this is crazy

[johnathan]

Just searching through ebay and found this absolutely mad dont know how to post the link but the item number is 7205307265

[Keefer]

Copy and paste the link from the address bar.

[cameron]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7205307265&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2F%2Fsearch%2 Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26satitle%3D7205307265%26 fvi%3D1

the tank on the top tube looks hideous.

[johnathan]

Copy and paste the link from the address bar. Yeah i know but i cant copy anything into nsmb reply boxes. And the tank if you didnt know was for the air shifting and thats what i meant the gearing costs about as much as the bike from what i have heard about air shifting systems.

[M@M]

i guess i could see air shifting being crisp, but it looks uber complicated, and the tank looks like it would get in the way. IFO-no sale =)

[The_Dirt_Merchant]

good buy if its real

[big ben]

haha I saw that earlier today. that tank is weird, I've never seen one before.

[Trini-dad72]

Shimano Airlines is the name of the system. Here's some bizznatch about them:
http://www.edgereview.com/ataglance.cfm?category=edge&ID=7

[SysCo.]

dont diss the air system until you ride it... it saves weight and unlike cables doesn't stretch.....not mention though that it costs a small fortune to buy.

[Chunk]

Yeah i know but i cant copy anything into nsmb reply boxes. And the tank if you didnt know was for the air shifting and thats what i meant the gearing costs about as much as the bike from what i have heard about air shifting systems.

highlight the address, hit Ctrl+C and that copys the address

Put your cursor in the reply box here at NSMB and hit Ctrl+V and that should paste it

Thas is of course for windows. I know nothing of macs.

I have heard from my LBS that the airlines work VERY well but were not worth the massive amount of $$.

[mr_fungle]

Airlines might work nice and all, but I'll stick to my cables before I slap a scuba tank on my ride...

[bcgrown]

dont diss the air system until you ride it... it saves weight and unlike cables doesn't stretch.....not mention though that it costs a small fortune to buy.

how much does the tank weigh?

[slang]

i dont think much at all. it was developed a while ago for DH but never saw hte light of mass production unfortunately.

it's hideously big but I'd sure as hell use it.

[C.Lee]

shimano airline!!

[johnathan]

id love to try it but the cost prohibetely expensive and im not sure i would want something like that on a bike which is going to be taking some serious abuse.

[Jeff M]

"Hey guys wait up, I have to pump up my air tank." :lol:

What a joke.

[johnathan]

I suppose it does however have adavtages of cleaner and crisper shifting shifting And a more reliable gearing in the sense of no cable stretch i think it could be introduced in a more freeride freindly form with a cheper price tag amd it would sell well (shimano take note, saint air) .

[FreaK]

highlight the address, hit Ctrl+C and that copys the address

Put your cursor in the reply box here at NSMB and hit Ctrl+V and that should paste it

Thas is of course for windows. I know nothing of macs.

I have heard from my LBS that the airlines work VERY well but were not worth the massive amount of $$.

only diff on a mac is that you use the apple button instead of control.

[P3-boy]

cambria had a few for sale a while ago

[johnathan]

any idea on how much? and have they got any left?

[redsdisease]

I remember my LBS had a burly Cortina DH bike with Airlines, it looked wild.

[zahgurim]

Airlines was retarded expensive when it came out, as it was all made in-house by Shimano's skunkworks engineers in limited numbered editions.

I have an unused Airlines sitting in a box, waiting for a special project...

I've ridden it before over here, on somebody elses ride. The shifting was so unbelievably better than anything else I've ever ridden. Ended up scoring a boxed set (shifters, regulator, cassette, 2 tanks) for a price too good to pass. Proud owner of set # 0152!


I might have a line on one more set, and will pick it up if I can.

[freerider15]

wow thats beefy

[connor]

you could always put a smaller air cylinder on it if you could get one with the right connector.

[johnathan]

ok thats cool if you can zahgurim

[P3-boy]

they don't have them anymore, but they were selling them for $50! I shoulda bought one, but I didn't and still don't have a bike that to use it on

[johnathan]

jesus christ 50 thats ridiculous they were nearing 1500 when brand new what an offer.

[derwood]

Airlines would have been cool if it was set up to use a little CO2 can like those xc pumps.

[P3-boy]

for sure

[biking_cam]

that bike is only at 155$US i know it'll hike up a lot though

[Farmer]

is it a co2 tank that they have on there? the idea seems good, but it is too expensive and I wouldn't want it

[johnathan]

no its an air tank

[brace]

Wow, that rig went for under $1700. Almost wish I would have bid now, location in Taiwan though kinda made think twice about it.

[johnathan]

God i wish i had had more money thats so cheap for a rig like that.