Whyte 146 s geometry

Next Page. Page 3: Table Of Contents 6. Page 4: Introduction Bundled with this manual, are the respective manufacturers instructions and manuals for the branded parts that are fitted to your Whyte bike. Please take time to study all the rele- vant instruction manuals to ensure you have a continually safe and well set-up bike before every ride, and to help you build up a relationship of knowledge between you and your Whyte Dealer. Page 8: Preparations For Riding 3. It is a patented design to allow adjustment of the saddle height by either the use of a QR Lever, or bolt-up method.

Small Ruler Your Whyte bike is fitted with and air spring rear shock absorber. This means that the air Page 10 Edition Page 11 Always stop riding when making adjustments of any kind to the bicycle! Platform Damping Adjustment. The rear Shock fitted to your Whyte bike may have a facility to adjust the slow speed com- pression damping.

Please refer to the relevant shock manufactures technical information to learn how to adjust these features. Page Lubrication 5. To remove the rear damper from the frame, using the 19mm open ended spanner, unscrew the 6 Bearing Caps 1 , 4 caps in the lower H-link and 2 caps in the upper Y-link. With the Whyte S, you will stand out amongst the crowd. When we first unwrapped this beast we were both excited and full of questions about it.

The most striking visual element of the bike is the suspension design combined with the elevated chain stays. The S uses a 4-bar linkage suspension design, named Quad Link II, with the main pivot point sitting high above the bottom bracket.

Executed well, however, a high pivot design can have advantages too; most notably it can give great grip under power, pulling the rear wheel into the ground, and they tend to handle big, square-edged hits very well. The bike does have extreme geometry, even for an all-mountain machine, but once riding the balance of it all works really well. The Whyte packs in some other neat frame features that highlight the attention to detail this brand is renowned for.

Being a mid-level bike the spec of the S matches. There are some highlights and interesting points in the package though. Without chainstays in the normal position slap from noise is even less of an issue.

The suspension is excellent, and like all bikes in the all-mountain class, on the fly adjustability is a must. The FOX 34 CTD is a really nice addition to this bike and the extra stiffness of there 34mm legs adds to the overall aggressive characteristics. The fork was super sensitive and buttery smooth and maybe the best out-of-the-box fork we have felt in a long time. Generally we ran the fork in Trail mode on climbs and Descend on the downhills.

Iye, they do flex, but would doubt it would just suddenly develop cracks unless you stacked do hard into a direct tree etc. I sold my Whyte ti after not having long had it due to it being so twitchy and also unusually flexy for a bb30 frame. It can take a pounding, very good bike. Watch the bikes in action in slo-mo and see how much twang the wheels have. Had mine since 11 and only needed 1 bearing change. This topic has 5 replies, 5 voices, and was last updated 7 years ago by choppersquad.

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