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ddbullard76 11/26/2015 6:15am
11/26/2015 6:15am
Seems teams are leaving dh to pursue enduro with their funds.
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Kusa 11/26/2015 6:32am
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Not sure if big bike parks are good way to measure how top DH bikes sells, but hardly remember seeing any Lapierre this year in whole Morzine / Chatel area... so simple to image they invest money somewhere else (enduro).
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mtbrealtalk 11/26/2015 7:21am
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Loic, Loris and Finn are not on Canyon. There are too many conflicting sponsors. Loic is travelling to San Diego for an Internship with 100%, some...
Loic, Loris and Finn are not on Canyon. There are too many conflicting sponsors.

Loic is travelling to San Diego for an Internship with 100%, some of his other sponsors are based there too. The bike brand is based in Northern California, so I guess that will be on his agenda too.
*ahem*
endlesstrailz 11/26/2015 7:37am
11/26/2015 7:37am
mtbrealtalk wrote:
Loic, Loris and Finn are not on Canyon. There are too many conflicting sponsors. Loic is travelling to San Diego for an Internship with 100%, some...
Loic, Loris and Finn are not on Canyon. There are too many conflicting sponsors.

Loic is travelling to San Diego for an Internship with 100%, some of his other sponsors are based there too. The bike brand is based in Northern California, so I guess that will be on his agenda too.
mtbrealtalk wrote:
*ahem*
Precisely.

Loic is 100% not going to Norco and will be joining a brand/team based in Northern California
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xyian 11/26/2015 10:39am
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mtbrealtalk wrote:
Loic, Loris and Finn are not on Canyon. There are too many conflicting sponsors. Loic is travelling to San Diego for an Internship with 100%, some...
Loic, Loris and Finn are not on Canyon. There are too many conflicting sponsors.

Loic is travelling to San Diego for an Internship with 100%, some of his other sponsors are based there too. The bike brand is based in Northern California, so I guess that will be on his agenda too.
mtbrealtalk wrote:
*ahem*
endlesstrailz wrote:
Precisely.

Loic is 100% not going to Norco and will be joining a brand/team based in Northern California
Santa Cruz has quite a history of champions...
fabdemaere 11/26/2015 11:06am
11/26/2015 11:06am Edited Date/Time 11/26/2015 11:08am
Last year, Loic re-signed for 2 years with Pure Agency (aka Gravity Republic). Also, Minnaar clearly said there wouldn't be any changes to the SCS.
So it's not "Bruni to *insert bike brand*", but rather "*insert bike brand* Gravity Republic". The whole structure stays the same (with the exception of mechanic Jack, who may or may not be leaving), they just change bikes.
DAMNIT PEOPLE WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS.
Dickscruttock 11/26/2015 12:34pm
11/26/2015 12:34pm Edited Date/Time 11/26/2015 12:35pm
fabdemaere wrote:
Last year, Loic re-signed for 2 years with Pure Agency (aka Gravity Republic). Also, Minnaar clearly said there wouldn't be any changes to the SCS. So...
Last year, Loic re-signed for 2 years with Pure Agency (aka Gravity Republic). Also, Minnaar clearly said there wouldn't be any changes to the SCS.
So it's not "Bruni to *insert bike brand*", but rather "*insert bike brand* Gravity Republic". The whole structure stays the same (with the exception of mechanic Jack, who may or may not be leaving), they just change bikes.
DAMNIT PEOPLE WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS.
Just because Greg says that does not mean it won't happen. Greg would have said that Peaty was not retiring too had they asked him at the same time!
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Karabuka 11/27/2015 12:11am
11/27/2015 12:11am
DigitalGiraffe wrote:
Loic on Intense with Palmer running the team.
DigitalGiraffe wrote:
Will just leave this here.
This would probably be enough to put Intense back to the top, place they have been missing since Kovarik times?!? Would be really awesome to see this happen!
app-uncture 11/27/2015 2:01pm
11/27/2015 2:01pm
Norco Factory Racings IG feed saying breaking news coming next week and still tagging blenki, which suggests he's staying with them and not joining back up with Loic.
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arnoldtm2 11/27/2015 2:18pm
11/27/2015 2:18pm
Matt Walker is following Norco Factory Racing on Instagram. Not sure if that's new or not but he would certainly be a realistic addition.
endlesstrailz 11/27/2015 6:04pm
11/27/2015 6:04pm
app-uncture wrote:
Norco Factory Racings IG feed saying breaking news coming next week and still tagging blenki, which suggests he's staying with them and not joining back up...
Norco Factory Racings IG feed saying breaking news coming next week and still tagging blenki, which suggests he's staying with them and not joining back up with Loic.
Breaking news is not about Loic, Blenki will be racing a mix of EWS and DH.
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depeche4 11/27/2015 7:32pm
11/27/2015 7:32pm
YT?
underestimated 11/27/2015 8:06pm
11/27/2015 8:06pm
This should say take away two letters from Gwinns first ride to name his new ride......
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Primoz 11/28/2015 5:56am
11/28/2015 5:56am
Well if that map has any meaning, Propain is not where Gwin is going. Propain is situated just north of Lake Konstanz, which is on the French border, not in the eastern part of south Germany.
euan.brownlie 11/28/2015 6:50am
11/28/2015 6:50am
Bruni spotted in Scott gear.



