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ck85 10/5/2017 2:18pm
10/5/2017 2:18pm
Katy Winton covering red bull fox hunt in Rachels absence. Future red bull rider?
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GainsyDH93 10/5/2017 3:17pm
10/5/2017 3:17pm Edited Date/Time 1/9/2020 9:21pm
iceman2058 wrote:
Dean Lucas stays on Intense for 2018! Happy to announce that I'll be continuing to represent @intensecycles for the coming year! Can't wait to get back...
Dean Lucas stays on Intense for 2018!




No news for now regarding Jack Moir, Nik Nestoroff, and Charlie Harrison. Some of these riders may still have agreements in place that cover 2018, we haven't been able to dig up that information at this point. Stay tuned!
shmity wrote:
Jack is currently selling off unridden 2018 Carbine and M16C... Maybe he's got new factory rides on the way, maybe he's off to a new team...
I thought the same thing
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EasMTB 10/5/2017 5:02pm
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ck85 wrote:
Katy Winton covering red bull fox hunt in Rachels absence. Future red bull rider?
I thought the same thing!
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Primoz 10/5/2017 9:51pm
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Or just a Trek connection?
iceman2058 10/6/2017 1:11am
10/6/2017 1:11am
solidmagix123 wrote:
Richie Rude now sponsored by RynoPower, Gwin also sponsored by them, coincidence?
matmattmatthew wrote:
Is that one of those power bracelet companies?
Wooyek wrote:
Looks more like sport supplements:
http://www.rynopowereurope.com/products
He said they are both there for a Red Bull event, but here's Rude featured in Gwin's instagram story yesterday, for all your conspiracy theorists out there:

iceman2058 10/6/2017 2:06am
10/6/2017 2:06am Edited Date/Time 10/6/2017 2:07am
Just in case you missed it, Jerome Clementz, winner of the the very first EWS season overall series and sick shredder in general, is going to be "transitioning out of full time racing" next year, to focus on other projects. Check his interview in the latest EWS slide show for more.

Jerome Clementz EWS career recap:
EWS 2013 overall ranking: #1
EWS 2014 overall ranking: #28 (missed 5 races)
EWS 2015 overall ranking: #3
EWS 2016 overall ranking: #3
EWS 2017 overall ranking: #4



photo by Sven Martin
InsaneTree 10/6/2017 4:27am
10/6/2017 4:27am Edited Date/Time 10/6/2017 4:38am
Well, Radon posted this on their facebook page. Some rider with their upcoming enduro bike.


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Primoz 10/6/2017 8:50am
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I also saw Rude, but Kate Courtney is also there (Specialized XC racer).

Don't Gwin and Rude also share a trainer or something?
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Zuestman 10/6/2017 9:08am
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Its a big red bull thing. Travis Rice is there too (snowboarder). don't think there is any big conspiracy
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mircol82 10/7/2017 11:15pm
10/7/2017 11:15pm Edited Date/Time 10/7/2017 11:16pm
hi,
whit Manon retirement,is possible Radon pick up Eleonora Farina on board?This year is on fire and ready for one big team!!!
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ianjenn 10/8/2017 8:12am
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This summarizes all that is wrong in Pro Cycling. Get a multi million dollar sponsor for crying out loud....
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InsaneTree wrote:
Well, Radon posted this on their facebook page. Some rider with their upcoming enduro bike.


"Some rider" is Joost 'The #Boost' Wichman who I think works and rides for Radon already, so nothing new there, although would be interesting to see if they do anything with a team to promote/test their new bike
Sven_Claas 10/10/2017 2:22am
10/10/2017 2:22am Edited Date/Time 10/10/2017 5:14am
Muddy off Trek Factory after 1 year already. I know results count after all but he seemed to add some character to the team.


