the gnarliest tandem ever
This photo was POD on 2008-07-15
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flag soapp (July 13, 2008 at 20:48) (Below Threshold) show comment
NICE!
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flag HIRIG-MONSTER (July 14, 2008 at 4:24) (Below Threshold) show comment
the middle shock is just 4 looks there...isnt???? anit working...
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flag lkjhgfdsa (July 14, 2008 at 7:28) (Below Threshold) show comment
There's another bike attached to the rear axle...!
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flag eric182 (July 14, 2008 at 8:20) (Below Threshold) show comment
the pic s real cause the shadows are perfect...and the bike that is attached to it is probably a buggy to carry stuff or to carry a baby
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flag will54869 (July 14, 2008 at 8:27) (Below Threshold) show comment
yea it had a little wagon thing on it
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flag schulzmike (July 14, 2008 at 11:24) (Below Threshold) show comment
look at the shadow on the ground u can tell its not photo shopped
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flag chron-blazerr (July 14, 2008 at 13:25) (Below Threshold) show comment
i bet that thing could popp some fatty wheelieess
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flag messbike (July 14, 2008 at 14:40) (Below Threshold) show comment
This is kinda cool but wired at same time. Look at the pedals looks like they will hit eachother while pedaling. btw I like pait job ..sick
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flag ironhorseridr1 (July 14, 2008 at 18:30) (Below Threshold) show comment
whoever owns this is sittin on close to 20 grand
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flag maxfloyd (July 14, 2008 at 19:57) (Below Threshold) show comment
this shit is legit, it was custom made by santa cruz
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flag 888fork (July 14, 2008 at 23:45) (Below Threshold) show comment
its called a v10dem a v10 tandem and the trailer thing on the back was holding a keg of beer and the trailer had a wheel with a motor that was controlled by the person sitting in the back. on it that could help the bike get up some lil hills and stuff and the rear shock doesnt do anything and it has a custom blt paint job
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flag krausehouse (July 15, 2008 at 0:00) (Below Threshold) show comment
Racing like that is so gnar
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flag norconelson (July 15, 2008 at 0:02) (Below Threshold) show comment
How much does that thing cost? Like $13,000?
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flag jmartin7 (July 15, 2008 at 0:04) (Below Threshold) show comment
id rather just have the two bikes by them selvs
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flag sxman (July 15, 2008 at 0:05) (Below Threshold) show comment
add it all up dude. v-10s come at an upwards of 8000 + custom work. pretty damn near 20k i thinkg
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flag Andrei13Street (July 15, 2008 at 0:07) (Below Threshold) show comment
Wow... how did this make POD? lol i mean it's awesome, but there's so many better pictures out there that deserve POD. Here come the negative props...
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flag fr3erid3r (July 15, 2008 at 0:08) (Below Threshold) show comment
maybe true but who would buy that?

v10tem

the only thing clever bout this bike is the name
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flag dotca (July 15, 2008 at 0:13) (Below Threshold) show comment
I'd love to own that for laughs and awesomeness!
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flag 2plus2 (July 15, 2008 at 0:27) (Below Threshold) show comment
f*ckin dope lol
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flag xltrider (July 15, 2008 at 0:40) (Below Threshold) show comment
somebody has money and time
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flag Tobs (July 15, 2008 at 0:45) (Below Threshold) show comment
That is insane. (in a good way), beats my mates v10, hands down
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flag jake-594 (July 15, 2008 at 0:51) (Below Threshold) show comment
that is THE most awesome tandem in the world so dont get me wrong but has anyone noticed the placement of the bars for the back..ya explains itself
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flag swifty17uk (July 15, 2008 at 2:00) (Below Threshold) show comment
shouldn't this bike be called a w20 cause its its 2 v10's together
either way its sick
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flag eskimobiker223 (July 15, 2008 at 2:09) (Below Threshold) show comment
what a waste of 2 v10's
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flag tomo12377 (July 15, 2008 at 3:15) (Below Threshold) show comment
I echo that what a bloody waste! As if thats gonna ride, its just novelty for a rich playboy
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flag nepali (July 15, 2008 at 3:24) (Below Threshold) show comment
atleast theirs a helmet in the picture
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flag Purt (July 15, 2008 at 4:49) (Below Threshold) show comment
What a waste of parts. You could of just bought 2 v10s I would much rather them than this thing. I agree with the guy above the only good thing about it would be its name. I don't understand why you would get a tandem downhill bike, it seems really stupid! No offence but it doesn't deserve POD, the only reason I can think it would get POD is because the amount of money you paid for it.

