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Off to Norco??
That's Canadian as a maple syrup-shellacked hockey stick, and I'd be ok with that
Mark Wallace was around Cumberland (Forbidden) this past week with Magnus. Maybe the dh program with Magnus and Connor will be expanding?
Judging from past social media posts, they just ride together a lot. But that would be pretty cool. Norco seems most likely to me.
Cube's third rider is another dude
Simon Chapalet
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmb_3w0Mw-M/?hl=de
Kinda makes want chug ice wine and watch Red Green.
Also, if Jesse is on Canyon next year, does that mean he doesn’t get to use all of the tires he stashed in Scotland with Rocky Mountain? #journalism
Re: Melamed to Canyon rumour, he is a methodical bloke, going from a seemingly a lifetime of Fox/Shimano to Rockshox/SRAM would take some serious adjustment. At least the critical tyres would be the same, but the swap of suspsension alone would be a huge adjustment to make.
Agreed, look back to Jack on Intense vs Gwintense. 2018 he was killing it, and then 2019 he was struggling.
That being said, Jesse and Fabien nerding out would be amazing!!
FWIW, Jack went the other way around, from a full Sram setup to an alternative.
I heard the Arizona Ice tea/Huffy Enduro Force is running Fox next year so he should be ok.
Jesse to Yeti
Vu sa dernière publi on pourrait croire effectivement
Oliver Zwar of The Union.
2023 update coming soon according to IG. Any ideas?
Christian hauser a jung champion (16 years old) from italy will joing the team
Interesting! Apperently Ben is leaving as well, it will be fun to see what team they are joining.
Not a racing team change, but Dan Paley (DnnySoldier on insta) off santa cruz from his instagram stories/post looks like he might have been left high and dry by them. Loosedog also announced he was off santa cruz a couple weeks ago, wonder if theyve heavily cut down on non-racers?
No posts from craig evans or sam dale so for now assuming they are still riding for SC
So if Simon Chapalet is joining Cube and filling that third seat, where will Blenkinsop go?
Santa Cruz and many other brands certainly are cutting back on lifstylers instagrammers freeracers what ever you want to call them.
Jesse off Rocky Mountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAOqvh__eK4
Such a bummer. Hopefully hes getting paid stacks for switching.
Such a rad crew Jesse/Remi/ALN. Hope Jesse will continue to kill it next year ! 👌🏼
Freeride 'team' rumour: Kyle Strait off Commencal...?
He might have a dream he wants to follow 🤷🏽♂️
Long shot here, but with Loose Dog leaving SC, maybe there's room for Jesse there.
Or even longer shot, Jesse gives up racing EWS, and takes up the spot on the Norco Factory squad to race DH.
The exodus has not yet ended.
Looks like Kyle Strait off Commencal based on his most recent SM post.
https://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/member/what-if-why-not-dusty-wygle-gett…
So is Dusty off of Nitro or is Nitro off Giant? He's on a Transition in this video.
The Kyle Strait post could technically be just a thank you and more of the same kinda post. The way he worded it did get the internet to speak about him, clearly.
I wonder if LooseDog and others are just moving across brands to GT? Maybe a better fit for both sides?
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