Whhooaa - Commencal Supreme DH WC Ltd Edition!!

Jan 9, 2009
by Si Paton  
HOT!?

I nearly burned my fingers typing this one up, in celebration Gee and Rach’s outstanding double win at last summer’s UCI World Championships in Val di Sole Italy. Commencal set the gears in motion to do produce something very special indeed...Collaborating with Animal Commencal co-sponsors Shimano, Fox, DT Swiss, Chris King, Sunline, E13 and Maxxis, Commencal set to work on producing an ‘all-singing, all-dancing’ replica of the Atherton’s World Championship winning Supreme DH complete with illustrious rainbow stripe paintjob. As close to the Atherton’s race winning setup as is feasibly possible, with no cutting of corners, the spec list is enviable to say the least! Landing in March 2009 (in limited numbers), both as the pictured complete bike and a frameset, Commencal are proud to present the Supreme DH World Championship Ltd Edition.’

£/$ TBC
Sizes: S/M (42/16.5) L/XL (44/17.3)

photo

Spec:
Frame – New Supreme DH
Rear Shock – Fox DHX 5.0 (Atherton Setting)
Fork – Fox 40 RC2
Headset – Chris King 1” 1/8
Stem – Sunline V1DH Direct Mount
Bars – Sunline V1 Low
Grips – Sunline Logo Lock-on
Brakes – Shimano Saint 203mm/203mm
Shifter – Shimano Saint r/h
Chain Device – E13 LG1
Rear Derailleur – Shimano Saint short cage
Bottom Bracket – Shimano Saint
Crankset – Shimano Saint
Pedals - FLATS.
Chain – Shimano
Cassette – Shimano 12-25T
Wheels – DT Swiss EX1750
Tyres – Maxxis High Roller 26 x 2.5”
Seatpost – Thomson Elite
Saddle – SDG Fly RL Titanium

Stay Unclipped.

Si Paton
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171 Comments
  • 48 4
 *yawn*

The special colors will have you winning WC races, as well...
  • 3 11
flag willsoffe (Jan 9, 2009 at 14:08) (Below Threshold)
 Well no. Obviously they won't. However the custom damping and custom geometry may help a bit more...
  • 18 24
flag teagues (Jan 9, 2009 at 14:45) (Below Threshold)
 I'm pretty sure you don't turn into an Atherton when you sit on it...you just look like those chumps who buy the Trek Madone in full Armstrong-livery...and dress the part as well when they ride. This thing is perfect for giving all the fifteen year-olds here boners while they fantasize about wasting the cash so they can impress their peers...
  • 13 3
 Well, if you can afford it why not?
  • 12 8
 teagues ur an idiot
  • 8 7
 Like I says, if it gives you a boner, and you can afford it, by all means...
  • 5 9
flag riggadon (Jan 9, 2009 at 16:14) (Below Threshold)
 it doesnt its heavy and ugly
  • 9 1
 your name is danielBIGHIT the model bike for heavy and ugly.
  • 11 1
 Danielbighit's last comment was a "Your Mom" joke waiting to happen...
  • 3 5
 wow teagues how did you get neg propped your absolutely right in your first comment. i hate that damn madone that uses really old layup schedule that actually creates voids in the carbon.
  • 1 1
 At $8500 I would hope it would get yuor on the podium, colours or not haha.
  • 0 4
flag riggadon (Jan 10, 2009 at 9:33) (Below Threshold)
 FrankCastle my bighit is 40.5 pounds much lighter than this
  • 2 2
 fatbrett clearly knows his roadie talk pity he will nevr know wat a girl with out clothes on looks like
  • 0 3
 frank castle do this 8======) 0:

