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e.thirteen Staccato 8 is coming

May 22, 2008

Published by acadian


e.thirteen is up to something. I was just on their site and saw this thing about "Staccato 8". I have no idea what it's all about, but if you're lucky enough to attend the US open this weekend, go check it out!

http://www.e13components.com/announcements.html.

The US Open of Mountain Biking is upon us and the crew at e.thirteen could not be more excited. The racing action is sure to be fierce, one of the largest single event purses in mountain biking is going to be awarded, and a lot of great times are in store. Those aren't the only reasons we're excited though. You see, we've been working in secret on something really special, and we're going to show it to the world for the first time ever at the US Open. It's called Staccato 8, and you can come on out and see it in person on 5-23-08 at the US Open of Mountain Biking at Diablo. See you there!

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flag sammorris (May 22, 2008 at 5:31) (Below Threshold) show comment
gear box?...
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flag klink (May 22, 2008 at 6:56) (Below Threshold) show comment
Yepp. That is a good guess.
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flag timoped (May 22, 2008 at 12:11) (Below Threshold) show comment
I think it's your moms
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flag stwaven (May 23, 2008 at 20:07) (Below Threshold) show comment
its a puzzle u have to re arrange the pieces to figure out what it is
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flag stwaven (May 23, 2008 at 20:12) (Below Threshold) show comment
actually, its a pedal, all it takes is typing a few words into google and looking for something on the first page
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flag stwaven (May 23, 2008 at 20:14) (Below Threshold) show comment
and in the picture, its the layers of the pedal, the green on top and bottom are the plastic removable pieces and the grey is the structure of the pedal idk bout the black tho and the red is the screw to like hold the bearings or something
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flag Andy-M (May 22, 2008 at 5:40) (Below Threshold) show comment
i dunno, but if you look at it upside down the black bit looks like a seat on a seatpost...
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flag tatsimaru (May 22, 2008 at 5:42) (Below Threshold) show comment
It look like a pedal
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flag moleman (May 22, 2008 at 5:44) (Below Threshold) show comment
actually you could be right.
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flag sx-sam (May 22, 2008 at 9:37) (Below Threshold) show comment
Why would they be exited about a pedal?
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flag bmxracer62 (May 22, 2008 at 9:42) (Below Threshold) show comment
because they dont make pedals!
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flag hodge357 (May 22, 2008 at 22:53) (Below Threshold) show comment
Yep it definatly looks like a pedal, you you kinda have toi back off to see it
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flag Demiourgos (May 22, 2008 at 5:46) (Below Threshold) show comment
it's a clipless pedal for me ;>
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flag Pablos (May 22, 2008 at 8:17) (Below Threshold) show comment
Is that one of the ink block things, cos if so... im seeing a duck. -Love scrubs. Looks like a clipless to me too.
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flag Spcialzd (May 24, 2008 at 2:52) (Below Threshold) show comment
Watching Scrubs right now
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flag JonahH1992 (May 22, 2008 at 5:50) (Below Threshold) show comment
staccato means that the notes are played separate - wiki answers
could be sumit to do with a gear box
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flag pipemunky (May 22, 2008 at 6:01) (Below Threshold) show comment
if you were a musician you would know that a staccato is a sharp and crisp note.
most likely a peadl
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flag fredgrillet (May 22, 2008 at 5:51) (Below Threshold) show comment
Its a new test to see if people are colour blind.
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flag dirtbikerjackson (May 22, 2008 at 10:19) (Below Threshold) show comment
hahahahahaaaa
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flag timmy00 (May 22, 2008 at 5:56) (Below Threshold) show comment
It looks like hi-end platform pedal, maybe something like 50X50X?
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flag z-man (May 22, 2008 at 11:08) (Below Threshold) show comment
the 5050 was the worst pedal i have ever made the awful mistake to run
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flag lilwalters (May 22, 2008 at 11:12) (Below Threshold) show comment
haha, so true... 5050's lick balls
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flag flach2222 (May 22, 2008 at 11:28) (Below Threshold) show comment
No, i like my 5050's
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flag louisbrown (May 22, 2008 at 13:11) (Below Threshold) show comment
emmmmmmmmm 5050 are actual pretty class if you think about it i mean whose not running them in downhill these days
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flag Freerideguy14 (May 22, 2008 at 15:10) (Below Threshold) show comment
505's are really really nice with the right shoes. IF you wear running shoes or something your gunna have problems. There are better pedals out there but 5050's are overall good pedals.
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flag Truthteller (May 22, 2008 at 5:59) (Below Threshold) show comment
OMG WOW!....another pedal!....I wonder if it also makes your bike move forward when you push down on it?
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flag audeo03 (May 22, 2008 at 6:17) (Below Threshold) show comment
Pretty funny. But, the 8 suggests 8 gears... Truvativ Hammerschmidt is a 2 gear internal replacement for the front derailleur. The combo of these could be sick.
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flag guitarplayer1258 (May 22, 2008 at 6:11) (Below Threshold) show comment
its probably a chainguide :-O
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flag audeo03 (May 22, 2008 at 6:19) (Below Threshold) show comment
Or a guitar...
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flag shondo (May 22, 2008 at 6:35) (Below Threshold) show comment
.....seat post collar.....
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flag Hendy94 (May 22, 2008 at 8:09) (Below Threshold) show comment
there would not be such a build up to a seatpost collar
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flag runner (May 22, 2008 at 10:19) (Below Threshold) show comment
why not?
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flag kopp-productions (May 22, 2008 at 6:37) (Below Threshold) show comment
I'm going with gearbox, the 8 hints at possibly 8 gears, and I could see why their keeping it so secretive, if it was a pedal, they would have already shown us a picture, its not like a new pedal is any innovation. So I say its an 8spd gearbox.
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flag bmxracer62 (May 22, 2008 at 6:44) (Below Threshold) show comment
ill be there this weekend, im going to have to check this out, ill takes some pics and post it up if its worth it.
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flag marindhrider (May 22, 2008 at 6:56) (Below Threshold) show comment
i think it is clip less peddles