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jfkusa 11/28/2015 7:35am
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euan.brownlie wrote:
Bruni spotted in Scott gear. [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2015/11/28/2874/s1200_image.jpg[/img]
Bruni spotted in Scott gear.



Looks like Nino shurter m8
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jfkusa 11/28/2015 8:51am
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it is nino check the oakley sticker on the front of the bikes
Jim-Laden 11/29/2015 3:17am
11/29/2015 3:17am Edited Date/Time 11/29/2015 3:20am
Cube and YT are very near from eachother. Cube is entering WC racing. But cannot imgine Gwinn on Cube...
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Big Bird 11/29/2015 4:17pm
11/29/2015 4:17pm
Here's a thought...

Peaty has this issue with not having enough points and the Syndicate not being a trade team.

There's also the rumor of Bruni or else some young American coming to the team.

What if Peaty just kinda bowed out of the Syndicate proper and wore the national jersey? He could just show up as a representative of his Great Nation of Great Britain. And then proceed to hang out all week with the rest of the team. Then the Syndicate could grab some new talent as well as keep The King for his last, hopefully glorious or at least a good party of a season.

What you think?
Ryan_Paquette 11/29/2015 6:55pm
11/29/2015 6:55pm
Saw Anneke riding a GT on Thursday, guess that confirms it.
Lapierreloosely 11/29/2015 7:19pm
11/29/2015 7:19pm
Big Bird wrote:
Here's a thought... Peaty has this issue with not having enough points and the Syndicate not being a trade team. There's also the rumor of Bruni...
Here's a thought...

Peaty has this issue with not having enough points and the Syndicate not being a trade team.

There's also the rumor of Bruni or else some young American coming to the team.

What if Peaty just kinda bowed out of the Syndicate proper and wore the national jersey? He could just show up as a representative of his Great Nation of Great Britain. And then proceed to hang out all week with the rest of the team. Then the Syndicate could grab some new talent as well as keep The King for his last, hopefully glorious or at least a good party of a season.

What you think?
I think we can now rule out Bruni to another team, as the whole team is making the move.


I dont think h's running a different frame.
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lister_yu 11/29/2015 9:18pm
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Ryan_Paquette wrote:
Saw Anneke riding a GT on Thursday, guess that confirms it.
Then it be very interesting if Maes will "join" her and of them will be the same team.
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Karabuka 11/29/2015 11:52pm
11/29/2015 11:52pm
Big Bird wrote:
Here's a thought... Peaty has this issue with not having enough points and the Syndicate not being a trade team. There's also the rumor of Bruni...
Here's a thought...

Peaty has this issue with not having enough points and the Syndicate not being a trade team.

There's also the rumor of Bruni or else some young American coming to the team.

What if Peaty just kinda bowed out of the Syndicate proper and wore the national jersey? He could just show up as a representative of his Great Nation of Great Britain. And then proceed to hang out all week with the rest of the team. Then the Syndicate could grab some new talent as well as keep The King for his last, hopefully glorious or at least a good party of a season.

What you think?
He will just have to go to to few early c1/c2 races in Southern Europe and win them all, walk in the park for him, nothing to worry about...
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Oz_Taylor 11/30/2015 12:29am
11/30/2015 12:29am Edited Date/Time 11/30/2015 12:30am
Big Bird wrote:
Here's a thought... Peaty has this issue with not having enough points and the Syndicate not being a trade team. There's also the rumor of Bruni...
Here's a thought...

Peaty has this issue with not having enough points and the Syndicate not being a trade team.

There's also the rumor of Bruni or else some young American coming to the team.

What if Peaty just kinda bowed out of the Syndicate proper and wore the national jersey? He could just show up as a representative of his Great Nation of Great Britain. And then proceed to hang out all week with the rest of the team. Then the Syndicate could grab some new talent as well as keep The King for his last, hopefully glorious or at least a good party of a season.

What you think?
It's a nice idea but it's not cheap or easy to simply add another top level rider to a team. Salary, travel costs, mechanic, logistics, pit space, etc.

I guess Peaty will just ride the first world cup in national jersey and pick up enough points there to see him through the rest of the season.

edit - they have relaxed the ruling on jersey designs so I expect Syndicate to become a trade team again for 2016.
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Gnarnia420 11/30/2015 1:13pm
11/30/2015 1:13pm
I wonder if Gwin will be riding a 720 next year?
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Big Bird 11/30/2015 6:03pm
11/30/2015 6:03pm
Oz_Taylor wrote:
It's a nice idea but it's not cheap or easy to simply add another top level rider to a team. Salary, travel costs, mechanic, logistics, pit...
It's a nice idea but it's not cheap or easy to simply add another top level rider to a team. Salary, travel costs, mechanic, logistics, pit space, etc.

I guess Peaty will just ride the first world cup in national jersey and pick up enough points there to see him through the rest of the season.

edit - they have relaxed the ruling on jersey designs so I expect Syndicate to become a trade team again for 2016.
My idea is that Peaty wouldn't actually be a part of the official team. If he's ready to retire, one can assume that he doesn't need any more money. He could sever his Syndicate contract, hang out and race with the team under the National colors and make the financial room for a new, young rider. He brought up Ratty. He's a philanthropist. And a team player.

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