^^you ^^me
my bighit weighs 39 pounds
  • 0 3
 cool
  • 2 0
 yeah but danielbighit you still ride a bighit sooo....
and fugrus wtf is wrong with roadbikes? we wouldnt even have a sport if it wasn't for them and its a great way to train your legs and build stamina
  • 2 1
 all i'm gonna say is this. theres a bunch of 15 year old boners out there that'll whoop your ass down any track any time. theres a bunch of 15 year olds out there that would use this bike to its full potential. check the junior ex times to the pros. you'd be surprised.
  • 1 1
 And wtf is wrong with bighits? Ah thats it they are cheaper then most bikes so they must be bad right?
  • 0 1
 To be honest you lot. If you can't see what difference geometry and damping set up makes, then this is not the bike for you anyway. So go jerk off over some ugly freeride rigs...
  • 0 1
 bighits are great bikes. set it up with a DHX 5, and it can compete with alot of bikes with a much bigger price tag. and they're really light too.
  • 0 0
 yea but except for the weight part... ive gotten lots of upgraded parts on mine and 40.5 lbs is kinda heavy to me. when i get a boxxer race its goin down to 39.5
  • 0 0
 i got mine to 36 with folding bead tires, and 39 with DH tires. what wheels do you have?
  • 0 0
 i have wtb dual duty tirres laced to hadley hubs with specialized s-works chunders. they are strong
  • 0 0
 shitty alex rims but im going to upgrade to deemaxs, avid codes, thomsen elite post, minions, and other stuff
  • 12 0
 Well known FACT - World champ stripes make you 5 seconds faster! Looks lovely, not for the money though!
  • 12 1
 unreal, too bad ppl that drive ferrari's around are the only ones that will be able to afford this.......
  • 23 1
 Half of the people who own Ferrari's don't know how to drive em either!!Wink
  • 34 1
 you talking about ronaldo?
  • 7 1
 ahaha
  • 6 1
 what is the actual price?
  • 13 1
 a fuck load
  • 3 1
 Seeing as the Supreme DH Team retails for $8000, with an 888 and RocoWC, i would guess the ltd edition to be at least $10,000
  • 0 0
 Oh and the proto dhx 10 rc 20 and fox 40 rc 18 won't be on this bike I'm sure
  • 1 0
 You wear or have the ioc colours anywhere on you and you are just askin for a slap
  • 8 0
 The specs are amazing but I'm not really a fan of the paint job, I prefer the normal Commencals.

And Pedals - FLATS lol...
  • 2 0
 yh flats all the way.
  • 3 2
 I would disagree with that but...
  • 4 1
 that's only because you ride 4x snook, flats ftw!
  • 1 0
 flats all the way and i dont really like the paintjob either but thats the only thing wrong
  • 9 2
 that is one sweet bike,looks amazing
  • 8 2
 You're so BEAUTIFUL!
  • 18 50
flag fortbill (Jan 9, 2009 at 13:08) (Below Threshold)
 looks a bit like a slimmed down racing version of the session 10
  • 12 11
 No, this bike is way better than the session 10.
  • 22 13
 No it's not.. The contact system is excellent but Trek has got their act together with that custom damped Fox DHX5.. Besides, Gee's bike weights at 42pounds, and the Trek off the shelf weights at 37pounds with room to shed some more pounds off!! and also the Trek is cheaper than this supreme DH.. You're just blowing away your hard earned money to get a nice paint job, but im sure you can get a better bike for less money with better specs. Just my 2 cents.
  • 10 4
 what? allenrotstein, i think you are confusing the new session 8 DH and the Session 10. The 8 is light but the 10 isn't. Trek isn't making the 10 anymore either, unfortunately.....it was a great frame but too heavy for racing. I can see where fortbill is coming from except for one major factor, the pivot location. The Session 10 has a much higher pivot location which gives the bike a different wheelpath and therefore responds to the terrain in a different manner.
  • 2 5
 I wonder what the weight of it is?
  • 51 3
 ahhhh why is everyone obsessed with weight like some kind of neo-nazi cult following that must be adheared to in order to be a super amazing bonafied rider?

Like woaaaah sonny I spent five million pounds on new carbon spokes and saved 50 grams - I'm off the hoook bitches!!!!!!!!!!!!!

whooptedoo Trek session custom damped dhx5 *insert boners here* shock?
My Van R works fine!

