2010 Commencal spy shots
The guys over at Commencal HQ in Andorra have been hard at work crafting their 2010 range. The plan was for us to head to Andorra and test ride the new bikes before heading to the World Cup. Sadly, it never really worked out cos we’re all skint so the closest we got was watching the whole thing on the sofa!
Luckily, the very, very nice people over at Commencal sneaked down and papped a mountain of shots of the new bikes for us. Commencal 2010 spy shots anyone…?
The all new Commencal Absolut SX, which we were lucky enough to get an exclusive first shout about here on Wideopen. A 140mm travel, ’slope-style’ set up that’s aimed squarely at FUN. I want one.
Commencal says: “The bike has been designed with Slopestyle in mind. But due the 140mm of travel and the air shock it’s more versatile than it looks, that’s why we called him Absolut SX because the bike can ride on short downhill and not too bumpy (like you may have in UK ? We have some kind of tracks like this near Paris). It could be a perfect bike for tracks like A-Line and Dirt Merchant in Whistler and rides bike parks, dirt Jumps ….”
Meta 6 – a big hitting trail bike that’ll be as happy pootling round your local trails as it will thrashing crap out of the Alpine stuff.
Oh yeah. The Absolute VIP Ti. The production version of Dan Atherton’s 4X race bike. This could well be THE frame to blast your cash on in 2010 if you race 4x.
Clockwise from the top you’ve got a Meta 4X, Absolut Cromo and an Absolut 4X. Check out the pimp adjustable head angles on the 4X’ers.
Absolute Cromo CG. Gracia has had a hand in this one. How good does that green and white look?
Nice and simple with the Absolute Max Max.
Meta 55 complete.
Meta Super 4 – short(ish) travel trail and XC bike.
The ‘Ramones’ hardtail. Awesome name – awesome band! Looks like a long travel, alpine hardtail to me. Along the same lines as a Genesis Alpitude, Santa Cruz Chameleon, Dialled PA/Alpine. Burly enough to have some fun on the downhills, long travel fork friendly and still pedalable enough for all day riding. I like the look of these.
The Supreme and wee brother to the World Champ winning Supreme DH. Nice graphics.
And the real deal, the Supreme DH with 2010 Boxxers. The bike that’s won 2 World Champs in it’s first year of racing. It’s luck isn’t going so well in the World Cup series so far but there’s plenty of time yet till the Champs.
And probably the biggest news of the new line up… the all new Commencal Meta Carbon. Commencal announced this one at Madison’s Icebike show here in the UK. Expect it to be a bit lighter and a bit stiffer. I’m sure you’ll be seeing a lot of this over the next few months.
Anyway – That’s all for now. Sorry the technical details are a bit sketchy and that this is a bit of an ‘advertorial’. I think the Commencals looks stunning and I’m always excited to see what they’ve got on the line up. They’re also keeping our 2 World Champs rolling so I reckon we can indulge a bit of promotion right? More details about the bikes when we got ‘em.
Huge thanks to Nico and Cedric at Commencal for getting this stuff to us!
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I like riding the bike.It’s powerful.Good post,thanks
technical details are a bit sketchy and that this is a bit of an ‘advertorial’. I think the Commencals looks stunning and I’m always excited to see what they’ve got on the line up. They’re also keeping our 2 World Champs rolling so I reckon we can indulge a bit of promotion right? More details about the bikes
Sure it is a bit advertorially… but to a degree, pretty much everything is in a certain way – there’s always a company behind something and they always need to be credit for what they’re doing!
In this case we were super excited to see the new bikes because (like you say) they’re world champ winning bikes and they’re a great company that’s good to work with and make quality bikes. I’m sure you’d rather I put a bit of editorial in there and added my own touch than just banging out another generic press release right?
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