like this!

@genericinternetperson Год назад

I love a weird bike that's still functional. Turns heads and starts conversations, maybe changes some minds.

@selfhelp69 Год назад

Always pushing crazy tech and backing it up with great riding. Love it.

@rocketmachineworx Год назад

How could you go the whole video and not call it a "mullet bike"? Phenomenal as always!!! Love your work!!

@MarvinWestmaas Год назад

Seth the question is, will you keep it as is or will you put your old gear back on it? Because I would sure like to see you ride this on an actual trail ride and hear you break it down after that.

@BermPeakExpress Год назад

There's no way I'm putting this back the way it was. I did take it out the other day with my daughter and it was awesome. Without her on the Macride it handles even better 😂

@MarvinWestmaas Год назад

@@BermPeakExpress looking forward to seeing this contraption again then, nice to hear you're having fun 😊

@chrisp6871 Год назад

@@BermPeakExpress Looking forward to follow-up videos... When do you go into production? ;)

@chrisplatten2293 Год назад

@@chrisp6871 Another Chris P...Got to say Hi

@bryanm.3026 Год назад

@@chrisplatten2293 You're in good company. The best Chris P. is Mr. Bacon, the news pig 😁

@michaelsummer7082 Год назад

I had a Jekyll back in 2004 with a lefty on it. It got stolen after three months and I have ached over the loss ever since. That thing was so smooth, and so plush.

@alexshmelyov2722 Год назад

Been running lefties since 2009! So much love!!!

@rickardback3339 Год назад

Coolest bike yet! Weird but cool! Love that you “prove” to people that the Lefty is highly capable and very good at what it was designed for. Keep up the amazing work!

@henrymacwilliams7666 Год назад

What advantages does a lefty have?

@helvettefaensatan Год назад

I didn't know you were compulsive, Seth. Thank you for being so open about it.

@pauld1848 Год назад

I had a lefty on a well spec'd alloy HT frame, and that fork ate up chatter better than my Grip2 Fox 36. It was amazing. I wouldn't hesitate to ride Dupont or similar with it. The needle bearing construction of a Lefty essentially eliminate stiction and it's been proven that Lefty's are stronger/stiffer than traditional forks with even larger stanchions.

@TheDarKris Год назад

That’s funny I ordered a Specialized Status frame that’s made for a mullet but because I have 27.5 inch wheels I sized up my fork. Here Seth’s doing the exact opposite of what I did 😂

@adekxii Год назад

Seth! almost 1m. good luck! can't wait

@michaelhorton6166 Год назад

Seth getting hurt? Never!🤣 I'm glad that you are trying to reduce the risk of injury!

@jcsrst Год назад

I have a lefty on my gravel bike and I love it. It's weird and everyday people notice it 🤣

@mkim64 Год назад

I have the same lefty-mullet-trail bike setup and it's so fun to ride. Slapped on a velo orange crazy bar and suddenly it's my go-to commuter bike :)

@Younghead Год назад

I had a Cannondale 600 in the 1980’s It came with a 26” wheel in front and a 24” wheel on the back 16” frame and no suspension, Dia Compe brakes and a SunTour chain set it was great for hill climbing and great acceleration. It was one of the best MTB’s I’ve ridden.

@artoutlawphoto Год назад

They used to make a lefty supermax with 140mm travel for a 27'5 wheel. It's a double crown fork and it uses a bigger steer tube witch will not fit on a normal taper steer frame, but there is a work around and you can get a custom steer tube.

@jordanr8312 Год назад

I'm only 2 mins in and already know this is going to be dope! Anytime Seth looks this excited this early on it usually is a banger!

@theunbannedhacker1237 Год назад

Super relatable when you pulled the forks and the headset bearings came out. Classic.

@tannermorgan4067 Год назад

I had a 2014 Cannondale Trigger Team 650b with a lefty super max 140mm. It was one of the most unique and fairly capable bikes I've ever owned. The super max lefty was beautiful when it was working right but required way more maintenance and expenses than a normal fork. Constantly having to be serviced and rebuilt and since I didn't have a dealer near me at the time I would send it out to Mendon cycle smith to be rebuilt until cannondale stopped stocking out of house suppliers with parts. The DYAD rear shock was a whole different can of worms too! Again performed great when working but get your wallet out for a service at fox. Then the carbon linkage started developing stress cracks from all the HUCKleberry Finn gaps and drops I was hitting (sub 5' drops and 10' gaps) and it was time to pass it on to the PB buy sell gods

@themountain59 Год назад

Rocking a mullet set up for two years now...just awesome.

