[Tomasis]

I don't think he's the village simpleton...

Pretty much every interview and post race win chat he has talked about how well his team did, and what a great team effort it was, and how well the greatest bike/fork/product that he was riding in the world performed so much better then anything else could possibly have. The dude reps the products hes paid to rep pretty avidly.

do you imagine that he loved to do marketing talk? if he ever wanted to do what he wants, it would be different outcome.

Simpleton? I rather think about ability to focus on a few things in the mind i.e. racing. That's all.

Back to team managers, that plays big role in the whole scheme, I think. Look at Brawn, team manager at former Benetton team in F1 and switched to Mercedes with Lewis and Rosberg. He definitely has big influence on results no matter which car or best ingenieurs you have.

We dont expect neither that Rossi or Lewis know eveything about settings in car/mc. Rossi didnt win because bad communication there in the team.

I had to stop give examples

 

[bizutch]

"I'm dripping like an egg sandwich" - warner in reference to how hot is was and sweating his balls off.

Until Warner busts out "Hotter than two rats ****ing in a wool sock...", it's not all that hot.

 

[kickstand]

Until Warner busts out "Hotter than two rats ****ing in a wool sock...", it's not all that hot.

win.

 

[kickstand]

FTFY,

and, no.

all my dreams crushed, in one single post.

I'm buying a GT Fury.

 

[bizutch]

all my dreams crushed, in one single post.

I'm buying a GT Fury.

I heard the carbon one is useless to anyone. It seems Marc Beaumont is the only human being capable of doing anything on it. They are now considered wall art.

 

[cableguy]

Check out the wheelbase on new GT Fury. Super long. Must be very stable on WC tracks.

2014 Fury
M: 1231mm, L: 1257mm

Here are the numbers for Trek and Specialized:

2013 Demo
M: 1191mm, L: 1208mm

2013 Session
M: 1184mm, L: 1209mm, XL: 1230mm

 

[boylagz]

^ Wow. I thought M Demos/ Podiums were long.

 

[Tomasz]

That's insane!

Look for everyone to be on XXXL frames next year?

 

[scottishmark]

Watching the Juveniles (10-12 year olds) is going to be hilarious

 

[Tomasis]

They are now considered wall art.

They were ugliest I ever seen. Far more than Foes and Elswort

 

[William42]

looks like ventana was ahead of the curve!

 

[atrokz]

My Nicolai M-Pire had an uber long WB and it felt amazing on anything fast and rough. Tight switchbacks were a problem though. These look reasonable actually.

 

[Trekrules]

2014 KHS 650b: 1270mm wheelbase

 

[epic]

I guess Rotec was onto something 10 years ago.

 

[Kanye West]

Long bikes with low BB's and appropriately positioned bars have always been where it's at. Thank god this era of stupid short little BMX/DH bikes might be coming to an end.

Now we just need to get over the equally stupid "slack seat angle" thing and put the seats in a position that makes sense.

 

[Trekrules]

Damm Rich Thomas
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151676621699761&set=vb.135242219972399&type=2&theater

 

[bismojo]

grammyx's video of sam's crash..

15+ seconds?

 

[bdamschen]

15+ seconds?

Easily. I love the whole "****, my bars aren't straight" dance. No direct mount or did he crash hard enough to twist the fork?

 

[cableguy]

Easily. I love the whole "****, my bars aren't straight" dance. No direct mount or did he crash hard enough to twist the fork?

Pretty easy to twist the crowns after a crash. Surprised he was able to straighten it out so quick.

 

[CBJ]

What a crappy way to go down. It looks like its impossible to see what is under all the powder dirt. Still not a way I would have expected Sam to crash.

Would like to see how Danny Hart crashed seemed like he was the only one to crash in that spot.

 

[bdamschen]

Pretty easy to twist the crowns after a crash. Surprised he was able to straighten it out so quick.

Huh, I've only been able to crash hard enough to twist crowns on a moto. I need to step up my epic crashes I guess

 

[kickstand]

What a crappy way to go down. It looks like its impossible to see what is under all the powder dirt. Still not a way I would have expected Sam to crash.

Would like to see how Danny Hart crashed seemed like he was the only one to crash in that spot.

 

[bizutch]

I guess Rotec was onto something 10 years ago.

High on their own supply?