because the word means Characterized by short, clipped, rapid articulation
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flag audeo03 (May 22, 2008 at 8:49) (Below Threshold) show comment
And 8degrees of float???
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flag bomberdave (May 22, 2008 at 9:38) (Below Threshold) show comment
that all makes sence actually... could mabey be a gear box.... but im really not sure, im gona say 70-30 its a pedal
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flag bmxracer62 (May 22, 2008 at 6:58) (Below Threshold) show comment
i think your right!
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flag GnarlyX (May 22, 2008 at 7:02) (Below Threshold) show comment
It's a tasty new snack pack
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flag audeo03 (May 22, 2008 at 10:55) (Below Threshold) show comment
Or the revolutionary new 8-pack of beer...
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flag bender (May 22, 2008 at 7:19) (Below Threshold) show comment
take a look of the thumbnail/ scaled down press release pic of the staccato 8 on the home page of pb. it looks pretty much like a clipless pedal
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flag bmxracer62 (May 22, 2008 at 7:52) (Below Threshold) show comment
not really, it looks like a color-blind test
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flag freeridejamie (May 22, 2008 at 7:21) (Below Threshold) show comment
maybe a bike lol, and ther only making 8 staccatos lol, its bound to be gears. 8 sharp notes, suggests gears.
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flag longtrail (May 22, 2008 at 7:56) (Below Threshold) show comment
It looks like there is a continuing line from top right to bottom left, like a chain. My guess is it is a new chain device. One that gives you x-ray vision and hyper speed! Yeah, that's it.
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flag longtrail (May 22, 2008 at 7:56) (Below Threshold) show comment
what ever it is, looking at it just cause me to have a siezure.
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flag meh- (May 22, 2008 at 7:58) (Below Threshold) show comment
definately. They're probably all dumb ozzy kids who make fake accounts with fake avatars pretending they're 18 year old girls. Losers.
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flag freeridejamie (May 22, 2008 at 8:08) (Below Threshold) show comment
its also looks like a country on its side. so maybe there making a country...
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flag RayFoon (May 22, 2008 at 8:10) (Below Threshold) show comment
I would go for a flat pedal as well... A super light one with only 8 pins ?
I doubt e13 would have developed something as great as a gearbox without anyone knowing it nor any rider having tested it in race conditions (world cup or whatever).
Or the announcement will be made this week-end and racers will start to use it, so that it can be sold in shops in 2009 or 2010.
Except it IS a flat pedal
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flag audeo03 (May 22, 2008 at 8:47) (Below Threshold) show comment
But, Dave Weagle is in cahoots with Karl Nicolai who uses the g-boxx standard on his Nicolai bikes that Karl developed with Rolhoff...
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flag oliefr (May 22, 2008 at 8:24) (Below Threshold) show comment
maybe im missing out with my colour blindness, i dont see how people are saying it looks like a pedal. its just a load of dots and blobs to me lol. should be interesting to find out what it actuly is when at the US Open.
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flag gustofwind (May 22, 2008 at 8:25) (Below Threshold) show comment
it is......a........reclining chair, witha biult in dvd player
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flag philshep (May 22, 2008 at 8:51) (Below Threshold) show comment
pedal for sure...
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flag philshep (May 22, 2008 at 8:51) (Below Threshold) show comment
looks kinda like an exploded view of a pedal actually.
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flag anderson4000 (May 22, 2008 at 8:54) (Below Threshold) show comment
I don't know what it is but i hope it means they are gonna start delivering some freekin LG1's......to places
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flag konarider1283 (May 22, 2008 at 8:57) (Below Threshold) show comment
ill be there to see what it is
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flag moleman (May 22, 2008 at 9:05) (Below Threshold) show comment
thats a pedal, that greens parts are the body of it, but its a cut through. the long bit out the back is the axle, the lighter lines of dots are the pins. the gold bit it the end nut. and the bit at the bottom is the shadow.
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flag stryke (May 22, 2008 at 9:10) (Below Threshold) show comment
why would they have a shadow like that on a cad drawing
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flag moleman (May 22, 2008 at 9:30) (Below Threshold) show comment
why not. and the way they proberly made the image have that effect is to use a filter in photoshop.
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flag audeo03 (May 22, 2008 at 10:53) (Below Threshold) show comment
It does look like a pedal, but the shadow for the spindle is on the wrong side! But, if they use SolidWorks for their CAD design, it does all kinds of realistic things like reflections, textures, and shadows... I'm sure ProE and others do it too.
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flag glennwilson87 (May 23, 2008 at 13:32) (Below Threshold) show comment
I agree on the exploded view of a pedal. With an exploded view like that the pedal looks like it will be pretty intense. Or they have the basic pedal and you can change the outside shell for different colors/styles.
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flag dhrunner (May 22, 2008 at 9:13) (Below Threshold) show comment
I'm preety syked to see what it is. I hope its something really innovative like a gearbox.
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flag orangepatriot66 (May 22, 2008 at 9:17) (Below Threshold) show comment
Definatly a Pedal
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flag The-Hamster (May 22, 2008 at 9:18) (Below Threshold) show comment
im sorry but how can you tell from that pic what its guna be? i recon it looks like a iq/coulorblind test if you ask me... still looking forward to what it ACCTUALY is though.
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flag havefaith (May 22, 2008 at 9:28) (Below Threshold) show comment
Im crap with names but im sure there was a new guy that moved to E13 to help develop new parts for them. The 8 could stand for 8 gears? or 8 pins (on a pedal) or even 8" of travel which could mean a new shock? Someone further up said Staccato ment sharp and crisp, well that could mean a shock couldnt it.

