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Bike Rumor ! - Vampire Fastarossa Debuts Wild 3-in-1 DH Suspension from Chris Canfield’s Beautiful Mind
Chris Canfield’s new Vampire Bikes project kicks off with one highly adjustable, high-pivot Fastarossa DH frame design and 3 suspension patents tucked inside. CF3 is the key. 3 adjustable pivots. 3 travel settings. 3 possible rear wheel paths. Chris calls it a “quiver killer”! Strap in. This one will take a minute to wrap your brain around.
(2025, Feb 14)
Singletracks Mountain Biking - His stealthy new MTB brand, Vampire, offers 3 bikes in 1
Chris Canfield licenses and develops innovative mountain bike suspension designs, and now he's launching his own bike brand, Vampire.
(2025, Feb 11)
The Segment - Episode 170
Chris Canfield is the owner and founder of Vampire bikes.
(2024, Dec 19)
Gnar Couch - Chris Canfield and Vampire Bikes, Why Carbon Sucks, Basement Possums
In this episode, Chris shares his excitement about his cutting-edge new bikes that are designed to have multiple rear travel settings on one frame.
The conversation covers the technical intricacies of various bike suspension designs, the importance of on-site quality control in Taiwan, and the skills required for precise hand-welding in bike manufacturing. Chris also discusses the adaptability of bike designs, from narrow pedals for rocky terrains to customizable features like the "flip chip" for MX or full 29 configurations.
(2024, Nov 22)
Bike Mag - Chris Canfield Launches a Mountain Bike Brand Unlike Any Other With Vampire Bikes
Chris Canfield, one half of the industry-influencing Canfield Brothers Bikes (now Canfield Bikes after Chris let go of his share of the business back in 2019), sank his teeth into an idea a while ago and the idea bit back. The result? His newest endeavor, @vampire_bikes .
Check out his feature on BikeMag.com to learn more.
✍️ @akazunas
(2024, Sept 24)
Vampire Bikes How to make 3 bikes in 1 ?
Just imagine the last stage of your enduro race… the gnarliest track of the day- and you have a dh bike up your sleeve. You take a minute - pull the main pivot. Put the chainstay in the upper 190mm high pivot hole.
Then pass 4 riders for the win.
This is why Chris created CF3.
#mtb#mtbenduro#mtbdh#vtt#vttenduro#vttdh
(2024, Aug 16)
Bike Rumor ! Podcast #086
Chris Canfield explains multi-link suspension designs.
(2023, Jul 23)
The Inside Line Podcast - Chris Canfield of Suspension Formulas
What started out as an addiction to racing downhill mountain bikes turned into a career of building and designing competitive bikes and suspension platforms. Chris Canfield, who just happens to be a current Masters World Champion DH racer, created the CBF suspension platform found on Revel Bikes and Canfield Bikes. He and Kyle Warner go into some epic history about Canfield Brothers bikes and the early Big Fat Fatty Fat downhill bike, the hustling involved with running a bike brand, his racing career and his take on mountain bike suspension design. It's an informative and exciting show this week!
(2020, Mars 4)
