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Pedro Fernandes 11/29/2016 8:59am
11/29/2016 8:59am
So loic kind of confirmed it..if it was a question yet....Loris for santa cruz/syndicate
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TRex 11/29/2016 9:16am
11/29/2016 9:16am
Ever see a T-Rex paddle?
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Zuestman 11/29/2016 10:17am
11/29/2016 10:17am
TRex wrote:
Ever see a T-Rex paddle?
This requires some awesome drawing at this point....
Adam_Schaeffer 11/29/2016 12:28pm
11/29/2016 12:28pm
Devinci website no longer showing carbon Wilson, only alloy options listed. Perhaps it was a decision made after the season to no longer invest in it. With the alloy frame performing well (and actually being preferred by Dirt in their comparison of ride quality between the two), maybe the numbers didn't add up.
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oliosky 11/29/2016 2:14pm
11/29/2016 2:14pm
Bulldog or Mark Wallace to Norco?

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bturman 11/29/2016 5:21pm
11/29/2016 5:21pm
Adam_Schaeffer wrote:
Devinci website no longer showing carbon Wilson, only alloy options listed. Perhaps it was a decision made after the season to no longer invest in it...
Devinci website no longer showing carbon Wilson, only alloy options listed. Perhaps it was a decision made after the season to no longer invest in it. With the alloy frame performing well (and actually being preferred by Dirt in their comparison of ride quality between the two), maybe the numbers didn't add up.
Or maybe a newer version is near?
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depeche4 11/29/2016 6:39pm
11/29/2016 6:39pm
Adam_Schaeffer wrote:
Devinci website no longer showing carbon Wilson, only alloy options listed. Perhaps it was a decision made after the season to no longer invest in it...
Devinci website no longer showing carbon Wilson, only alloy options listed. Perhaps it was a decision made after the season to no longer invest in it. With the alloy frame performing well (and actually being preferred by Dirt in their comparison of ride quality between the two), maybe the numbers didn't add up.
bturman wrote:
Or maybe a newer version is near?
Had some quality control issues with the carbon one. Did you see the 3 snapped head tubes at hardline?
Adam_Schaeffer 11/29/2016 7:22pm
11/29/2016 7:22pm
Adam_Schaeffer wrote:
Devinci website no longer showing carbon Wilson, only alloy options listed. Perhaps it was a decision made after the season to no longer invest in it...
Devinci website no longer showing carbon Wilson, only alloy options listed. Perhaps it was a decision made after the season to no longer invest in it. With the alloy frame performing well (and actually being preferred by Dirt in their comparison of ride quality between the two), maybe the numbers didn't add up.
bturman wrote:
Or maybe a newer version is near?
depeche4 wrote:
Had some quality control issues with the carbon one. Did you see the 3 snapped head tubes at hardline?
No I didn't! That would explain a lot.
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bizutch 11/30/2016 8:08am
11/30/2016 8:08am
As Dave Turner was saying, it takes an insane amount of money to sell a DH bike because you have to front a World Cup team to villify it's capability. What's a World Cup team and rider cost these days? $250k+ minimum?

Maybe if Yeti keeps selling as many trail bikes as I see them selling, they'll come back and front a team.

But at some point, DH may get to the motocross quotient of 4 bike brands and the teams being funded externally.

MadCatz Devinci 2018?

Call of Duty Yeti World?

Shark Tank Diamondback Global Racing?
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sspomer 11/30/2016 8:19am
11/30/2016 8:19am
lol shark tank diamonback global racing
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jasen.gomez 12/1/2016 7:37am
12/1/2016 7:37am
That's Bulldogs training camp bike before they received the Factory Black Paint jobs,,,I would venture to say it does have very little use,,,,
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elmo201 12/1/2016 11:39am
12/1/2016 11:39am
Some more stuff from Descent World
I don't know how accurate any of this is, particularly as we've now heard contrasting rumours regarding certain riders, but it makes for interesting reading.
Robin_Schaub 12/2/2016 10:03am
12/2/2016 10:03am Edited Date/Time 12/2/2016 10:06am
Now we all know the new Syndicate Team rider Wink
Do you recognize him?

