It's HERE! The Binary Maniak Prototype - My Dream Hardtail I Designed
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- For the past year I've been working with Binary Bicycles to develop my dream hardtail, the Binary Maniak. There are a handful of changes we'll be implementing between this prototype and the final model. Pre-orders are open for the next 45 days for those who are interested in this bike. Reserve yours today. Stay tuned as I share more about the prototype including a first look vid later this week. Learn more about this bike and pre-order yours here: binarybicycles...
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Reminder: this is a prototype and there will be some significant changes between my.prototype and the final version. The final version won't have such a swoopy top tube, it'll have a straighter seat tube, and a few other tweaks. It's been over a year in development and I'm thrilled to be able to show you more today.
Preorders for the first batch close on Feb 11, so if you want one, order before then.
can i have the old frame....lol
@@dunneryak sorry, but I'm keeping this forever. It's my first ever prototype frame. This thing is a trophy/momento for me, not to mention it's fun to ride.
Can’t wait to see it in the trail. I’m just down the road in Scottsdale hope to see it in person or get one when they come out.
@@neiljohnson5730 i was actually out riding it at browns ranch yesterday.
I need it!
Frame looks ultra premium
The entire bike does!
I really hope it rides great because it looks fabulous. The craftmanship is spot-on. Binary clearly know what they're doing.
No one on TH-cam is able to translate riding sensations into words without technical mumbo jumbo like you. And It you tell me the production model Is good to go I know I want one. But will I have to mortgage the house and sell the wife into slavery to get my Maniak?
The frame shouts- flow...
Waiting for your ״review”. Great way to end the year and start a new year. Enjoy
I love the features/geo, but the first thing I noticed was how well done the fab work is on it. I had never heard of Binary, but it looks like you picked a really good place to work with. Excited to see what it looks like in production.
Congratulations! There's something so granular about putting together a nice metal hardtail with parts that you know and understand and riding it on a trail you also know and understand. I did this most recently with my new Stanton Slackline and, for someone with years on 80s and 90s hardtails, it really distills everything we've learned about balancing stoutness and suppleness. I know I am probably slower on my hardtail but the feel of letting the bike dance through the bends is irreplaceable.
I’ve also enjoyed my Gen 2 Slackline. Do you ride a Gen 3? I’ve always been curious how my slackline would ride with longer reach and higher stack.
@@coloradolivin27.52 yep, mine is the latest. It feels right.
"Slackpacking". I love it already.
Also, "choose not to get upset". More people need to apply this across all aspects of life.
I'm using 200mm rotors front and back. I'm 200 lbs and once I load up for bikepacking, it's nice to have as much brake power as possible. Your bike looks great, I bet you're gonna love it!
The frame and the innovation look amazing! Really interested in the frame and spec build out for the production version.
just resubscribed. been running fullsus for a quite some time and now I'm planning to go back to the roots! cheers to the project man. it's a nice prototype
Most of us do not get to live our dreams, so that is awesome you are able to do this. Being involved with a prototype bike would be fun! An engineer friend of mine tried to get a job with Specialized and I told him I would be his guinea pig for his designs. Anyway, hope everything works out well for you.
I’m a big guy, so I run 200 mm rotors front and rear on my MTB, but I also have a surly lowside that I only have one brake on and it is a Paul Klamper as well! That is a 180 mm rear rotor.
Love my Chuparosa, but I think this model is really exciting and adds a new dimension to Binary's lineup. Can't wait to hear how it rides because I'm always wondering what the ride would be like if the Chuparosa was a little slacker up front. Congrats Steve and super happy for you, George and Jalene.
This is really a amazing frame Steve, amazing colab, hugh congrats on this…looking forward to the ride review 👍
Ordered mine today! Now the parts hunt begins. Thank you so much for the channel and all the great info you provide. I've been watching your channel for a while and it's great to see you partnering with a builder to bring product to the market....too cool. Can't wait to ride this on Colorado front range trails.
Awesome! This bike will be a blast on front range trails.
With those welds & raw finish, this frame really reminds me of my '95 GT Zaskar. Friggin' sexy!
I’m so glad I ordered this frame. It’s beautiful. Great job. Can’t wait to get mine
Ride and details and fit aside, that is one BEAUTIFUL frame!!! Those tubes and welds are just pure bike art!
That's a sweet Ride, and I'm glad to it come to pass for you Steve........🤝🏾🇺🇲💪🏾
Really enjoyed this video, so much fun seeing you build it up and talk about the parts choices.
Great bike Steve. How awesome to be able to design the bike of your dreams. Looking forward to the ride review and the final version.
This an accomplishment most won’t fully recognize. Congrats! Looks sick!
With the swoopy downtube and curved toptube, it has a bit of a Sklar vibe. Can't wait to see the ride review and the final rendition
Super happy for ya Steve, its a dream come true. Please don't be upset.
I'm definitely not upset, I'm thrilled.
STEVE!!!! This thing is gorgeous!! I freaking love these lines. What a serious RIG!
Thanks Kyle. It's a dream come true.
Looks promising, what an awesome opportunity for you to have your ideas come to life.
