 Froggy looks nice, but I will hold out for the Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey.
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 Highlight of the DH frame being the carbon rock guard? Window dressing anyone? My Glory has got one and its not exactly exciting.... Whats exciting about that bike is a near 37lbs build - woof!
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 My next bike will be the Zesty, imagine if in few years time they could get it to 24lbs
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 Hmm, interesting the "very similar looking to a Glory" DH bike.. pieced down tube and Maestro / DW-link inspired linkage  ...
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 Not that I'd be seen dead on a F/S but that there Zesty do look reet nice.
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oh yes, I'd have a Spicy... definately..
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Hmm, interesting the "very similar looking to a Glory" DH bike.. pieced down tube and Maestro / DW-link inspired linkage ...
Most DH bikes are inspired from one of a few shapes..... and speaking of things looking like other things - new Glory:
Sunday anyone?
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 Wouldn't touch 'em with DK's. (Sorry DK).
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hmm interesting that new glory..
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Does it have a hole?
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 *sprays coffee over keyboard* 
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 what's with the saddle on that Giant? Notice the Boss fork up front too...
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The saddle is actually the only normal sized component in that picture - everything else is roughly 1/3rd as large again as it would normally be. All part of a very elaborate prank... Maybe.
38" wheels anyone? It's the new standard you know!
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 that saddle is amazing.
the BOS fork and shock do look rather nice, i saw some in the flesh in france... not as beefy as you'd think!
they need to sort their marketing though
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As in actually getting some? The only time I've seen them mentioned is on here and on one page in M**K.
Are they really as good as they say or was their winning more down to Nico?
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I couldn't really ask the people, they were all french  i was in a gondola with a frenchie with a set though, he seemed to be rather good. I'd have liked to have a play, but i don't know that much about long travel forks, if i was after a set, i'd be happy with some 888's!
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Read the articles about BOS forks in Dirt from March. Tres interessant! I don't think BOS realy need to sort thier marketing too much, Nico won most (if not all) of his 10X world titles on BOS forks... that sells em for me! Pity they are reputed to be about £1500 retail... Basically they make what are needed in DH, simple forks with no unecessary widgets made with high quality bits for a longer life. As for the saddle, its a personal thing for one of Giants test riders. A similar contraption was on the original proto Glory back in about 2004 when spy shots appeared..... PS Mike, were you in Morzine on a silver HT the week before the Mega?
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But how can they charge so much for such a simple fork? it's like the Marzo Roco rear shocks, they're some of the simplest shocks, yet the most expensive! if i were them, i would be pumping them out into the market on the cheap, not making as much profit, but shifting a lot more units.
once the name gets some recognition, then whack the prices up accordingly, similar to when RS brought out the Reba and Pike.
Or, if BOS can get some specced on retail bikes. I just think saying that they've made a simple downhill fork, charging so much is a bit stupid. is it really as good as 2 40's? or a Boxxer with the BOS cartridge?
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And i wasn't in morzine, i was probably stuck in france with a broken down van somewhere
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I think the reason they carge so much is that they are a small company that makes everything in France rather than Taiwan like everyone else and they don't really care about selling a lot of product, they want to make the best forks possible and balls to the cost. Whatever though, I don't know enough about marketing blah blah to be able to say what is a good idea and what isn't. I know I'd rather have a set over the 40RC2s that I'm getting rid of because they let me down because the over complex damping broke. Van - unlucky!
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