TRA Koxx Karbon Testride

[TRA]

Hi.

Just a short vid of me trying out the koxx karbon for the first time.

I love the bike, its so light, yet powerful .

http://videos.observedtrials.net/TRA/koxxKARBONtestride.wmv

http://videos.observedtrials.net/TRA/koxxKARBON01.jpg

[mcdub]

More.Please.

Looks light as fuck the way you efortlessly ride it.

[hasa2006]

yeah..tats a nice one.

[jmkimmel]

Methinks you're going to destroy that thing...

Just a hunch.

[t33zr]

nice dude!! ;)

[eastside]

Whats the complete weight of the bike. I might be ignorant, but how much of that bike is carbon? Top tube? Maybe none?

[TRA]

Top tube is carbon . The weight should be at about 10.2 kilos 22.4 pounds .. im going to buy and weight and get it weighed properly, just have to get some latex tubes aswell ;) . i have magnesium pedals, titanium bolts, rohloff single speed and syntace bar/stem . and the frame is air .. =P

[eastside]

Nice! Looks good. I think the geo is great also.....Sub 4lb from sub. 1850 grams ;)

[TRA]

vincent told me the frame was 1085 380 +35 .. but the frame is only 1070 .. its good to ride, and rides soo god on rocks .. but i would have liked 1080 better.. but 1 cm .. not much

[SubZero]

Oh Dear!

YOU ARE such a beast!!!
Wanna see more!
Bike looks awesome...:eek3:...but what do you think,
how long will you need to brake it? :h5:

[Acolyte]

Awesome, is that going to be your new frame choice over the Coust, or just for fun?

Handlebars look narrow?

[firewrx612]

:bowdown: 779 KB/sec

[stefan]

to brake = bremsen
to break = kaputt machen !

well it's just the bealey frame, no ?

[chronic]

Fuck me... I wish I could get 3/4 of your gaps.

You must definitely record everything you do on that bike, or others and show it off.

[free_rideman]

That thing is so sick! Pure art!

I like!

[netto]

holy sidehops:wuteva:

[Chris]

vincent told me the frame was 1085 380 +35 .. but the frame is only 1070 .. its good to ride, and rides soo god on rocks .. but i would have liked 1080 better.. but 1 cm .. not much

Haha, Vincent fooled you! :hahano:

[Patrick]

Dope bike, and that pallet gap was silly as shit

[sethman]

i thought it was the belaey frame too.but iguess its different.dude that thing is like mod flickability but stock geo. thats fuckin insaine. i say make a full length vid of it.how thick are the rest of the tubes . the top tube is carbon did you say? i though i saw a weld on the head tube where the top tube meets . i want it.

sethman

[Friction Limit]

Looks like it rides light. Also sounds like a girl creamed her pants after witnessing that 290cm gap ;)

[stinkybastard]

[quote=Also sounds like a girl creamed her pants after witnessing that 290cm gap ;)[/quote]


Do you have a clip of that scene?

[sethman]

yeah fuck that bike i wanna know who that was.

[hello?]

how do you like it compared to the 0bb coust?

[ChrisB]

good vid. huge gap.

[hophopsnap]

very nice..

[Sondre]

that was absolutely SICK!!

[Rob.K]

Looks short for you? Reminds me of the Pure days.

[Greg]

You are an animal....:x:

[TRA]

The bike is short, but size isnt always what matters ;)

Feels like everything is better on it apart from touchops, high bb and short chainstay does not give good touchhops. But it will be good enough !

I love it , so much better to ride compared to coust. Coust is more like riding a tank.

The tubing is pretty thin, but i think it will do the job very well. Down tube is more like a square, so it will be more difficult to fuck up .

Only thing thats unsure about the bike is if hte glue will hold up, i dont know anything about that stuff . Where beleays prototype broke have been altered, so nothing to worry about there.

Good shit ;)

I will make longer video

[sethman]

right on .well ,good luck and have fun on it.

sethman

[CoppellStereo]

that gap is huge! i need to learn how to gap further, you do it so effortlessly

[TRA]

Going back to the ass to rear wheel and jump as fuck, aswell as having rear wheel just on the edge to give you more speed is what works the best for me.

[CoppellStereo]

for some reason though, i cant jump from the edge of the ledge, if i do, i usually fall off, and dont go forward any, so i have to start like 8-10inches back

[TRA]

Thats probably because you concentrate on pedaling rather then jumping !

[stefan]

hey Thomas, when will you start to earn money with biketrial ??

