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Old 10-04-2005, 06:19 PM   #1
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Default A All Wheel Drive Mountain Bike and Dirt Bike!!!!!

check this out! Its so cool
www.christini.com

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Old 10-04-2005, 06:41 PM   #2
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Tires
- Compatible with tire tread up to aggressive 2.3 inch.

Those are some whoppers! Good luck getting decent treads in that size, unless you commute.

Looks pretty cool, but I honestly dont think it would help me climb anything more than I can do now. If my rear wheel cant get traction then I'm going too slow (or on the trials bike).


It has bling factor, and a front one way bearing for controlled stops.


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AWD works whether you're pedaling or coasting. You will be able to descend with confidence...

How would front wheel drive help me descend? Help weight me down?
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Old 10-04-2005, 06:48 PM   #3
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Cool idea but that looks like a horrible waste of energy
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Old 10-04-2005, 07:29 PM   #4
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The Christini again? Dirt Rag did a nice review of that bike about 2 years ago. Interesting concept, but still needs the kinks worked out to prevent dirt from entering the drive mechanisms. Frankly too expensive, too complex, and honestly the rig doesn't matter it's the motor that counts

My singlespeed will beat that any day

Provided my motor is better than the one on the Christini
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Oh, and it has a White Brothers fork. Good luck finding seals... Sorry, bike guy rant.
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Old 10-04-2005, 08:05 PM   #6
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Ya, I saw that in the new 4 wheeler.... or Petersons? But I don’t see why they don’t use some sort of hydraulic system or something.
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Old 10-04-2005, 08:21 PM   #7
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Yamaha and KTM are already working on hydro 2wd, and they both have working conceptes. There only suposed to and like 3 pounds.
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Old 10-04-2005, 08:22 PM   #8
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Well.. Christini has been in the shop I worked at several times.. I have about 20minutes offroad on them. Their newer bikes are pretty nice. Better suspension(albeit WB), lighter design, and Frank the Welder was welding them. Last time I saw their stuff was like 2 years ago though. It does work, it not much of a waste of energy. If you had to have a 2wd bike, that's the one to get. I just never saw the advantage. I don't seem to have too much of a problem with traction but maybe there are people who can see a benefit somewhere?

On the DH part of it.. I was talkin with Frank a while back(when I saw christini parts layin around his shop) and he said he thought an 8" travel 2wd bike with an overdriven front wheel would be great. The idea is the front wheel would pull you through high speed corners. He never built a prototype and since he now owns Sinister I don't see him having the time to build it. Still an interesting idea, at the very least.

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Old 10-04-2005, 10:35 PM   #9
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Their 2wd motorcycle doesn't hold a candle to the factory systems that KTM and Yamaha have. Gear drive? come on, even Rokons don't use gear drive (Rokon made the original 2wd bike, they run a lawn mower engine and have a whopping 8 mile an hour top speed). Yami and KTM use a hydralic system run off the engine to spin a hydraulic motor in the front hub. I believe Jeep made 2wd mountain bike, I'm pretty sure that used a cable system like a weed wacker.
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