2016 Racing Rumours

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peecee
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2/5/2016 5:02pm
Great to see Mondraker going with Fox and Maxxis two great moves there that should help a lot, good to see Danny training hard so hopefully see him on the podium.

Danny does show his age thou in his statement claiming Maxxis are the OG tyre shame on him haha we all know that Michelin are the OG tyre and that Maxxis just copied them, MICHELIN PLEASE REMAKE THE COMP 16, 24, AND 32!!!
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2/5/2016 5:06pm
peecee wrote:
Great to see Mondraker going with Fox and Maxxis two great moves there that should help a lot, good to see Danny training hard so hopefully...
Great to see Mondraker going with Fox and Maxxis two great moves there that should help a lot, good to see Danny training hard so hopefully see him on the podium.

Danny does show his age thou in his statement claiming Maxxis are the OG tyre shame on him haha we all know that Michelin are the OG tyre and that Maxxis just copied them, MICHELIN PLEASE REMAKE THE COMP 16, 24, AND 32!!!
You are seriously obsessed with retro, Warner era downhill. You might have a medical condition
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2/5/2016 5:16pm
peecee wrote:
Great to see Mondraker going with Fox and Maxxis two great moves there that should help a lot, good to see Danny training hard so hopefully...
Great to see Mondraker going with Fox and Maxxis two great moves there that should help a lot, good to see Danny training hard so hopefully see him on the podium.

Danny does show his age thou in his statement claiming Maxxis are the OG tyre shame on him haha we all know that Michelin are the OG tyre and that Maxxis just copied them, MICHELIN PLEASE REMAKE THE COMP 16, 24, AND 32!!!
csermonet wrote:
You are seriously obsessed with retro, Warner era downhill. You might have a medical condition
Its a fact the Michelin Comp 16, 24 and 32 were the best tyres ever made!

When michelin changed the design after Maxxis copied them they fell away from the world cup scene then the public eye, they are trying to make a resurgence in that weird sport they call enduro but in all seriousness if they remade those 3 tyres in exactly the same pattern with modern tech they would take back the market.

Vital should do a survey on peoples thoughts on the Michelins only issue is most people under 30 would have a clue haha
2/5/2016 5:33pm
Why are people so butthurt when someone says the obvious??? Michelin were indeed the OG downhill tire brand when downhill started to pull away from XC. Of course, if you don't consider the jokes sold as tires in the early 90's as ”OG”. But wait! Even then Michelin had something better: the Transalp! Transalp that eventually went on becoming the Comp 24, the Hot S and the... Maxxis Minion DHR ”designed by”. I'm sorry, whom was it designed by? I honestly forgot! Smile

Look, I like Maxxis a lot and they did a hell of a job making real racing tires available for mere mortals like us, but all their initial designs are Michelin rip-offs and that's that. Who fails to see that is in deep ignorance and/or should do a little upgrade on his knowledge about the history of our sport. Sorry! Oh, and that ”Warner era” is also the ”Peat era” and the ”Nico era” and ”Cedric era” and ”Barel era”, by the way. Wink

Good to see news about Mondraker, good to see them on Fox and Maxxis, good to have Emmeline back; she's such a champ!

Keep the good new in this thread flowing! Smile
Mx
2/5/2016 10:07pm
Angel Suarez left guy with Alpinestars gear (Probably the Gwin team mate) training in Portugal bike park Ponte de Lima (as usual).

Look at the rear triangle what brand looks like for you ? TUES Wink , but if I remember, YT doesn't have a blue frame, that mean 2 thing, or they will have a team custom frame, or that is not a YT



2/5/2016 10:32pm
Angel Suarez left guy with Alpinestars gear (Probably the Gwin team mate) training in Portugal bike park Ponte de Lima (as usual). Look at the rear...
Angel Suarez left guy with Alpinestars gear (Probably the Gwin team mate) training in Portugal bike park Ponte de Lima (as usual).

Look at the rear triangle what brand looks like for you ? TUES Wink , but if I remember, YT doesn't have a blue frame, that mean 2 thing, or they will have a team custom frame, or that is not a YT



wow, there is some intense speculation going on in this thread....
2/5/2016 10:53pm
Angel Suarez left guy with Alpinestars gear (Probably the Gwin team mate) training in Portugal bike park Ponte de Lima (as usual). Look at the rear...
Angel Suarez left guy with Alpinestars gear (Probably the Gwin team mate) training in Portugal bike park Ponte de Lima (as usual).

Look at the rear triangle what brand looks like for you ? TUES Wink , but if I remember, YT doesn't have a blue frame, that mean 2 thing, or they will have a team custom frame, or that is not a YT



Imho the dropout looks more like a Torque DHX..
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2/6/2016 10:00am
Doen't fit any of the DHX colorways + Canyon doesn't have the DHX in their line up as far as i know. This look like Intense to me with that white writing.
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2/6/2016 10:14am
What drivetrain is Mondraker running, still SRAM?
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2/6/2016 11:15am
Looks like a Intense.
2/6/2016 11:25am
Writing may be blurry but it does look like intense / intense font



2/6/2016 11:34am
It does look like an Intense but it doesn't make a lot of sense since he was already with Intense last year and according to his Facebook post he was out testing his new bike.
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2/6/2016 11:44am
placement of the logo on that seat stay resembles that of the placement on the old Intense M9:



New intense M16 logo placement on the seat stay is quite dissimilar

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2/6/2016 3:21pm Edited Date/Time 2/6/2016 4:08pm
Maybe it is an intense that's pictured but it was 2 weeks ago that they uploaded it, maybe old mate had a new bike coming and did it to throw a curve ball !?!

