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Dirt #2

29. december 2008

Alone in Andorra, the company made so famous by the Athertons, Cedrica Gracia and Anne Caroline Chausson they also have what is arguably the best design of any linkage bike available. Commencal's Contact System provides excellent ride feel in so many conditions. Supple and progresive it allows the rider to maintain good geometry when descending, but at the same time allows for all elusive grip finding in every condition. Adjustable, uncomplicated and simply made for racing.

Production downhill.

Ta tekst je zapisan na 42-strani, prejšnji teden omenjene revije, veže pa se na spustaški okvir VIP Commencal DH. Spustaš je bil izbran v elito 12-ih okvirjev, ki so/bodo po mnenju Angležev najbolj zaznamovali sezono 2009. Avtor teksta si je z the best design of any linkage bike privoščil zelo samozavestno trditev in kljub temu, da je vljudnostno dodal besedico arguably, se z zapisanim radi strinjamo. Zagotovo je v vsebini veliko resnice, saj je Commencal edini med izbranci z dvema okvirjema. V šopek izbrancev so bile določene znamke Foes, Santa Cruz, Yeti (303!), Nicolai, Orange, Ibis, Intense, Cotic, Black Market, Curtis, drugi Commencal pa je (bila) VIP Meta 4X:

Fun – one for the specialists – and pretty much everyone else hanging out down in the woods. Why you want to know? OK, well over to Jon the Dirt designer who owns one... »I think it's the perfect bike for me, my general riding. A fun singletrack bike, keep the seat down and get the chase on someone tearing the place to shred. If you're fit enough, you will be rewarded, and who wants to prance around on a four inch fairy anyway? It descents brilliantly and jumps well, is very stable, has a good head angle adjustment if you're really that bothered and it's very well built. The linkage is one of the best systems available. I've built it to last a life of knocks and bruising without having to think about maintaining it too much.«

Oblikovalec revije Dirt, ki si lasti andorski okvir 4X, očitno ni pisal teksta o spustaškem Andorcu. Ušla pa mu je podobna trditev, le da se tokrat opevani nihajni sistem ne navezuje več samo na linkage sisteme, temveč je opravil kar z vsemi nihajkami: »...one of the best systems available«...