We sat down together for a few design sessions and drew it up. Our riding buddy and tester, Clark Lewis (AKA Doc Tomahawk) was pushing me to make this bike. It’s been a little while since we’ve seen a brand new Chromag model. Thankfully, Chromag was keen to spread the word. I wanted to know more about the Chromag Doctahawk, which has intrigued me since I first laid eyes on Ian’s Tomahawk proto. I’m not a hardtail guy, but I am a fan of bikes with original approaches to shape and size. It’s a refreshing outlook in a world of lemmings, and the Doctahawk epitomizes this point of view. What they forgot is that the people behind Chromag build what they want to ride. They questioned the long-travel fork with nothing in the rear, and some even claimed Chromag got so caught up in the what they were making, that they forgot to ask if they should be making it. When the news of the Doctahawk dropped on Pinkbike, hoards of keyboard warriors scoffed at the numbers and even doubted its capability. The release of their Doctahawk frame continues the bloodline but it may have skipped a generation or two. As such, they’ve always featured more travel up front than typical hardtails. Since day zip, their hardtail frames have steered to the aggressive side durable and capable bikes. In fact, the company was founded around charting their own path. Chromag isn’t afraid to colour outside the line.
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