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astrizzle 10/10/2017 9:55am
10/10/2017 9:55am
Muddy did have a pretty bad year, sucks when you finally get on a factory team and then your results are worse than the year before. I guess sometimes it better to be the underdog
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MatadorCE 10/10/2017 10:06am
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Damn, Trek and/or Athertons must have a cut-throat contract. He didn't do great, but he did better than some riders on the circuit on factory contracts that don't even make it to the race on sundays. Wasn't he running the 29er from early on in the season? He seemed to fit well with the team, so this seems pretty harsh.
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ck85 10/10/2017 10:14am
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I read that as he is going home for the British winter?
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B_Rupp 10/10/2017 11:39am
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If it’s all about results, what are they doing with Gee?
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sspomer 10/10/2017 11:42am
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ck85 wrote:
I read that as he is going home for the British winter?
hmmm. it could read that way couldn't it.
Brock_Fisher 10/10/2017 11:53am
10/10/2017 11:53am Edited Date/Time 10/10/2017 11:59am
ck85 wrote:
I read that as he is going home for the British winter?
sspomer wrote:
hmmm. it could read that way couldn't it.
In his Instagram post he got mad at people asking if he was off trek... He replied with some vague comment about how there is a few months left in the race season....

When Mudd was first signed there was a quote from Gee that went as follows...
"We’re always alert to emerging potential and there were some flashes of brilliance in Muddy’s 2016 season, it was obvious that he is our kind of hard-wired racer. At Hardline we got chance to spend some time with him and the whole team became huge fans. We’re really looking forward to seeing how the increased support impacts on his 2017 results.”

I would find it really weird for the Athertons to bring him on as someone they saw had potential but just needed more time training and a better opportunity to be with a proper race team and all the things that come with it only to make the decision to kick him off the team after one year when honestly nobody on that Trek team had a season to be super happy about....

If he was leaving Trek my guess is he had some hard conversations with himself if this was still what he really wanted to do and that if he was having as much fun as he thought he would. Maybe its more he's just gonna go home and spend the off season thinking about what's next... who knows but to say he is off the team with the way things are being shown on social media with him and the Athertons is a little too much cart in front of the horse when it comes to Headline worthy news.


bavshredder 10/12/2017 10:42am
10/12/2017 10:42am
Amaury Pierron in front of a picture of the Specialized Racing crew and point on the "Specialized" on Loics jersey.
I know they are good friends, but who knows...



bavshredder 10/12/2017 12:58pm
10/12/2017 12:58pm
Specialized´s XC Team mechanic comments Brunis Instagram picture with "I hate to see you go..."





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sspomer 10/12/2017 3:40pm
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bavshredder wrote:
Specialized´s XC Team mechanic comments Brunis Instagram picture with "I hate to see you go..." [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2017/10/12/5496/s1200_FullSizeRender_4.jpg[/img]
Specialized´s XC Team mechanic comments Brunis Instagram picture with "I hate to see you go..."





pretty sure he's just quoting some song lyrics to comment on loic's peach-like posterior.
justjoe1995 10/12/2017 10:16pm
10/12/2017 10:16pm
Keegan wright from New Zealand signing with devinici. Main focus on enduro but racing some world cups
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Verbl Kint 10/12/2017 11:03pm
10/12/2017 11:03pm
If that's true then kudos to Devinci. The kid deserves a factory ride and I'm sure he'll get a lot better results now. He could be the next Callahan.
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sunkidh 10/13/2017 6:04am
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Keegan Wright posted this on his instagram.
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Josh1994 10/14/2017 11:57am
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Scott team on TRP by the looks of it



Jibberjabber16 10/14/2017 9:53pm
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bavshredder wrote:
Specialized´s XC Team mechanic comments Brunis Instagram picture with "I hate to see you go..." [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2017/10/12/5496/s1200_FullSizeRender_4.jpg[/img]
Specialized´s XC Team mechanic comments Brunis Instagram picture with "I hate to see you go..."





Bruni signed 3 years with specialized. I’m almost certain Finn did too but since he is moving to elite in 2018 I will be curious to see how that plays out.
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dirt lover 10/16/2017 4:23am
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Jibberjabber16 wrote:
Bruni signed 3 years with specialized. I’m almost certain Finn did too but since he is moving to elite in 2018 I will be curious to...
Bruni signed 3 years with specialized. I’m almost certain Finn did too but since he is moving to elite in 2018 I will be curious to see how that plays out.
Finn signed with Gravity Republic when he was a sub-junior, completing his first season with the team just as a sweep rider. He's been with the team 3 years now so his contract is up.

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