Palmer on Intense now?
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I don't see any pictures.
I saw him last week on an evil at Northstar, I think he is trying out bikes.
I saw him last week on an evil at Northstar, I think he is trying out bikes.
I saw him there, but didn't pay attention to what he was riding.
From Jeff S. @ MTBR:
Tell em to get some real chew and ditch that ASAP.
Bout' time he came 'home' to intense.
nice photos...
fyi,From Jeff S. @ MTBR:
these images will only show up if you have an account on the mtbr forums & if you're logged in over there.
I imagine most people will see nothing.
napalm sighting @ fontana today and he was rockin' a 951 . steber also was out there taking pics .
what no copenhagen
Does Napalm dip?
Would seem so. Takes me way back... my highschool riding buddy matt always used to put in a dip at the top of a hard climb. Never understood the appeal.
a little bit more info over on MBaction.com
http://www.mbaction.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=A3E3AF4D00FB44E59DA60F804AA4A441
http://www.mbaction.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=A3E3AF4D00FB44E59DA60F804AA4A441
I think it has more to do with $$ than history...
These guys could tell ya better than anyone. HAHAH
Agreed. That is what it is all about.
I don't know if awesome is the word I'd use. I know I would be kicking myself if not wearing spandex kept me from being World champ. But then again there are sooo many other things that could have been done differently to make up .15 seconds.
Not to start a hate fest but am I the only one who lost a ton of respect for Palmer after reading that? His attitude is dispicable at best, lacking any form of sportsmanship. When Lance Armstrong described last years Tour De France as "a bit of a joke" it caused an international outcry within the road cycling community because he had basically insulted every rider who rode in the tour. I see the same thing here, comments like "I don't know why they bother to show Up. They just humiliate themselves," insult his competition and the sport as a whole. Do we need this attitude in our sport? Yeah the guy is a legend who's got the results to back it all up but I just lost a boatload of respect for someone I was hoping to look up to and respect.
That right there is why the rest of the world dislikes america so much. They struggle with humour. Which is funny, cos some of their comedians are so outright funny.
Sure he's arrogant, sure he's rude, but he just likes to take the piss.
Take a look at yourself america, and laugh, cos it's what the rest of the world is doing
Sure he's arrogant, sure he's rude, but he just likes to take the piss.
Take a look at yourself america, and laugh, cos it's what the rest of the world is doing
I suppose it`s this attitude wich makes his so dominant - without it he wouldn't progress so much in so many sports... besides it's an interview - it might be just a role playing, just like boxers before the fight. I think one can judge him only after personal intercorse with him.
WTF?????
you seem to have some sort of sexual problems if those words shock you so much...WTF?????
np
nothing new for a true, prude american!you seem to have some sort of sexual problems if those words shock you so much...
Can you read?nothing new for a true, prude american!
And why are there millions of people trying to get in here every year....? Oh wait has nothing to do with this. Palmer has attitude, and from what I have been told doesn't like it when guys on 500cc smokers blow by him in the whoops section at tracks like Glenn Helen. He actually told my buddy Eric to get off the track.
Saw Palmer three weekends ago on an Evil.
Haven't been back to Northstar to see him since.
Haven't been back to Northstar to see him since.
I love how he already has his own signature gear.. stem, hub, pedals..(helmet of course, but that was already out before we even knew he was racing)
Not many athleaths are good at both marketing and the sport they do. It seems like he is a natural at both.
What was the reason for choosing Intense? Did he decide on the bike based on how he felt or was he testing other bikes just for marketing purposes? DW?
J.D. and Palm as team-mates is just about the raddest freaking thing ever.
It sounds like it was a combination of having a long time relationship with Jeff, liking the bike and being able to get frame changes made within days rather than weeks.
Intense does everything in house except paint/PC so jeff can probably crank a new frame pretty fast. Stik probably knows how fast he can do this?
I shouldn't be talking about any of this, not that its CIA sh1t...but here is how the last 12 months went down, in a very small nutshell.
Last summer, we all know Palm tested with Peaty and Greg, was gonna be a syndicate member, race some world cups all in an effort for training-for palmers olympic bid. The Santa Cruz hookup was inspired by Peaty and Palm assumed with Santa Cruz he could work out a nice salary for this mini-comeback.
When I saw Palm in person last october I told him he was a douche for not even giving Jeff(intense) a call for some bikes, Palm said he thought Santa Cruz could get him some more money and at this point was all about money/hanging with peaty/liking the VPP/liking santa cruz/digging roskopp, I gave Palm a ration of sh1t for not giving Jeff a ring, he felt bad, but nothing ever came of it. So all winter Santa Cruz tried to get some outside sponsor money for Palm and apparently that didn't pan out.
Up until 2 weeks ago there was still no Intense/Palmer communication. Jeff called Palmer and said 'atleast come try a bike'...Palmer came down, pretty much rode an intense around in the parking lot it was a done deal...he felt like he was home.
Jeff would probably chime in but with getting some new models finalized, the new Palmer stuff (Jeff is going to the canada world cup rounds and europe) he is pretty pinned right now.
I figure the fans wanted to know, so there is my 2 cents.
Last summer, we all know Palm tested with Peaty and Greg, was gonna be a syndicate member, race some world cups all in an effort for training-for palmers olympic bid. The Santa Cruz hookup was inspired by Peaty and Palm assumed with Santa Cruz he could work out a nice salary for this mini-comeback.
When I saw Palm in person last october I told him he was a douche for not even giving Jeff(intense) a call for some bikes, Palm said he thought Santa Cruz could get him some more money and at this point was all about money/hanging with peaty/liking the VPP/liking santa cruz/digging roskopp, I gave Palm a ration of sh1t for not giving Jeff a ring, he felt bad, but nothing ever came of it. So all winter Santa Cruz tried to get some outside sponsor money for Palm and apparently that didn't pan out.
Up until 2 weeks ago there was still no Intense/Palmer communication. Jeff called Palmer and said 'atleast come try a bike'...Palmer came down, pretty much rode an intense around in the parking lot it was a done deal...he felt like he was home.
Jeff would probably chime in but with getting some new models finalized, the new Palmer stuff (Jeff is going to the canada world cup rounds and europe) he is pretty pinned right now.
I figure the fans wanted to know, so there is my 2 cents.
there you have it...stiksandstones is responsible for everything! 