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brimmergj 1/19/2016 8:23am
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bikefriendlyfaster wrote:
what about rocky mountain? The new maiden looks fast....and like a session . For Gwin?

Juanjodh wrote:
Im agree whit you man, Rob warner say that on the greg minnar interview and after that brad said it in the istagram photo, (looks like...
Im agree whit you man, Rob warner say that on the greg minnar interview and after that brad said it in the istagram photo, (looks like a session).


I think this can actually happend, Rocky mountain have the money, and they have a new bike so they need a wc team.
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[img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2016/01/19/3237/s1200_fuck_it_making_meth.jpg[/img]


I get the clue.
Heisenberg isn't really dead, he funding Gwin's move to KTM/Audi/Redbull/Rocky Mountain.
Or is it YT, or is it Trek, or is it Specialized?
Either way, Whiteley is Heisenberg and Finkle is Einhorn.
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csermonet 1/19/2016 8:25am
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Who is Kaiser Soze
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csermonet 1/19/2016 8:28am
1/19/2016 8:28am
davetrumpore wrote:
Who's Amanda Batty riding for ?

JonJon_801 wrote:
some brand that's more crazy and more desperate for attention than her
jeff.brines wrote:
I mean her model works without hiccup in the ski world. Squeaky wheel gets the oil (skacting, modeling, reality TV, crazy dramatic blog posts, narcissistic feature...
I mean her model works without hiccup in the ski world. Squeaky wheel gets the oil (skacting, modeling, reality TV, crazy dramatic blog posts, narcissistic feature length videos about yourself...whatever)
While I respect her, I would never have that whiny ass riding for my brand/team
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Primoz 1/19/2016 8:34am
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Who is this Amanda Batty you are talking about? Emily's sister?
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jeff.brines 1/19/2016 8:39am
1/19/2016 8:39am Edited Date/Time 1/19/2016 8:43am
Primoz wrote:
Who is this Amanda Batty you are talking about? Emily's sister?
She's a nice girl. She really is. And a pretty good rider. Just super mega vocal about anything that pops into her head. So I guess she's sorta like me...only a girl, not a guy. Wink

Anyway, since you asked - here is a link to her blog.

(http://blog.amandabatty.com/)

Now when is Gwin going to announce his team so I can stop paying attention?!
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Primoz wrote:
Who is this Amanda Batty you are talking about? Emily's sister?
jeff.brines wrote:
She's a nice girl. She really is. And a pretty good rider. Just super mega vocal about anything that pops into her head. So I guess...
She's a nice girl. She really is. And a pretty good rider. Just super mega vocal about anything that pops into her head. So I guess she's sorta like me...only a girl, not a guy. Wink

Anyway, since you asked - here is a link to her blog.

(http://blog.amandabatty.com/)

Now when is Gwin going to announce his team so I can stop paying attention?!
Hopefully this week
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Kusa 1/19/2016 12:45pm
1/19/2016 12:45pm Edited Date/Time 1/19/2016 12:46pm
vics26 wrote:
The tease continues....

#tossbacktuesday @suspendedproductions

A photo posted by Aaron Gwin (@aarongwin1) on Jan 19, 2016 at 12:04pm PST


If you look closely, you can see a reflection of bike in lake... it is clear what brand is it.
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arnoldtm2 1/19/2016 1:00pm
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At this point I don't care about Gwin. Laurie must be on Mondraker. Then Matt Walker and Greg Williamson on Cube. Tahnee maybe on either one.
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PolkaDot 1/19/2016 1:40pm
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arnoldtm2 wrote:
At this point I don't care about Gwin. Laurie must be on Mondraker. Then Matt Walker and Greg Williamson on Cube. Tahnee maybe on either one.
Greg Williamson is confirmed on Commencal.
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arnoldtm2 1/19/2016 1:57pm
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Negative ghost rider. Thats george brannigan.
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looks like toss back Tues Day
jive turkey 1/19/2016 2:55pm
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Lourdes is less than three months away.

I'm new to this stuff. Has Gwin changed bikes before? Does he adapt pretty quickly?
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Dave_Camp 1/19/2016 3:04pm
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jive turkey wrote:
Lourdes is less than three months away.

