2021 Mountain Bike Team Rumors

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Johnboy 2/19/2021 5:21am
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Primoz wrote:
Ah, never mind me then, I thought the SR SUntour was a whole package deal.
Johnboy wrote:
From what I've noticed, it is a package deal when using air shocks.

But if using coil its fast, fox etc.
Never mind me though.

Mick's bike has a different rear coil shock to a fast, fox.

Compression knob on top of the piggyback.

SRsuntour coil?
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Primoz 2/19/2021 8:44am
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The enduro bikes in the promo pics used Fox air shocks, so... Smile
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alvarohernandez2000 2/19/2021 12:28pm
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mwolpin wrote:
I don't think a bunch of men should be commenting on what a woman can and cannot do before/during/after child birth. We'll never experience child birth...
I don't think a bunch of men should be commenting on what a woman can and cannot do before/during/after child birth. We'll never experience child birth from their perspective, so we should just keep our mouths quiet and cheer for Rach regardless.
obskwr wrote:
So you come in and put in your opinion whilst saying we shouldn't have ours.

LOL
No, we shoudn't opinate about Rachel's or any woman motherhood... period. Not that we don't have to post opinions.
In any case, all the mothers mentioned... I'll say Sonya Looney, she was training and riding while pregnant.
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Johnboy 2/20/2021 3:55am
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Primoz wrote:
The enduro bikes in the promo pics used Fox air shocks, so... Smile
Yeah noticed they used the dpx2.

That coil doesn't look like a DHX though
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Primoz 2/20/2021 4:02am
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Fabien, Joe and Vinci are running a DHX2 in the promo pics while Mic isn't... I guess it's all over the place.
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SnusDog 2/20/2021 6:28pm
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Something is wrong here. Or possibly very right.




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TruckeeRiverTroll 2/20/2021 8:11pm
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Something is wrong here. Or possibly very right. [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/02/20/10525/s1200_76434A57_4174_40E4_B7EE_E2D84136C262.jpg[/img]
Something is wrong here. Or possibly very right.




The TLD glove?
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metadave 2/20/2021 8:40pm
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SnusDog wrote:
Something is wrong here. Or possibly very right. [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/02/20/10525/s1200_76434A57_4174_40E4_B7EE_E2D84136C262.jpg[/img]
Something is wrong here. Or possibly very right.




TruckeeRiverTroll wrote:
The TLD glove?
Richie after getting caught with the gloves before the press release....


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SnusDog 2/20/2021 9:08pm
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SnusDog wrote:
Something is wrong here. Or possibly very right. [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/02/20/10525/s1200_76434A57_4174_40E4_B7EE_E2D84136C262.jpg[/img]
Something is wrong here. Or possibly very right.




TruckeeRiverTroll wrote:
The TLD glove?
Correct
TruckeeRiverTroll 2/20/2021 11:39pm
2/20/2021 11:39pm
SnusDog wrote:
Correct
Interesting. There’s a lot to interpret in that video:
1. Lose the moustache.
2. He’s on OneUp bar and stem (formerly Renthal).
3. Yes he’s in TLD gloves, but his helmet and shoes are still Giro.
4. The rest of his riding kit is still Yeti stuff (so not TLD or Giro).

My guess would be that the gloves are just an oversight. Normally he wears Yeti gloves and I don’t know if I’ve seen him wear Giro gloves. Maybe he forgot his at home haha. All y’all guesses are as good as mine thing. What do you all think?
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schwaaa31 2/21/2021 11:51am
2/21/2021 11:51am Edited Date/Time 2/21/2021 11:52am
Bulldog signed with Mondraker for another 3 years 🤘
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SnusDog 2/21/2021 12:43pm
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SnusDog wrote:
Correct
TruckeeRiverTroll wrote:
Interesting. There’s a lot to interpret in that video: 1. Lose the moustache. 2. He’s on OneUp bar and stem (formerly Renthal). 3. Yes he’s in...
Interesting. There’s a lot to interpret in that video:
1. Lose the moustache.
2. He’s on OneUp bar and stem (formerly Renthal).
3. Yes he’s in TLD gloves, but his helmet and shoes are still Giro.
4. The rest of his riding kit is still Yeti stuff (so not TLD or Giro).

My guess would be that the gloves are just an oversight. Normally he wears Yeti gloves and I don’t know if I’ve seen him wear Giro gloves. Maybe he forgot his at home haha. All y’all guesses are as good as mine thing. What do you all think?
1. He forgot his gloves but still decided to post the helmet cam.
2. The rest of his kit is still yeti / giro because the announcement hasn’t come out yet
3. He’s trolling team rumours
4. He’s trolling his sponsors because they haven’t sent him gloves yet.
5. TLD has moved to glove only deals like they do with helmets (I give this option 0% chance)
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kwapik 2/21/2021 1:01pm
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Like the aforementioned - more than likely just forgot his gloves.

