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Jesse melamed on canyon
Some more pics...
New drivetrain and crank represented too!
What a big suprise
naaht
everyone knew. anyway "so so sad"
And brakes. Those new levers do have a bit of the shimano’s about them.
Also looking at both the canyon pr’s - when did Troy Lee become the worst looking kit on the scene?
The "GIANT Swiss Enduro Team" is very happy to present the current German Champion U21, Lasse Eschler, as a new team rider!
Lasse was born in Germany in 2005, also has a German UCI license, but has lived in Switzerland since 2010.
He came to Enduro in 2021 via XC and road racing where he secured some top results with an impressive 5th place at the European championships U15 "Eliminator" in Italy 2019 and becoming 4th at XC U17 Swiss nationals 2021.
His first full season in 2022 in this discipline was immediately extremely successful with a 17th place at the EWS junior in Scotland and the German championship title U21 cat. in Willingen.
The goals for the coming season in the new team are to defend the title “German Champion” and to compete for victories and the podium in the Swiss Enduro Series. In the Enduro World Cup he is aiming for top 15 classifications - if things go really well why not going for a top 10!?
Lasse attends the sports high school in Bern and will graduate in 2024.
Mike Schuler has left the team and wants to devote more time to his job but will definitely continue to race! It was a great time with Mike whom we wish all the best for the future!
The 2022 season had ups and downs - Robin's 50th place at the EWS in Whistler was certainly outstanding - but there were also setbacks such as 2 missed World Cups for Robin due to illness and on Lars' side a handful of serious training crashes - in Canazei incl. helicopter-rescue - from the track to the hospital where luckily the injuries didn't turn out to be serious. Due to another rough training crash in Whistler with 3 bruised bones, Lars missed the 3 races in North America - a tough first season in the World Cup for him - he definitely "learned the lessons the hard way".
The team will be back in the new UCI Enduro World Cup in 2023 and will be involved nationally in the Swiss Enduro Series - all 3 riders will be fighting for podium places every time - with Lasse and Lars excitingly against each other in the U21 category.
Also Jesse riding the Spectral, not the Strive? Anyway, will be interesting to see how he fares with the new gear...
So does their "Strive" Enduro suck?
Just like back in the days when all Speci riders rode the Stumpy instead of the old Enduro.
Jessie in Canyon CLLTV Enduro team pleases me, super excited.
And he rides the Spectral because it's a little better than the Strive for training. It pulls up better. The Strive will probably be specially prepared for him and he'll get it later.
Wonder how big of a thing the switch from Fox/Shimano to sram/RS is going to be, as well as the more balanced rocky geo to über long front center/short rear on the canyons.
jesse if you’re reading this, what were some of the factors that made you move from a winning setup to something completely new?
This isn't really a 'team rumour' but moreso a move to MTB: Peter Sagan wants to stop racing exclusively WorldTour road at the end of this year and focus on Olympic MTB for Paris 2024
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/peter-sagan-to-retire-from-road-at-end…
He seems to indicate he will stay on with his current road team (which as far as I know doesn't have an XC team), but they're on Specialized so he won't have to pull a Pidcock and run an unbranded frame to please sponsors.
A fatter pay cheque that has been well earned.
He’s put out really detailed setup videos before, so I’m sure we’ll get some soon. But I think he will try to be quiet about the differences and not share an opinion so as to not talk down about previous or current sponsors. It will be interesting to see if he sticks with electronic suspension like he was testing for Fox and gets his bike setup with flight attendant.
It’s going to take a while to get used to seeing JM in TLD.
Calipers are taped up too
Im guessing the strive he’ll be riding isn’t quite ready yet, with all the new SRAM bits.
If I had to guess, I bet Rocky is somewhat psyched for Melamed and encouraged him to go make some good money for a few years that they currently aren’t in a position to match. They probably also told him that when he decides to take a step back from racing to come back and they would try to find some role for him again at Rocky.
All good things come to an end and I suspect no bridges were burned here.
I bet he is going to love the Rock Shox suspension.
It’s interesting to me that Canyon had the money to lure him away from Rocky but not enough to just keep Moir in the first place.
Pretty sure Jack wants to race DH and Canyon wouldn't let him...
And I correct that Jesse maintained a 29/29 set up on his Rocky? Whereas Remi and ALN were mixed 29/27b?
Was hoping we might see some weirdness to get his new Canyon mixed but probably not based on a 3 second Google search for his bike check.
Can't wait to see Jesse, Jack, and Richie continue their battles. Hopefully Martin is in the mix too.
2000th: who's left to discuss here?
Mr. Moi Moi , Kasper and Angel seem to be like the only ones left. Seems to be something going on with the Specialized Enduro team too since they haven't released their team roster yet. Saw somewhere that Transition is putting together a "Factory" team... That still has to be announced.
Yep: "Wheelset: Turbine R 27.5 + 29 (Remi & ALN)"
https://www.raceface.com/blogs/community/athlete-bike-check-the-rocky-m…
More news, this time from Nukeproof and Continental!
https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/continental-nukeproof-factory-racing-adds-top-level-talent-roster
Good morning to you too!
A winning setup doesn't last forever...I made the choice that I thought would bring me success for many years to come. Canyon has a bigger commitment to racing and winning and I've always felt I wanted a little extra help to go even faster.
I recorded a podcast with Downtime last week so that should be out soon and explain some more.
Hell yeahh nothing wrong with change!
I bet the Strive is actually right up Jesse's alley. Stuff like built-in reach adjust headset cups should be perfect for someone who likes to tinker and fine-tune his racing setup.
And the really cool thing about the sizing system of the Strive is that you can up- or down-size to your hearts content and choose the size of your bike by your prefered reach alone.
Going off his appearance on Dean Lucas’ podcast, he seemed pretty committed to enduro. Wonder if he’ll mix it up and race a couple dh world cups on his new team
Hell yeah Jesse! Wish you all the best for the next racing season
Could you by chance tell us nerds a little about your race bike? Which size will you run? Which parts? Etc...
And will you by chance at some point be trying Canyon's super secret prototype rear shock? A little birdy told me they've got something in the works.
I read this as being a completely separate entity to the enduro Nukeproof factory team…. Which doesn’t really make sense given the two series have a fair bit of crossover this year with DH and enduro races at some venues?
I know Sam Hill has also hinted at a potential World Cup DH return, will that be on some form of bastardised DH version of the enduro team? The only difference seems to be conti v Michelin tyres?
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