Yeah I'll just go eat some cereal and stop talking crap now, is that okay with everyone?

You know, my cereal box is exactly 4g lighter than last years model. It means my cereal taste so much better I can't even explain!

Goodbye citizens.
  • 13 2
 hahaha ^^^^ you made my morning
  • 3 3
 mine too
  • 6 0
 Ahahahahaha nice rant son! It's funny cause it's true. 7 or 8 years ago nobody cared how heavy their DH bike was it was all about rippin' and having fun. Now everybody is as weight conscious as a spandex wearing Rodie or XC racer....Why?
  • 2 0
 'whoa' that is the word that discride this bike !! WHOA
  • 4 1
 not a huge fan to be honest
  • 0 0
 Very funny and so true
  • 3 15
flag nouser (Jan 10, 2009 at 14:00) (Below Threshold)
 so ugly. the welds on commencals aren't ever heat treated. the company tries to rip you off becasue they snap every year of riding. and fags like cedric gracia ride for them
  • 1 16
flag skinsuitssuck (Jan 10, 2009 at 14:36) (Below Threshold)
 huckoveraduck yeah your a fuckin wanker
  • 5 1
 huckoveraduck

i love you, would you be my bridesman?
  • 6 1
 huckoveraduck, what a legend
  • 1 0
 seems skinsuiit didn't really catch onto the general vibe....
  • 1 0
 I refuse to agree that this weighs 42lbs. just...nahh.
  • 1 1
 meh to be honest 2lbs here and there isnt important unless you actally ride in the world cup! I ride a 46lb demo 9 and wouldnt have it any other way! unless i could actually afford to put it on a diet..............
  • 1 2
 That's a really sick looking bike even though I have not really been an avid fan of Commencal. It's looks ready to pinn the DH.
  • 1 1
 ive always loved commencal bikes i think their great and by the way raveglia i did catch onto the general vibe i just thought huckoveraduck was being a twat
  • 1 0
 ^^ hahahaha stop trying to un 'owned' yourself. Yes your right, Im a twat. Self admittedy too. The worst kind in my opinion.
  • 0 0
 maybe racers are getting obsessed with weight like spandex wearing roadies and xc racers becuse the prize purses for races are starting to get as big as the ones from road racing and xc so theres more to play for now so you have to take racing more seriously if your in it to win the cash/gear. and as losing weight off your bike is a fairly easy to give your self an advantage it kind of makes sense
  • 0 0
 thats so completely true....
  • 0 0
 ^^ finaly someone sees sence
  • 7 0
 only the World Champ should run the rainbow, end of story.
  • 0 0
 soooo agreed. now some 12 yr old kid is gunna buy it and call himself a champ
  • 0 0
 however, i just took another look at it, and the wc scheme is different from what the "champs" ride. this is just lined squares that are coloured accordingly.
  • 0 0
 It would be cool if it were JUST for the champ, but the common man should not, under any circumstances, have a bike with the world champion colors. Only the champ runs those colors for a reason, because they earned it.
  • 0 0
 it's still got the rainbow though.
  • 5 4
 all of you kids trying to sound like you know what your talking about. and putting this bike down, simply on the fact that you dont like the paint job. or that the "top tube is too high".
go get hit by a bus.

