Video: 5 Pro Slopestyle Bikes from Crankworx Rotorua 2024

Mar 23, 2024
by Pinkbike Originals  


Come along with Dan Wolfe and take a deeper look into what mountain bikes some of the top slopestyle riders are running.

00:00 - Intro
00:10 - Max Fredriksson's Cannondale Dave
03:16 - Robin Goomes's Prototype Yeti DJ
05:29 - Dawid Godziek's Specialized p3
07:58 - Patricia Drunen's Rose Bruce
09:22 - Emil Johansson's Prototype Trek Ticket Hardtail
12:05 - Outro



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Max Fredriksson's Cannondale Dave

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Robin Goomes's Prototype Yeti DJ

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Dawid Godziek's Specialized p3

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Patricia Drunen's Rose Bruce

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Emil Johansson's Prototype Trek Ticket Hardtail




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68 Comments
  • 127 4
 More like 5 slopestyle bikes on buy/sell to pay for a flight home.
  • 2 1
 More like five bikes top slopestyle guys are NOT running
  • 102 0
 Pics AND it didn't happen.
  • 39 0
 I miss when bike checks went into WHY. Now it’s just a summary of what you can see and awkward small talk.
  • 21 0
 Yes! I use to nerd out on all the nifty little things riders would do to their bike. Today there is much less of that shown.
  • 6 4
 @jubs17: at the ends of the day it’s a slope style bike not a wc dh bike so it’s kinda pump the pressure all the way up and do so tricks
  • 1 0
 @Grady-Harris: true, previous years’ slope style bike checks still felt a lot more dynamic and entertaining tho. I’d rather watch a more dynamic conversation than a vanilla interview off cue-cards.
  • 3 0
 There's been a massive lack of bike checks recently too. Nothing at darkfest etc.
  • 2 0
 Paul Couderc once had a gasket for a toilet jammed between his LH crank arm and Bottom Bracket to stop the cranks from spinning while his feet were off the pedals. So there's one for you. (not this year tho)
  • 22 4
 Custom frame, custom paint, custom gyro..NX cranks LMAO
  • 23 3
 Cranks are cranks if they work they work. If they're cheap you just change em for a new event. Component-snobbery when you pay for it and they don't - LMAO
  • 4 0
 it's what you do when you drop out of a competition.....
  • 2 8
flag tomo12377 FL (Mar 23, 2024 at 10:27) (Below Threshold)
 @gulogulointhearctic: when in the history of the WORLD have sponsored riders run bottom tier products? On your logic he should have a pair of Judy silvers upfront
  • 6 0
 Knowing Emil he has them on for some specific reason
  • 7 1
 @tomo12377: SX is bottom tier. SX Powerspline or whatever it’s called. NX are actually pretty good cranks. A lot better than NX anything else!
  • 1 2
 @tomo12377: they would be good enough for slopestyle they don’t need fancy suspension just slow rebound and compression
  • 12 0
 Not sure what crankarm length he is running, but NX is one of the few cranks that SRAM sell in shorter than 165mm arm length, so this could explain why he's chosen to run them.
  • 2 1
 @gulogulointhearctic: dumbest comment ever, "a part's a part"... umm no obv not
  • 6 0
 Maybe because the NX comes in 155 and the others only up from 165?!
  • 5 0
 Maybe because fancy lightweight cranks are more likely to snap in half?
  • 7 1
 @14pslope: dumbest response ever, its not like NX will explode and set his leg on fire. Generally more expensive stuff saving weight or a slight increase in stiffness of cranks wont make too much difference in slopestyle.
The irony is people like you who obsess with the parts they run are generally why they run the parts - sponsors appealing to the sheep.
That's why its refreshing he's running something that just works. Probably because most people influenced by product placement wont look at cranks too closely.
But yeah conversely he'd still kick ass on Judys and if he did Id buy em again like I did in 96
  • 1 7
flag 14pslope (Mar 24, 2024 at 17:56) (Below Threshold)
 @gulogulointhearctic: you're just babbling nonsense, be quiet troll
  • 1 0
 @smith888: sx just exists to justify nx
  • 1 0
 Isn't NX what X7 used to be? Sam Hill used to run X7 gear shifters (rather than X9) when at Iron Horse/MadCatz. Primary reason though was that he cut custom-trim the shifter as it was made from plastic. But sponsored athletes definitely don't always get the top level stuff. Plenty on Deore XT components. Whilst Tahnee was already riding Saint components, Kaos was on Zee as a junior. Because Zee was marketed for up-and-coming riders. And finally, even sponsored riders may not get everything for free.
  • 24 10
 The whole industry is in bad shape ask the people who worked at CRC, can you feel sorry for the living the dream pros in this passion sport?
