2015 Racing Rumours - MTB Musical Chairs

lister_yu wrote:

not exactly racing, but has anyone heard rumors about bearclaw leaving specilized sorge off giant ...in a german forum there are also comments floating around that...

not exactly racing, but has anyone heard rumors about

bearclaw leaving specilized
sorge off giant


...in a german forum there are also comments floating around that zink is off yt

MSTRCHRS wrote:

ok, read that article earlier today, when the comment about zink wasn't posted. but thanks ;) haha, yes, when it comes to rumours nothing beats vital...

ok, read that article earlier today, when the comment about zink wasn't posted. but thanks
haha, yes, when it comes to rumours nothing beats vital

PolkaDot wrote:

Cedric stand as excluded from Santa Cruz: http://www.enduroworldseries.com/teams-2015/santa-cruz Looks like he is on his own, and not registered as a Santa Cruz team rider last past...

Cedric stand as excluded from Santa Cruz:

http://www.enduroworldseries.com/teams-2015/santa-cruz

Looks like he is on his own, and not registered as a Santa Cruz team rider last past years. But he will still ride a Nomad.

bturman wrote:

BMC's enduro squad announced. Notably absent is Aaron Bradford. [b]Press Release: BMC launches new 2015 Factory Trailcrew[/b] This year sees BMC Switzerland entering its third season...

BMC's enduro squad announced. Notably absent is Aaron Bradford.

Press Release: BMC launches new 2015 Factory Trailcrew

This year sees BMC Switzerland entering its third season on the Enduro scene with a brand new name; the BMC Factory Trailcrew. Four riders, two male and two female, will be defending the BMC colors at the EWS Series and at some other events on the fast growing Enduro calendar of events. The team will be led by François Bailly-Maître. The Frenchman had a great season last year, scoring a second place at the EWS in La Thuile and winning Trans-Provence.



François has been with the BMC team since 2013, the first dip the premium Swiss cycling brand took into the muddy Enduro scene. He has been very active in the development of BMC’s Enduro mountain bike line, and saw the collaboration paying off last season. In 2015, he wants to keep “having fun on the bike” which, according to him is a “key to success”. He will be racing the entire EWS series with the objective of winning at least one of them.

New to the BMC Factory Trailcrew, Lorraine Truong is in the starting blocks. What the Swiss female rider lacks in size, she makes up for in character, enthusiasm and aggressive riding. She is very keen to display her talent on the very bike that she helped to develop in her part-time role as a bike construction engineer at the BMC headquarters in Grenchen. Last year, Lorraine rode independently and was not only a rider but also a mechanic, a cook, and a manager.

It is now time for a change. “BMC Switzerland gives me the opportunity to work and race. How great is that? I really want to capitalize on what is offered to me – dream material, a professional structure and ideal training conditions – to keep improving”. Lorraine achieved a 6th place at the EWS in Whistler last year and she intends to get up on the podium box this season. She will also take part to a few DHI events including the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.

Florian Golay from Switzerland and Kerstin Kögler from Germany have extended their contracts with the BMC Factory Trailcrew. They finished 1st and 2nd respectively of the inaugural Shimano Epic in 2014. No doubt they want to win there again this season. They will also be focusing on the European rounds of the EWS and some other regional events.



The BMC Factory Trailcrew will be riding the Trailfox TF01 29: “It has a concentration of technology that allows me to ride clean and fast” says François. “Some riders don’t believe in the 29’’ wheel size but I am convinced it is a great asset. The sensation of speed is not the greatest, but the reality is different and the clock speaks for itself”.

According to David Zurcher, BMC Switzerland CEO: “Enduro has been the fastest growing cycling discipline for the last three years. It is an evolving platform that pushes bike manufacturers to develop performance mountain bikes that answer the needs of these particular riders. We count on the continued feedback from our athletes to develop new bikes and their solid performances to verify them and we have some very exciting developments in the pipe-line for next season.”

PolkaDot wrote:

Cedric stand as excluded from Santa Cruz: http://www.enduroworldseries.com/teams-2015/santa-cruz Looks like he is on his own, and not registered as a Santa Cruz team rider last past...

Cedric stand as excluded from Santa Cruz:

http://www.enduroworldseries.com/teams-2015/santa-cruz

Looks like he is on his own, and not registered as a Santa Cruz team rider last past years. But he will still ride a Nomad.

Dickscruttock wrote:

Is that not exactly the same as its been for the last few years and down to the fact he is not in the syndicate team...

Is that not exactly the same as its been for the last few years and down to the fact he is not in the syndicate team as he rides different sponsors equipment?

He is listed as Team Santa Cruz in the rider listings so just not part of the Syndicate squad.

PolkaDot wrote:

Cedric stand as excluded from Santa Cruz: http://www.enduroworldseries.com/teams-2015/santa-cruz Looks like he is on his own, and not registered as a Santa Cruz team rider last past...