@fusabike Год назад

I’m such a tinkerer. This was great. I mixed-wheeled my Rail 27.5 with a 160mm 29 Zeb to get the geo as close to stock while keeping the f&r travel numbers within range of each other. Works a charm. Nice work as always Seth.

@6HO57 Год назад

shut up ryan we all know you are the one who pooped in the sink on new years

@TrailDogsMTB Год назад

Heck yeah glad to see versus tire on your channel I love those tires!

@mrfunkybassist Год назад

I was actually packaging my 2007 lefty dlr2 up to ship to mendon in ionia ny for a servicing last night. So this ended up coming up at the perfect time

@Skierbois Год назад

You know it’s going to be a good day any time Seth uploads a video

@AceSkates Год назад

reminds me of the old 6-9ners from back in the day when some makers tried 29s at the front and 26 at the back

@mx1742 Год назад

Yep I remember those too, the one my friend had was a Trek

@fatknobby Год назад

And way back Cannondale did 4-6ers...time travel to 24 R, 26 F

@evoman5428 11 месяцев назад

Good riding and now I'm saving up for a lefty fork! I also want that drivetrain if they reappear for purchase!!

@edot2541 Год назад

My mentor ride a lefty cannondale topstone here in Michigan for all of our gravel races and that thing is easily one of the most versatile and stylish bikes I have ever seen. Handles gravel like a beast hell he even raced the Iceman Cometh with it!!

@zigmundotto3254 Год назад

Got a lefty on a cannondale flash 29er absolutely love it mate, does everything I need it to. Nice vid cobber

@ryanmarshall4741 Год назад

Seth: perfect timing! I just finished my taxes and was thinking of upgrading to lefty ocho carbon 120 with my return and this just solidified my decision!

@ridingwithreggie Год назад

Seth is putting Lefty's on the map! Awesome video!

@owenkennedy7854 Год назад

The lefty is such an awesome example of excellent mountain bike engineering

@steelzeppelin Год назад

Lookin in shape there Seth.

@davidkane8660 9 месяцев назад

Sweet ride dude. That's nice and different

@RonAsaf Год назад

Love your content Seth, keep it up

@RideTannus Год назад

*Making mullets great again! Nice work Seth*

@Zero.0ne. Год назад

imo, coolest looking bike i've seen on your wonderful channel

@optokapler Год назад

Hey Seth, first of all amazing channels, awesome content! Thanks for everything you do! And maybe an idea for a video/videos: as a expert you are and a pro-scientist as always do a series on how high you fly of off the jumps on Berm Peak, I've just now realized how high everything is when I saw you standing next to the new feature on Whale Tail.

@isaks3243 5 месяцев назад

I recently took my 27.5 full sus enduro bike and put a 29er front wheel and signifficantly better fork on it and I can say that it went from an absolute dream in the turns whilst not being that good in the bumps to even better in the turns and can just power through the bumpy stuff. it turned everythign into an entirely different world and it is awezome!

@bildo99ify Год назад

Glad to see you happy, buddy!

@selightfritz642 Год назад

In the 1980’s my grandfather used to make garden carts from bicycle forks and tires, he would buy every old throw away bike he saw. We grandkids would raid his junkyard of bikes to build Frankenbikes 26inch front 16 inch rear wheels, BMX frame and handle bars on beach bike fork and front tire….. your creation e]reminded me of sending those creations through the woods of Ohio down a stream bed and off the waterfall, yeah we were mountain biking before it was cool using what we found and could build and repair….

@datalaforge Год назад

Really nice camera movement in this one! I’m happy I stayed for the Teddy Ruxpin reference. 😎

@Themildcyclist Год назад

I did this with my 26inch lefty and put a 27.5 infront, rides amazingly well

@usa_rail_productions Год назад

Your editing is 5 stars ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@BrianKlausen Год назад

That's a proper Seth's bike hack! Awesome video - very interesting take on a bike. Not foolish by any means - just... different.

@crjmoto Год назад

I had a Prophet w/ a Lefty and it was awesome. That bike was awesome looking back...

@BadIdeas101 Год назад

This is my new favorite video of seths

@craighughes5977 Год назад

Really love this build, the ultimate down country

@christopherlyons9367 Год назад

My favorite biking channel on all of RU-vid and it’s not even close!✌️🤘

@ChrisNieves Год назад

Lefty bikes are awesome and about time they get some press time.

