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Sonora96
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Sonora96 12/29/2021 10:42am
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Vlad Dascălu off Team Trek Pirelli
Bobodaclown 12/29/2021 10:55am
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TayRob wrote:
I have heard this, too.
Clothing brand will match their suspension...
Velia Prost wrote:
Yeah, they all decided to go with white Goldstones sponsor…..
mfoga wrote:
Greg leaving O Neal after what like 10 years? That seems shocking
Would be a surprise as he has been with O'Neal for so long.
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Primoz 12/29/2021 11:02am
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Well he was on Alpinestars before that. And I think he also kept Kabuto as the helmet sponsor at the beginning before switching over to O'Neal?
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Pablo Picasso 12/29/2021 11:20am
12/29/2021 11:20am
Tanner_Carl wrote:
[url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CYE8H_ePdxf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link]https://www.instagram.com/p/CYE8H_ePdxf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link[/url] George Brannigan tagging "Good Times" in his propain departure post. Perhaps he's going back to GT? It's a long shot but maybe there's a new...
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYE8H_ePdxf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

George Brannigan tagging "Good Times" in his propain departure post.

Perhaps he's going back to GT?

It's a long shot but maybe there's a new YT team in the works?
I hope it's a decent team. Brannigan has always been a favorite to watch, just his results haven't always been there.
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alexrae 12/29/2021 11:43am
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Bruni says goodbye to Fox in his IG post
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Sonora96 12/29/2021 12:31pm
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Thomas Litscher off KMC Orbea!
Bobodaclown 12/29/2021 3:02pm
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Primoz wrote:
Well he was on Alpinestars before that. And I think he also kept Kabuto as the helmet sponsor at the beginning before switching over to O'Neal?
True. Would be a surprise but nothing is surprising really.
With Bruni and Finn off Fox it does make sense. Laurie is also tight with Fox having worn their Helmets for most of career.
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peecee 12/29/2021 5:04pm
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Angel Suarez to Mondraker ? Spanish brand having a great rider close to home maybe great for both parties
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phillemaistre 12/29/2021 8:24pm
12/29/2021 8:24pm
Oh man it’s starting to get good in here.
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trexyz 12/29/2021 11:41pm
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peecee wrote:
Angel Suarez to Mondraker ? Spanish brand having a great rider close to home maybe great for both parties
I think Angel will be on Commencal next year (based on his IG post). Definitely one of the guys to watch in 2022.
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Karabuka 12/30/2021 12:49am
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trexyz wrote:
I think Angel will be on Commencal next year (based on his IG post). Definitely one of the guys to watch in 2022.
You sure about that as he has just left one commencal team :D
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Primoz 12/30/2021 1:02am
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Yeah, the one team of three teams that's also apparently shutting down.

Not surprising if he stays with the brand but with another team.
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Maxipedia 12/30/2021 3:14am
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Sonora96 wrote:
Vlad Dascălu off Team Trek Pirelli [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/12/29/11747/s1200_vlad.jpg[/img]
Vlad Dascălu off Team Trek Pirelli
I am biased here, since he is my country man and I know him personally, but I hope he finds a factory ride. Dude's amazing on a bike and actually started with riding downhill first. He can kill a pumptrack and also does dirtjumping in his spare time, but his biggest skill is being a top class human being, like few of them are out there.

Much Love to Vlad!

Mx
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julius.sevilla.3 12/30/2021 6:00am
12/30/2021 6:00am
trexyz wrote:
I think Angel will be on Commencal next year (based on his IG post). Definitely one of the guys to watch in 2022.
Karabuka wrote:
You sure about that as he has just left one commencal team :D
He was a big part on designing their Prototype last year, his team got shutdown because of the Manager's incident. So I truly believe he's staying with the brand, he might have been picked up by Commencal 100 or the Muc-off team.
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PisgahGnar 12/30/2021 6:02am
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Bruni saying goodbye to the Fox kit in his recent post. Gotta be Specialized with their own kit this year right?
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metadave 12/30/2021 6:06am
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The most important part of any new season, what team does pinkbike blow the release on early this year for attention?
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trexyz wrote:
I think Angel will be on Commencal next year (based on his IG post). Definitely one of the guys to watch in 2022.
Karabuka wrote:
You sure about that as he has just left one commencal team :D
julius.sevilla.3 wrote:
He was a big part on designing their Prototype last year, his team got shutdown because of the Manager's incident. So I truly believe he's staying...
He was a big part on designing their Prototype last year, his team got shutdown because of the Manager's incident. So I truly believe he's staying with the brand, he might have been picked up by Commencal 100 or the Muc-off team.
I'm pretty sure someone mentioned that David Trummer's been spotted on a Mondraker already too. That would account for Lori's empty spot on the team.
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mfoga 12/30/2021 6:18am
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PisgahGnar wrote:
Bruni saying goodbye to the Fox kit in his recent post. Gotta be Specialized with their own kit this year right?
I think the rumor that they were going to be on all Big S stuff next year had been around for a while. They probably hav just been waiting for other deals to end to implement it.
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Maxipedia 12/30/2021 6:51am
12/30/2021 6:51am Edited Date/Time 12/30/2021 7:09am
Hm, to me it's obvious Specialized wants to push their own clothing and protection brand. It's something that they have beeen growing since a while now. This Fox/Specialized thing reminds me a bit of the Palmer deal of 1997, when his Fox contract ended mid-season, he asked for more money, didn't get it, raced the next event with jeans on which he wrote ”Specialized” with a marker, then Fox was down with paying him more money than he initially asked for. :-D