I’m a sucker for titanium eye candy. Such a beautiful bike. Best of luck with this endeavor
Looks super slick! I actually like the tube shapes, but looking forward to the final. Congrats!
I did not expect it to be as finished as it seems to be at this point, so I'm impressed. Personally I love that this is more like a multitool than most bikes, because I feel that most people will relate more to something that can do more than one thing. I feel this is the kind of bike you will keep if you click with it, and price per year is always the most important.
Looking forward to the test ride video.
That was my thinking as well.
My bike came with 200mm front and 180mm rear with the new Deore 4-pots. I swapped forks and now run a 180 on the front, which still works OK on my local trails, but they aren't super steep. These brakes are pretty good, but I really like the idea of trying cable-actuated. I might have to grab a set of Klampers one day!
I run 203mm rotors with metallic pads on the front and 160mm rotors with organic pads on the rear wheel.
That frame is GORGEOUS!
Looks great! Can’t wait for the ride vid!
That stache! The circle is complete!
So beautiful!! The curved tubes almost form a continuum, it has an organic feeling to it.
200mm front / 180mm rear on my 27.5 Meta V4.2. Super strong when necessary with excellent modulation (running Saints). I love the feel. Usually DHF / DHR2 tires, but I'm going to give the Assegai a try for the front. Traction is a beautiful thing. :)
Congrats, it looks amazing and seems like a pretty awesome proposition. Also love the monster Mitutoyo caliper.
The initial frame reveal was wow, then as build goes it just keeps getting better! Can’t wait to see what what you think
There are all lines of posers out in YT world, and you sir are not one of them. Nicely done! I can’t wait to see how this all works out. I’m a New England old school single track rocky, rooty 60 year old trail rider that loves HT plus bikes and fat. I may have to place an order on this tasty looking rig.
Congrats, man! Awesome work!
Love it ! congrats. The craftmanship is amazing. Can't wait to see you ride it.
Hey, for the rack mount thing: They make seat post clamps with rack mounts on them. So you could, alternately have a more standard rack mounting point on the rear drop-out, and then, when and if you want to put a rack on the thing, swap to the seat post clamp with the rack mount on it, and you could install many standard racks on it (Boost spacing and plus spacing may not work for some racks, I suppose). I am no bike designer, but this should reduce strain on the seat stays and/or increase compliance.
Also, nice lines. Well done.
I've seen those rack mounts. I prefer this solution. I'm not worried about this hurting the seatsrays.
I'm so happy for you! You really took action and created an amazing opportunity for you and the hardtail community. Also please don't pressure yourself too much! We still love your Content, even if the bikes sucks ;)
Amazing work Steve! Looks superb! Can you list the components links you've used too when you publish? I'm way too poor for most of them, but over time I love looking at all the things you recommend, and getting upgrades where I can afford to.
that's a sick frame!
I have recently been using specialized tires and their new tire compounds and casings have been great and I have been preferring them over Maxxis. Congrats on your first prototype bike can’t wait to see the ride review.
wow! that's the most beautiful hardtail i've ever seen. i've often wondered why full sus mtb's get the flowy lines, whereas hardtails are generally a couple boring triangles. u did a fantastic job designing this frame and Binary does amazing work. i might have to have one of these.lol
Thanks for posting. You taught me a few things…I also love Titanium, but I rode a road bike in the 70s ( yes I am an old git) and it was way too flexible. Really looking forward to your test ride and comments. Happy New Year from the UK.
I love the Klunker look of the front triangle
Congrats fun to see how exited you are about this awesome bike!
That's one stunning frame! I And can't wait to see you take it out for a ride!
I've been refreshing your page every hour waiting for the riding reaction video
These things take a bit of time, but it's coming.
Binary bikes look great!
I looked at Gulo, but with a similar company that has unique spokes, I was able to spec a hub and rim combo that was significantly lighter as well as being less expensive. I hope they keep evolving and I'll put them on the short list in the future.
Thats super cool! Cant wait to hear how it rides and ride with you in the spring!
Whoa if the prototype looks that good can't wait to see the real thing!
Sweeeeet live the dream, so happy for you and your family.
Binary did a great job, just gorgeous to look at. Probably looks better in real life.
Just throwing thoughts in as I watch. I completely agree on the wheel upgrade thing. People will spend all sorts of money to lighten their bikes, but it won't make all that much difference unless they lose weight on the wheels and tires. You can take 2 pounds off of a frame and you will hardly notice it. But take 1/2 pound from the wheels and the bike will feel a ton snappier and quicker.....given that you don't loose stiffness.
So yeah, those watching, take his advice on putting more money into your wheels than anything else.
Congrats Steve. Stoked to see all the different spec versions of it come to life next year. Rigid 29+, and 140mm Pike versions et al
Congrats on a beautiful bike Steve, can't wait for the final config to come out. The lines on that flow so nicely. Great job on the design.
Congrats, Steve! It looks amazing!
Damn bro...that thing is awesome!!
