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shreda 1/1/2021 11:48am
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clem-mk wrote:
Gt on Michelin, wyntv episode to come with Michelin tires testing...it confirms that early photo of Noga

Saw Martin Maes running a Michelin up front too so that makes sense.
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shreda 1/1/2021 11:50am
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TruckeeRiverTroll wrote:
Lew Buchanan dropping hints. I believe both GT and YT have used the "Good Times" tag phrase in the past. [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/01/01/10262/s1200_Screenshot_20210101_113758_Instagram.jpg[/img]
Lew Buchanan dropping hints. I believe both GT and YT have used the "Good Times" tag phrase in the past.
Wouldn’t put too much thought into that phrase Smile
It‘s still a very common saying that YT uses for their brand but isn‘t „created“ by them
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Sonora96 1/1/2021 11:50am
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TruckeeRiverTroll wrote:
Lew Buchanan dropping hints. I believe both GT and YT have used the "Good Times" tag phrase in the past. [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/01/01/10262/s1200_Screenshot_20210101_113758_Instagram.jpg[/img]
Lew Buchanan dropping hints. I believe both GT and YT have used the "Good Times" tag phrase in the past.
Make sense, When both Noga & Martin hints the Michelin rubber. And what i can tell is the front wheel you can see the first letters of Maxxis?. So YT it is?.
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jason.west.750 1/1/2021 12:03pm
1/1/2021 12:03pm
sspomer wrote:
we've heard a giant DH rumor, but have no idea how credible. if it is credible, it should be pretty sweet.
Hmm a "Giant" rumor or just giant rumor. Can't wait!
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clem-mk 1/1/2021 12:22pm
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sspomer wrote:
we've heard a giant DH rumor, but have no idea how credible. if it is credible, it should be pretty sweet.
jason.west.750 wrote:
Hmm a "Giant" rumor or just giant rumor. Can't wait!
Or both, Cathro to Giant!!??
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clem-mk 1/1/2021 12:25pm
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TruckeeRiverTroll wrote:
Lew Buchanan dropping hints. I believe both GT and YT have used the "Good Times" tag phrase in the past. [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/01/01/10262/s1200_Screenshot_20210101_113758_Instagram.jpg[/img]
Lew Buchanan dropping hints. I believe both GT and YT have used the "Good Times" tag phrase in the past.
Sonora96 wrote:
Make sense, When both Noga & Martin hints the Michelin rubber. And what i can tell is the front wheel you can see the first letters...
Make sense, When both Noga & Martin hints the Michelin rubber. And what i can tell is the front wheel you can see the first letters of Maxxis?. So YT it is?.
Lew Buchanan looks changing only the frame, and masked photos didn't have the shape of a yt.
jobbyface 1/1/2021 12:37pm
1/1/2021 12:37pm
TruckeeRiverTroll wrote:
Lew Buchanan dropping hints. I believe both GT and YT have used the "Good Times" tag phrase in the past. [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/01/01/10262/s1200_Screenshot_20210101_113758_Instagram.jpg[/img]
Lew Buchanan dropping hints. I believe both GT and YT have used the "Good Times" tag phrase in the past.
Sonora96 wrote:
Make sense, When both Noga & Martin hints the Michelin rubber. And what i can tell is the front wheel you can see the first letters...
Make sense, When both Noga & Martin hints the Michelin rubber. And what i can tell is the front wheel you can see the first letters of Maxxis?. So YT it is?.
clem-mk wrote:
Lew Buchanan looks changing only the frame, and masked photos didn't have the shape of a yt.
You can just about make out some cable coming from the top tube at the seat tube end and It really just looks looks like he has covered up the larger travel black forbidden. Nigel page has been staying in Innerleithen over Christmas and New Year, could he have been sorting out a deal with a rider in the Tweed Valley?
Sir HC 1/1/2021 1:27pm
1/1/2021 1:27pm
@jobbyface saw the same and thought that’s a forbidden, remembering back he was running black stanchions early in the year.
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Haggis 1/1/2021 1:50pm
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sspomer wrote:
we've heard a giant DH rumor, but have no idea how credible. if it is credible, it should be pretty sweet.
jason.west.750 wrote:
Hmm a "Giant" rumor or just giant rumor. Can't wait!
clem-mk wrote:
Or both, Cathro to Giant!!??
Don't think he'd want off santa cruz, they seem to work really well for big riders
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bermslapper69 1/1/2021 1:53pm
1/1/2021 1:53pm
TruckeeRiverTroll wrote:
Lew Buchanan dropping hints. I believe both GT and YT have used the "Good Times" tag phrase in the past. [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/01/01/10262/s1200_Screenshot_20210101_113758_Instagram.jpg[/img]
Lew Buchanan dropping hints. I believe both GT and YT have used the "Good Times" tag phrase in the past.
Could be the nukeproof giga thats been pictured over on the tech rumors forum.
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Veronika Widmann joins Madison Saracen.
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sspomer wrote:
we've heard a giant DH rumor, but have no idea how credible. if it is credible, it should be pretty sweet.
jason.west.750 wrote:
Hmm a "Giant" rumor or just giant rumor. Can't wait!
Danny Hart back on Giant... 😉
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metadave 1/1/2021 3:06pm
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Rhys_Spencer wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/01/01/10256/s1200_SmartSelect_20210101_223636_Instagram.jpg[/img]