Deep down I hope it is intense or another brand and not a YT, I guess we'll find out this week
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2/6/2016 4:49pm
I don't get the hate for Gwin for not announcing it yet. He is doing what the sponsors want, guess what they are his employer. Do you purposely go out of your way and go against your employer? Also yeah it's about the money. Why would it not be? They are in a sport that has a shorter shelf life for the most part and you need to make what you can when you can ,it's the same in most all professional sports.

And yeah that's an Intense. He is hiding the badge because he may be on a new team soon and he doesn't want to post showing his old bike but he can't have his new bike in the public yet.
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2/6/2016 10:44pm
Angel Suarez left guy with Alpinestars gear (Probably the Gwin team mate) training in Portugal bike park Ponte de Lima (as usual). Look at the rear...
Angel Suarez left guy with Alpinestars gear (Probably the Gwin team mate) training in Portugal bike park Ponte de Lima (as usual).

Look at the rear triangle what brand looks like for you ? TUES Wink , but if I remember, YT doesn't have a blue frame, that mean 2 thing, or they will have a team custom frame, or that is not a YT



Has to be an old bike he is riding for fox this year.
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2/7/2016 1:42am
... From Angel's instagram, managed to download a larger res version from the photographer's Facebook page.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BBN79sDSMrl/

So, definitely on the same team as Gwin. Hard to tell, but the rear end doesn't look like current YT. I'm still holding out hope for the César Rojo bike. Would make sense w/ the Spain connection and the claimed 2017 model year rollout.

Hehe, maybe that Audi commercial will air during the superbowl Smile

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2/7/2016 2:14am
Looks like a VVP to me but its doesn't taper off to a point like the M16 or the Cesar Rojo bike, if you look thou up up and to the left of his foot it looks as if the frame comes down and curves from the seat area like a frame that has goes either side of the shock.

2/7/2016 3:17am
That last pic is from Andorra World Champs. He was on an Intense..
2/7/2016 3:30am
Any news on the 2 scotish lads with the unior trek team, ruarai cuningham & reece wilson,,they realy showed there skills at hardline,.

Did al bond get injured last year ? I remember he missed a plane for one of the first races then disappeared until hardline where he was on loaner bike & kit..

I would love to see gwin on the cesar bike its pretty much a more progressive demo,,its a 2017 bike but didn't cesar
say in an interview it might be used this season..
2/7/2016 9:19am Edited Date/Time 2/7/2016 9:30am
If you go to the Angel's Instagram and look at the last pics he take, you see this:


amaurypierron_4 Ahah, so Who is the flowest guys ? ^^
a.armada
2/7/2016 1:40pm
WTF it's happening with the forum ? I try to coment and moments after my post 80% have been eliminated !! Why ???
2/7/2016 5:36pm
Really anticlimactic, but Gwin to YT
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2/7/2016 6:42pm
WTF it's happening with the forum ? I try to coment and moments after my post 80% have been eliminated !! Why ???
Because this forum is part of a marketing business.
2/7/2016 6:54pm
Inclag wrote:
Because this forum is part of a marketing business.
So I did something about what bike probably they will use and they deleted my coment, they're afraid about something true I said ????
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2/7/2016 7:20pm
Inclag wrote:
Because this forum is part of a marketing business.
So I did something about what bike probably they will use and they deleted my coment, they're afraid about something true I said ????
Please find my first post on this thread and the response. If you read between the lines it basically sums up all you need to know.

Cliff Notes.... This is a for profit entity that exists to provide us with content that is paid for by bike businesses. Due to this business model ,VitalMTB is beholden to protect their partners interests. In some cases it is contractual. In others I would suspect (look up the leaked 12 speed SRAM drivetrain that has popped up online 2 weeks ago as an example) the decision to withhold or remove information is to maintain certain business relationships.

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2/7/2016 9:41pm
If you go to the Angel's Instagram and look at the last pics he take, you see this: amaurypierron_4 Ahah, so Who is the flowest guys...
If you go to the Angel's Instagram and look at the last pics he take, you see this:


amaurypierron_4 Ahah, so Who is the flowest guys ? ^^
a.armada
Amaury rides for giant ? Are we now saying its Giant ? I suppose that could be why Rob Warner knew and they would have the money but I hope not .
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2/8/2016 2:16am
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Amaury rides for giant ? Are we now saying its Giant ? I suppose that could be why Rob Warner knew and they would have the...
Amaury rides for giant ? Are we now saying its Giant ? I suppose that could be why Rob Warner knew and they would have the money but I hope not .
Amaury Pierron is riding for Team Lac Blanc / Commençal
in french : http://www.velovert.com/information/10924/mercato-dh-le-team-lac-blanc-….

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