I'm new to this stuff. Has Gwin changed bikes before? Does he adapt pretty quickly?
lol^
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Big Bird 1/19/2016 5:22pm
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jive turkey wrote:
Lourdes is less than three months away.

I'm new to this stuff. Has Gwin changed bikes before? Does he adapt pretty quickly?
He took some time figuring out how to ride a Specialized. But once he had it down it obviously worked. But since the FSR patent is expired, he can take his custom linkage geometry to any "Looks like a Spec," company.
jive turkey 1/19/2016 7:09pm
1/19/2016 7:09pm Edited Date/Time 1/19/2016 7:27pm
jive turkey wrote:
Lourdes is less than three months away.

I'm new to this stuff. Has Gwin changed bikes before? Does he adapt pretty quickly?
Big Bird wrote:
He took some time figuring out how to ride a Specialized. But once he had it down it obviously worked. But since the FSR patent is...
He took some time figuring out how to ride a Specialized. But once he had it down it obviously worked. But since the FSR patent is expired, he can take his custom linkage geometry to any "Looks like a Spec," company.
That's great to hear!
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kev.1n 1/19/2016 7:39pm
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jive turkey wrote:
Lourdes is less than three months away.

I'm new to this stuff. Has Gwin changed bikes before? Does he adapt pretty quickly?
Big Bird wrote:
He took some time figuring out how to ride a Specialized. But once he had it down it obviously worked. But since the FSR patent is...
He took some time figuring out how to ride a Specialized. But once he had it down it obviously worked. But since the FSR patent is expired, he can take his custom linkage geometry to any "Looks like a Spec," company.
jive turkey wrote:
That's great to hear!
I'll bet a couple beers that whatever Gwin is riding this year, the company will be making a one off frame mold for the man (or a few) so he can get whatever ride characteristics he wants and needs to be fast. Specialized did it for him, no reason another company wouldn't cough up the bones for the perfect bike for him. The price for podiums eh...

Just nod at the screen Aaron, you know it's true.
jive turkey 1/19/2016 7:48pm
1/19/2016 7:48pm Edited Date/Time 1/19/2016 7:55pm
Big Bird wrote:
He took some time figuring out how to ride a Specialized. But once he had it down it obviously worked. But since the FSR patent is...
He took some time figuring out how to ride a Specialized. But once he had it down it obviously worked. But since the FSR patent is expired, he can take his custom linkage geometry to any "Looks like a Spec," company.
jive turkey wrote:
That's great to hear!
kev.1n wrote:
I'll bet a couple beers that whatever Gwin is riding this year, the company will be making a one off frame mold for the man (or...
I'll bet a couple beers that whatever Gwin is riding this year, the company will be making a one off frame mold for the man (or a few) so he can get whatever ride characteristics he wants and needs to be fast. Specialized did it for him, no reason another company wouldn't cough up the bones for the perfect bike for him. The price for podiums eh...

Just nod at the screen Aaron, you know it's true.
Specialized sure did. Only after a full season of being off the pace. At some point that first season didn't Gwin try running their trail bike in search of something that would work for him?

But then again, Specialized likely doesn't have the resources of an industry giant like YT.

I'm American, and a big fan of UCI DH. I'm excited we once again have one of the fastest riders and I root for Aaron. My point is, forget the team/bike drama. I just hope Gwin has been able to put some serious time in on whatever it is he'll be racing this year. Nobody (probably Gwin included) is gonna care how much money his contract is for if he has another season where cracking the top 10 is a serious challenge.
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Westicles07 1/19/2016 8:14pm
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Or maybe the guys behind Vital here are making deals with Gwin and his new team to hold off on announcing it since their forum readership has skyrocketed from the speculation. Before too long they will be living on yachts floating on the indoor pools of their huge mansions they will be buying with all their Ad revenue.

I just enjoy adding crazy fuel into the fire that is this forum thread....

Back into the conspiracy web I go,....
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sspomer 1/19/2016 8:42pm
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Westicles07 wrote:
Or maybe the guys behind Vital here are making deals with Gwin and his new team to hold off on announcing it since their forum readership...
Or maybe the guys behind Vital here are making deals with Gwin and his new team to hold off on announcing it since their forum readership has skyrocketed from the speculation. Before too long they will be living on yachts floating on the indoor pools of their huge mansions they will be buying with all their Ad revenue.

