Results from the last IXS race suggest Trummer and Henry Kerr may have been banged up. Hope they can both make it to Leo
https://www.racement.com/en/result-final-run-semmering-2
https://www.racement.com/en/result-final-run-semmering-2
2022 Racing/Team Rumors
- Thread starter Redwood Mulch Chucker
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Whistler Mountain Bike Park on Instagram: "The EWS is coming back to Whistler during @crankworx and the course has just been released. What should be a surprise is the mention of a new trail at the start of Stage 5, 1199. The final touches of the upper section of 1199 are being worked on right now and here’s a little preview of what to expect. #longlivechainsaw"
5,185 likes, 34 comments - whistlerbikeprk on July 30, 2022: "The EWS is coming back to Whistler during @crankworx and the course has just been released. What should be a surprise is the mention of a new trail at the start of Stage 5, 1199. The final touches of the upper section of 1199 are...
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1199 sneak peak
Very pumped to see some of 1199, really looking forward to getting back to Whistler ASAP.Whistler Mountain Bike Park on Instagram: "The EWS is coming back to Whistler during @crankworx and the course has just been released. What should be a surprise is the mention of a new trail at the start of Stage 5, 1199. The final touches of the upper section of 1199 are being worked on right now and here’s a little preview of what to expect. #longlivechainsaw"
5,185 likes, 34 comments - whistlerbikeprk on July 30, 2022: "The EWS is coming back to Whistler during @crankworx and the course has just been released. What should be a surprise is the mention of a new trail at the start of Stage 5, 1199. The final touches of the upper section of 1199 are...
1199 sneak peak
Another team bites the dust for 2023. Racers that haven't picked up a ride yet for next year must be shitting their pants.
Propain Pauses its Factory Race Team for 2023 - Pinkbike
Propain Pauses its Factory Race Team for 2023 - Pinkbike
Curious if their riders' contracts all happened to finish this year or if they were on year to year. I wonder what happens when a factory program closes halfway through a rider's contract.
Is Phil Atwill on Propain? He's not on their factory team but I'm sure he was using their bikes. Wonder if him and Remy Metailler will still be on Propains
Is Phil Atwill on Propain? He's not on their factory team but I'm sure he was using their bikes. Wonder if him and Remy Metailler will still be on Propains
Is Rémy in the factory race team?
Phil is doing his own thing, Propain Positive: https://www.uci.org/team-details/17527
I wonder is it because they DH bikes don't sell or just chasing trends. I see a lot of their enduro bikes but in DH bike dominated places very few propains are available despite them being decent offers.
I've only ever seen one in the wild and that was this year at the bike park. Personally, I hate the name. There wasn't anything better?
Well they can't shorten their name like Young Talent Industries did to YT sine then they'd be called PP bikes.
I wonder how much damage their old DH bikes did. Since those were pretty meh. I rode a CA 2011 bike my friend had and it was wallowy, had too much travel and generally felt like a waterbed.
i wonder if the teams folding has any relation to the pending discovery/UCI clusterfuck
Sounds like that might be the case for some of the smaller team with the new supposed race entry fees.
Needs to be in a 2023 thread.
Well, Norco is back on with their DH team. Minus Blenki it sounds like though.
2023 TEAM RUMORS - The Hub - Mountain Biking Forums / Message Boards - Vital MTB
2023 TEAM RUMORS - The Hub - Mountain Biking Forums / Message Boards - Vital MTB
Ed Masters and Matt Walker trolling the shit out of their new Pivot teammate Jakob Jewett on IG.
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Pivot Factory Racing on Instagram: "The team is growing and finally getting steezy with Newest member @jewettjake !!! 2023 is looking sick!!! "
1,051 likes, 11 comments - pivotfactoryracing on November 28, 2022: "The team is growing and finally getting steezy with Newest member @jewettjake !!! 2023 is looking sick!!! ".
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Does Blenki still race full time? He had some good results lately but if I remember correctly he hasn't been at many races. I could be totally wrong though.
He's gotta be getting "old" for the racing life now, especially with a kid. Would be cool to see him cherry pick races and events and do the world touring thing, but on his own pace.
Im still a massive fan, he can bend a bike however he wants.
I guess that's my point, hopefully he gets on a good flexible team or whatever so he can do what he wants. Not with a brand like Norco who pauses their DH program just because.
per vital rumors blenki may have a spot on the Cube team
As if millions of chainstays suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced....
This generation's Dave Cullinan - all style, no gloves, fast as greased turd.
Sam Hill more than hinting on Instagram that he'll be racing Val di Sole next year.
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I haven’t heard that name in a while! Anybody have any Cully Easton flat pedals anymore?
(Fixed the name spelling, DYAC)
I never had a pair, but always wanted them.
He was just inducted into the MTB HoF.
Charlie Harrison retiring from racing according to his Instagram. Sounds like all the injuries over the last few years got to him. Understandably so. It’s a bummer though. He always seemed like he was so close to being a consistent top 5 guy.
Damn that's a bummer. But yeah he's has a rough time.
Pilgram off Haibike. Not racing, but an advocate for fun on bikes. New sponsor to be released on January 4th.
Yeah, he did compete in a few competitions. Sounds like he wants to do more.
The Vital crowd is convinced Melamed is heading to SC bikes.
Enduro is big time now that it's WC level
happydance
so could be true.
Santa Cruz haven't had a "contender" in EWS for quite some time, like the beginning....
Enduro is big time now that it's WC level
happydance so could be true.Santa Cruz haven't had a "contender" in EWS for quite some time, like the beginning....
I think him going to SC makes more sense than Canyon, which is what a lot of people figured after Moir was leaving. Canyon's enduro team is notoriously cheap, and I'm sure that Jesse wouldn't leave a program that he liked for so long to go to something half-assed like Canyon. Plus he's a notorious suspension tinkerer and is one of the guys Fox has testing their newest Live Valve shock, so I think it more likely that he sticks with a team on the suspension he knows, as opposed to different (Canyon / RS). If SC dropped all their 50:01 guys and decided to make a real enduro team, it makes sense they'd want at least 1 established rider to found the team around.
The suspension thing makes me doubt that he's going to Specialized too.
I'm curious to see if they'll be on the same sponsors as their DH team (Fox/Shimano/Burgtec), or RS like they have been on.
The suspension thing makes me doubt that he's going to Specialized too.
I'm curious to see if they'll be on the same sponsors as their DH team (Fox/Shimano/Burgtec), or RS like they have been on.
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