Full floater.. been obsessed with this idea for the last couple of years. By pairing our DT Zero Drag kit and the to-be-released bi-directional CentreHub, the chain and rear wheel are totally isolated from the suspension while coasting; the rear wheel and the chain can both move forwards and backwards independently at anytime. Moreso, there’s minimal pedal gap so anti-squat isn’t zapped when you want to resume pedalling or need to pump/generate speed.
This is made possible by essentially having a freecoaster at both the crank and at the rear wheel both in series. All patented.
Last time I was standing here was almost 10 years ago to the day as a young and dumb BMX racer (still dumb, just not as young).
The year was 2016 - I was studying part of my engineering degree in Florida and was trying to (budget) race my BMX around the USA; at the end of that trip @barrynobles95@realdrjrich and I went up to @bigbearmountainresort for the first time that I’d properly mountain biked. I went home a week later to finish @deakinuniversity and coincidentally developed the CentreHub at the same time.
Lots of fast dudes and hero’s of mine went around this track. Those were the good old days, just didn’t know it at the time. Sad to see the Olympic Centre in abandoned and in the state it is; got a pic of the rig on the Beijing track only at the price of security calling the cops 😂
Not sure what the meaning to this post is, other than sometimes everything changes, yet nothing changes at all.
Last month we completed another run of Cannondale Habit links. We originally did this as a proto for @benthompson101 medium “Canucks” themed bike, now offering them in (right to left) L/XL, M, S frame sizes to either convert to mullet, or in the case of Ben, full 27.5/27.5”.
Watch to the end to see a bike nerd way too stoked on his new toy 🤓
The Zero Drag System from Williams Racing Products replaces the internals of a DT Swiss hub to eliminate freehub drag when coasting.
You don’t see this on road bikes…
but if you’re chasing pure speed, maybe you should 👀
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Sea Otter Classic 2026 – Downhill-Engineering next Level
Am Stand von Williams Racing Products steht ein Bike, das keine Kompromisse kennt: Ein waschechter Downhill-Prototyp, der komplett auf Performance getrimmt ist. 💥
Das steckt drin:
🔧 Edelstahl-Hauptrahmen kombiniert mit gefrästen Alu-Parts
⚙️ Invertierter Viergelenker-Hinterbau
🚫 Klassischer Antrieb? Fehlanzeige – stattdessen Getriebe mit elektronischer Schaltung
🔗 Gates Riemenantrieb
🛑 Carbon-Bremsmomentabstützung für optimiertes Bremsverhalten
Mit der neuesten Iteration will Williams gezielt an den entscheidenden Stellschrauben gedreht haben: bessere Kinematik, mehr Midstroke-Support und ein noch saubereres Handling auf der Strecke.
Ein echtes Tech-Statement – und definitiv eines der spannendsten DH-Bikes auf dem Festival. 👀
👉 Mehr fancy Bikes im Artikel – Link in Bio!
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#SeaOtterClassic #DownhillBike #MTBTech #BikeTech #Prototype
Massive push to get this rig built. Love a good story and this one adds to that list.
I flew to California with a bike box full of parts, billet pieces and a vision in mind, arriving the eve of Sea Otter - meanwhile the front end was being welded in BC and flown down to CA the eve of the show, too. It checked out on CAD but nothing had actually been assembled. I preemptively purchased a 3D Printer on Amazon that was delivered to CA to get me out of trouble just in case but didn’t end up needing it in the end.
I stayed up all Thursday night without going to sleep to get a displayable bike by 8am Friday and to be honest kind of surprised myself that it didn’t look like shit 😂
I had left the gearbox in neutral and the tensioner locked out for the flight over and it stayed this way for Friday to be able to get media. By late Saturday evening I had them both rigged up and ridable (this vid) by Sunday morning.
I’ve been personally riding this box (Cassette in a Can) on-and-off on predecessor chain driven frames since first displaying it at Sea Otter last year, hence some scuffs on the case and the cranks from real world testing.
Couldn’t have done it without the last minute hustle by a few truely professional people that believe in me maybe more than I do myself, including @nsbillet for machining the stainless billets, @archibaldcycles for all the jigging, welding, and most of all the genuine well-rounded advice, @enduro_bearings for working Easter Friday to get me bearings sorted in time, @ridefoxbike for always making sure we have the best suspension, my friends for the confidence and for helping fight the sleep deprivation.
It went together a dream just like it was engineered (and better than I had imagined); not one dremel needed to be used 😂 maybe done enough frame builds now to know my own pitfalls.
Love this shit and I’ll do a full nuanced build vid once I get home.