and always clip in.
  • 2 2
 amen... clips are the way to go!
  • 2 0
 Sweet, comes with the best kept secret in DH racing...The front brake that doesn't work!!! No wonder gee won, he had no brakes. And i though that this was supposed to come with the RC4 and custom valved 40, not stock stuff.
  • 0 0
 it will have the RC4
  • 0 0
 question here, which atherton setup will it be? becasue in the last decline there was an article about athertons and leovs setups. and both the athertons run completely different setups. will it very by the frame size? i wonder....
  • 5 1
 i like mine better...
.... ok i lied, that ones buff Frown
  • 0 0
 That bike is a waste. The main difference is the paint job. In a year or so it will be standard. It weighs to much. My Session 10 weighs 37.92 pounds. The people buying that bike will end up sucking because their posers who spend their parents money on the best and cant ride at all.
  • 2 0
 yes, nice ...but very 80,s........clip in? NAW- hang loose, you moose...lol
  • 3 0
 Im my opininion, only world champions deserve the rainbow paint job
  • 0 0
 no shit right?!
  • 0 0
 I'm going to take a stab in the dark and say the frameset will cost around $4000 CAD and the whole bike around $8000 CAD considering a normal supreme frame costs around $3300 with a normal DHX 5
  • 0 0
 2009 Supreme DH frame only is $2699CDN
This Atherton world cup frame comes as a kit with many parts (guide, hub, seatpost, etc) and will cost around $3899cdn
  • 2 1
 Any word on if it's coming with their special frame geo? Cause a special paintjob and nice parts list doesn't make it super special at all.
  • 2 0
 i could get a 32 pound session 88 setup and be even happier thatn having this
  • 3 0
 so do it
  • 0 0
 dont have the money lol
  • 1 0
 I know this is a bike that world champions ride, but as far as the look of this bike... it does nothing for me. Perfomance is the only important thing.
  • 0 0
 if they wanted it like his rig why didnt they put the fox dhx and 40 world cup stuff on....fox made it for the win they had and it is also limited edition....they shoulda done that and it would be even sweeter then it is now
  • 0 0
 it comes with the RC4 rear shock set to Gee Atherton's custom settings, it has more range and adjustability than a DHX5
  • 0 0
 I stand corrected...and the 40?
  • 0 1
 sorry thAT was one of my brothers stupid friends on my comp. idk what the fuck he was talking about. ha
  • 1 0
 well that bike would cost between $8500 and $10000 do you think my mum and dad would mind me selling the car, tv and the cd player to get it haha lol
  • 0 1
 that bike is cool but waaayy to much money. I can barely afford a 1300 demo!!, And people r going to be buying that bike. Not right man.
  • 1 0
 i cant afford that really im just getting money together for my bike im 16 and i get $13.28 a week

this may take a while
  • 0 0
 would ya if they weren't brits? they are brits aren't they? what matters is that we're all riding right? they'll have to peel my cold dead fingers from my grips to get me into the oven. or use a pizza oven. Wink bike and all.
  • 1 0
 I will have the bike in April and only Wink )))) because of that I will be much faster. Of course not but you know It is so nice when you buy such beauty and ride it Smile )
  • 4 1
 just sexy
  • 0 0
 commencals all suck they all snap!! surprised the athertons didnt snap em half way down the track!! They went through about 3 in that year! ... each!!
  • 3 0
 sweet bike
  • 3 1
 That bike is going to cost a bomb! Great spec though.
  • 0 0
 too much white for my taste but ill be selling my m6 for a commencal this year. why does everyone put the world cup colors on everything Frown owell im giving it a shot
  • 1 1
 wonder wat bike dan will hav cus they are onlie for rachel and gee aint they?
  • 3 6
 HOT... not really. To tell you the truth I don't see what the big deal is. I have never heard anything good about DT Swiss rims or this 1600 dollar fork on it which is said to need constant maintenance. Just seems like a big gimmick to get me to buy a bike. Just because a couple of professional mountain bikers had success on this rig doesn't mean it's good....
  • 2 2
 I agree. Apart from the fact that Fox 40's are the best 8" fork money can buy...
  • 1 2
 yh, all he mentioned was the maintencance, which is true they need to be maintained to remain the best 8" fork, if not my 888 would beat em
  • 1 0
 Look at the front brake ^^ HOT?! definitely not!
  • 0 0
 I see where you're going with that my friend! Very observant.
  • 1 0
 rainbow stripes are also the gay pride colours...
  • 0 1
 hahahahah
  • 1 0
 Bahahahahahha! That's why the IOC wants you in tights now!
  • 5 3
 "HOT!?"