Rant over.
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flag johnny-likes-dh (July 15, 2008 at 5:31) (Below Threshold) show comment
is this the first pod ever wear
its just the bike that made pod.......?
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flag Deadlink404 (July 15, 2008 at 6:02) (Below Threshold) show comment
WHY that is the WORST thing santa cruz has done.

Its so ugly what is the point of that shit!!!!!!!!!!!!
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flag ironhorseridr1 (July 15, 2008 at 6:38) (Below Threshold) show comment
im not seein how this got POD. i mean the bike is cool n all but i dont think it should be POD
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flag lkjhgfdsa (July 15, 2008 at 6:56) (Below Threshold) show comment
I'd rather have two v10's
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flag enduro06 (July 15, 2008 at 7:05) (Below Threshold) show comment
Two v10's would be awesome. God, Americans are so closed minded. It got pod because it isn't something you see everyday. That would be a blast to ride with a buddy, you would see how your riding style differs big time.
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flag double-d-mang (July 15, 2008 at 7:09) (Below Threshold) show comment
the person on the back would g8et an ass full from the person on the front.. look how high that seat is and how low the bars are.
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flag bougs (July 15, 2008 at 7:11) (Below Threshold) show comment
i would huck that bike off some shit and probobly get f*cked up but it would stil be sick t do
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flag recklessness (July 15, 2008 at 7:23) (Below Threshold) show comment
This is f*cking brutal!! I am all for custom work, and one-of-a-kind bikes, but this is just a waste of time, money, and bikes. It's nice to have something custom that other people can't have, but only when it doesn't make you look stupid and embarrass you when you ride it. Also, there is no way that this dude even has a friend to ride it with him. All of his friends said "f*ck that man, you're a pussy, what happens to me when you fart?" Even if this dude paid me, and built a super-cool extra-long jump for it, I would still tell him to get that pile of mangled shit away from me. I hope the designers at Santa Cruz track this guy down and beat him savagely for butchering their work. I want to kick this guy's ass and I didn't design the bike. Shouldn't this dude have a job, hobbies, shit to do, or women to shag? Instead he is wasting metal and welding rods. If I see this travesty on the streets, I promise to make fun of whoever is riding it and spit on them, I would expect the same from all of you. This is a travesty to biking, for shame. Yes you got POD, but you got it for being a retard...FAIL.
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flag brob56 (July 15, 2008 at 7:36) (Below Threshold) show comment
you guys are all dumb its just a cool idea that someone came up with..and obviously they thought it was cool too or they wouldnt of posted it as POD..i think it looks bad ass to be honest with you..and the guy above me i think you need to calm down and take some ritalin and calm down buddy lol you guys just gotta chill out and stop analyzing the crap out of every movie and photo posted..just enjoy it and just the f*ck up lol damn
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flag recklessness (July 15, 2008 at 7:44) (Below Threshold) show comment
I don't take ritalin, I just smoke weed. Wonderful grammar, I see that you're educated. Your last sentence.....I should "just enjoy it and just the f*ck up? What the f*ck up? Shut the f*ck up? You realize I'm typing, not talking, right? Ok, and you like the thing, does that mean that you would waste like $10,000 butchering 2 perfectly good bikes? No, you wouldn't. Actually, you couldn't afford to anyways. I'm wasting my time on you "brob56". Thanks for coming out.
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flag chubby5000 (July 15, 2008 at 8:07) (Below Threshold) show comment
Settle down. You don't as whitty as you think.
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flag recklessness (July 15, 2008 at 8:42) (Below Threshold) show comment
^^ ...And apparently neither are you. I'm not witty at all. I'm the bad guy. Other than that, I know I'm not shit in the grand scheme of things.
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flag 4wheelmtb (July 15, 2008 at 8:48) (Below Threshold) show comment
"I hope the designers at Santa Cruz track this guy down and beat him savagely for butchering their work"
It was the engineers at SCB that built this thing. They do a different crazy bike for all the big MTB events. This is the best one yet.