[rush]

Baller Thomas. That bike looks so damn light compared to the coust.

[t33zr]

hey Thomas, when will you start to earn money with biketrial ??

He already does! ;) www.koxx-norway.net
He is the koxx dealer in norway! :P

[TRA]

"hey Thomas, when will you start to earn money with biketrial ??"

.. never ?

[TRA]

t33zr, thats a different thing .

[Elan]

that sidehop to rear was fucking nuts. awesome.

[trauma100]

Bring it to Rockport this Aug!

[Elan]

Bring it to Rockport this Aug!

:werd: come to the US thomas!

[aki]

You make it look too easy!

[LanceT]

What about hooks? They might loosen the glue a little though, so take it easy, which would be intense by everyone else's standards.

Are those Syntace bars the standard 680mm (27") wide. I thought you and TO had some wider ones. If so, where can they be purchased?

One thing I can say after watching TRA ride is that he is a great salesman because he makes every bike look amazing. Only problem is, I am beginning to doubt it has anything to do with the bike. Sometimes it's possible to be too good, thereby nullifying the impact of your achievements and the subsequent assumption that your equipment is aiding in your success. I think as long as the bike is mostly in one piece TRA is going to rock. I say mostly because i saw some pretty serious moves being pulled with no front tire at one point. Oh yeah, no chain too. Maybe that could be TRA's new manifesto: how many parts can he take off the bike and still pull crazy shit. Let's see it!

[gear]

What cranks do you use?
170 or 175
and what gear ratio?
18/16 or 18/15 or smth else?

[va_tick]

WHat lance said^^...he's a trials bike company's dream...if Huffy made a trials bike and you saw TRA ride you'd be like......"damn, shit muthafuka,shiiit!!"

[breakoutstout]

Methinks you're going to destroy that thing...

Just a hunch.

just have them send you a new one soon as it breaks, over and over !

[TRA]

Hmm .. i will take the challenge of doing crazy shit with less parts on the bike .. lol . My hand just have to heal first, just operated .

i use 175 cranks and 16-14 gear ratio .

[gear]

i use 175 cranks and 16-14 gear ratio .
thx, Thomas

[LanceT]

Personally, that drop-in from the wooden hand rail was my favorite. That looked like a lot of fun, (if you can make the sidehop to backwheel of course). Let's see that from another angle.

LT

[mcdub]

Thomas you use 16-14...

Hum maybe I am not using body motion after all.....
Well I do suck also.

[tybikes]

Personally, that drop-in from the wooden hand rail was my favorite. That looked like a lot of fun, (if you can make the sidehop to backwheel of course). Let's see that from another angle.

LT

Indeed. That takes a lot of commitment, particularly on a bike that isn't really designed for that type of riding.

[gtrials]

extremely cool. i only have the same thought as everyone else. how long will the carbon frame last?

[Stikman]

Who cares??

Keep riding it like you stole it Thomas!! I really enjoyed that little teaser, can't wait to see your next vid. ;)

[TRA]

wooden fence thing .. did it 3 times, alot of fun ;)

[aki]

Thomas, at what height do you actually get nervous or if you ever LOL.

[Stikman]

Nervous gets scared of Thomas. :slap:

[Cryo-Cube]

Nervous gets scared of Thomas. :slap:

:rofl:

[mattyv8]

Nervous gets scared of Thomas. :slap:
:bowrofl:

[ewen]

that guy has the biggest moves! the pink helmet really stands out though :Sonic:

[Chris]

1070mm is pretty short and the high bb makes it feel even shorter... I wish there was a longer version of this frame. Then it would be so awesome! But I really like that carbon tube design. Maybe they can make a carbon seat tube as well? Or just make it fully carbon :riaa:

http://www.vtcz.ch/bilder_tech/gabor_carbon/big/trpainted1.jpg

[Rob.K]

The bike is short, but size isnt always what matters ;)

Feels like everything is better on it apart from touchops, high bb and short chainstay does not give good touchhops. But it will be good enough !

I love it , so much better to ride compared to coust. Coust is more like riding a tank.

The tubing is pretty thin, but i think it will do the job very well. Down tube is more like a square, so it will be more difficult to fuck up .

Only thing thats unsure about the bike is if hte glue will hold up, i dont know anything about that stuff . Where beleays prototype broke have been altered, so nothing to worry about there.

Good shit ;)

I will make longer video

Sorry I missed your posts in the first page..........You don't look uncomfortable or anything on it though, very smooth and springy, so yes good shit indeed.