Otherwise, if it wasn't for Nina's post, I'd be sure all athletes that are rumoured to be fresh on the Syndicate could go on and rock O'Neal gear, but since the Nina/O'Neal post, I think the Syndicate will stay on separate clothing deals. Greg has his own line with O'Neal (but developed an open face helmet with Oakley, hm!), while Goldstone and Laurie both have strong ties to Fox. I actually remember that Laurie was the first on MS Mondraker to go on a separate clothing deal (B/W most of the times), while his team mates were wearing the same kit. This is all my personal speculation, though.

Very anxious to see what the musical chairs of New Year bring us!

Who will be on the Atherton team? What is the new home of Mille?
Who will ride with Greg on the Syndicate? Where will Luca go?
How many gazillion Commencal teams will there be? (don't cry for last year, having three co-op team is rather an anomaly and a fortunate series of events, Commencal isn't paying the top buck for them all)
What is Intense doing?
Will Captain Martin surprise us with a new kind of involvement?
etc.

By the way, does anybody know what happened to Paula Zibasa and why she isn't racing anymore? She was best buds with Mille and showed some promise on that European SRAM/Canyon team, but I haven't heard much of her since COVID started.

L. E. Nevermind the above, I found this interview on Paula's IG: https://www.bike-magazin.de/freeride/news/interview-paula-zibasa

Mx

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dh smurf 12/30/2021 7:38am
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Mille -> commencal 100%
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nskerb 12/30/2021 7:49am
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I hope specialized makes cool one-off stuff for their riders like fox always did. Some were a hit and some were a miss but they mostly had some cool designs.
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Big Bird 12/30/2021 9:08am
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Maxipedia wrote:
Hm, to me it's obvious Specialized wants to push their own clothing and protection brand. It's something that they have beeen growing since a while now...
Hm, to me it's obvious Specialized wants to push their own clothing and protection brand. It's something that they have beeen growing since a while now. This Fox/Specialized thing reminds me a bit of the Palmer deal of 1997, when his Fox contract ended mid-season, he asked for more money, didn't get it, raced the next event with jeans on which he wrote ”Specialized” with a marker, then Fox was down with paying him more money than he initially asked for. :-D

Otherwise, if it wasn't for Nina's post, I'd be sure all athletes that are rumoured to be fresh on the Syndicate could go on and rock O'Neal gear, but since the Nina/O'Neal post, I think the Syndicate will stay on separate clothing deals. Greg has his own line with O'Neal (but developed an open face helmet with Oakley, hm!), while Goldstone and Laurie both have strong ties to Fox. I actually remember that Laurie was the first on MS Mondraker to go on a separate clothing deal (B/W most of the times), while his team mates were wearing the same kit. This is all my personal speculation, though.

Very anxious to see what the musical chairs of New Year bring us!

Who will be on the Atherton team? What is the new home of Mille?
Who will ride with Greg on the Syndicate? Where will Luca go?
How many gazillion Commencal teams will there be? (don't cry for last year, having three co-op team is rather an anomaly and a fortunate series of events, Commencal isn't paying the top buck for them all)
What is Intense doing?
Will Captain Martin surprise us with a new kind of involvement?
etc.

By the way, does anybody know what happened to Paula Zibasa and why she isn't racing anymore? She was best buds with Mille and showed some promise on that European SRAM/Canyon team, but I haven't heard much of her since COVID started.

L. E. Nevermind the above, I found this interview on Paula's IG: https://www.bike-magazin.de/freeride/news/interview-paula-zibasa

Mx

In a post a little ways back, Martin mentioned taking a year off of running a team.
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barryjenson 12/30/2021 10:09am
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Katy Winton off nukeproof
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