janjan Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 Just found this on tribalzine: http://www.tribalzine.com/?Des-infos-sur-l-Ozonys-Iron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 beauty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYXLV Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 in love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dman Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Blown away. Ozonys is definitely on a roll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Dark Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Love that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclip Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I see some pretty positive comments without explanation leading me to believe you have all just seen a picture of a pretty bike and liked the colour? I imagine this is just a prototype for now in some what of a rush after making the worlds worst looking/geo'd steel trials frame I have ever seen! Adding on the ozonys logo booster thing looks cool but is hidden by the saddle anyway especially with a low seat tube. NO DISC BRAKE BRACE? (must be counting on his magura calipers snapping before his frame gets any stress ) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 It does have a small brace but I think it's more for looks than actual strength, and I don't think it'll be mouch of a big seller when the manufacturer says it's expensive. One and a half times the cost of the frame just for the finish?????!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclip Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I'll let them off to be fair having a one piece dropout and disc tab should make that area stronger anyway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete.M Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I imagine this is just a prototype for now in some what of a rush after making the worlds worst looking/geo'd steel trials frame I have ever seen! BB does look rather low... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew62 Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) Blown away. Ozonys is definitely on a roll. I know....how do they keep coming up with it? *Oznoys business meeting* "Bonjour" "Bonjour" "What are Inspired doing at the moment"? "Oh really, does it look good?" "Oui" "Shall we get a comparatively-cheap, missing-the-point-sort-of-alternative-shitted-out-as-quickly-as-possible?" "Oui" "What if Dave Cleaver gets angry, you know how those Englishmen can be" "C'est la vie" "ohn, ohn, ohn" Edited March 10, 2014 by Matthew62 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I don't think it's gonna be cheap... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew62 Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I don't think it's gonna be cheap... Edited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
err Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 yay for not being able to have the seat low and at a normal angle! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) I know....how do they keep coming up with it? How is this a rip off though? There's nothing unique or special about Inspired bikes so I'd consider any arguments about companies copying them pretty weak. Inspired came up with the street-trials geometry and general concept of a street-trials bike and that's about it - just like Montessa did years ago with trials bikes, but you don't hear people complaining that every single trials frame on the market is a Montessa rip off. Edited March 10, 2014 by Greetings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I think it's more the fact it's a steel street trials bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I think it's more the fact it's a steel street trials bike Well, the Ozonys Styl is steel and that was released about 9 months ago if I'm not mistaken. The Leesons were steel too, is the Arcade a Leeson rip off then? My point is that you can't say something is a rip off with such a generic design unless there are unique solutions implemented throughout the frame. Rip offs we know of - Coustellier > Zoo Piranha, Koxx XTP > Czar Ivan. This is far from a rip off, it's just a double triangle frame made from a material commonly used in bikes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 you're missing the point a bit m8888888888888888888888888888 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williams Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I have a weird boner right now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 you're missing the point a bit m8888888888888888888888888888 If I am then tell me what it is I find this subject rather interesting. There's no doubt competitors keep a close eye on Inspired since it's the market leader but that's common practice with businesses everywhere. Perhaps a mod can split the thread so we can continue this discussion without hijacking the thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 People are getting at the point around 4 months after the arcade has come out, ozonys have released a steel street trials frame with what looks like a very steep headtube and very bmx influenced design. It took inspired ages to come up with this idea and design and yada yada yada I can't be bothered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I don't think you're missing it at all - fully agree with the Leeson comment too being their biggest advocate since 2004 I think everyone just sees Inspired as the benchmark these days, unless another company betters them it'll always be seen as a copy by the majority of riders - shame really! Having said that, i'm yet to see anything that can compete - always seems to be some weird aspect of geo or design choice, such as the seat tube being too short. Every. f**king. Time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Direske Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) Well, the Ozonys Styl is steel and that was released about 9 months ago if I'm not mistaken. The Leesons were steel too, is the Arcade a Leeson rip off then? My point is that you can't say something is a rip off with such a generic design unless there are unique solutions implemented throughout the frame. Rip offs we know of - Coustellier > Zoo Piranha, Koxx XTP > Czar Ivan. This is far from a rip off, it's just a double triangle frame made from a material commonly used in bikes. dito. I'm actually fed up with all those people screaming "Naaaaah, one more company tries to reach for Inspireds crown! Weak work.. bla bla bla.. copy here, copy there". Sometimes I even get angry when I see a company coming up with a decent 24" frame and I'm excited to see what is about, I look at it and it somehow looks really different to those which already are on the market and right in the first comments you see people complaining about all those 24" being rip offs. Just because companies jump on bandwagons like the steel-trend (which might actually started by inspired, to be fair.. well, not even that) doesn't mean they are just doing the exact same thing. NOTHING I can see here is somehow similiar to an Inspired. They just used steel. What's the point anyway, in the end Marino started using steel in the first place.. even before danny made Inspired famous in 09.. All steel 24" are Marino rip offs... ?! When OMEN came up with their frame it was exactly the same. I got mine and couldn't help but didn't find one single similarity, even though the geo is not that different to some older fourplays. But then it has so many features that Inspireds didn't have back then. The complete rearend/dropouts were different. Nobody really got to see one in person but everybody immediatly screamed it was just a rip off because no company ANYWHERE on this planet is allowed to built bikes/frames similar to inspireds anymore.. Had to be said, sorry. Just my opinion. I now continue to ride my Marino, which, of course, is an Inspired rip off. Martin Edited March 10, 2014 by Martin Direske 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Just wait for the new steel Omen..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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