  • 13 2
 You're getting downvoted for stating reality. Imagine if this was pay-to-view content, nobody would watch it! People want free coverage for a marginal discipline that sells bugger all bikes... or energy drinks.
  • 15 1
 I‘d be much more interested in dual slalom bike check … they were riding so vastly different bikes. Also maybe see if there was a trend with smaller wheels=faster
  • 16 5
 5 bikes that will be on the buy sell page so these guys can eat and pay there medical bills
  • 10 0
 My wife is gonna be mad at me if that yeti dj frame ever becomes an available production frame
  • 11 1
 Might as well post photos of what y'all had for lunch...........
  • 35 1
 They didn't even get lunch
  • 1 0
 @b-rider: Breakfast, they are mad about not getting breakfast.
  • 9 1
 Goomes is a bad ass!
  • 7 0
 Robin's Yeti is fucking awesome, the rest are just awesome.
  • 6 0
 Yes gonna die riding that Dave!
  • 3 0
 All hardtail. Interesting.
  • 3 0
 Damn, even Emil is running a hardtail these days. RIP to the Ticket S
  • 2 0
 Why are all the front page articles just with pink bikes? Is it pink propaganda day or pinkbike day? Wink
  • 3 4
 I guess one of the complaints about the course was it was too jib focused while most riders want more high speed big jumps. Hence all hardtails. Stil awaiting a better explanation of the strike.
  • 2 0
 So good Always good vibes with Dan!
  • 1 0
 Did anybody watch the video and can tell us why Emil is switching to a hardtail?
  • 2 0
 Or why he bothered to build it up at all
  • 1 0
 He wrote on insta that the course has many jibby features and a hardtsil might be better here. Also they made it to match the geo of his slopebike if i understood correctly.
  • 2 0
 If it isn't destined for production, call it custom, not a prototype
  • 2 0
 Really, Specialized, internal routing on a DJ frame??
  • 1 0
 My Saracen DJ has internal routing, the Marin Alcatraz too.
  • 1 0
 Want to see some bikes that nobody rode? (minus the women) Perhaps we can envision the tricks they would have done?!
  • 7 7
 I bet the sponsors are delighted they provided a bike that won’t get used
  • 1 0
 That 3 at the start was SO SICK!!
  • 9 11
 I thought it was a competition? I don't see why the riders are backing out last minute. Seems kinda petty to me. Tons of disappointed fans.
  • 4 6
 Do your own research
  • 3 2
 since they can't afford to fly out of NZ, they've dropped out of the competition. (I don't get it either)
  • 5 18
flag slimkdnvr (Mar 23, 2024 at 10:12) (Below Threshold)
 @suspended-flesh: I have and I think it's hilarious. Dirt jumping is a hobby, not a career. Competition doesn't keep people like Brandon Semenuk afloat. You show up to compete like a man should. The men are looking weak next to the new ladies. What a joke dude.
  • 3 4
 @slimkdnvr: so being a man means not standing up for yourself when you're not being compensated fairly?
  • 1 0
 @slimkdnvr: Semenuk literally made his career from slopestyle lol, as have many others. In the Gypsy Tales Podcast, he mentions that when he bought his house, he basically had to place at/near the front so he could afford the house payments with the prize money, or he would have lost his house.

And yeah, really weak of them to stand up for their rights, safety, and a better future for the sport. I think they are massively brave/ ballsy to actually hold their ground. Look at the DH Union. It fell flat because not enough of them were united enough to care.
  • 1 0
 @leon-forfar: And the result of their protest was...........nothing. While in a perfect Star Trek world, everyone who wanted to make a career riding bikes could do so, have a roof over their head, and be taken well care of. But, we don't live in that world, the bike biz universe is beyond stingy, the risk for participants is exceptionally high, and spectators at events don't pay enough for the event to break even. I wish I had a magic wand to turn that scenario on it's head, but the reality is - if you want to make a decent living, don't compete on bikes, because no matter how you stomp your foot, the money tree got chopped down long before you got there.
  • 6 9
 I say let em go, slopestyle has gotten boring AF since emil became everyone's crush.
  • 7 1
 his runs are boring anyway. watching him at the backwoods jam is infinitely more interesting than watching him compete
  • 2 0
 @erikhortsch: Seeing Semenuk, Fedko, and Emil ride those jumps is a true treat. Everyone at crankworx slopestyle can do crazy tricks on big jumps, but only a few stand out as actually comfortable just riding the backwoods. Nothing beats the big whips and flatspins at Backwoods
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