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krabo83 9/30/2020 11:26pm
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taifi wrote:
New santa cruz bike... maybe the new nomad...[img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2020/09/30/9939/s1200_0D253FD9_4530_412A_B676_6C2A67A364E9.jpg[/img]
New santa cruz bike... maybe the new nomad...
color looks amazing in that picture <3
bermslapper69 10/1/2020 6:04am
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taifi wrote:
New santa cruz bike... maybe the new nomad...[img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2020/09/30/9939/s1200_0D253FD9_4530_412A_B676_6C2A67A364E9.jpg[/img]
New santa cruz bike... maybe the new nomad...

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Mtbforlife4 10/1/2020 6:33am
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taifi wrote:
New santa cruz bike... maybe the new nomad...[img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2020/09/30/9939/s1200_0D253FD9_4530_412A_B676_6C2A67A364E9.jpg[/img]
New santa cruz bike... maybe the new nomad...
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[img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2020/10/01/9940/s1200_24F8B4EB_F51A_4F2C_BE56_1BB0B1C671F4.jpg[/img]

oof skinny tire thing... dang
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tdawg 10/1/2020 7:36am
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2021 stumpy Evo, mullet and coil shock.
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Big Bird 10/1/2020 9:24am
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taifi wrote:
New santa cruz bike... maybe the new nomad...[img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2020/09/30/9939/s1200_0D253FD9_4530_412A_B676_6C2A67A364E9.jpg[/img]
New santa cruz bike... maybe the new nomad...
bermslapper69 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2020/10/01/9940/s1200_24F8B4EB_F51A_4F2C_BE56_1BB0B1C671F4.jpg[/img]

Same color, but those are different bikes. Check the front hubs.
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danposs86 10/1/2020 10:18am
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Big Bird wrote:
Same color, but those are different bikes. Check the front hubs.
Could it be one is a press bike, the other has been given to Chris Johnston and he may have put different (maybe sponsored) hubs on it?
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Dickscruttock 10/1/2020 10:50am
10/1/2020 10:50am
Big Bird wrote:
Same color, but those are different bikes. Check the front hubs.
Didn't know hubs and wheels cannot be changed...
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metadave 10/1/2020 11:28am
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Yea I agree, even in the first photo with the different hub, the hub is way to close for even a shorter travel fork and the wheel is too close to the downtube to be a mountain bike. Thats the Stig for sure.
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metadave 10/1/2020 12:45pm
10/1/2020 12:45pm Edited Date/Time 10/1/2020 12:48pm
PS,

The new Cannondale looks amazing in the dealer books. I think they may have nailed it.
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mixmastamikal 10/1/2020 2:46pm
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tdawg wrote:
2021 stumpy Evo, mullet and coil shock.
I am guessing this means they have upped the stroke of the shock to lower the leverage ratio then.
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HH4L 10/1/2020 5:52pm
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tdawg wrote:
2021 stumpy Evo, mullet and coil shock.
I heard they'll have 4 different geo setting so...probably 29 or 27'' for the rear wheel!? I would be surprise if it was now only offered in mullet!
bermslapper69 10/1/2020 6:58pm
10/1/2020 6:58pm
The new emerald green Santa Cruz is just the stigmata gravel bike, look it up on their website.
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brash 10/1/2020 8:21pm
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The big S will completely bone the rear kinematic again of that stumpy, you watch.

Unless it's a "enduroesque" 6 bar arrangement.
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EugenM 10/2/2020 2:22am
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metadave wrote:
PS,

The new Cannondale looks amazing in the dealer books. I think they may have nailed it.
Colors?(beside the 2018-2019 gray we saw in the "spy" photos)
James_Greenwood 10/2/2020 2:41am
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New Evil Calling on its way?
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EugenM 10/2/2020 10:58am
10/2/2020 10:58am Edited Date/Time 10/3/2020 7:25am
New nukeproof(s) coming our way in...well, last week, the head of mkt said it will be in a distant future...maybe even 2051...but, in reality 😁🙊..., while I said differently. Well, all of you should/want to guess what was/is the real release date? 😁😎

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Whattheheel 10/2/2020 12:05pm
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brash wrote:
The big S will completely bone the rear kinematic again of that stumpy, you watch.

Unless it's a "enduroesque" 6 bar arrangement.
I still can't believe you sold that bike!! Asshat!!! HA!!
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metadave 10/2/2020 8:54pm
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metadave wrote:
PS,

The new Cannondale looks amazing in the dealer books. I think they may have nailed it.
EugenM wrote:
Colors?(beside the 2018-2019 gray we saw in the "spy" photos)
4 colors. Sand, Graphite, "Purple haze", and a beauty "Beetle green" oil slick-ish finish.

Wish I could let more go on this one but it was suggested I do not 😅. But I'm legit stoked about a Cannondale and it makes me feel weird haha. Geo hasn't been released yet though.
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taifi 10/2/2020 11:11pm
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What’s the release date for cannondale?
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Variable-Visual 10/3/2020 6:50am
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Double crown approved ? Blink
tombola33 10/3/2020 8:32am
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‘The Golden Age of Mountain Biking’
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Primoz 10/3/2020 8:40am
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Oh look, Cannondale is going horst link too.
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madsam9 10/3/2020 8:49am
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Yep, with a high(ish) main pivot too, similar to the GT dh bike. There's an idler too. First time I'm actually interested in a Cannondale, this one still looks weird (in a good way) but without the silly proprietary stuff. Hopefully the geometry isn't designed around dwarfs like most of their current lineup
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Primoz 10/3/2020 9:27am
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We knew about the high pivot from the protos, but I honestly can't remember if it was a horst link back then or if it was even visible. It just intrigued me right now as I was thinking about all the companies jumping ship from the single pivot to a horst link over the past few years since the FSR patent has run out.
Dickscruttock 10/3/2020 10:10am
10/3/2020 10:10am
metadave wrote:
PS,

The new Cannondale looks amazing in the dealer books. I think they may have nailed it.
The have it cracked.
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w4s 10/3/2020 2:02pm
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metadave wrote:
PS,

The new Cannondale looks amazing in the dealer books. I think they may have nailed it.
Dickscruttock wrote:
The have it cracked.
i see what you did there
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metadave 10/3/2020 2:40pm
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Primoz wrote:
We knew about the high pivot from the protos, but I honestly can't remember if it was a horst link back then or if it was...
We knew about the high pivot from the protos, but I honestly can't remember if it was a horst link back then or if it was even visible. It just intrigued me right now as I was thinking about all the companies jumping ship from the single pivot to a horst link over the past few years since the FSR patent has run out.
I think Cannondale kind of got away with Horst link on any of their flex pivot scalpels but yea didn't move to Horst until the Habit.
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Primoz 10/4/2020 3:20am
10/4/2020 3:20am
Looking at all the Scalpel generations a while back (I think it was for internet arguing when the new one came out), I think they covered the whole spectrum actually. Horst link, single pivot (so seatstay pivot), flextail by the rear axle and I think even a version without the BB pivot but a flex stay over there! Plus ofcourse the shock as it is now with both CW and CCW rocker link rotation, a vertical shock behind the seat tube, etc.

It seems they don't care about tradition, they just look at what seems and fits best at the time. Kudos for that!
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C-LION 10/4/2020 2:06pm
10/4/2020 2:06pm
Another shot of the new Norco Enduro/DH bike


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C-LION 10/5/2020 4:20am
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Cube DH bike...will be released later today




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