Other Bikes Trailblaze Omega

I like this bike especially considering the price. Wouldn’t KTM have some kind of legal recourse as it’s a clone.
 
I saw that video on YouTube last week!
Has the shipment arrived on the slow boat from China? I haven't heard anything, and I'm ~2 weeks behind you west-coast guys as I'm getting mine shipped to New England. I can't wait to play with it...
 
I'm currently in Ocotillo Wells with the Omega, having an absolute blast with this thing. It has more than enough power to navigate all the terrain types. It has conquered all the steep hills, whoops, soft sand, hard dirt, everything but mud, because I don't feel like cleaning it lol. Super fun machine. It get lots of looks when I'm ripping up a hill but not making any noise. I'll try and get some pics tomorrow before we leave.
 
VINSANITY said:
I like this bike especially considering the price. Wouldn’t KTM have some kind of legal recourse as it’s a clone.
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Very doubtful, these things are constantly rebranded by different companies all the time. Wouldn't surprise me if the KTM started as something else. Recent example: The Yozma IN10 is the same bike as the Valtinsu EM-5, which is also the same as the Throne Strike. Same chassis rebranded between different companies with minor variations.
 
Full production bike or first run? I ordered mine a few months ago - they told me a few weeks ago that the first bikes came in, but they needed to make some minor tweaks (spring rates or something), and just heard this past week that the full production bikes were built and entering the shipping process, with expected delivery around Christmas. I'm in NH, so expect mine in the first half of Jan '26. Unfortunately it's going to be sitting in the crate until April since we're getting our first blizzard in two days and will be "in the white" until Spring.
I'm wondering if Trailblaze bought frames and other various parts from KTM, as the Omega is a dead-nuts clone of the Freeride, except with twice the power. With what's been going on with KTM, I'm not surprised if they're liquidating overrun parts.
 
Picked mine up on Friday. I've been having an absolute blast on this thing. Went for a pretty good ride through the hills, followed by a ride through my neighborhood, and only used 12% of the battery. This thing is an absolute beast of a machine.
 
Nice! Mine is supposed to arrive this coming Monday. Unfortunately, there's still a couple of feet of snow in the woods, but it's melting!
 
JayC said:
I've never ridden a PDS shock before, but they are apparently better for technical hard-enduro type riding, where linkages are better for fast desert and motocross-type riding. Since I only ride boulder-infested woods, the linkless rear end will likely be fine for me.
As for the forks, they adjust the same as both my CRF250X and my CR125R (both have cast triple clamps, BTW). 'Course, I bought both new in 2008, so maybe tech has changed. Both work great in my boulders though, so I think the forks will be fine too. Travel is slightly shorter than typical MX bikes by a couple inches (~10" travel), but I'm looking forward to the slightly lower seat height (I'm short).
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Generally, I wouldn't say PDS is better for technical or HE riding. I own a relatively new KTM 300 2T PDS and there are both benefits and drawbacks to PDS. The benefits are ground clearance and sometimes lower seat heights and excellent stability in most riding cases.

If your bike is similar in behavior to PDS then in rock gardens and log crossings you will have to take care since PDS does not respond as well as linkage based suspension in those cases because of rebound. Think of it like a rear suspension kick on second half of a double blip. It can be adjusted somewhat but cannot be easily tuned out completely due to the design. I have found it best to modify my riding a bit to account for it -- more legs and attack position.

With PDS at least, you can tune it one way, but it will have to be tuned such that it causes drawbacks in other part of the suspension. Perhaps there are some differences with the design in this bike, and since you have rocks and presumably other New England gnarl to test it on maybe you can post what you find when you get it and the snow melts. I would be interested to hear what you find.

I am on the border of Ma and Nh and use my Stark in the gnarl in these parts it is fun and the New England nosy Nancys don't even know I am riding...:ricky:
 
I ended up ordering a linkage rear-end on my Omega. It seemed better for the rugged terrain that I ride, and having never ridden a PDS system, I figured better safe than sorry. I also worried that the PDS shock might be inferior, only because the suspension was developed in-house. Apparently it took WP several years to get it right.
 
JayC said:
I ended up ordering a linkage rear-end on my Omega. It seemed better for the rugged terrain that I ride, and having never ridden a PDS system, I figured better safe than sorry. I also worried that the PDS shock might be inferior, only because the suspension was developed in-house. Apparently it took WP several years to get it right.
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Cool. I don't think WP even have it wrung out completely yet. I think you probably made the right choice. Let us know how it works out for you.
 
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