What? This completely blind sided me.
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Edthorne 1/1/2021 3:18pm
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TruckeeRiverTroll wrote:
Lew Buchanan dropping hints. I believe both GT and YT have used the "Good Times" tag phrase in the past. [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/01/01/10262/s1200_Screenshot_20210101_113758_Instagram.jpg[/img]
Lew Buchanan dropping hints. I believe both GT and YT have used the "Good Times" tag phrase in the past.
Sonora96 wrote:
Make sense, When both Noga & Martin hints the Michelin rubber. And what i can tell is the front wheel you can see the first letters...
Make sense, When both Noga & Martin hints the Michelin rubber. And what i can tell is the front wheel you can see the first letters of Maxxis?. So YT it is?.
clem-mk wrote:
Lew Buchanan looks changing only the frame, and masked photos didn't have the shape of a yt.
In another blurred out photo Lewis posted on Instagram the bike looked to me a fair bit like that high pivot Cannondale that's in the works. It even looked like he blurred where the piggy back on the shock pokes out of the down tube.
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oskimtb 1/1/2021 3:31pm
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Sonora96 wrote:
Make sense, When both Noga & Martin hints the Michelin rubber. And what i can tell is the front wheel you can see the first letters...
Make sense, When both Noga & Martin hints the Michelin rubber. And what i can tell is the front wheel you can see the first letters of Maxxis?. So YT it is?.
clem-mk wrote:
Lew Buchanan looks changing only the frame, and masked photos didn't have the shape of a yt.
jobbyface wrote:
You can just about make out some cable coming from the top tube at the seat tube end and It really just looks looks like he...
You can just about make out some cable coming from the top tube at the seat tube end and It really just looks looks like he has covered up the larger travel black forbidden. Nigel page has been staying in Innerleithen over Christmas and New Year, could he have been sorting out a deal with a rider in the Tweed Valley?
with all the respect to Lew, I doubt Nigel Page went away from family in xmas to sort out a contract with Lew Buchanan...
probably Nigel went there to visit someone, spend his xmas over there, riding or whatever he wanted to do..
on the other hand..this is the negative point of riders becoming youtubers..no announcements until they have enough content for the next YouTube video...he is milking the masked photos already...
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Sonora96 1/1/2021 3:41pm
1/1/2021 3:41pm



Keegan Swenson on Santa Cruz for 2021.
Rhys_Spencer 1/1/2021 4:36pm
1/1/2021 4:36pm Edited Date/Time 1/1/2021 4:36pm
Suarez posted a video of him riding what looks like a Commencal Supreme



