Commencal 09 Part 1: The new stuff.

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[twin]

  that would be one crazy dh setup though

[Toasty]

how about just comparing how they ride?

It's not always that easy though is it? Can you put a number on a set bike after an hour riding that covers all bases, 74% for that one, 53% that one etc?

Riding on 2 bikes, with similar geometry (there's tons of bikes like the Meta around atm), similar value, similar forks it can be quite hard saying realistically which you prefer after an hour ride. I could tell straight off the bat I didn't like the Trance X (short and tall  light though) but the Orange 5 felt very like the Meta, it weighed about the same, if the cost were the same I'd have had a hard time picking  You can feel the differences, longer stems, different wheelsets, different bar width/rise but that doesn't always make one obviously better. It's very subjective, unlike weight.

Assuming everything else feels the same and the components on both are reliable, a 28lb trail bike will outsell a 32lb one. Odds are it'll accelerate, decelerate and climb better. Assuming the unsprung mass is lighter it'll even hold speed better through the rough.

[Snakes]

I'll be doing part two in the next day or two.

Steveb what happend with second part?

[Ant]

Oh god, a poo brown mini?

whatever next :/

[captain spaulding]

New Range looks awesome to me..

I'm really thinking about snatching up a Supreme DH for next season to go with my Mini-dh..  I'd love to see a Worlds-champ Atherton edition Supreme DH.. anybody from commencal reading this?

[Vic-Tim.com]

Worlds-champ Atherton edition Supreme DH

I was talking about this with someone 'in the know' the other day....it certainly would be awesome to have a ltd edition Frameset with the World Champ colours wouldn't it?

Tim S

[bong69uk]

I was talking about this with someone 'in the know' the other day....it certainly would be awesome to have a ltd edition Frameset with the World Champ colours wouldn't it?

Tim S

Yeah that would be sweet like and it might educate some of those twats over on pinkbike.com about how successful commencals are too(some1 even thought that commie was bringing out a new bike called the "animal" (and just so the penny drops for all you reading this,cue the athertons team bikes -animal commencal - lol) and some of the rest of the people on it reckon that commencal sponsor some good riders but the bikes are pretty crap,lol.

[SylentK]

Anybody else think that the new linkage makes them look more like a Diamond Back?  Even more than before? 

Eh, no matter, I do like their changes, though.  That slack seat tube angle did perplex me, good to see it steepen up.  Hopefully the new linkage will make adjusting the front der easier??  What a pain that is!

They all look great!  Love the new paint!

[SylentK]

Also what Diamond back you reckon they look like, personally I couldnt tell the 'visual' difference between old and new linkage plates from the photos?

Take a look at their Mission 3 http://www.diamondback.com/bikes/mtn-full-suspension/mission-3-08/

Commencal just extended the chainstays all the way to the rocker, instead of the two piece system.  That is pretty much what Diamond Back is doing.  Or am I just taking crazy pills?