http://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/Patrick-Morewood-Has-Left-The-Building,340
Haven't seen this discussed here.
Haven't seen this discussed here.
Patrick Morewood leaves Morewood Bikes
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now with less wood
So what's Richard going to do?
Change the company name to Dick bikes?
Less wood, more Dick...it has a ring to it...
Somebody on Vital posted that Richard still owns Morewood. Is that Richard Beytagh?
Nope.
Richard Carter.
Morewood USA gets the shaft.
Patrick Morewood leaves his own company.
What or who is the common denominator?
Patrick Morewood leaves his own company.
What or who is the common denominator?
Biker Fox?
I'm still proud to be a Morewood bike owner regardless, but my next bike will be something different. Sad news
Unrelated content: Met a man who's name is literally Richard Shafter...and goes by the nickname "Dick". And he works for Monday Night Football.
Now back to your regularly scheduled program.
He's going to stay in the bike industry and consulting etc so this might get interesting down the road.....
I can't really comment on Patrick's behalf, but it has been a real pleasure working with him and Richard, and also their engineer Fabien over the past couple years. Both Pat and Richard are great guys, it just seems that Pat was ready for a change. I can relate to that feeling for sure, I've been there and that's basically the reason I started working in bikes. I wished Pat the best of luck this AM and I know that everyone left on good terms. What can you do, it is just life.
I worked with a guy whose name was Richard Swingen - no joke. Any he went by Dick. Yep, Dick Swingen. And sometimes it would be written as Swingen, Dick.
He would introduce himself as "Dick Swingen and yes it is"
He used to make his own Swingen' Dick's ______ T-Shirts for different events.
I wish Patrick the best!!!! It really sucks for what has happen, but understand when you don't have 50% control of your own company anymore and someone else changes what you stand behind, maybe it's time for a change. I hope Pat gets taken care of for his part. I know he will be working on new things and new designs again!!!!!! Also hope he sticks to his love for real SP bikes.
Good luck Bro!!!!
Cecil
Also hope he sticks to his love for real SP bikes.Good luck Bro!!!!
Cecil
+1. I love my Makulu more than anything else. Its sad that hes leaving and yeah, my next bike probably wont be a morewood. Maybe a DHR or an M9
Yeah I sensed that too. No more dirt jumps bike, no more Ndiza. Looked like they went away from the core mentality that served them so good in the past. My Ndiza was probably the best bike I ever owned.
makulu = best dh bike, ever, to grace dirt.
Damn this is like Santa leaving Santa Cruz.
can't wait to see what patrick pops out next, hopefully he gets back to the roots that downhill built. either way, i still like what morewood is putting out.
my ndiza is the funnest bike i have ever owned. perfect pump track/XC/mini DH bike all rolled into one.
my ndiza is the funnest bike i have ever owned. perfect pump track/XC/mini DH bike all rolled into one.
rep awardedalso due to the new split pivot bikes comming out there other classics like the shova and the mbuzi have been discontinued. Theres no sign of the split pivot bikes either. Leaving them with a big gap in there range. Theres a push from the German distributor to offer complete bikes with dodgy spec and a bit of an attempt to bring them away from the small hand built niece brand a la Intense and Turner and make them a bit more mass market. This means there moving away from being handbuilt in SA and the newer models are being made in Taiwan. Who ever is calling the shots in Morewood now seems to be bringing them in more of a Santa Cruz direction which is obviously not to Pats liking. Nor mine to be honest and I reckon most of the loyal Morewood customers like the hand built factor and the simplicity and less is more element of there design.
The guy who has dropped money on the brand has really screwed over Patrick and Richard (Beytagh, not Carter). If someone does that to the owners and creators of a brand, can you imagine the level of service and quality of product he'll produce.
looks like 29ers are in Patrick's future
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really, a 4" travel 29er? I ride one and I still don't see the need for another 4" travel 29er.
You mean the band coldplay that makes 100's of times more in a single concert series than most bike companies do in a lifetime? That gay ass band?
I wish you'd get smarter, or at least try and think a bit before you post something.
I wish you'd get smarter, or at least try and think a bit before you post something.
Ha- this should be a sticky.
I wish YOU were smart enough to realise sales isn't everything.the car that sells the most isn't going to be the best quality,music is the same.Wat sells the most isn't gona be the best,
gay ass nickleback,how the **** do they sell milions of albums of that **** ass music,theres allot of people who have no taste.im also terribly embaressed that nickleback is from canada,thank god not from the holyland.
1:52 ish on
God posting against you is like arguing with a foot.
Just because it doesn't' appeal to YOU doesn't mean they aren't good at what they do. I don't like Baseball, but millions of others do. Same as millions of others think riding kids bikes down a hill is lame.
Think more, post less, and stop giving people more reasons to hate quebec.
Just because it doesn't' appeal to YOU doesn't mean they aren't good at what they do. I don't like Baseball, but millions of others do. Same as millions of others think riding kids bikes down a hill is lame.
Think more, post less, and stop giving people more reasons to hate quebec.
this should be on a t-shirt
im not going to judge you because you like coldplay.
I don't. Can't name a single song. But clearly, other people do.
I am going to judge you though, simply because of the utter stupidity you post on this site.
Back to Morewood, it'd be interesting to find out the full story about what happened. Either way. I hope Patrick kicks ass with his new brand. Always seemed like a cool guy.
I am going to judge you though, simply because of the utter stupidity you post on this site.
Back to Morewood, it'd be interesting to find out the full story about what happened. Either way. I hope Patrick kicks ass with his new brand. Always seemed like a cool guy.