I actually run the same Rotor set as you do, 200mm Front and 180mm Rear on my DB MASON 2. 🤝🏾🇺🇲💪🏾
Nice work getting all those features in one bike! Interested to hear how it rides. It is very hard to find a hardtail bike with all features you want. Always have to compromise on something (until now for your needs at least). The Sherpa ended up being the closest to meet my HT needs, still has a some minor compromises though.
Beautiful! Thank the manufacturer for keeping the cable routing on the outside and not compromising the frame by putting them in internally. Internal cable routing in my opinion is pure garbage. I have both a full titanium and 7005 aluminum alloy frame and they are both bullet proof and amazing. Both are the best material for a frame on the face of this planet! Nice ride!
What a bike!!!!!!!!!!! Oh man
Beautiful aesthetics, absolutely amazing looking lines. Steve, you really have "clicked all the boxes" especially for those of us that can’t stand the cookie cutter XC hardtail we see from most frame builders or the over forked over slacked hardtail designs from some of companies that really just think of a hardtail as a frame for those that can't afford their full suspension bikes.
For reference I'm 5'6" and 125mm is the longest dropper that I have ever been able fit on my small Esker Japhy. Maybe the medium can run a 150 dropper but 170 would be amazing.
My rotors are 160mm Shimano Ice Tech and all my brakes are the 4 piston XT and XTR's. Probably small rotors for some but I'm 155lbs and riding hardtails only and on more tech and not so much high speed park like trails.
Can´t wait for the ride review. So excited to see it out in the wild.
What a cool experience. I am pretty particular about my bikes and I see a frame I like but then it will have a low stack or a long seat tube or a seat tube gusset that won’t allow a nice long dropper post which just kills it for me. What an awesome opportunity to build a frame how you want it with no or little compromise. Looking forward to seeing the ride video. Thanks for the video!
Looks sick!
I love the curve of the down tube. It just looks so beautiful. Congrats. Would if I could!
My Stache is a Wheelbase:1,124 - 1,132mm. It gets twitchy at 415 chai stay. But with 1177 wheelbase on this hopefully you can get a 29x3.0 at 415 with longer wheelbase than the Stache. The wheel is tucked and playful.
I may have to go with an elevated chainstay design like Trek to accomplish that. But that's a dream of mine too.
Elevated chain stay is a fail.
420 chain stay with 3.0 tire is just fine. Interested in your ride review. Bias or not. 18 hour race in May that I would like to let this loose on.
Waw congratulations HT Man 🤘 it must feel awesome to build up your own designed bike. Good luck with this beautiful project !!
Thanks, it's a dream come true.
Looking forward to the Single Speed setup video. You really consider and explain details. I am thrifty, but always limit myself to SS specific hubs - Using Shimano MX-30 or like WTB LazerDisc SS. Super budget setups. Thank you for what you do on this channel!
Waiting on my Nukeproof Scout Pro to show up. May get this frame down the road God willing. Looks amazing and fun. Good luck and stay safe.
Consider adding braze-ons under the top tube for the peeps that want bolt on frame bags
And braze-ons on the top forward section of the top tube for bolt on snack packs
I know some people dig those, but I'm going to leave them off of this one.
Super stoked for you!
I know it's only the prototype..... But damn, that a beaut of steed thus far! Most definitely has peaked my interest. Gonna be watching this development closely. Well done!
That's one beautiful frame. I do hope it rides well!
I hope I'll be able to buy this one day.
That is a sweet looking frame and a really nice build ! Can’t wait for the review. I’m running 180 out back 200 in front
Beautiful frame buddy. Congratulations!
Thanks Matt
The frame looks great Steve and very premium...
Super excited to hear how it rides!
Sick! That's a sweet looking whip man! Can't wait to hear how it rides and what changes you're going to make on it.
wow what a beautiful frame.
Beautiful looking bike. Congrats Steve!
Beautiful frame- digging the curves
Congrats. I share your joy. It really looks magnificent. Try to get some sleep.
Well done Steve. It's a beauty!
Amazing bike
Good looking machine, I can't wait to see it at work.
Looks great. Looking forward to the ride video.
I think you should test the roost bars on this build as well. Little "we are one" vs "roost" mini review. Also... Ti overload goodness!
First thing I noticed was the seat tube! 😂 I knew you wouldn't like that. Looks like it should be fun though. I'm sure you already know how it rides by now. Looking forward to the ride review! 🤘🏻
Yeah, there's often small disconnects between a drawing and the actual metal frame.
This looks so good - nice work!
Heck yeah Steve! What a beautiful design....
Wow, congrats well deserved. Greetings from Sweden
Dang I knew the Klampers are cable disc kings but I didn't know they're good for aggro riding as well! Also good job on the chainstays, Santa Cruz only managed a 2.4 clearance with 415mm stays on the Chameleon 7. Maybe trying dropped driveside stays is worth it if you really want the clearance for 3 inch tyres on a backend that short
I run a 180mm up front and a 160mm out back (ice tech) with Shimano 4-piston brakes on my 29er xc hardtail with a total weight (me+gear+bike) of around 200 pounds.
That frame looks amazing! The other thing I am very curious about is the Gulo wheel. Looking forward to seeing how everything goes!