I just enjoy adding crazy fuel into the fire that is this forum thread....

Back into the conspiracy web I go,....
we asked gwin to not even race this season, just to keep this thread alive for the entire year. he wasn't into the idea for some reason.
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astrizzle 1/19/2016 9:18pm
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Westicles07 wrote:
Or maybe the guys behind Vital here are making deals with Gwin and his new team to hold off on announcing it since their forum readership...
Or maybe the guys behind Vital here are making deals with Gwin and his new team to hold off on announcing it since their forum readership has skyrocketed from the speculation. Before too long they will be living on yachts floating on the indoor pools of their huge mansions they will be buying with all their Ad revenue.

I just enjoy adding crazy fuel into the fire that is this forum thread....

Back into the conspiracy web I go,....
This is by far the longest forum post they have ever had i think......suspicious is all I'm going to say lol
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AdamO 1/20/2016 5:30am
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I'm little bit afraid that Gwinny will not have enough time to get a feel of a new bike before season kicks off
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boogenman 1/20/2016 7:53am
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AdamO wrote:
I'm little bit afraid that Gwinny will not have enough time to get a feel of a new bike before season kicks off
Once the cat is out of the bag he can ride anywhere in the world to do some serious R&D.
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csermonet 1/20/2016 10:42am
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Brett878 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2016/01/20/3238/s1200_Screenshot_19.jpg[/img] Seagraves on Trek it appears according to this Trek contest. http://competition.immediate.co.uk/evolutionsession


Seagraves on Trek it appears according to this Trek contest. http://competition.immediate.co.uk/evolutionsession
Are you serious
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Westicles07 1/20/2016 10:48am
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I think that's just the wrong answer to the question there bud....
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csermonet 1/20/2016 11:00am
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Westicles07 wrote:
I think that's just the wrong answer to the question there bud....
It's not like they didn't just sign the Athertons recently or anything. I think it's time to finally unsubscribe from this clusterfuck of a thread
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ambatty 1/20/2016 11:08am
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Primoz wrote:
Who is this Amanda Batty you are talking about? Emily's sister?
jeff.brines wrote:
She's a nice girl. She really is. And a pretty good rider. Just super mega vocal about anything that pops into her head. So I guess...
She's a nice girl. She really is. And a pretty good rider. Just super mega vocal about anything that pops into her head. So I guess she's sorta like me...only a girl, not a guy. Wink

Anyway, since you asked - here is a link to her blog.

(http://blog.amandabatty.com/)

Now when is Gwin going to announce his team so I can stop paying attention?!
Had to giggle a bit at the length of this thread (and the OP who brought my name into it), but it's damn good seeing your name up there, Jeff. Wink Dbullard was correct in assauging Dave T's concern as well, but who cares?! Micayla is on DB, Rach and Casey are on Trek, Em and Fi are retired, and Gwin hasn't announced and it's freaking JANUARY. Come on. Far more interesting stuff to chat about. Wink
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JonJon_801 1/20/2016 12:39pm
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Primoz wrote:
Who is this Amanda Batty you are talking about? Emily's sister?
jeff.brines wrote:
She's a nice girl. She really is. And a pretty good rider. Just super mega vocal about anything that pops into her head. So I guess...
She's a nice girl. She really is. And a pretty good rider. Just super mega vocal about anything that pops into her head. So I guess she's sorta like me...only a girl, not a guy. Wink

Anyway, since you asked - here is a link to her blog.

(http://blog.amandabatty.com/)

Now when is Gwin going to announce his team so I can stop paying attention?!
ambatty wrote:
Had to giggle a bit at the length of this thread (and the OP who brought my name into it), but it's damn good seeing your...
Had to giggle a bit at the length of this thread (and the OP who brought my name into it), but it's damn good seeing your name up there, Jeff. Wink Dbullard was correct in assauging Dave T's concern as well, but who cares?! Micayla is on DB, Rach and Casey are on Trek, Em and Fi are retired, and Gwin hasn't announced and it's freaking JANUARY. Come on. Far more interesting stuff to chat about. Wink
as long as you're not the one "chatting" things are far more interesting.

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