Retro Cove Hummer ---Softtail!
Time to review the Cove Hummer Softail. No, this isn't a new bike - in fact, it has brake bosses for V-brakes and bosses for disk brakes...or maybe the disk tabs were added later? Hmmmm.... The softail is not a novel concept to the world of mountain biking - Moots being one the first to employ the softail concept to a hardtail. Mongoose tried it too. Exploiting the flexy and no metal fatigue properties of titanium, a shock is inserted between the top of the seat stay and the seat tube. No pivots are the located on the bottom bracket or near the wheel hubs. Titanium in this arrangement can flex 1" to 1.5" - its that flexy! The Cove Hummer that I've been riding lately uses a Stratos Shock. Stratos was bought out by Specialized and set out to pasture. From what I understand the shock is about 7 years old. Guaranteed that if it breaks, there is not a replacement for it. This Cove model didn't sell alot in its brief history. There might be 8 fram