You just perfectly described a bike. A mate here has a collection of vintage bikes and has one called and Outland (?) or something that was actually the original VPP from memory. It had two pivots under the bottom bracket and some really bizarre linkage out back. Apparently, Leigh Donovan raced on a re-stickered one back in her Mongoose days. I think his stuff is in storage but I'll try and get him to get a picture of it.It's like an Ellsworth had sex with a lawwill suspension layout and then ran into a bridge overpass while still drunk.
A lot of noise was made about this when it came out. Outland VPP... apparently the originalYou just perfectly described a bike. A mate here has a collection of vintage bikes and has one called and Outland (?) or something that was actually the original VPP from memory. It had two pivots under the bottom bracket and some really bizarre linkage out back. Apparently, Leigh Donovan raced on a re-stickered one back in her Mongoose days. I think his stuff is in storage but I'll try and get him to get a picture of it.
There was a guy who used to ride one of those at northstar fairly regularly around 2012.A lot of noise was made about this when it came out. Outland VPP... apparently the original
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hmmm...i figured maybe steber beat him in a sick guitar licks competition or something and he was seeking retribution.Knolly is only suing now during covid because noel knows americans can't drive up there and slap the shit out of him for being an idiot.
@jstuhlman : hey look! I'm on intense's side
Well hell, that's a 6-bar.A lot of noise was made about this when it came out. Outland VPP... apparently the original
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mmmmhmmmmmmmno doubt. the trails here are already swarming - with people on 5-10k bikes. i'm kinda ok with the sport not being made any more accessible at this point. (privileged elitism acknowledged).
Damn thats cool! My dad briefly worked at outland, always talked what it would've been like if the brand didn't go under. It's amazing your friend has one, I've never been able to find one for saleYou just perfectly described a bike. A mate here has a collection of vintage bikes and has one called and Outland (?) or something that was actually the original VPP from memory. It had two pivots under the bottom bracket and some really bizarre linkage out back. Apparently, Leigh Donovan raced on a re-stickered one back in her Mongoose days. I think his stuff is in storage but I'll try and get him to get a picture of it.
Sooooo many intense bikes around Boise these days, gross and all make my eyes bleed!I was only showing horst-link bike variations secondarily, the lawsuit against intense seems to be only relative to their seatpost angle/location, which all of these bikes would appear to violate, including my own pivot and I'm sure hundreds more. Knolly is claiming using their seatpost angle was to "get it out of the way" of the suspension and allow for full insertion of a seatpost...but great, it's simply a common way that many bikes have and continue to be built, I have a hard time believing this is "novel". And then Knolly pulls the "we're just a small Canadian company" and "big bad Intense in California". I don't ever see Intense bikes anymore and I'm pretty sure they aren't some massive company.
Intense tires was not the same brand as Intense. They licensed their name to Toby Henderson of THE fame and, I think, what is now Vee tires produced them.But IMO Intense is not the same company it was 10-15 years ago. At one time they seemed to be the "premier" non-SpecTrekGiant maker. Who remembers Intense Tires? Right?
Those titanium racer X and FTM were cool!I was a Titus shop for that end of the market when Intense was strong. We really liked the Tituses at the time...
The first year Switchblade was my first dual squish. Had fun on that thing but it wasn't enough travel so I sold it for a Quasimoto after a season. Many good times had on that Quasi.I was a Titus shop for that end of the market when Intense was strong. We really liked the Tituses at the time...
i've still got a 2005 switchblade in the garage w/the 5" linkage. was a fun bike at the time.The first year Switchblade was my first dual squish. Had fun on that thing but it wasn't enough travel so I sold it for a Quasimoto after a season. Many good times had on that Quasi.
A friend of mine has a racer-x that still gets out a couple times a year. Classic xc/trail bike. Good for him at 150ish lbs.i've still got a 2005 switchblade in the garage w/the 5" linkage. was a fun bike at the time.
At the end of the day, all this crap is bling over function.Intense should go back to making shoes because apparently Adidas is turning 5.10 into a cross fit lifestyle brand.
of course you pick the one single shoe that was 100% function over fashion to use as an exampleAt the end of the day, all this crap is bling over function.
And who started the stealth rubber movement?of course you pick the one single shoe that was 100% function over fashion to use as an example
No other shoe did (or still does as far as I can tell) what stealth rubber did for riding flat pedals
Trojan?And who started the stealth rubber movement?
hey there we go.Try it now
because "sticky, uncompromising grip" is what you're after........Trojan?
That isn't the whole quiver either.I think you have as many skis made in tahoe as I do
Boot press looks rad! I had been thinking of making the same. Nicely done.
good thing this isn’t a skis thread. Mine is probably just as overkill as yours.That isn't the whole quiver either.
I'll meet you motherfuckers in the lounge this afternoongood thing this isn’t a skis thread. Mine is probably just as overkill as yours.
What about N+2 then?I only have one pair of skis. I guess technically two, if you count my 13 yo Ski Trab BC skis.
random: guy i know used to know the OG VPP designer (james klassen) back when they were building the original protos just over the border in sumas, wa. apparently they had first approached rocky with the rights to the design, who passed on it because they thought it was too expensive (instead going with the RM series platform; oh, how things could have been different...).Damn thats cool! My dad briefly worked at outland, always talked what it would've been like if the brand didn't go under. It's amazing your friend has one, I've never been able to find one for sale
Are they red?I only have one pair of skis. I guess technically two, if you count my 13 yo Ski Trab BC skis.