The big buzz over the weekend was that Dave Weagle may be parting company from Iron Horse and that IH's license on the DW link will expire at the end of 2008.
That means an all new Iron Horse DH bike for 2009 and quite likely an all new DW link DH bike by another manufacturer....
The buzz all kicked off here on the mtbr forums. Take a look at 'DW's' post:
"there may be a Sunday, but it won't be one that I designed, and it won't be using dw-link. There will however, be at least one DW-link downhill bike on the market.. just not a Sunday".
Of course, until there's an official press release from anyone it's all forum bullshit... So stay tuned. There's a decent thread going on Descent-World here that'll likely pick up the news fast.
If you don't know what any of this is about... Dave Weagle is the fella behind the infamous 'DW Link'. Which is the suspension design used exclusively on Iron Horse, Independent Fabrication and Ibis bikes. It's massively well respected as one of the best pivot set-ups on the planet. World champ Sam Hill has been showing exactly what can be done with a DW link over the last few seasons. Check out the DW-Link site here for more.
No doubt whatever comes next will be worth waiting for... Will be interesting to see what Sam and Brendan will be riding for 2009. Stay tuned.