This is where i heard about the new guy http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/News.aspx?NewsID=251
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flag bighitali (May 22, 2008 at 13:21) (Below Threshold) show comment
8" couldn't be it, because the shock wouldn't decide how much travel the bike has... that's down to leverage ratios etc.
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flag sombriofox (May 22, 2008 at 9:36) (Below Threshold) show comment
Pedals, put the dots together and move the red ones in, there the cap
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flag bmxracer62 (May 22, 2008 at 9:44) (Below Threshold) show comment
thats it, im doin a blog on this. im gonna try to speak with the e-13 guys at the open and get the scoop on this.
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flag sucker27 (May 22, 2008 at 9:46) (Below Threshold) show comment
I know what is that!

E13's "Ishihara Color Test" for everyone. LOL!
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flag adrenalinejunkie11 (May 22, 2008 at 9:55) (Below Threshold) show comment
First of all it looked like a country! Haha
Its definitely a pedal, but who ever said the picture had anything to do with what the product is? HAHAHHAAHHA
E-thirteen just made a weird photo to confuse everyone, lol

The staccato makes sense if it is a pedal, as it means sharp short sounds, referring to the sharp defined feel of the pedal!
But they say they have spent ages working on it, so it must be one hell of a special pedal, prob extremely light, where the 8 probably comes in!
Cant wait to see it!
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flag commencal19 (May 22, 2008 at 10:28) (Below Threshold) show comment
i think its a laptop
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flag Teejay05 (May 22, 2008 at 10:29) (Below Threshold) show comment
so do i
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flag lamer (May 22, 2008 at 10:29) (Below Threshold) show comment
its a picasso !!!
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flag mac-on-the-mob (May 22, 2008 at 10:51) (Below Threshold) show comment
I think everyone is reading into that picture too much
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flag kim19 (May 22, 2008 at 10:54) (Below Threshold) show comment
I love RISK, the board game.
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flag lucent (May 22, 2008 at 10:57) (Below Threshold) show comment
If you're lucky, you'll see video of this from Lucent during the weekend!
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flag bmxracer62 (May 22, 2008 at 11:11) (Below Threshold) show comment
i hope im lucky!
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flag Waldon83 (May 22, 2008 at 11:14) (Below Threshold) show comment
If it really i a pedal . . . . . I'll stick with my 5050's

I think my foot would just slip off a bunch of random colours
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flag bighitali (May 22, 2008 at 13:21) (Below Threshold) show comment
A bunch of random colours would probably be grippier than 5050s
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flag Waldon83 (May 22, 2008 at 11:14) (Below Threshold) show comment
Did you know you can give yourself props . . . !!!

Props to that
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flag massrider (May 22, 2008 at 11:33) (Below Threshold) show comment
i think its a wheely bar for a wheelchair. but i guess ill have to take a look at it this weekend
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flag freerider52 (May 22, 2008 at 11:40) (Below Threshold) show comment
Pedals..
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flag deinemutter (May 22, 2008 at 11:43) (Below Threshold) show comment
I think it's definately a pedal shown in it's different layers
