This just came into my possession from a reliable source.
Enjoy
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Leaked spy shot of Carbon V-10 2010
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nice photoshop...actually not that nice, cause its easy to spot.
compare it to the background image on the website
tire is exactly the same position. same angle. stickers aligned on the shock the same. the carbon weave is way too straight for the angle.
http://www.santacruzbicycles.com/v10/#gallery.php
and vivid knob is suppose to be blue
not denying a carbon v10 could exist though
EDIT: snooping around the site, there is evidence in the html that carbon v10 is in the future
compare it to the background image on the website
tire is exactly the same position. same angle. stickers aligned on the shock the same. the carbon weave is way too straight for the angle.
http://www.santacruzbicycles.com/v10/#gallery.php
and vivid knob is suppose to be blue
not denying a carbon v10 could exist though
EDIT: snooping around the site, there is evidence in the html that carbon v10 is in the future
<div class="NavContainer">
<h1>DOWNHILL</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="../driver8/" PreviewName="driver8">Driver 8</a></li>
<li><a href="../v10/" PreviewName="v10">V10</a></li>
<!--<li><a href="#" PreviewName="v10_carbon">V10</a> carbon</li>-->
</ul>
</div>
<h1>DOWNHILL</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="../driver8/" PreviewName="driver8">Driver 8</a></li>
<li><a href="../v10/" PreviewName="v10">V10</a></li>
<!--<li><a href="#" PreviewName="v10_carbon">V10</a> carbon</li>-->
</ul>
</div>
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This is gonna be very interesting thread
. Wonder how SC will disclaim this, but even more I'm looking forward to arguments of anti-carbon lobby 
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been kind of obvious since Gracia mentioned a new v10 at Sea Otter
the photo was a pretty lame attempt by someone to create buzz.
if its a real SC photo, they need to fire their graphic artist.
the photo was a pretty lame attempt by someone to create buzz.
if its a real SC photo, they need to fire their graphic artist.
Nice photoshop. Carbon weave gave it away for me.
sick, i should get a roll of cheesy carbon-look sticker to upgrade my frame.
Photochopped or not the V-10 will be carbon before too long.
Look at the top of the link, it looks off as far as the angle of the "seat tube" as well.....
Pretty funny how everybody is screaming a PS job. For over 3 years I have done product photography 40-50 hours a week and mainly bikes and components. That image may be fake or it could be a real image at 700 by whatever pixels I'm not voicing an opinion on it either way.
Carbon V-10 they better have the aluminum version still offered.
Carbon V-10 they better have the aluminum version still offered.
100% shopped, and poorly. A simple increase of brightness and contrast reveals the following:
also:
guess his "reliable source" isnt so reliable
A carbon V10 !!!
I don't really give a sh!t, I've just been looking for a reason to post that picture.
Kinda like how jonkranked uses "Haters be Hatin" every time he gets a chance.
nah man i've only posted that like 2 or 3 times in the last week. Other people have been posting it too.I don't really give a sh!t, I've just been looking for a reason to post that picture.
Kinda like how jonkranked uses "Haters be Hatin" every time he gets a chance.
edit: I should make a combined image of the two with the caption:
'shoppers be 'shoppin
Yeah about that....
Whilst I'm definitely a carbon skeptic, I'm excited to see the carbon V10, simply because if they're going through the hassle of making up the necessary molds etc, it's reasonable to assume that it will be an indicator of whether or not they plan on making any changes to the geometry and/or shock spec of the regular V10. That is assuming they plan on making the two in parallel.
i wonder what the premium would be on the carbon version.
the carbon Nomad and Blur are about a $600-700 premium over their aluminum counterpart
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Maybe they did, and a poorly shopped pic is the result of cost-cutting.
This has all the aspects of "small, guerrilla-style marketing photo that's intentionally leaked to drum up excitement for the product", except that it's done in a highly corporate, highly marketed way designed to attract the most attention at the perfect time in the product design cycle. Too bad the 'shopped aspect kinda negates any positive excitement that it might have generated...
thats basically what guerrilla marketing is
Maybe they leaked a photoshopped picture for marketing purposes because they don't want to spend the money on the tooling yet, so a real bike doesn't even exist, and are waiting for a reaction from the public to see if it's worth it?
it'd be strange if they were not sure about the bikes as even the riders in the interviews hint a change in sc gear mid season.
yeah, thats exactly what i said
Gracia said them Peaty, Minnaar, Byrceland and himself are picking up the new bike in two weeks so Id say it exists in some form.
Socket is correct. Many companies have done the same thing for teasers (even canon cameras). It's pretty common. Wait for the first World Cup.
I'd assume if SC was doing these "guerilla" graphics, they'd have access to their own logos instead of obvious screen shots. Even the v10 font is different. Absolute photoshop fail that the guys at sc obviously didn't do. And yah, this thread sux. I can't believe I'm writing this.
nerds.
maybe instead of trolling, you can go read what i was referring to