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flag JackK (July 15, 2008 at 9:06) (Below Threshold) show comment
must have been one hell of a crash!
jokes haha,
very cool tandem,
best one ive ever seen
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flag bike-person (July 15, 2008 at 9:27) (Below Threshold) show comment
aha i like that ^
i wanna see 2 people riding it :O
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flag downhillmtbwa (July 15, 2008 at 9:34) (Below Threshold) show comment
It even has a BOB trailer hooked up to it.
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flag jaime95 (July 15, 2008 at 11:59) (Below Threshold) show comment
sorry but this should not be pod
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flag sd52bad (July 15, 2008 at 13:42) (Below Threshold) show comment
Imagine doing a DH run on that!
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flag tigerjohnson (July 15, 2008 at 13:42) (Below Threshold) show comment
lamest POD.....ever
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flag Andrei13Street (July 15, 2008 at 14:11) (Below Threshold) show comment
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/podlist/?page=108 Here buddy ^^
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flag robyboulianne (July 15, 2008 at 15:34) (Below Threshold) show comment
its stupid !!!why srap 2 v10
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flag curlxupxandxdle (July 15, 2008 at 15:42) (Below Threshold) show comment
i agree ^^^^^ yeah its challenging to ride a bike like this two people and all.... but first off definatly shouldnt be pod.. :/
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flag nato (July 15, 2008 at 15:49) (Below Threshold) show comment
This is actual bike porn. Threesome between 2 V-10s and a trailer thing...Ha
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flag aaustin (July 15, 2008 at 16:01) (Below Threshold) show comment
wow, the front seat would be uncomfortable... it's so high.
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flag cheetaprowlerdh (July 15, 2008 at 17:50) (Below Threshold) show comment
so how fast were those two bikes going when they hit eachother?


looks flexy
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flag cheetaprowlerdh (July 15, 2008 at 17:51) (Below Threshold) show comment
does it come in rootbeer?
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flag c0w- (July 15, 2008 at 20:36) (Below Threshold) show comment
Santa Cruz is so awesome!
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flag giantgloryhole (July 15, 2008 at 22:19) (Below Threshold) show comment
bash gaurd is on the wrong side
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flag flowy (July 16, 2008 at 17:06) (Below Threshold) show comment
no shit it's a tandem. i bet the back bike has two bashguards!
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flag lukekona (July 17, 2008 at 6:32) (Below Threshold) show comment
Id love to try to N-Do That
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flag jamiep180 (July 17, 2008 at 14:08) (Below Threshold) show comment
i would f*cking love to try wheelie it XD OMG it would be so fun
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flag bikemile003 (July 24, 2008 at 20:06) (Below Threshold) show comment
i know im gonna have negative props,.. but i think they should put a more solid fork
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flag blaaaaa (July 13, 2008 at 21:10) (Below Threshold) show comment
hahha holy dammm
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flag nanacaveman (July 15, 2008 at 14:40) (Below Threshold) show comment
its really cool and stuff, but it would have been alot better if 2 people were actually riding it.
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flag tris411 (July 15, 2008 at 18:44) (Below Threshold) show comment
you r a f*ck dumass
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flag nanacaveman (July 15, 2008 at 21:43) (Below Threshold) show comment
hey ts not like i said the bike sucks or anything, i just said it would be sweet to see people riding it buddy.
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flag nanacaveman (July 15, 2008 at 22:09) (Below Threshold) show comment
man settle down, its obviously sick if it makes POD with out anyone riding it. im just saying it would be sweet to see 2 people riding dh on one bike. like riding a shore or something. theres no reason to get worked up about it.
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flag odin333 (July 20, 2008 at 19:33) (Below Threshold) show comment
waste of money. it has like a Ti spring in the middle that does nothing, yet the dhx in the rear has just a normal steel spring...not to mention if you tried to ride any normal downhill course it would be all over the place.

and last, why the hell is it POD?
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flag MLabelle (July 13, 2008 at 21:16) (Below Threshold) show comment
Is the suspension in the middle supposed to do something exept making the bike look good?
