Or bontrager or specialized! Seems like every new team gwin comes to, he designs (makes them replicate) a new maxxis minion. Tires have gotten better with him on the scene for sure, I'm looking forward to kenda making something worthwhile, more tire companies that actually make something good can only be a good thing for making tires come down from the ludicrous 90-100 dollar range.
this sounds like industry lizardry
Yeah, he has been working with Cesar since the VPP patent expired, to tune/modify the system beyond the patent claims.
reading more in that article, i think its good that some of the new investors are coming over from the moto world, where racing really is a big business. but dear god please can we leave the scripted rehearsed pre- and post- race interviews out of this?
I saw that guys eyes and was gonna ask if he was responsible for frame alignment checks.I was partial to this one from PB
"Chad has got that look when you know the e.bikes are already in development, but you release a 6 paragraph long PR piece about RACING being everything."
Have you seen this:
Eastern states cup has ebike races at thunder mountain this season not sure if it's DH or Enduro but it was in their press releaseSpeaking of WC and the UCI, isn't anybody else reading the allowance of different wheel sizes in the same bike as a prelude to an e-DH WC?
link for the lazy (or confused)...
yea i'm not sure exactly what to make of it. i've got some thoughts forming, but i need more coffee first.
Not sure that Gwin throwing any dirt around - however gently - is a good look for him or his sponsors.
Read through the comments and Gwin himself responds to what happened with Trek.
Interesting!
Every time he switches sponsors he seems to make his previous ones look bad. I appreciate being loyal to your new sponsor and of course it is the best bike you ever rode, but if you have nothing good to say about your previous sponsors then do not say anything at all.
ayo... that was yours truly.saw this comment on vital, lost it.
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jeff steber lookin like edward scissorhands.
jeffward steberhands
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would be cool to see something that's a 29er with how developed they are in that wheelsize, but graham being a freerider, and with norbs riding for them, its probably going to be a 27.5. Or maybe they'll just give them an undead with new paint #26wheelsarestillrelevantright?
This is a perfect fit.
Aggy doesn't need a DH race bike tho. He needs a long travel dirt jump bike for stunting 90ft jumps and roost kickouts.
I imagine you could put that cat on whatever bike you want to.....he is still gonna send it.
Whatever that means at a company with a revolving door of management and investors.
I'm sure it's great for them, but IMO there isn't a more annoying group of ppl in mountain biking. Lord Bummer should be the DH rig's name.
I bet Gwin ends up better off down the road, he will be sitting in his concrete tower on the hill when Atherton Bikes announces they are closing their doors in 5 years.
idk, but it does reinforce the theme of "top racers looking beyond their racing career"