How's the wrist feeling?

[CoppellStereo]

Thats probably because you concentrate on pedaling rather then jumping !

true, i guess i need to learn how to jump more than pedal-kick gap

[Greg]

@Chris: Nice to see you found one of our carbon bikes on the net :)
But the guy you made it was an amature...
Here is four links to those bikes what was made by a professional ;)

http://www.kepfeltoltes.hu/060521/HPIM0526_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg
http://www.kepfeltoltes.hu/050411/P8021621.JPGhttp://www.kepfeltoltes.hu/050411/P8021623.JPG
http://www.kepfeltoltes.hu/050411/P8021615.JPG

[Chris]

56K NIGHTMARE!!! :rofl: The pics are so huge, they don't even fit on my 24" monitor :rofl:

Honestly that trials frame doesn't look more professional than Gabor's blue frame ;) It looks pretty weird, especially the chopper style one :eek5:

If I remember right, the blue one was his first prototype. Some years ago he sent me a pic of a second prototype, which was a lot nicer. But I couldn't find in anywhere. All the old sites with his carbon stuff are down.

[Greg]

56K NIGHTMARE!!! :rofl: The pics are so huge, they don't even fit on my 24" monitor :rofl:

Honestly that trials frame doesn't look more professional than Gabor's blue frame ;) It looks pretty weird, especially the chopper style one :eek5:

If I remember right, the blue one was his first prototype. Some years ago he sent me a pic of a second prototype, which was a lot nicer. But I couldn't find in anywhere. All the old sites with his carbon stuff are down.


Under professional i meant the way it/they was/were made! ;)

[scorpa]

I wish i could make a girl do that just by riding...

you're a god.. :D

[GarthMc]

Nervous gets scared of Thomas. :slap:
Fucking gold`:bowrofl:

[aki]

Nervous gets scared of Thomas. :slap:

LOL!

[wimmeretz]

What about hooks? They might loosen the glue a little though, so take it easy, which would be intense by everyone else's standards.

Are those Syntace bars the standard 680mm (27") wide. I thought you and TO had some wider ones. If so, where can they be purchased?



a few years every rider in Austria used the wider Syntace bars - but they were "custom-made" with prolonging pieces from aluminium or plastic; the best bar-stem combo ever, stronger than nearly every downhill bar and bar and stem is lighter than a usual trials bar... and you can adjust it...

[Caesbiketrial]

Looks like it rides light. Also sounds like a girl creamed her pants after witnessing that 290cm gap ;)

lol jajaja wtf

[LanceT]

I really like Syntace too, but for longer wheelbase bikes the 680mm are a little too narrow. As you can see, it looked a little strange for TRA, (not that it affected his riding any). I think wider is better, but they don't make them. Oh well, maybe I will try some extensions too.

Thanks for the info.

[bushlawyer]

what chain does TRA use?

[KMT]

56K NIGHTMARE!!! :rofl: The pics are so huge, they don't even fit on my 24" monitor :rofl:

Honestly that trials frame doesn't look more professional than Gabor's blue frame ;) It looks pretty weird, especially the chopper style one :eek5:

If I remember right, the blue one was his first prototype. Some years ago he sent me a pic of a second prototype, which was a lot nicer. But I couldn't find in anywhere. All the old sites with his carbon stuff are down.

Gabor stopped making those carbon frames. Those frames were weak. I bought one and broke it 3 times in 6 months. And i never broke any alu frame...
Carbon frames can be good (for trials too) if it's made properly.

[Chris]

Yep. He made me some carbon cassette cogs and spacers. Everything was super cheap. Even the frames were less than 500 Euros if I remember right.

[t33zr]

what chain does TRA use?

(try-all) KMC Kool...

[wimmeretz]

I really like Syntace too, but for longer wheelbase bikes the 680mm are a little too narrow. As you can see, it looked a little strange for TRA, (not that it affected his riding any). I think wider is better, but they don't make them. Oh well, maybe I will try some extensions too.

Thanks for the info.

me too, syntace is the only bike related company that plays in the same league like chris king; the have a machine, which costs more than half a million dollars to test their bars... but you are right about the length... i´m also using another bar at the moment - stupid, i should go back to syntace :slap:

[Stfn]

Nice bike!:) sick riding!

[eXtreme_one]

....
Well I do suck also.

oh yeah. . .your so right here;)
see you said it after all:bigthumb: