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ryan_daugherty
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6/4/2021 10:55am
Mr. P wrote:
Haha! As a graphic designer, I'm quite sure the "hidden message" is what the viewer is bringing to that design. Read as, someone has "anal" on...
Haha! As a graphic designer, I'm quite sure the "hidden message" is what the viewer is bringing to that design. Read as, someone has "anal" on their mind and it wasn't the designer. That said, it is the graphic designer's job to vet the design to avoid issues like people who read "anal" in everything.

Likely pareidolia but could be a designer that's trying to be funny. I've designed stuff in the past the looked fine then when I looked at it 24hours later or from a different angle all I saw was a dick or a silhouette of trump screaming. I did a concept art piece of a game concept and in the sky is definitely trump screaming about something and it annoys the hell out of me that it is there in the final approve piece.
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6/4/2021 4:23pm
sspomer wrote:
whoa, that fork/wheel clearance is gnarly. also, bummer those not-a-race screencaps are basically old news. i'll leave the true nerding to you all. also also, high...
whoa, that fork/wheel clearance is gnarly.
also, bummer those not-a-race screencaps are basically old news. i'll leave the true nerding to you all.
also also, high fives on your story sleuthing yesterday
also also also, this is technically gear related and freaking hilarious TLD 90-degree "ANAL" (sorry stik)


You know that thing when you are looking for something and then all of a sudden you see it everywhere, I think Kaine Bockman could just be very horny
6/5/2021 4:52am
bizutch wrote:
As soon as I saw it last night, I tried to find a pic on Luca's Instragram feed to see if people were harrassing him about...
As soon as I saw it last night, I tried to find a pic on Luca's Instragram feed to see if people were harrassing him about it, but none.

Oh, and just so people know (if they don't), tattoo artists who do custom work on you hide words in the design all the time. I've seen some truly gnarly stuff in people's tats and they will NEVER know.

Now...go make your tatted up buddy paranoid. Also, 100% true.
LukeD wrote:
As a creative director and former custom painter.... can confirm. Also, I do know of custom painters who have cleared their own pubes into work of...
As a creative director and former custom painter.... can confirm.

Also, I do know of custom painters who have cleared their own pubes into work of customers who drove them insane.
They say every Lahar bike has some pubes in the weave
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jonkranked
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6/6/2021 6:31pm
nothing "new" but i saw the unreleased c'dale jekyl in person today at the local bike park. looked basically identical to the spy shots floating around from last august. saddle was even the same. likely same rider.
6/7/2021 12:01am
New Carbon Summum production ready? [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/06/06/10907/s1200_4391F95C_1AB4_465D_A237_5C4B854ACD3D.jpg[/img]
New Carbon Summum production ready?
Yes i think so a friend showed me the catalog pictures of the Carbon summum and this was the Color of the top model. May be there will be a mullet bike too like the new alloy summum.
6/7/2021 12:04am
New Carbon Summum production ready? [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/06/06/10907/s1200_4391F95C_1AB4_465D_A237_5C4B854ACD3D.jpg[/img]
New Carbon Summum production ready?
That Michelin with the black Logo lookes great.
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loic.penel
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6/7/2021 12:53am
iceman2058 wrote:
Here we go, teams are arriving in Leogang and World Cup bikes are starting to come together! Looks like some secret parts on Luca's bike: View...
Here we go, teams are arriving in Leogang and World Cup bikes are starting to come together! Looks like some secret parts on Luca's bike:

finally new Saint parts, after 8 years waiting ...
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Primoz
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6/7/2021 2:40am
jonkranked wrote:
nothing "new" but i saw the unreleased c'dale jekyl in person today at the local bike park. looked basically identical to the spy shots floating around...
nothing "new" but i saw the unreleased c'dale jekyl in person today at the local bike park. looked basically identical to the spy shots floating around from last august. saddle was even the same. likely same rider.


As I understand it, it should be coming out over the summer, but as with some other high pivot bikes in the same category, the supply issues are a thing in this case too (should have been out already).
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6/7/2021 3:06am
Better shots of the Proto from Commencal. Looks like a horstlink with 4-bar. [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/06/06/10905/s1200_D8EF190A_4634_417E_8966_B1CB98063D1B.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/06/06/10906/s1200_6068EF16_C1EA_437F_B9FD_C3284B9154C9.jpg[/img]
Better shots of the Proto from Commencal.
Looks like a horstlink with 4-bar.

If you look between the idler and the chainring it looks like there's an extra link there, a bit like the Demo/Enduro linkage.

Looking forward to see the full bike, Commencal does interesting things Smile
6/7/2021 3:09am
Better shots of the Proto from Commencal. Looks like a horstlink with 4-bar. [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/06/06/10905/s1200_D8EF190A_4634_417E_8966_B1CB98063D1B.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/06/06/10906/s1200_6068EF16_C1EA_437F_B9FD_C3284B9154C9.jpg[/img]
Better shots of the Proto from Commencal.
Looks like a horstlink with 4-bar.

Possibly a HP version of the old 4-bar supreme, with the floating shock through the frame, but with a horst link instead of the single pivot. Can't quite make out if that is a shock shaft above the idler in the lower pic...?
Primoz
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6/7/2021 3:42am
If it was a horst link with a pivot that low near the BB, there would be no point for an idler. And Commencal doesn't do horst links.
6/7/2021 3:48am
Primoz wrote:
If it was a horst link with a pivot that low near the BB, there would be no point for an idler. And Commencal doesn't do...
If it was a horst link with a pivot that low near the BB, there would be no point for an idler. And Commencal doesn't do horst links.
So what are we speculating, something more like a Devinci Wilson?
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6/7/2021 4:02am
I'd say yes, but with a higher main pivot. So something between the Devinci and the Zerode DH bike.
6/7/2021 6:54am
iceman2058 wrote:
Here we go, teams are arriving in Leogang and World Cup bikes are starting to come together! Looks like some secret parts on Luca's bike: View...
Here we go, teams are arriving in Leogang and World Cup bikes are starting to come together! Looks like some secret parts on Luca's bike:

loic.penel wrote:
finally new Saint parts, after 8 years waiting ...
And you’ll have to wait another 3 until they’re in stock
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mixmastamikal
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6/7/2021 11:02am Edited Date/Time 6/7/2021 11:05am
Someone spotted this and posted it on the other site a few days ago. Said the guy did not want to talk about the bike though. Some people have stated it looks like it could be something from Actofive? Definitely has the rear triangle look of the p-train. Other interesting cue is the Limited edition fox 38 w/ pistachio lowers and black stanchions.



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6/7/2021 11:20am Edited Date/Time 6/7/2021 11:22am
Someone spotted this and posted it on the other site a few days ago. Said the guy did not want to talk about the bike though...
Someone spotted this and posted it on the other site a few days ago. Said the guy did not want to talk about the bike though. Some people have stated it looks like it could be something from Actofive? Definitely has the rear triangle look of the p-train. Other interesting cue is the Limited edition fox 38 w/ pistachio lowers and black stanchions.



It's a Purati, a new brand of titanium bikes based in BC:



https://www.instagram.com/purati_bikes/
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6/7/2021 11:54am
dolface wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/06/07/10909/s1200_Screen_Shot_2021_06_07_at_10.28.29_AM.jpg[/img]

New Saint on the way…
taifi
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6/7/2021 11:58am
dolface wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/06/07/10909/s1200_Screen_Shot_2021_06_07_at_10.28.29_AM.jpg[/img]

New Saint on the way…
isn't that the *old saint ?
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6/7/2021 12:03pm
Brake caliper looks the same, but the black crank looks a bit thinner to me.

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