Previewed: Santa Cruz Blur LT 2

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Previewed: Santa Cruz Blur LT 2

par Oyez Oyez » Jeu Mars 06, 2008 8:30 pm

After two years of development, Santa Cruz finally trotted out the latest Blur LT, which the company is referring to as the LT2. So what did all the nitpicking accomplish? Quite a bit, actually.

There are plenty of people willing to claim that the existing Blur LT is the best bike ever made. But none of them work at Santa Cruz. As soon as the current model was released in 2005, engineers went to work picking it apart, dissecting it, and concocting an even better machine.

The agent of this change was a giant whiteboard hanging in Santa Cruz’s offices. Engineers, product managers and marketers listed their complaints with the old model. They held no punches and their list of grievances was long: creaky pivots, saggy suspension, hard to get full travel, lack of tire clearance.... In all, they listed more than a dozen personal gripes, selected the ones that really matter and overhauled the bike.

[img:650:433]http://bikemag.com/news/freshproduce/BLT2_LowerLinkGreasePortDetail.jpg[/img]

Category: freshproduce
Publish Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:46:00 EST



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