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flag will54869 (July 13, 2008 at 21:25) (Below Threshold) show comment
i have no idea
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flag IsakL (July 14, 2008 at 2:43) (Below Threshold) show comment
if it works, it sends the rider in the back straight into the guy in front, but still, wicked bike
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flag Phil-rides-a-bike (July 14, 2008 at 5:37) (Below Threshold) show comment
i think it works, and it wouldnt push them into each other cos the seat is on the same part so they would still move together.
freaking sick tandem. they should put Peat and Rennie on it in a race and theyd go 2 times as fast
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flag bikerchris34 (July 15, 2008 at 4:38) (Below Threshold) show comment
ya i think it works because the shock would send the head tube and downtube of the second bike down causeing the second back shock to compress aswell. at least thats what it looks like, i may be wrong though. its a sick bike either way, whoever owns it is pretty luckyy.
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flag pimpthemongoose (July 15, 2008 at 5:44) (Below Threshold) show comment
yea i wish i had that! imagine goin down fort bill dh track with a m8 on that!
It would be NUTS!!
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flag mike-v10 (July 15, 2008 at 6:28) (Below Threshold) show comment
it wouldnt work
youd need a pivot where the headtube of the 2nd bike is attched and in several other places where it is so obviously welded together
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flag MattyCatchy (July 15, 2008 at 7:33) (Below Threshold) show comment
Maybe its a shock that works the opposite way...?
Or for braking?
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flag bike-person (July 15, 2008 at 9:31) (Below Threshold) show comment
noo i agree with "mike-v10"
there are no pivots for it, and i just dont see any possible way it could work... BUT, on the second bike, ITS rear suspension would work... i think!
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flag Phil-rides-a-bike (July 15, 2008 at 17:08) (Below Threshold) show comment
but there is a pivot, its right underneath the headtube, i think theres a hole along the back so the rear frame can pivot into it properly, i wana see a video of this thing
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flag willman256 (July 16, 2008 at 3:01) (Below Threshold) show comment
The middle shock does work because as the rear v10 compresses the head angle on it slackens meaning that where the two v10's join by the green bashguard it pivots there and compresses the middle shock
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flag tetopluz (July 13, 2008 at 21:46) (Below Threshold) show comment
the front bb height is sick........
and i wouldn't like to smell the front rider ass all the way down
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flag comoxdh (July 13, 2008 at 21:46) (Below Threshold) show comment
I want one..
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flag stinkybigd (July 13, 2008 at 22:08) (Below Threshold) show comment
thats a $12,000 tandem!
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flag ruralrider528 (July 13, 2008 at 22:09) (Below Threshold) show comment
they must have money to burn, I would rather take 2 v10's. Interesting concept tho.
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flag cannondale3chaser (July 13, 2008 at 22:09) (Below Threshold) show comment
wats it towing?
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flag DAMZ (July 13, 2008 at 22:10) (Below Threshold) show comment
a v20 mutation - a product of a v10 copulation
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flag vivalajohn (July 13, 2008 at 23:20) (Below Threshold) show comment
congrats to the builder for having alot of money and bad ways of spending it
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flag hammer147 (July 15, 2008 at 8:10) (Below Threshold) show comment
LOL
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flag jimbo55 (July 13, 2008 at 23:49) (Below Threshold) show comment
holy shit!
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flag freeride11 (July 13, 2008 at 23:56) (Below Threshold) show comment
i want to know who built this!! haah
they are truly mad.
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flag bikerdude1212 (July 13, 2008 at 23:57) (Below Threshold) show comment
f*ck thats nuts
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flag evantib (July 14, 2008 at 0:04) (Below Threshold) show comment
yeah, i saw that when i was there. hella sick!!! it pulls a trailer with a beer tap and a little gas powered weed eater motor that pushes the trailer and bike.
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flag will54869 (July 14, 2008 at 11:21) (Below Threshold) show comment
congrats on the win dude
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flag TheShad (July 14, 2008 at 1:49) (Below Threshold) show comment
is that real???
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flag raging-hippo (July 14, 2008 at 2:44) (Below Threshold) show comment
what a waste of 2 good frames, whoever built that is a dick head.
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flag ragdoll (July 14, 2008 at 3:21) (Below Threshold) show comment
they coulda been warranty frames
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flag ziegele (July 15, 2008 at 0:13) (Below Threshold) show comment
santacruz built it, so u just called santacruz designers dick heads, u should b ashamed
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flag raging-hippo (July 15, 2008 at 22:25) (Below Threshold) show comment
If that's what they built then yes, I'm happy to call them dick heads.