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bermslapper69 1/1/2021 4:44pm
1/1/2021 4:44pm
Sonora96 wrote:
Make sense, When both Noga & Martin hints the Michelin rubber. And what i can tell is the front wheel you can see the first letters...
Make sense, When both Noga & Martin hints the Michelin rubber. And what i can tell is the front wheel you can see the first letters of Maxxis?. So YT it is?.
clem-mk wrote:
Lew Buchanan looks changing only the frame, and masked photos didn't have the shape of a yt.
Edthorne wrote:
In another blurred out photo Lewis posted on Instagram the bike looked to me a fair bit like that high pivot Cannondale that's in the works...
In another blurred out photo Lewis posted on Instagram the bike looked to me a fair bit like that high pivot Cannondale that's in the works. It even looked like he blurred where the piggy back on the shock pokes out of the down tube.
I was comparing the photos to that exact prototype and it doesn’t match up. I don’t think a single one of his blurred photos have been legit as they all seem to just be his forbidden prototype when you look close
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carterlindblom 1/1/2021 4:49pm
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Rhys_Spencer wrote:
Suarez posted a video of him riding what looks like a Commencal Supreme [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/01/01/10265/s1200_Screenshot_20210102_080147_Instagram.jpg[/img]
Suarez posted a video of him riding what looks like a Commencal Supreme



Looks like he's just reposting his homie...
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TruckeeRiverTroll 1/1/2021 5:37pm
1/1/2021 5:37pm Edited Date/Time 1/1/2021 5:40pm
clem-mk wrote:
Gt on Michelin, wyntv episode to come with Michelin tires testing...it confirms that early photo of Noga

Also announcing the move to Alpinestars Helmets off Bell.

Wyn's bike also setup with OneUp cockpit compared to the RaceFace stuff he used to run. Ethan still had a RF bar.
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taldfind 1/1/2021 6:02pm
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taldfind wrote:
Specialized was on Fox last year for eyewear and clothing. So either the team changed to match Vali, she is going somewhere besides specialized or staying...
Specialized was on Fox last year for eyewear and clothing. So either the team changed to match Vali, she is going somewhere besides specialized or staying put with a new frame sponsor.
Maxipedia wrote:
Loic is on 100% for eyewear.
True. I was looking at the Specialized Gravity team's Facebook page before I posted, and none of the Bruni photos I saw had a good view of his google strap. Most had his arm covering them. All the pics with a clear view of a google strap were of Finn or Grice and they had Fox Googles. I'm guessing the team is sponsored by Fox for eyewear, but Bruni was able to keep 100% from his pre-specailized days.
SupremeShreder42 1/1/2021 6:45pm
1/1/2021 6:45pm
Angel on SCS? Or any new Team running Burgtec? That's 100% him and his picture!
SupremeShreder42 1/1/2021 6:46pm
1/1/2021 6:46pm
Angel on SCS? Or any new Team running Burgtec? That's 100% him and his picture!
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SnusDog 1/1/2021 7:00pm
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Guess I was wrong about the KHS deal...
What do we think ... new megatower?
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waldog 1/1/2021 7:07pm
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SnusDog wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/01/01/10270/s1200_06B341A1_EE7A_4175_9C23_1FEBB36BB685.jpg[/img] Guess I was wrong about the KHS deal... What do we think ... new megatower?


Guess I was wrong about the KHS deal...
What do we think ... new megatower?
Zoom, enhance.....

High pivot?
Brian_Peterson 1/1/2021 7:15pm
1/1/2021 7:15pm
TruckeeRiverTroll wrote:
Elliott Jackson on SC! [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/01/01/10268/s1200_20210101_172401.jpg[/img]
Elliott Jackson on SC!
Stoked for Elliot... Definitely a company that will appreciate everything he brings to the table..
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Buttons 1/1/2021 7:40pm
1/1/2021 7:40pm Edited Date/Time 1/1/2021 7:43pm
SupremeShreder42 wrote:
Angel on SCS? Or any new Team running Burgtec? That's 100% him and his picture! [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/01/01/10269/s1200_Screenshot_20210102_034428.jpg[/img]
Angel on SCS? Or any new Team running Burgtec? That's 100% him and his picture!
I don't think so, at least no the syndicate. If you look close the crown looks silver to me + he doesn't have enve wheels. Maybe it's cannondale. Ratboy has been running burgtec stuff and maybe that is a new downhill bike or something. Final thing the brakes look to be the hayes dominion brakes, and that may narrow it down a little as well.

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