Vouilloz arbeitet wieder mit BOS zusammen/neue DH Gabel angekündigt

[Sethimus]

Nicolas Vouilloz returns to BOS
A family reunited once more ...


Their association is still in our memory and the quality of their work together helped define downhill racing, not to mention their five World Championship and three World Cup titles. Today, Nicolas Vouilloz and Olivier Bossard face a new challenge together: to develop the new range of BOS forks and rear shocks.

Nicolas Vouilloz and Olivier Bossard started working together
in 1997 at the heart of Team Sunn. Back then, Nicolas
was already the fastest rider on the planet, but from his French team he saw the potential of going still further in the search for perfection. Of course, over the last three years, Sunn themselves have revolutionised the discipline with ultra-sophisticated factory bikes designed by Olivier Bossard.
Then, Nicolas set up on his own and called upon Olivier’s new company to design and bring to market his own downhill
bike.
V Process became one of BOS Engineering’s first customers. It was only when the most titled mountain bike racer in history retired that a different opportunity came along. After winning one last title in 2002, Vouilloz moved to cars. Although BOS is also very involved in rally, the two men’s paths stayed parallel, each working with a different team.

In 2005, BOS dipped its toes back into mountain biking with the launch of its first fork upgrade kits, then with a new rear shock in 2007. Nico also appeared in a couple of downhill marathons, then there was talk of returning to top level short course downhill, which led to him taking part in the World Cup. But, although many were already dreaming about a new collaboration, their paths still didn’t cross ...

Then, at last, the inevitable finally happened!

A few weeks ago, Nico got his old 2002 BOS factory forks and shocks out from the back of his garage and tinkered about with them to see if they would go on his Lapierre just as an experiment. Even with five-year old oil and their old-school geometry, they both worked ...better than the 2007 mass-produced stuff!

A couple of phone calls later and the answer was clear: BOS decided to commit strongly to mountain biking, to produce a downhill fork which will be followed by other models.
Nicolas is still passionate about mountain biking and R&D, and wants to get involved ... so the team’s back together again, not for a re-run but to take on a new challenge:
to give the public a range of suspension to match the best that the BOS/Vouilloz team have produced in the past.

Nicolas will be the official BOS test rider for at least three years to come. His involvement won’t just be to promote the image, he knows that his task is to eliminate fractions of a second at the helm of a real two-wheeled F1 machine. To produce high-performance suspension at this level but still accessible to amateur riders is a massive challenge. Nicolas will be closely involved with BOS in the development of the whole range of BOS products, working with Olivier Bossard and Arnaud Jacob, the head of R&D at BOS and long-time friend of Olivier and Nico from the Sunn days.

There’s one guy at least who’s thrilled about the news: Fabien
Pedemanaud, who is also, of course, an official BOS test rider for 2008, and who is hoping to benefit from his new teammate’s work and advice!

http://www.bos-engineering.com / tel : 05 34 25 33 66
Contact : Jean-Christophe Charrier - jc.charrier@bos-engineering.com

bin mal gespannt was da noch kommt...

[DasMatti]

weiß jmd. schon wie viel der bos dämpfer kosten soll?
find auf der webside nix...

[smoe]

iwo bei die 650 bild ich mir ein dass ich glesen hab! mom ich such den fred!

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthr...hlight=BOS
670 euro!! :/

[joseppe]

fox dhx 5.0: 469€
mp tuning: ich glaub 160€
macht zusammen: 629€

da sind wir vom bos-dämpfer nicht mehr so weit weg.

[VarikuzelePhimose]

fox dhx 5.0: 469€
mp tuning: ich glaub 160€
macht zusammen: 629€

da sind wir vom bos-dämpfer nicht mehr so weit weg.

Glaube kaum dass sich jemand einen neuen DHX um den listenpreis kauft um den dann sofortzu tunen...... die rechnung stimmt zu 90% nicht

Wenn dann gebraucht (von sich selbst oder wem anderen....)oder so und dann zu MP- is sicher billiger!

[sorris]

was ist jetzt an bos so besonders? sie stellen ihn halt für jeden fahrer ein.

aber gibts da irgendwelche features die die anderen dämpfer nicht haben?

[joseppe]

die rechnung stimmt zu 90% nicht

wahrscheinlich genauso wie die rechnung mit dem listenpreis des bos-dämpfers net stimmt.

wollte nur mal aufzeigen dass der preis nicht so ultimativ abgehoben ist.
am ende hast du in beiden fällen einen dämpfer der speziell auf dich und dein bike abgestimmt ist. net mehr, net weniger.

@sorris
is n dämpfer wie jeder andere au. er geht rein wenn n schlag kommt und kommt irgendwann wieder raus.
macht n dnm wie n rst wie n fox. nur der wills halt n bissel besser können.

[fipu]

Hab gerade was auf Pinkbike gefunden. Die neue BOS-Gabel. Falls das wirklich stimmt, schaut sie gut aus! Der Behälter unten an der Gabel, naja...

http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/1803955/
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/1803956/
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/1803958/
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/1803959/

[pavementjumper]

Ach höchst wahrscheinlich wieder irgendein neues filigranes Teil, dass aus der Steigerung des Posingfaktors nichts bringt und zudem noch leicht kaputtgeht,wenns die amal haut oder man an ordentlichen einfahrer hat.

Außerdem sicher wieder nix für Gewichtsfetishs aber ausschauen tuats schoon geil.


P.S: Hat irgendwer a Pic von dem Bike das Vouilloz schon für 2009 testet

[smoe]

schon geile gabel!!! behälter hats eh schon an andren gabeln gegeben!!
aber wird schon sein sinn haben!!

[Sethimus]

http://www.bos-engineering.com/MTB/idylleprofiche.html

[Sethimus]

Single Crown Features (N’Dee)

* Hydraulic fork/single open bath cartridge
* 1 1/8″ steer tube
* 20mm axle
* 36 mm Stanchions - 7050 aluminum
* Magnesium lowers
* Compression and rebound adjustments
* 160 or 170 mm of travel
* weight, soon

Quelle und Bilder

[gamml]

Wenn die so gut funzt wie sie ausschaut, nice.

lg kle

[Wyatt_Erb]

goil, BOS greift anscheinend ordentlich an. bin mal gespannt, wie das zeug so geht, kostet und wiegt...

[KillSwitch]

Hier mal das BOS-Promo Video mit Vouilloz und Pedemanaud:

http://www.sicklines.com/