Source: Instagram

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sspomer 12/2/2016 10:37am
12/2/2016 10:37am
is that mark weir on the left? i heard he's ready to race DH again. makes sense.
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Sesame Seed 12/2/2016 2:56pm
12/2/2016 2:56pm
sspomer wrote:
is that mark weir on the left? i heard he's ready to race DH again. makes sense.
I highly doubt this is Mark Weir on the left most of the picture - as to any want of DH racing I have no input.
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waldog 12/2/2016 3:01pm
12/2/2016 3:01pm
sspomer wrote:
is that mark weir on the left? i heard he's ready to race DH again. makes sense.
Sesame Seed wrote:
I highly doubt this is Mark Weir on the left most of the picture - as to any want of DH racing I have no input.
World Cup level sarcasm....
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Sesame Seed 12/2/2016 3:15pm
12/2/2016 3:15pm Edited Date/Time 12/2/2016 3:16pm
sspomer wrote:
is that mark weir on the left? i heard he's ready to race DH again. makes sense.
Sesame Seed wrote:
I highly doubt this is Mark Weir on the left most of the picture - as to any want of DH racing I have no input.
waldog wrote:
World Cup level sarcasm....
I left a small town only to find the Internet, World Cup level sarcasm falls flat w/ me....
Jim-Laden 12/4/2016 1:45am
12/4/2016 1:45am
Karabuka wrote:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BNlYe-PjxB9/?hl=en

Loic bruni just posted picture of his bike with covered suspension, brakes and handlebar !!!
Hahahahah thats really funny. even covered the shadow of the rotors...
I do not know why but an inner voice tells me that sooner or later he will be riding for santa...
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JoeyHooo 12/4/2016 2:26am
12/4/2016 2:26am Edited Date/Time 12/4/2016 2:59am
If you look closely on Loic's photo, you can see the head of the TTX. Well, I think.


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peecee 12/4/2016 4:36am
12/4/2016 4:36am
Karabuka wrote:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BNlYe-PjxB9/?hl=en

Loic bruni just posted picture of his bike with covered suspension, brakes and handlebar !!!
Jim-Laden wrote:
Hahahahah thats really funny. even covered the shadow of the rotors... I do not know why but an inner voice tells me that sooner or later...
Hahahahah thats really funny. even covered the shadow of the rotors...
I do not know why but an inner voice tells me that sooner or later he will be riding for santa...


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Big Bird 12/4/2016 9:24am
12/4/2016 9:24am Edited Date/Time 12/4/2016 9:24am
Demo 6 would suggest a niner. And it's not so much a yellow bike, but it does have yellow on it.
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Camber 12/4/2016 9:53am
12/4/2016 9:53am
Is that an olhins cartridge in the stantion too?
Robin_Schaub 12/4/2016 10:00am
12/4/2016 10:00am
Camber wrote:
Is that an olhins cartridge in the stantion too?
Even looks like an ohlins fork to me!
cheesmaster 12/4/2016 11:00am
12/4/2016 11:00am
I only see loicbruni29... no loicbruni27.5..Wink
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Mitch63 12/4/2016 7:31pm
12/4/2016 7:31pm
Robin_Schaub wrote:
Even looks like an ohlins fork to me!
Doubtful, all the prototype Ohlins that were floating around were inverted, unless a new proto exist that I haven't seen. My bet is its just a cartridge, Ohlins might not be ready to go all in on the inverted design for racing.
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Blake_Motley 12/4/2016 8:35pm
12/4/2016 8:35pm
Breaking: Tanner Stephens just posted a photo to Instagram alluding to a new team for next season. I haven't heard anything concrete yet but I have reason to believe it's either full factory spesh or Trek, paired up with Home Depot spray paint

https://instagram.com/p/BNnv3ohhkgy/
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Gweggy 12/5/2016 12:07am
12/5/2016 12:07am
Robin_Schaub wrote:
Even looks like an ohlins fork to me!
Mitch63 wrote:
Doubtful, all the prototype Ohlins that were floating around were inverted, unless a new proto exist that I haven't seen. My bet is its just a...
Doubtful, all the prototype Ohlins that were floating around were inverted, unless a new proto exist that I haven't seen. My bet is its just a cartridge, Ohlins might not be ready to go all in on the inverted design for racing.
It's not a Boxxer, the upper crown doesn't match, the Boxxer crown is clamped in the front.

So probably an Öhlins prototype, but where does that picture come from, it's not on his instagram..?
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gbcoke 12/5/2016 12:22am
12/5/2016 12:22am
Robin_Schaub wrote:
Even looks like an ohlins fork to me!
Mitch63 wrote:
Doubtful, all the prototype Ohlins that were floating around were inverted, unless a new proto exist that I haven't seen. My bet is its just a...
Doubtful, all the prototype Ohlins that were floating around were inverted, unless a new proto exist that I haven't seen. My bet is its just a cartridge, Ohlins might not be ready to go all in on the inverted design for racing.
Gweggy wrote:
It's not a Boxxer, the upper crown doesn't match, the Boxxer crown is clamped in the front. So probably an Öhlins prototype, but where does that...
It's not a Boxxer, the upper crown doesn't match, the Boxxer crown is clamped in the front.

So probably an Öhlins prototype, but where does that picture come from, it's not on his instagram..?
It can be boxxer with a new 29" compatible crowns...
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Oz_Taylor 12/5/2016 1:00am
12/5/2016 1:00am


Interesting comment from Minnaar. Blenky joining Loic and Finn for 2017?

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