People at Walmart who liked the GT color better than the NEXT color.Why did GT even have a mtb race team to begin with.......who even buys GT bikes nowadays....?....
I can agree with that, if you're not representing like Sam, Greg or Peaty, it may not be financially worth it to companies (especially the big ones), so they will be cutting back some of their race promotions.Yeah, not sure I understand the move of dropping Kintner and Bryn either. Quite surprised by it actually, as they are/were very good ambassadors to the brand. However, given the current economic conditions in the US right now, I'm not surprised that any company is cutting back on all fronts.
I know. I just thought it would be funny to say!!!!cecil, sam and brandog/monster have signed with specialized.
so maybe that explains why GT wouldnt let bryn race on the new 09 carbon bike this year....
Well it's gotta be said, we still don't know for sure that Sam is going to Specialized do we? GT certainly have the money if they wanted to play ball.... that'd be awesome, although it would mean that suddenly every monkey would have an iDrive DH bike, I'd rather keep it a relatively unknown secret!Maybe Sam wants a Carbon bike......... Yes I had to go there, the door was wide open.:biggrin:
is it official that Sam and Brendog are on specialized?cecil, sam and brandog/monster have signed with specialized.
so maybe that explains why GT wouldnt let bryn race on the new 09 carbon bike this year....
the official announcement...whatever team it may be is apparently suppose to be at Interbike, so officially i guess it'll be next weekis it official that Sam and Brendog are on specialized?
http://gtcatchandrelease.com/also i heard from a GT rep that they are trying to get a grassroots team going for 2009.
on the other hand 23 degrees and Trek are heading up new team.I can agree with that, if you're not representing like Sam, Greg or Peaty, it may not be financially worth it to companies (especially the big ones), so they will be cutting back some of their race promotions.
"grass roots" just means they can sell direct to consumers/amateurs and still make the same amount of money per frame as they would if they went through a distributor or local shop.This is their grassroots program.
Well it depends if they run a grassroots program like they did in the 90s that would mean hooking ams up with free rigs. GT was probably the biggest company for this back in the day.©2001;3055292 said:"grass roots" just means they can sell direct to consumers/amateurs and still make the same amount of money per frame as they would if they went through a distributor or local shop.
all this talk of downhilling "hitting the big time" is bad news. it just means there is no loyalty except to that of the dollar. whoever has the most money flying about can buy whomever they want.
downhilling/gravity biking isn't a commodity, it's a way of life and that's how it will remain to those who actually give a sh!t about it.
Stupid Cannondale.Stupid Pacific. Next thing will be EC getting booted from Mongoose...
And it worked out for them quite well.Well it depends if they run a grassroots program like they did in the 90s that would mean hooking ams up with free rigs. GT was probably the biggest company for this back in the day.
Spec rep told me a couple weeks ago that Hill has already signed a contract.Well it's gotta be said, we still don't know for sure that Sam is going to Specialized do we?
It worked for them just fine. They had every racer out there drooling over Zaskars and LTS. Just because the people that bought them drove it into the ground has nothing to do with what happened previous to that.And it worked out for them quite well.
It would be amazing.....Back to old days.GT is getting Peaty back. It's that simple!