An XC bike!? Don't make me laugh.

neil_sheehan2000
neil_sheehan2000 Posts: 529
edited July 2011 in MTB general
I'm not sure if this has already cropped up on the forum or not...

But I personally find it the most sickening display of ostentation and idiocy I've seen all week (and it's already Tuesday!)
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    Mmmm

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    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • mbhuw
    mbhuw Posts: 79
    What the hell is that :o
    http://www.cyclechain.co.uk
  • tom_howard
    tom_howard Posts: 789
    yeah it has, if you go to the website, you'll see the worlds most over designed suspension fork ever!
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    Specialized Sequoia Elite
    Pivot Mach 429SL
    Trek Madone 5.2 Di2
    Salsa Mukluk Carbon
    Specialized Turbo Levo Expert 29er
  • neil_sheehan2000
    neil_sheehan2000 Posts: 529
    Tom Howard wrote:
    yeah it has, if you go to the website, you'll see the worlds most over designed suspension fork ever!

    Oh, I just did a bit of sick in my mouth:

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  • Tazzedx
    Tazzedx Posts: 23
    Ok, project for this week then. Hunt down the person(s) responsible for that horrendous item and do extremely unpleasant things to them! :shock:
    Mountain Biking - as addictive as Cocaine and Twice as expensive!!!
  • tom_howard
    tom_howard Posts: 789
    Part of me kind of likes it :oops: and id really like a go on one :oops:

    *cough* i mean eurgh!
    Santa Cruz 5010C
    Deviate Guide
    Specialized Sequoia Elite
    Pivot Mach 429SL
    Trek Madone 5.2 Di2
    Salsa Mukluk Carbon
    Specialized Turbo Levo Expert 29er
  • neil_sheehan2000
    neil_sheehan2000 Posts: 529
    Hmmm... their promotional video of some spod riding down a slope, then back up it, then back down it again, it not really selling the awesome to me...

    (About 3/5 of the way down the page)
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  • tom_howard
    tom_howard Posts: 789
    for clarification, my last post was for the fork, not the $35000 waste of money its attached to!
    Santa Cruz 5010C
    Deviate Guide
    Specialized Sequoia Elite
    Pivot Mach 429SL
    Trek Madone 5.2 Di2
    Salsa Mukluk Carbon
    Specialized Turbo Levo Expert 29er
  • bobs bikes
    bobs bikes Posts: 589
    im quite in awe of that!

    its nearly on par with my 81 speed purple whyte prst-1!!

    :lol:
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
    Looks like the 2020 Orange 5.
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • tom_howard
    tom_howard Posts: 789
    The Northern Monkey wrote:
    Looks like the 2020 Orange 5.

    i heard the 2020 model looked like this?

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    Santa Cruz 5010C
    Deviate Guide
    Specialized Sequoia Elite
    Pivot Mach 429SL
    Trek Madone 5.2 Di2
    Salsa Mukluk Carbon
    Specialized Turbo Levo Expert 29er
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    The Northern Monkey wrote:
    Looks like the 2020 Orange 5.
    :lol:
    Tom Howard wrote:
    i heard the 2020 model looked like this?
    :lol::lol::lol:

    What the hell is this about though?
    [makes] those hair-raising, "I could die!" descents as manageable as a breezy cruise on level land
    How does electric power do that?
  • Raymondavalon
    Raymondavalon Posts: 5,346
    OMF, that reminds me of the Mini Clubman, a pure and simple design error..

    As for the video, well, I'd like to have seen something a little exciting, not some Sunday stroller plodding along and believing he is truly hardcore because he locked his back wheel into a turn..

    Conclusion: Hyper Fail...
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  • TheNorthernTrain
    TheNorthernTrain Posts: 1,049
    yeehaamcgee wrote:

    What the hell is this about though?
    [makes] those hair-raising, "I could die!" descents as manageable as a breezy cruise on level land
    How does electric power do that?

    Why would you want to do that either? Surely that takes all the fun out of it?
    MmmBop

    Go big or go home.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Well, yes, but that's kind of missing the point. They're talking ARSE
  • kg211
    kg211 Posts: 34
    That thing is ugly and bad. Fire would sort it out. Burn it and those who made it.

    My wife can do better than that thing did in the video on her Raleigh Cameo, complete with wicker basket on the front.
  • Ryan Jones
    Ryan Jones Posts: 775
    Makes the orange 5 look like a lightweight, swoopy and sexy design which is about on par with making a good remix of "What is love" by Haddaway ! A fantastic achievement :lol:

    Was that another JoshTP riding video by any chance ?
    My Nukeproof Mega TR
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Just noticed this as well...
    Our aim is to build the world's most sophisticated hybrid bicycles

    Erm, i thought one of the appealing factors of bicycles, even full suss bikes, was their relative simplicity. Why ruin that by intentionally adding sophistication?

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