Interbike 2008 Outdoor Demo Mini-Update
by Mike Levy
Sep 23, 2008
Day One is in the books and on-line. This first small update includes new rides from Commencal, Santa Cruz, and Yeti, as well as new exciting bits from SRAM and Chris King!
The heat was hot, the dust was dusty, and the bikes were plenty. There were a lot of flat tires like usual and I even got burnt again. Thank god the bikes were new! We were working hard to put together some rad videos for you guys but I managed to snap some shots while walking back and forth from the outhouses. Enjoy!
The Skin is Commencal's full carbon go-fast XC bike. No excuses for you if this is your race rig come Sunday!
Stay tuned, we have some bike check videos from Banshee and Mongoose, an in-depth look at the new Manitou Dorado, as well as video interviews with Eric Carter and Darcy Turenne!
Jump to the entire Interbike 2008 Album to see all the goods!
The morning march to madness
Luckily we had the car waiting out front
Santa Cruz had their new Jackal lounging about in the desert heat
The Jackal's smart adjustable dropout's look clean and well thought out
New color for the ever dominant V10
2009 Commencal Supreme DH. One year old and already a World Champ
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Commencal Meta 6 looking sharp in red
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The Skin is Commencal's full carbon go-fast XC bike. No excuses for you if this is your race rig come Sunday!
Greg looked awfully comfortable in the heat
One of the new Yeti 303's
The single rail controls the leverage rate as it runs through it's travel
303 front end
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20" for Graves
King is doing outboard's now. Hopefully our outboard woes will be a thing of the past
Don't pick up hitchhikers kids, especially if they look like this guy
SRAM has some super special anodized parts for some of their super special riders
Don't forget to pick up your chips for the NWD 9 premiere party at the Palms Casino on Wednesday - We've got ours
All the ingredients needed for a much deserved afternoon BBQ
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Jump to the entire Interbike 2008 Album to see all the goods!
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54 Comments
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suckafreedmr
(Sep 23, 2008 at 0:04)
SICK!! It's that time of year again. I love interbike
can you find out what is going on with the new boxxer? in the 2009 norco catalog it looks exactly like the 2008 boxxer, not the new 2009.
the 'new' boxxer which you are referring to i think is still considered a 2010 model so it will not be coming on alot of 2009 bikes.
i wouldnt imagine it be on anybike,maybe the pros will use it thats it tho. if its 2008 and they say its 2010 then oviously 09 is going to have the same line as 08.especialy because the team dh has the blue coloured boxxer that is exactly the same as the 08.
the "2010" boxxer will be ridden by the pros this year....they might release it as a 2009 1/2 but most likely not be released till 2010
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I love the new jackal. But im sad thet they got rid of the hump it was like what made the jackal stand out from all the others
it looks more like a kitty cat now the hump made it look h-core to the maximum extreme and it was cool
IMO, I REPEAT "IMO", The Jackal, has been destroyed! If anything, they should keep the original Jackal, and this should be a different model.
the new yeti looks great!! i have heard that the "old" one with the 2 rail system would cost a lot of time and greace to keep it running smooth!
this thing looks like its better and easyer to maintain!
yeeaaahaa!
this thing looks like its better and easyer to maintain!
yeeaaahaa!
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The new 303 does not look better, lets face it, it looks wank, there too much alloy all over the place, and they've lost the awesome colours. your just saying its good becasue its the shiny new 303, GROW UP! its also cheaper than the old one, meaning less has gone into the frame, and the design still use rails that need greasing so its no lower maintenance, all they've done is lowered the center of gravity, and thats a waste of time because the whole frame looks heavier anyways, bring back the old 303!!!
Though I don't entirely agree with your opinion, I do agree that the the design of the new 303 seems like a step back.
But a lower COG makes for a much better handling bike in the corners.
It may be lighter than the old 303, but this new one is essentially a single pivot with a slider instead of links. Nothing special if you were to ask me.
But a lower COG makes for a much better handling bike in the corners.
It may be lighter than the old 303, but this new one is essentially a single pivot with a slider instead of links. Nothing special if you were to ask me.
Come on guys! Try and find that ever elusive new VP Free or V8 or what ever they're going to call it. That would be my single biggest must see spy shot coming out of interbike this year!
i agree with chazdog, im sure it rides good (personally never been on one) but it looks like a cheap ALDI bike! my opinion anyway.
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Telling someone to Grow Up for giving their opinion is very immature. Lowering the center of gravity is a waste of time? It looks heavier? These statements do not make any sense to me. I think it looks great. I've also never heard anyone complain about a bike being less expensive. I wouldn't buy the old one, or the new one, because they are too expensive, and from personal experience with an ASX; Yeti's customer service is non-existent.
then why are you standing up for them!!!!!!! i just needed a good rant and im supposed to be a young adult, so i'm allowed to be immature, in fact its requirement, so nah ne na ne nah nah
C'mon guys, the bikes were cool and everything, but lets be honest, they're basically re-hashed versions of old stuff. The coolest product pictured above (by far) is the Chris King outboard bottom bracket. Close second: Grubby's Olympic BMX. Sick...
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AH yes the market is definately showin progression...Solid Yeti 303! Looks more flickable without sacraficing strength. ONE DAY!!!!!
Do it yourself!!
I did mine almost 2 years ago in the same colours!
www.pinkbike.com/photo/1142066/
www.pinkbike.com/photo/1142067/
I did mine almost 2 years ago in the same colours!
www.pinkbike.com/photo/1142066/
www.pinkbike.com/photo/1142067/
Wow 1trick, your bikes look awesome. You sure put a lot of work into them, great idea about having somewhere scan and change decal colours then reprint them. I'll have to think about that when I get new bikes next year. It looks like you had a pre-prototype XO setup haha, you beat SRAM to it!
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the jackal looks so much WORSE! i loved the old sloping headtube and sweet looking frame. now it's just like all the other bikes on the market. the slope made it so unigue and recognizable! not sure about the geometry on the v10, looks like they took the hump from the jackal and threw it on the V10. don't know what;s up at the syndicate. oh, and the commencals look sweet, the yeti 303 is dope and ano sram parts boggles the mind it's so nice.
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Some of the opinions above are great others well let me be blunt you are trend whores. My favorite part is the fact that people say things like single pivot, and it seems heavier and on and on, if you guys actually read the articles instead of looking at the pictures you would realize that these companies are always trying to improve thier product through wieght, geometry, or an all out new design. I belive that this will be the last time I ever read any of these posts, way to much supidity. whatever happened to just grabing your bike whether it be a bling 09 or an old abused but great bike and just go out shredding.
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