sounds like the Gwintense deal could be pretty long term...
World Cup 2019 Team Rumors
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All entry level intense bikes now starting at 7k!
Scott Velosolutions bites the dust, reported on PB.
was just reading that... did you catch the bit that the 10 race calendar is currently limited by Red Bull's broadcast budget and not the UCI?
yea that definitely surprised me as well, especially for a company with as deep as pockets as redbull. they did also mention the viewership is up was well. if that trend continues i suspect it would be easier for them to justify a larger budget to cover more races.
edit: more races would also put more strain on team budgets, which is something to consider.
Derp. Makes sense, user name matches the Instagram name on the website. The country flag matches up as well.
https://www.vitalmtb.com/photos/features/What-Other-Bike-Would-World-Cup-DH-Pros-Ride,12119/Slideshow,0/sspomer,2
Not really Team Rumours but a cool series of interviews where they ask the pros what bike they would ride if they had to ride something other that what they're sponsored by.
Not really Team Rumours but a cool series of interviews where they ask the pros what bike they would ride if they had to ride something other that what they're sponsored by.
Great little set of interviews, thanks.
Gwins answer was pretty annoying.
agreed. A few of them were being way too political.
Just be like, "fuck that frenchie is flying, i wanna see whats up with that rig!"
It could have been excellent, but maybe my expectations were too high...
I found that was too long for too little information and fun parts. I would have cut the fuckers who simply dodged the question. Real answers only or no exposure for you. I doubt YT would be angry at Gwin for saying he'd be interested to try another successful bike, like the Commençal for example. Recognizing your competitors are offering great products is not a weakness.
I found that was too long for too little information and fun parts. I would have cut the fuckers who simply dodged the question. Real answers only or no exposure for you. I doubt YT would be angry at Gwin for saying he'd be interested to try another successful bike, like the Commençal for example. Recognizing your competitors are offering great products is not a weakness.
Yeah I hate that coy nonsense. I liked the blunter answers and the riders who had clearly and honestly thought about it. Laurie has obviously done his homework on stuff. Ed Masters knows his stuff too.
Really? You don't think that a bike sponsor would be mad that their rider is basically saying 'if I wasn't getting paid to ride this bike, I'd ride that bike' which you could certainly read as, 'If I had to buy a new bike I would buy ...'
I understand what you mean and I agree it can easily become a slippery slope...but the question was: "If you could not ride your current bike or a bike from your current sponsor, which one would you choose?"
There's plenty of good answers for that question that won't make the sponsor look bad:
- The Commençal/Specialized/YT because it seems to be working well for Amaury/Loïc/Gwin;
- The XXX because I know the bike from a previous sponsorship deal and it's important to know the bike to perform well;
- The bike from rider XYZ because we have a similar riding style;
- A Unno because it's the most expensive and I'm vain like that.
- The Honda because I always dreamed of trying it.
- An idler pulley like the Commençal or Norco because I used to ride a Balfa BB7 when I was a junior and it would be fun to test a new version.
- The Devinci because #longlivechainsaw
- A 26er because fuck you.
- The Polygon...wait, who am I kidding? I'm not riding that ugly POS.
- etc.
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part of me wants to ride the Polygon just because it is so ugly, its got to do something right to combat the amount of uggo!
Brayton still with Hope (no surprise there) but on Nukeproof frames wiv 'is burd
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/adam-brayton-joins-nukeproof-for-2019.html
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/adam-brayton-joins-nukeproof-for-2019.html
So it's official, Gwin and Neko are off YT:
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/yt-parts-ways-with-aaron-gwin-and-neko-mulally.html
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/yt-parts-ways-with-aaron-gwin-and-neko-mulally.html
No thief will ever get in the near of such bike.
^That’s good enough for for at least one of five review stars.
yes that...
Source?
That's a pretty interesting Habit, coil sprung...
I've zero interest in Cannondale bringing out a new DH bike at all but hopefully with the influence of 50to01/Fabric they'll follow the design of the Habit up with an Ebike version. Cannondale's current Moterra Emtb is pig ugly, heavyAF, has shit geometry and has a bosch motor.
Because an e-bike is going to save the dumpster fire that is cannonade. The best thing they have done is retro paint from when they had relevance.