Nope, your eyes are not deceiving you. Slingshot thought more than two decades ago that replacing the down tube with a coil-sprung braided steel cable was a good idea, and it still does todayJames Huang / Immediate Media
Slingshot said its unique ‘Sling Power Technology’ frame design was not only more comfortable but actually produced forward motion when you hit bumpsJames Huang / Immediate Media
Back near the seat tube is a slightly flexible fiberglass ‘dogbone’ hingeJames Huang / Immediate Media
Slingshot frames were unusual, to say the leastJames Huang / Immediate Media
Slingshot claims its ‘Sling Power Technology’ design would store energy during the power phase of the pedal stroke, and then return it into the drivetrain when your feet were in the dead zone. That’s a highly debatable claim but one neat benefit of the design was its ability to split in half quite easily for easy travelingJames Huang / Immediate Media
Just like at the other end, the steel cable is anchored with a simple quick-release pinJames Huang / Immediate Media
However stout the rear end was, there were few instances where ‘torsional stiffness’ and ‘Slingshot’ were spoken in the same sentenceJames Huang / Immediate Media
The top tube is unusually big in an effort to retain some semblance of stiffness in the front triangleJames Huang / Immediate Media
A small gusset reinforces the front endJames Huang / Immediate Media
One of the component highlights on this particular build is the Syncros Revolution crankset with its welded tubular chromoly crankarmsJames Huang / Immediate Media
The Syncros two-bolt aluminum seatpost is about as iconic a component as it comesJames Huang / Immediate Media
Syncros stems were in high demand back in the day. This one predates the company’s distinctive ‘Power Zit’ welding patternJames Huang / Immediate Media