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But perhaps now he’s really one of the top riders he has more choice. When he went to the Santa Cruz there we’re already a lot of well established team sponsors (fox, shimano, burgtech) he was young and unlikely to ask to change them (probably didn’t even think about it given the huge opportunity it was)
But now he’s probably one of the most wanted riders he could probably have more say in team sponsors at other teams that want him, where he’s the prime rider.
And perhaps given the amount of french on Sram and that he used to ride Sram, maybe he prefers it.
I dunno just a theory, all I’m really saying is I don’t think kit sponsors and component sponsors of what they currently use would strictly stop a rider signing with a new team because the new team use different sponsors.
At Santa Cruz now all 3 riders are on different clothing deals Same at a few teams.
And let’s face it Trek (if that’s where he goes) have deep pockets and have changed all components in the past for riders, the full sram deal for the post Atherton team seemed very off the shelf, like it was for a quick turnaround to get a new team out.
I seem to remember a rider saying all contacts are January to January + however many years so they would likely be aligned. but I dunno just guessing.
Honestly I always thought he would end up with Bruni again, so I know nothing ha
Obviously the other 25 guys aren't on full factory fox support, but I would guess the sheer volume of riders running their stuff must have some kind of impact on the level of input they can offer a lot of these not-consistently-top-10 guys?
Minnaar commenting on Gee's Insta... Wouldn't think anything of it except it seems almost taboo to be openly friendly with an Atherton!
Millie... If I was on a team I'd probably expect some camaraderie from team mates. Rachel, Gee, Dan don't seem to comment on her feed at all, while Tahnee and Kaos almost always do... How crap is that for team dynamics? Is it sustainable?
Loic and Troy seem reasonably friendly
deanos_machineos to brendog... Can’t wait to jump on the train come 2021... so I'm guessing they're both staying on scott
Tons more out there...
I’m sure Loris could bring fox back to Trek if he wants to stay on Fox.
For a couple of reasons -
a) They are proper hard core riders - that stuff is no joke. Many followed Gee into the big jumps to gauge speed.
b) They respected all the building work done at Dyfi by them.
Plus I think Greg and Gee were both employed by Red Bull for Hardline a couple of years ago, so might consider themselves colleagues, with an eye on post-retirement job opportunities.
I still think that's a big reason why Loic is consistently fast. His bike is super dialed to each track.
Clearly he was out of contact but the announcement by Madison seemed to take everyone including Danny by surprise ?? Is there more to it or just miscommunication??
Soft good deals can be a riders 2nd largest income source. So if a team that has a whole package would basically need to match or come close to what a rider needs that had multiple income sources. Syndicate let their riders have their own soft good sponsors and I’m sure fox and Oakley pay loris a decent amount. He’s a top 10 guy with almost guaranteed time in the peak viewing segments on World Cup races. Not everyone watches the whole thing.
Plus everybody says top riders in fact do run products that are very much off the shelf, plus a custom tune. Compared to MX where you need to spend multiples of tens of thousands to get race spec and even then you're not fully factory spec.
The news that Scott is back racing DH next year potentially opens a can of worms as to who they could be riding for.
There has been a couple of hints dropped regarding Cube and a potential sighting of Scott riding a Cube at Danny's Descend Park (Hamsterley Forest) a couple of weeks back.
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