No, not really.
  • 3 2
 HOT? i think your looking for the word SEXY!
  • 1 1
 what's up w/ the "stay unclipped" at the bottom of the ad? Gee rides clips a lot of the time. sweet bike though, for sure.
  • 1 1
 nice looking bike but who ever came up with that paint job needs shooting...lol
  • 0 0
 This bike will look so dirty on a muddy day Razz why do you even paint stuff for dh in white?!?
  • 0 0
 to:sirbikealot
yes but fox has the 40 with the nickel stanctions and better adjustments they should have thrown that on
  • 0 0
 I love it. saints are definitely one of my favorite brakes. and you can't go wrong with the dhx.
  • 0 0
 gotta admit, this is some damn fine bike porn. now where are those tissues? lol
  • 0 0
 "Stay Unclipped.".....after an article about an Atherton replica bike, all of whom ride clipped in.....Genius!
  • 0 0
 i think they should make a version with a really low top tube for ss or just shore fr
  • 1 0
 that`s crazy
  • 3 2
 that bike is soooo nice
  • 1 1
 thats a f***ing cool bike
  • 1 1
 I like the green of the VIP supreme more than this stripy one.
  • 1 1
 id give it a months riding before the headtube starts tearing off.
  • 0 0
 2009's are holding up alot better then the 2006-2008 versions
  • 0 0
 i would ride that crap out of that bike...
  • 1 0
 very nice bike.
  • 6 5
 i like the graphics
  • 4 3
 lovin the paint job
  • 1 3
 there is only one thing missing.... the FOX 40 championship ltd edition.
But it´s super super nice like this
I must.... see one of this
  • 1 1
 Too right. And the Fox RC4 shock...
  • 1 0
 weight?
  • 1 0
 42-43lbs, like gees world champ bike
  • 1 0
 weighty, i tought it would be less with those wheels and bars-stem-seat-seatpost
  • 2 0
 the frame is pretty heavy by itself i just think people need to get over the idea that bikes need to be sub 40lbs
  • 1 0
 yeah, lighter frame will last shorter, anyway i thought it was around 40, not more....
  • 0 0
 lighter bikes also get bucked around more. right around 41 - 42 pounds is a good weight. its still light enough to be fast but will feel much more stable than a 36-35 pound bike in the rough stuff.
  • 1 0
 One Word, Stunning,
  • 1 1
 i need to know the price!!!
  • 0 0
 Between $8500 and $10000
  • 1 1
 UUUuh! One of the most ugly graphics i´ve ever seen! What a crap!!!
  • 0 0
 Nah , not what I call a beatiful bike , but hey , opinions may differ
  • 0 0
 rainbow stripes are also the gay pride colours hehe agree whit jonmosh
  • 1 0
 That bike is so gnarly!
  • 0 0
 Don't like the paint job.... bikes is good
  • 0 0
 i just think that suspension is perfect for a low top tube bike
  • 1 1
 Love at first sight!
  • 1 1
 OMG THAT BIKES DOPE!!!!
  • 2 2
 how much ??
  • 0 0
 alot of fuckin money
  • 0 1
 nice! this is one of the dh bikes out there that i actually like!!
  • 0 0
 sick shitt
  • 0 0
 soloe
  • 1 1
 like it
  • 1 1
 wooooooooooooooow!
  • 1 1
 nice Wink
  • 0 1
 looks ok ...thats bout it . same old same old
  • 0 1
 thats hotter than racheal atherton in a oven i want it !
  • 0 0
 HOT!!!! Big Grin
  • 0 2
 Nice to see a Comical without those appalling 888s on the front. They ruined the feel of the test bike I rode.
  • 0 0
 sick bike!
  • 0 0
 i want one Smile
  • 0 1
 I WANTSmile
  • 0 2
 and here i was bein all like "omg!"!
  • 10 13
 That looks horrible, like all commencals.
  • 4 4
 top tube looks like it may be a bit high. like myself
  • 1 1
 looks can be decieving
but yh its quite high (personal experiance)
  • 0 2
 gay gemeotry not chill
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