But I'm calling Bullshit on your call anyways...
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flag x-jumper (July 14, 2008 at 3:03) (Below Threshold) show comment
holy shittt
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flag konastoner (July 14, 2008 at 3:13) (Below Threshold) show comment
it looks like is being held together at the top by the seat post
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flag mr-c (July 14, 2008 at 3:57) (Below Threshold) show comment
what a complete waste of 2 amazing bikes
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flag omzig81 (July 14, 2008 at 4:16) (Below Threshold) show comment
Wow sick idea!
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flag mbuk223 (July 14, 2008 at 4:17) (Below Threshold) show comment
a santa cruz masaca if you ask me
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flag transitionboy (July 14, 2008 at 4:18) (Below Threshold) show comment
sick
is it one frame more?
--------------> to the right:S
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flag konabum (July 14, 2008 at 4:22) (Below Threshold) show comment
it is cool but i think it dosent ride because the chain swithes sides but amazing pic
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flag will54869 (July 14, 2008 at 11:22) (Below Threshold) show comment
no the santa cruz guys were riding it around all day
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flag mike-v10 (July 15, 2008 at 6:31) (Below Threshold) show comment
chain switching sides? what difference would that make? thy've use 2 drive cranks on the rear frame..duuh
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flag Reagent (July 14, 2008 at 4:57) (Below Threshold) show comment
wow.........$$$$100500$$$$$
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flag KoLoEzDa4 (July 14, 2008 at 5:29) (Below Threshold) show comment
smqtai!
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flag konastoner (July 14, 2008 at 5:50) (Below Threshold) show comment
it think it has it got two chain devices on both sides??
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flag b15mo (July 14, 2008 at 6:06) (Below Threshold) show comment
looks like 2 veetens getting stuck while having s*x hahaha... great effort by the builder though... must be fun to ride.
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flag drstepi (July 14, 2008 at 8:06) (Below Threshold) show comment
for peaty and rennie
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flag otgrider (July 14, 2008 at 8:58) (Below Threshold) show comment
a waste of two nice bikes i cud have actually used.tosser
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flag IronMonster (July 14, 2008 at 9:28) (Below Threshold) show comment
whats this?

haha²
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flag absoluteADAM (July 14, 2008 at 9:43) (Below Threshold) show comment
POD
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flag hanlon18 (July 14, 2008 at 9:44) (Below Threshold) show comment
must waigh like 90lb ahhahahha
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flag mad-mk66 (July 14, 2008 at 9:44) (Below Threshold) show comment
no matter if its real or not ,but how to drop or to jump a double???
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flag Oli24 (July 14, 2008 at 11:13) (Below Threshold) show comment
sweet pod
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flag 6freerider9 (July 14, 2008 at 11:26) (Below Threshold) show comment
The in the back is gonna be looking at the other guys ass the whole time. Look where the handlebars are, and the front seat. haha
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flag seville (July 14, 2008 at 11:56) (Below Threshold) show comment
you are crazy $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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flag nordicadobermann (July 14, 2008 at 12:15) (Below Threshold) show comment
what a waste of the two fastest dh bikes in the world!
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flag robbielives (July 14, 2008 at 12:27) (Below Threshold) show comment
haha thats sick
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flag special-boy (July 14, 2008 at 12:48) (Below Threshold) show comment
if you actually ruined two v10s to do that i think you're a complete ass hole.
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flag trekrules (July 14, 2008 at 13:13) (Below Threshold) show comment
yeah since 1 off those are the 08 model
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flag storey1 (July 14, 2008 at 13:46) (Below Threshold) show comment
the new v20 haha lol
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flag ninerider1 (July 14, 2008 at 13:51) (Below Threshold) show comment
love it thats is a realy nice santacruz
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flag luckydevil (July 14, 2008 at 14:33) (Below Threshold) show comment
sorry but I find it a waste of bikes and money. :-/
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flag spongebomb (July 15, 2008 at 2:39) (Below Threshold) show comment
true! it's f*cking sick, but 2 v10s are more usefull than 1 tandem v10