@michaelkendall9852 Год назад

Very unique bike but definitely awesome. Great video

@mushtikla1 6 месяцев назад

That lefty looks absolutely insane! lol I could just sit and look at it for hours lmao

@kaylorjames6511 Год назад

I'll probably never touch a mountain bike in my life. Still one of my favorite channels because of videos like this.

@MrHeHim 9 месяцев назад

I have cannondale's first try at lowering unsprung weight to help with keep the wheel on the ground after a bump, it helps a LOT to keep contact during a turn. Lighter wheels also mean lighter anything under the shock. My bike is the one's from 10 years ago that have the suspension in the neck of the fork so it's a half measure compared to the Lefty. But not only does it eat up hard but small bumps but returns almost instantly back to the ground. So i imagine the Lefty's ability to do a much better job as it has much less unsprung mass.

@paulschroeder847 Год назад

Very fun video, thanks. And more thanks for sharing some hardtail love. ❤️

@mirekbns Год назад

I remember the lefty was a feature on Cannondale's Bad Boy; an iconic city bike.

@kainpwnsu Год назад

It's so wrong, yet splendid and beautiful.

@moparpunk44 Год назад

I love the Versus tires. I have them on both my bikes. Awesome tires!

@illwillsquared Год назад

man the lefty is so old, crazy cool too see people just finding them now

@stoneenforcer Год назад

Lefty is the best front bike suspension ever engineered. Its a mini aircraft landing gear on roller bearings. Approx 600% for efficient on bumps then anything else on the market.

@gregnowak2492 Год назад

Very cool, man! Love it!!

@twintwitch1 Год назад

I love his Boston. Great video

@ninotocka Год назад

Whoever shoots and edits this stuff... Good job.

@MLampner Год назад

I'm too old to try this stuff but I enjoy watching it and I learn things I can apply to my more limited range of things I can handle. At 71 you don't do jumps.

@Zaquerooni Год назад

That "heyl yeeahh" at 3:19. I feel it all the time 🤣

@brianodoherty4773 Год назад

Love it sir. Keep calm and Mullet lefty it on :)

@matthewbjordahl2866 Год назад

Always wanted to see a lefty on a hard-core hardtail

@johnhitt5231 Год назад

Much love for the Lefty.

@Jesticles85 Год назад

pretty sick! i want a lefty now

@NanoDex Год назад

Going by the design points, I bet the engineers were paranoid too and way overbuilt that thing. Love a good lefty! Looks so cool!

@bowty_mcboatface 11 месяцев назад

Educational AND entertaining... as usual.

@trytropex4708 Год назад

I think I found a new favourite video on this channel.

@yamahschector 5 месяцев назад

I am coming over for a test ride!

@benstein846 Год назад

Great vid Seth! Fellow Lefty owner, but mine is the Olaf (100mm travel fat fork). Typically if the Lefty bottoms out, you need to reset the needle bearing (not sure that is the case for the Ocho though, but it is easy to do). I occasionally run mixed wheels on my hardtail as well, 26 x 5 studded by 29 x 3, or 26 x 4 by 29 x 2.6. Depends on conditions, time of year, and what I'm in the mood for. It is a good fork, but does have some idiosyncrasies.

@johnolson7052 Год назад

Definitely need to keep the franken-bike as is, Lefty mullet mixed component beauty! ❤

@hornzeerides72 Год назад

Great video...I was always wondering how aggressive the lefty could be run...thanks

@ZenEndurance Год назад

I went down to a 650b rear on my gravel bike so I could match the 48mm width on my 700 front wheel and it’s AWESOME. I go faster because of the fatter tires, more comfort, and I can turn faster on hairpins. Still get the monster truck roll over everything front wheel. Can’t notice a single downside.

@johnnyk6906 Год назад

as always awesome comparison.

@nolancree7197 Год назад

Watching these videos knowing Seth started as the “how to guy” for car stereos brings me immense joy.

@theneilah1912 Год назад

I rode a lefty back in the late 90's. I still have the Cannondale frame it came on in my garage but alas the fork was replaced 20 years ago. This video has me wondering if it might be fun to dust off the bike and find an old lefty to throw back on.

@jurisx85 Год назад

Súper cool! Steve from HT Party always says that 120 or 130mm is more than enough!

@z383tpi Год назад

Now that you said it... I wanna see you ride (parts of) Berm Peak on an XC bike...and a BMX bike. 🤔 Not to see you get hurt Seth, but because I feel you'd do a great job explaining how the each of the 3 perform/ feel different.