2016 Racing Rumours

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onthewhiskey
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onthewhiskey 1/8/2016 5:37pm
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I'm positive somebody at Norco has some fun reading these forums throughout the week as they've been trolling this whole off season. I've seen numerous "Big News Next Week" and similar posts by them, only to have them disappear without any news being posted.

But who knows, this one could be legitimate.
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Big Bird 1/8/2016 6:19pm
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Not the J Hootz that I know.
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Big Bird 1/8/2016 6:29pm
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Jay Hoots is Roots. In all aspects of the word..
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Big Bird 1/8/2016 6:36pm
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Looks like Lopez to me.
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trex84 1/8/2016 8:51pm
1/8/2016 8:51pm
brimmergj wrote:
Leov, maybe?
JoeyHooo wrote:
I see Leov too.
looks a bit like leov in the pic, but ive noticed hes following canyon racing on instagram and no sign of norco.....just adding to the speculation! haha
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Gweggy 1/9/2016 12:34am
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martind2308 wrote:
WOW it has to be Aaron Gwin.... remember the brad benedict comment "looks like a session" maybe referring tho he aurum, also in the picture there...
WOW it has to be Aaron Gwin.... remember the brad benedict comment "looks like a session" maybe referring tho he aurum, also in the picture there is a comment of perform mx which is where Gwin trains. this must be it!
Hold your horses, he trains all of the Norco DH team as well, so it means nothing.

Also the "looks like a session" statement has been applied to every bike ever made, no matter if it actually looks anything like a session or not, so Benedict was probably just trolling, I wouldn't interpret too much into it.
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Weeny 1/9/2016 5:40am
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Big Bird wrote:
Not the J Hootz that I know.
What's Appin..in mate?
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sspomer 1/9/2016 8:20am
1/9/2016 8:20am
since gwin is still shrouded in mystery, it's pretty rad to look back. 4 years ago to the day with Gwin.

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billy 1/9/2016 9:02am
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leov to canyon
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arnoldtm2 1/9/2016 9:48am
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I'm thinking cube will have a big team. Mani Gruber, Greg williamson, matt walker and jacob dickson. Just a guess.

I'd love to see aaron throw a curve ball and ride for Whiteley again with Greenland, on a bike no one would have guessed.
hamplanet 1/9/2016 10:00am
1/9/2016 10:00am
That pic looks like Brian Lopes to me.
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slyfink 1/9/2016 10:39am
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Or macaskill...
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peecee 1/9/2016 10:42am
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Honda didn't say their mtb programme was over forever maybe Whitley is bringing Honda back with Gwin to make it even more successful than when Minnaar road for them.

Obviously not true just sounds more plausible than a lot of posts getting around haha
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billy 1/9/2016 11:08am
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billy wrote:
greenland to mondraker
depeche4 wrote:
That is what I am hoping, but where did you see or read that?
very reliable source
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Weeny 1/9/2016 11:30am
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Big Bird wrote:
Not the J Hootz that I know.
Weeny wrote:
What's Appin..in mate?
I'm McBlown away with some of these guesses!!
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Greece to the highest-bidder on eBay.
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peecee 1/9/2016 5:02pm
1/9/2016 5:02pm
No idea why Gwin doesn't go and do what Nico did 16 years ago and make his own Bikes and race team to shut everyone up about where he's going.

The Vprocess bikes were amazing and thats why Commencal have gone back to 2000 and basically built the NV00 with modern angles.



wally 333 1/9/2016 9:58pm
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greenland to be troy's understudy at factory specialized
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Downward 1/10/2016 2:41am
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Saw this on Aaron's feed last night, thought someone would have posted it by now.
Pretty much confirms his move across to Alpine Stars.
Someone also pointed out there is a Bell helmet on the shelf, rather than a TLD lid?
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Capricorn 1/10/2016 2:45am
1/10/2016 2:45am
any chance Gwin is going back to MX instead of DH?
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LTrumpore 1/10/2016 3:12am
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Capricorn wrote:
any chance Gwin is going back to MX instead of DH?
Finally! Someone has figured it out
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onthewhiskey 1/10/2016 7:23am
1/10/2016 7:23am
Judging by the bag on his shelf, it might make sense that MX and MTB were just cross training for his Rio badminton bid with team Babolat.
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astrizzle 1/10/2016 7:36am
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Capricorn wrote:
any chance Gwin is going back to MX instead of DH?
LTrumpore wrote:
Finally! Someone has figured it out
NOOOOOOOO, we finally get a good american DH racer and he leaves to maybe place in the top 20 at a supercross race, dam!
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Big Bird 1/10/2016 8:40am
1/10/2016 8:40am
I just puked in my mouth.
Jim-Laden 1/10/2016 8:50am
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Downward wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2016/01/10/3169/s1200_gwin.jpg[/img] Saw this on Aaron's feed last night, thought someone would have posted it by now. Pretty much confirms his move across to Alpine Stars. Someone...


Saw this on Aaron's feed last night, thought someone would have posted it by now.
Pretty much confirms his move across to Alpine Stars.
Someone also pointed out there is a Bell helmet on the shelf, rather than a TLD lid?
The Bell helmet is for road moto, tld has none. The spec. on the right ist for road bikes tld has none. I still believe he is off TLD. Strange not to see a "Gwin and TLD part ways".
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Oz_Taylor 1/10/2016 9:00am
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Gwin on 'proven' CERO carbon dh bike
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Camber 1/10/2016 9:24am
1/10/2016 9:24am
Greg williamson is on YT judging by his latest insta
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Voxran 1/10/2016 9:31am
1/10/2016 9:31am Edited Date/Time 1/10/2016 9:37am
Camber wrote:
Greg williamson is on YT judging by his latest insta
Yep, looks 100% like an YT Tues carbon with BOS fork.
And on Trek he was with Alpine Star clothes.... like Gwin now.


Does YT is hiding us something ? Smile
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Sesame Seed 1/10/2016 12:58pm
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Aaron Gwin buys a Zoo, quickly - and properly - trains each Chimp to do Tax Returns. Chimps get wind of Gwin leaving Specialized, broker a deal with Mike Sinyard to ride for x-amount of Banana Bushels a week.

A rookie pro monkey - in gardening gloves and cross-trainers - sweeps the WC series and goes on to win the World's. All for some Bananas and a dream.

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