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Revolutionary Venom Line or Elaborate Hoax?

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ASSOCIATED MOUNTAIN BIKE PRESS: “Prank Sparks Worldwide Interest in Innovative Magnetic Suspension”

Invisibike5Alert readers will already have discovered for themselves that the story about the Specialized Venom line is an April Fool's type prank. Specialized manufactures some of the world's best mountain bikes, but it has no plans to produce futuristic bicycles of this kind.

Verdra H. Ciretop first wrote the report about the Venom Line as a prank for half a dozen friends in November of 2004. If you read the article closely, you will notice several obvious clues that it was a hoax.”

Hosed. Damn. I was looking forward to riding one of these. Even if I couldn’t steer it.

Now this invisible paint he writes about, *that* sounds like it has promise.

See this post as it first appeared on Blogware.

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  1. jpiercy, October 30, 2005

    sorry about the Bum Steer , on that Specialized stuff
    man , it had me sucked in , with the big hook
    They looked cool anyways
    Im still off work with Pneumonia , miss my riding
    Saw a pile of people in the Falls this AM
    ( I stayed over and broke my quarantine )
    Take Care
    Would you pass this site around to your people , its for MAC
    www.screencastsonline.com
    Its a good site ,,,,,,
    JP