I saw RR riding in Santa Cruz with a group of Yeti riders 2-3 years ago. He was sporting Specialized Demo pants. Probably same type situation.
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stringbean 2/21/2021 3:26pm
2/21/2021 3:26pm
schwaaa31 wrote:
Bulldog signed with Mondraker for another 3 years 🤘
hell yeah!
anotherbikerguy 2/21/2021 4:22pm
2/21/2021 4:22pm
kwapik wrote:
Like the aforementioned - more than likely just forgot his gloves. I saw RR riding in Santa Cruz with a group of Yeti riders 2-3 years...
Like the aforementioned - more than likely just forgot his gloves.

I saw RR riding in Santa Cruz with a group of Yeti riders 2-3 years ago. He was sporting Specialized Demo pants. Probably same type situation.
I seem to recall he favored those pants for a while. Pretty sure he was wearing them in this vid: Vital RAW - Richie Rude and Jubal Davis (2019)
Broken_spoke.photo 2/21/2021 4:47pm
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Might have seen RR at Kanuga today. The bike he was riding did look a little bit longer than the other SB150’s I’ve seen. Maybe it was just the lack of decals tho. I can confirm a One Up bar and stem combo tho.
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mwolpin 2/22/2021 12:15pm
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SnusDog wrote:
Something is wrong here. Or possibly very right. [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/02/20/10525/s1200_76434A57_4174_40E4_B7EE_E2D84136C262.jpg[/img]
Something is wrong here. Or possibly very right.




But what's in the water bottle?!
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Max Fredriksson is on Cannondale

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bavshredder 2/24/2021 2:09pm
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Brett Reeder off Fox Suspension?


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samlr 2/24/2021 2:31pm
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bavshredder wrote:
Brett Reeder off Fox Suspension? [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/02/24/10534/s1200_9D2FADFF_F4A0_480C_8D45_EC0A849C4AAF.jpg[/img]
Brett Reeder off Fox Suspension?


Probably because now the freeride rider ride Marzo and Fox for the racer
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mwolpin 2/24/2021 3:12pm
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bavshredder wrote:
Brett Reeder off Fox Suspension? [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/02/24/10534/s1200_9D2FADFF_F4A0_480C_8D45_EC0A849C4AAF.jpg[/img]
Brett Reeder off Fox Suspension?


samlr wrote:
Probably because now the freeride rider ride Marzo and Fox for the racer
Isn't he the only - or one of the last - Trek sponsored riders on Fox? Wonder if they're asking him to move to RS like the rest of the racing and Slopestyle riders.
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metadave 2/24/2021 7:04pm
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Given fox's and other companies current availability and stock issues, i'm sure some cut backs are in order for sponsorship of even some high profile athletes. No forks available mean no forks and that might be a clause in a contract somewhere.

on the flip side, not that I have any sort of sponsorship other than working in the bike industry, but I can't even get parts for myself for 8-13 more months or more, so if parts availability timelines started to extend past the end of a contract for a rider, that might cause issues if another company with stuff to give you is throwing carrots in your face.
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TruckeeRiverTroll 2/24/2021 8:51pm
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bavshredder wrote:
Brett Reeder off Fox Suspension? [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/02/24/10534/s1200_9D2FADFF_F4A0_480C_8D45_EC0A849C4AAF.jpg[/img]
Brett Reeder off Fox Suspension?


Gonna be on Marz with the rest of the Freeride/Freestyle guys.
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Fredo90 2/24/2021 10:35pm
2/24/2021 10:35pm Edited Date/Time 2/24/2021 11:22pm
Long time vital reader, so now my first comment.

He will be on a small german Brand. Not riding for Marz.

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anotherbikerguy 2/24/2021 11:38pm
2/24/2021 11:38pm
Fredo90 wrote:
Long time vital reader, so now my first comment.

He will be on a small german Brand. Not riding for Marz.

The only small German suspension brand I can immediately think of is Intend. That would be a surprising move.
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metadave 2/25/2021 12:17am
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Fredo90 wrote:
Long time vital reader, so now my first comment.

He will be on a small german Brand. Not riding for Marz.

anotherbikerguy wrote:
The only small German suspension brand I can immediately think of is Intend. That would be a surprising move.
As Intended
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Maxipedia 2/25/2021 1:10am
2/25/2021 1:10am Edited Date/Time 2/25/2021 1:40am
I saw an Intend fork in the flesh at the 2018 World Champs in Lenzerheide , as we were sleeping in the parking lot, next to Nina Hoffman's van, who was then on Intend. That fork looked amazing. I think I asked ”may I touch it?”. The last time when I did that was in 1999 and the item of desire was a GT STS Lobo, an absurd bike to have in Eastern Europe during those days.

Obviously, I came here to brag that I saw that fork live and was in 2018 in Lenzeheide. Don't mind me.

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