Cedric stand as excluded from Santa Cruz:

http://www.enduroworldseries.com/teams-2015/santa-cruz

Looks like he is on his own, and not registered as a Santa Cruz team rider last past years. But he will still ride a Nomad.

Dickscruttock wrote:

Is that not exactly the same as its been for the last few years and down to the fact he is not in the syndicate team...

Is that not exactly the same as its been for the last few years and down to the fact he is not in the syndicate team as he rides different sponsors equipment?

He is listed as Team Santa Cruz in the rider listings so just not part of the Syndicate squad.

PolkaDot wrote:

Last year he was listed as part of Santa Cruz. You see that The Nomads also are listed as team Santa Cruz, but they are not...

Last year he was listed as part of Santa Cruz. You see that The Nomads also are listed as team Santa Cruz, but they are not part of the Syndicate. Same as like ACC stand as part of Team Ibis, even she does a own program, or Life Cycle.

iceman2058 wrote:

Well well well, no sooner had the last rat crossed the finish line at Worlds, did the music start up for another round of Who Fancies...

Well well well, no sooner had the last rat crossed the finish line at Worlds, did the music start up for another round of Who Fancies Who. Forget finding your perfect match on Tinder, MTB's Yearly Musical Chairs has more love drama than Big Brother after the watershed. And to get the rumour mill churning again, who better than Team Rumours - back from the dead! So then, Who Fancies Who?



Source: Team Rumours

russthedog wrote:

Thanks FCTRY, jerk of the year award, and not even on topic!

Maverickdh005 wrote:

Interesting that the team shed quite a few of its members, sad to see them lose their only female rider. Also, looks like Neko is sporting...

Interesting that the team shed quite a few of its members, sad to see them lose their only female rider. Also, looks like Neko is sporting a prototype Fox air shock in the rear.


Interesting, the Enduro teams have embraced female riders, one of the big reasons the disipline is so successful, they feel welcome that part of the sport and obviously getbwhat they deserve better treatment by teams, DH is lagging and always has 50% of the world wide population is women and without them the sport cannot grow and be marketed as it should have been long before now, its 2015 not 1915!! And this is why we have second rate sponsorship, tracks and number of races, at this level echelon, again even Enduro has more races in a season than DH, wake up teams, women are just as important to your success if not more!
Like it or not a top 5 female rider will help sell more product tha Brendog fighting it out in the top 20.

Maverickdh005 wrote:

Interesting that the team shed quite a few of its members, sad to see them lose their only female rider. Also, looks like Neko is sporting...

Interesting that the team shed quite a few of its members, sad to see them lose their only female rider. Also, looks like Neko is sporting a prototype Fox air shock in the rear.


Interesting, the Enduro teams have embraced female riders, one of the big reasons the disipline is so successful, they feel welcome that part of the sport and obviously getbwhat they deserve better treatment by teams, DH is lagging and always has 50% of the world wide population is women and without them the sport cannot grow and be marketed as it should have been long before now, its 2015 not 1915!! And this is why we have second rate sponsorship, tracks and number of races, at this level echelon, again even Enduro has more races in a season than DH, wake up teams, women are just as important to your success if not more!
Like it or not a top 5 female rider will help sell more product tha Brendog fighting it out in the top 20.

FCTRY wrote:

This is possibly the wrongest shit a human has ever said. Women's dh is a joke, pure and simple. Not only that, women's racing has held...

This is possibly the wrongest shit a human has ever said. Women's dh is a joke, pure and simple. Not only that, women's racing has held the whole sport back from being something interesting and progressive that people would want to watch. For example, I raced the test event for Windham this year, and when we asked why the jump above Peaty's plunge was 30 feet shorter than it should have been, the track builder informed us that the UCI wanted all of the jumps on track to be doable for the women. Now, the top five or so women are pretty solid bike riders, but not one of them would qualify for the men's field on most weekends. Behind them, the pace drops off at a truly precipitous rate, to the point where the 15th place rider is full blown hazard on track during practice. Women's racing is horrific to watch. You think there's not enough incentive to get into the sport? I've seen women take home cash in their first race because three people showed up, whereas for a man it usually takes years to get into the money. I've also seen women get full support because their results show a bunch of podiums, when they fail to show that third and last were the same position. But I suppose you're right , you need women to have success, just look at the failure of F1, motocross, baseball, American football, rugby, etc.. what a bunch of flops those have been.

Racing is not a charity, nor is it a public program. Sponsors pay riders, riders sell bikes. Women make up a tiny fraction of the gravity market and an even tinier fraction of racers. To claim that female gravity racers are under-rewarded is simply incorrect and indefensible. Now, among female downhillers, there are some really awesome people who are good riders and want to be challenged. There are also some who piss and moan when they can't do something until it gets dumbed down for them. It's not the fault of the racers (for the most part), but the fault of the organizers like the UCI who allow the lowest common denominator to determine the direction of the sport.