[Craw]

Anyone else see this? Or know about it?

http://www.singletrackworld.com/article.php?sid=1598

I think I just vomited in my mouth a little...

 

[SkaredShtles]

They sure are milking that old VPP design!

-S.S.-

 

[MMcG]

Shiny! in a space age sorta way I dig it.

 

[RhinofromWA]

I like it for the shear fact that it is "different" Flowing tubes add a little characture.

Would I own one? Eh, probably not, but that is because I am a cheap SOB.

The Nomad huh? Not the transiant or the Gypsie?

 

[manziman]

meehh...eliminate the float and the fork and make it a cruiser. not much in the xc ways of biking

 

[-dustin]

i really do not like this curvy, shapely TT design scheme they have going on. ugh. the Jackal, new V10, this thing....bleh. might be a great riding bike, but who's gonna ride a bike they think is ugly...

 

[HenryTheHammer]

I like it! Big fan of the flowing Hydroformed frames as of late. I especially like the new Mountain Cycles.

 

[golgiaparatus]

Trail bikes are geting more and more suspension travel every year. Not that I think its a bad thing. I'd love to have that bike, it'd be great to have a good light XC feeling bike that you could pedal off a 6' drop if you felt like it. Still, cant justify selling the 02 AC air for it.

 

[punkassean]

Bleck!!!! Fugly!

 

[dh girlie]

i really do not like this curvy, shapely TT design scheme they have going on. ugh. the Jackal, new V10, this thing....bleh. might be a great riding bike, but who's gonna ride a bike they think is ugly...

The jackal? What in tarnation is the jackal...they used to make a bmx bike called a jackal but that hasn't been around in forever.`

 

[McGRP01]

The jackal? What in tarnation is the jackal...

 

[dh girlie]

it's a santa cruz??? why in TARNATION would they call it the jackal...when they discontinued the jackal? Did they honestly think that some of us would not remember the actual jackal??? Do they think turnover in the biking world is that fast??? holy crap...whatever, Santa Cruz...

 

[SkaredShtles]

<snip> but who's gonna ride a bike they think is ugly...

<raises hand>

I don't really care what a bike *looks* like.....

-S.S.-

 

[dan-o]

Did they honestly think that some of us would not remember the actual jackal??? Do they think turnover in the biking world is that fast??? holy crap...whatever, Santa Cruz...

Smoke enough weed and you'll forget everything eventually.


What was the question again?

 

[punkassean]

<raises hand>

I don't really care what a bike *looks* like.....

-S.S.-

Who cares what the bike looks like, I'm worried about what my nuts would look like after I slammed them into that bulbous and fugly toptube. There is just no need for that kind of crap in that design. And if you don't think esthetics play a major role in the design of a bicycle than you are out of your mind.

 

[SkaredShtles]

<snip> And if you don't think esthetics play a major role in the design of a bicycle than you are out of your mind.

No $hit Sherlock. I'm just telling you *I* don't care what a bike looks likes, aesthetics aside........

-S.S.-

 

[punkassean]

At least it looks as though the suspension will work good, the large-volume AVA RP3 shock with apparently a nice low leverage ratio should feel very nice. Still ugly as all hell though. And yes that does matter to MOST people. Sorry if I'm not punk enough to not give a crap

 

[SkaredShtles]

<snip> Sorry if I'm not punk enough to not give a crap

Got nothing to do with punk, sorry.

And I have no problem with people who *want* their bikes to look "cool" - I just don't care, as long as it works...... oh, and is cheap.

-S.S.-

 

[Justintime]

Why someone would complain about a 6.5" all-mountain vpp bike with formed tubing is beyond me. I have a feeling that you guys will be paying your respects the minute you see it on the trail...

 

[punkassean]

S.S.- Cheap is always nice if the quality is there to back it up.

Justintime- My only complaint is that the TT protrudes a few inches higher than it needs to in a very critical area. It just doesn't make sense with a bike like this that is invariably going to have a tallish standover height due to the large amount of travel and the BB height that has to go with that.

 

[-dustin]

<raises hand>

I don't really care what a bike *looks* like.....

-S.S.-

congrats. your world is bigger than mine.

unless the shape increases the strength dramatically, or creates some other wonderful result, my 6" bike would still be a 6 Pack (suspension and $$ arguments aside).

disclaimer - i am a big fan of simplicity.

 

[sanjuro]

If I am not mistaken, but they have changed the look of the V-10. I am not sure about the aesthetics, but I like the current look.

That picture looked like an unfinished frame. They could make some changes depending on feedback. On that note, that frame is fugly.

 

[MikeD]

It's basically the VPP version of the Heckler, no? Travel's a bit longer, probably so you can run the larger amount of sag that VPP needs.

Not a huge suprise...even the looks. All the new bikes look like that. looks like they'll have XC, trail, and DH bikes in VPP now, maybe keeping the single pivots on as a lower-cost line for a few more years.

MD

 

[Skookum]

bleh. might be a great riding bike, but who's gonna ride a bike they think is ugly...

Me i think my Enduro is a horrid boxxy looking nightmare, but i love riding it. i actually think that SC frame isn't that bad looking myself.

 

[hooples3]

pretty funky looking, i like the way they curve the top tube

 

[RhinofromWA]

Reminds me of the annoying/needlessly tall top tube of the KHS Dominatrax

I actually like the change from the norm on the SC Nomad. The KHS was just stupid tall for standover.

I am sensitive to the standover issue....short arse legs and all.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Me i think my Enduro is a horrid boxxy looking nightmare, but i love riding it. i actually think that SC frame isn't that bad looking myself.

See - *you* don't care what a bike looks like. At least I'm not the only one.

-S.S.-

 

[sanjuro]

Reminds me of this building designed by Gaudi:

 

[punkassean]

Me i think my Enduro is a horrid boxxy looking nightmare, but i love riding it. i actually think that SC frame isn't that bad looking myself.

DO you have an Enduro like this?

If so I think that is one of the sexiest bikes on the market. It has great standover clearance and nice swoopy lines. I know that a lighter frame can be made without the monocoque front end but if you are going to compromise a little for looks at least make it totally functional too.

 

[Skookum]

DO you have an Enduro like this?

If so I think that is one of the sexiest bikes on the market. It has great standover clearance and nice swoopy lines. I know that a lighter frame can be made without the monocoque front end but if you are going to compromise a little for looks at least make it totally functional too.

Get off the sauce.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Get off the sauce.

-S.S.-

 

[punkassean]

Hey man I like the sauce. mmm sauce is good.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Hey man I like the sauce. mmm sauce is good.

-S.S.-

 

[-dustin]

-t.I.-

 

[SkaredShtles]

-t.I.-

-S.S.-

 

[reflux]

-S.S.-

~R.

 

[punkassean]

now who's hittin' the sauce?

 

[JRB]

<raises hand>

I don't really care what a bike *looks* like.....

-S.S.-

Judging by your haircut, I would be inclined to think this is true.