The grey layer in the middle is the core, the two green layers are the platforms where you put your feet on the grey, green stick on the right is the axle and the black, grey thing on the bottom left is just a shadow.
But in the end we'll all see it tomorrow:-)
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flag runner (May 22, 2008 at 11:51) (Below Threshold) show comment
I blurred my eyes and that's exactly what I saw

it also resembles the game iConquer
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flag WeAreLions (May 22, 2008 at 12:01) (Below Threshold) show comment
If it was a pedal, that would be lame. However the image does look like the exploded view of a three piece pedal with a shadow beneath.
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flag stephbowcycle (May 22, 2008 at 12:35) (Below Threshold) show comment
I'm pretty sure it's the gear box that I heard about people trying out, but you couldn't see it.. it was hidden and you only got to jump on the bike and pedal. I believe it was at sea otter or some other race that they were letting a few racers try it out. Someone was telling me about it the other day... guess we'll find out soon!
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flag stephbowcycle (May 22, 2008 at 12:36) (Below Threshold) show comment
Sidenote - you can see the crank arms as the grey bits on the side perhaps....
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flag konarider112 (May 22, 2008 at 13:11) (Below Threshold) show comment
f*ckin sweet im gonna be racing there this weekend
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flag sngltrkmnd (May 22, 2008 at 13:46) (Below Threshold) show comment
basically no one has said it'd be an 8" travel DH frame, so i am going to.
the picture makes me think of the axle path map of the cannondale gemini twin-shocker. so i am saying frame.
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flag odin333 (May 22, 2008 at 14:21) (Below Threshold) show comment
if you haven't noticed the picture is a rough outline of the united states sideways, were its being premiered. its probably going to be a chainguide that can handle a three ringed deraileur.
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flag swifty17uk (May 22, 2008 at 14:40) (Below Threshold) show comment
its a robot
so e-thirteen will now win every event
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flag gustofwind (May 22, 2008 at 16:06) (Below Threshold) show comment
hahahahahahah
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flag madisonracing1 (May 22, 2008 at 15:10) (Below Threshold) show comment
God damn it DW what have you done now.
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flag banshee-ripper (May 22, 2008 at 17:59) (Below Threshold) show comment
After they launched the evil HT with the g-box proto., and they were a step ahead of the rest at that point. I'm betting since they been pretty much laying on the low since then, I bet they're probly coming out with the next step ahead of all others in the g-box race!
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flag banshee-ripper (May 22, 2008 at 18:04) (Below Threshold) show comment
Actually I withdraw my last preminition, as I just looked at the pic. as a thumbnail pic, and it looks like the "Exploded" view of a pedal.
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flag pS-P-TO-D-Km (May 22, 2008 at 18:44) (Below Threshold) show comment
Gearbox with 3 pc cranks in it.
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flag nato (May 22, 2008 at 21:38) (Below Threshold) show comment
looks like mosquitoe flying away, with green eyes.
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flag theillusivedesign (May 23, 2008 at 2:12) (Below Threshold) show comment
If Staccato is to do with music then I'm saying this is a bike mounted mp3 player with an 8Gb capacity and is powered by your wheels rolling!

