2017 offseason guessing game - gossip thread
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Not necessarily race related, but Remy Metailler off Commencal.
http://m.pinkbike.com/news/adios-remy-metailler-video-2016.html
http://m.pinkbike.com/news/adios-remy-metailler-video-2016.html
is VRR still dominated by Kona and Special Ed in the states?
Is there an official sponsor for Whistler this year? I doubt he ties all that closely based on years past, Giant was the main deal...That said I might argue with myself here, it might make sense that they bring him on board with the resorts sponsor, it all comes together nicely...
I'm still waiting to see which Intense rig Palms is gonna run at Rotorua for the EWS...Should be wild.
and the pieces start to fall into place, Marcelo, Elliot Jackson and Jacob Dickson on Giant DH
https://www.giant-bicycles.com/global/news/strong-mix-of-veterans-and-young-talent-will-lead-giant-factory-off-road-team-in-2017/20895
https://www.giant-bicycles.com/global/news/strong-mix-of-veterans-and-young-talent-will-lead-giant-factory-off-road-team-in-2017/20895
Hmmm, looks like YT will be a trio for 2017...
Confirming what seemed to be pretty well known already. I was still holding out hope for Ratboy though. Maybe he'll stay on as a brand ambassador a la Metailler. Or maybe he'll race for someone else?
Ratboy to the other V10?
Heard something along this route, but damned if I remember where...
Heard something along this route, but damned if I remember where...
Or he becomes a "freerider" and does movies with the 50:01 crowd until he realizes not racing is lame and goes back to his true calling....
ratboy not racing world cups this year:
I don't have 22 minutes to watch him talk... any chance for a Cliff's Notes version? Please.
skip to 16:30I don't have 22 minutes to watch him talk... any chance for a Cliff's Notes version? Please.
Ratboy is out for 2017.
So is Devinci...
2018?
So is Devinci...
2018?
the impression i got is that ratboy is just sorta burned out on the WC circuit. i kind of suspect he'll step away for this season, possibly next, then come back full gusto
I don't know, I attempted to listen to that interview and he seemed to imply "I raced and wasn't slacking in my runs and I still was not getting good results" ... as if he's feeling he isn't winning so why bother.
#midpack4life*
* no, not Bryceland
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Hardly a midpack rider. Even in poor forum he was doing better than most guys.
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/niner-welcomes-kirt-voreis-2016.html
I thought 9er were a weirdy beardy craft beer drinking (just the one though, and opened with a bottle opener that costs about the same as a Scotsman's monthly drink allowance) 29er only bike company so never really payed attention to anything they've done. Voreis on the other hand I could pay attention to on any bike.
I think that's the point. Voreis is a badass, niners are niners. Maybe with him on one, they won't be so ninery
In a recent interview I recall Chris Sugai saying they see 27.5+/29er convertible bikes as a great prospect. Maybe Kirt will be riding one of those for his mayhem edits.
In the comments section of the Pinkbike article, the guy from Niner mentioned that Voreis will be free to use whatever 26" hardtail he wants.
Good opportunity for Kidwoo to send a few stickers to Voreis so that he can properly represents the "I ride 26" because fuck you" crew.
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Please tell me this is an actual *thing*
Where do I sign up?
and how long til I receive my STICKERS?
me me me! i want stickers!
If so, I hope the bike comes with a shed-load of extra tires, as I'm going to imagine he will be slicing and dicing those paper thin sidewalls like nobody's business....
dirt gave the clif notes for "non british speakers" but do most brits understand what the fuck him or Hart is saying??
Oh yes my scotch swilling friend, they are indeed a *thing*
Although, I must confess I have concerns that these will become popular with the (fucking) fat bike crowd
I thought the voreis and niner deal was cool. Loved his 'I bagged a niner' vid. "Yeah Doug I got a niner!"
My first impression of the brand was they were for the roadies/xc/dirt roadies. Until I got their WFO frame (140mm travel) at one of their garage sales. Yes, it rips. Nice to see them doing something with a rider I can relate to.
My first impression of the brand was they were for the roadies/xc/dirt roadies. Until I got their WFO frame (140mm travel) at one of their garage sales. Yes, it rips. Nice to see them doing something with a rider I can relate to.
There's no accent in the UK I don't understand...But I am educated, cultured and well travelled. Not all Brits are. In certain parts of the UK locals locals struggle to understand my accent... this isn't necessarily always a bad thing though.
the Uk is only small compaared to the States but our accents and the vocabulary used changes in as small a distance as from town to town. infact. I now live out in the country only 10 miles from the Capital 1 mile from one village and 2 miles from another. each have quite different accents. My kids go to different Schools 5 miles apart and again the kids in each have completely different accents and use very different language. Ratty isn't difficult to understand at all... The nasal twang is probably what you're struggling most with. I spoke to Josh a fair few times when he was a kid and he didn't have that then. he's cultivated it in adulthood.
To give you an example of what I'm talking about here. Danny Hart has always mumbled and spoken like he's about to send himself to sleep any second. His Dad does too. Their accents are from the North East of England, only 70 miles South from me in Scotland.
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