Ok maybe not...I'm going with a pedal
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flag insanity-stick (May 23, 2008 at 14:41) (Below Threshold) show comment
Yup, it's a pedal. Pics are on transcendmag
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flag dh-pete (May 23, 2008 at 15:53) (Below Threshold) show comment
*cough*[P=http://www.transcendmagazine.com/gallery/albums/usopen08/e13_staccato8_web_white.jpg size=s align=c]click image to see full size[/P]
[P=http://www.transcendmagazine.com/gallery/albums/usopen08/e13_staccato8_web_green.jpg size=s align=c][/P]
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flag norefill (May 23, 2008 at 16:52) (Below Threshold) show comment
Cool. It's a waffle iron!
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flag banshee-ripper (May 23, 2008 at 18:04) (Below Threshold) show comment
damn, that's one thin profile!!!
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flag jayburn (May 23, 2008 at 18:33) (Below Threshold) show comment
Those pedals look like garbage. I can see alot of dirt and mud getting stuck in there.
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flag deinemutter (May 23, 2008 at 19:09) (Below Threshold) show comment
well I was right ;-)
but these pedals are a waist of time to look at
they look really shitty!!! the open spindle, the design, how thin they are and then that ugly red screw thing on the end.
I like the exploding picture better.
I really love e.thirteen but these pedals are optically (I don't know how good the bearings and that stuff are) but just how they look, made for the garbage can!!! SORRY maby next time
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flag almostwise (May 24, 2008 at 6:16) (Below Threshold) show comment
I was hoping for "E13: The Opera"... Have to agree with you, they seem to have missed something with the aesthetics. The pins look a bit big, like you're gonna feel every one through your shoes. But as you say, there's only so much you can gauge from a photo. Be interesting to see how they perform
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flag djivotno (May 23, 2008 at 22:46) (Below Threshold) show comment
If a pair of those magicly apear in my home i'll sell them (i won't even give them to a friend). I can't imagine replacing my Fly Rubens for those... pedals.
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flag nishnash (May 24, 2008 at 10:15) (Below Threshold) show comment
im gonna be flamed, but ide buy em,(depending on the price)
they are really sleek, some other colours would be nice though. however if i had 150 to spend on pedals ide buy straitlines, i wouldnt pay more than 70 for those
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flag konarider112 (May 25, 2008 at 4:05) (Below Threshold) show comment
these pedals are so light and strong
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flag konarider112 (May 25, 2008 at 4:05) (Below Threshold) show comment
i was looking at them at the us open
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flag curlxupxandxdle (May 25, 2008 at 21:36) (Below Threshold) show comment
so glad i got my hopes up for something good XD dear god i hope they dont sell for more then 50 bux
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flag waterboy552 (May 26, 2008 at 13:40) (Below Threshold) show comment
Pedals.. Nothing special..

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