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Is it possible that he trashed his spare helmet on the 1st day at MSA? I doubt a replacement would be available between then and qualifying the next day.
Imagine this. I'm your title sponsor. I'll pay you $100,000.00 USD to race. You can pick any production DH frame in the world to run. We will buy 10 of them, repaint them and put the "team name" on it. You still picking GT?
I'd imagine if Im at a level of racing where a sponsor was willing to do this I'd also be in the position to purchase several frames and do some testing to see what I like the most prior to choosing my race season frame.
That GT has shown to throw down some fast times this year in the world cup. I mean shit pinkertons times were not far off the elite men's times and Ethan Craik rallied that bike hard this year... may as well get a hold of one and see what it's all about.
He also didnt race in Snowshoe so that seems unlikely.
Why's that? We know he crashed heavily into a tree and didn't race Snowshoe as a result (and probably wrecked a helmet looking at the footage), but I'm thinking if he had a spare he could've damaged it at MSA early in practice (happy to admit I'm not enough of a sleuth to try to work out what helmet he's wearing in what edit).
Well this wonderful piece of journalism has shed light on some debated topics:
- Union will be back again in 2024!
- The schedule and format has yet to formally shared in a broad fashion. Lots of teams and organizations working off of sketchy information.
- Team fees doubled last year to this season and many anticipate them to rise again.
Apparently, you're not a victim. Until you've become a victim. I love it up there. 3 hours to the border from where I grew up. I've traveled all over QC racing, snowmobiling, partying and just visiting my friends up there. Still means anyone I know that's not from there still parks a certain way or triple locks their trailers, etc because you can't trust your valuables being safe there all the time.
On a better note, where do you think Daniel ends up next year?
Contrary to news that Union had told all riders they were done?
Wonder what changed?
The frame is super easy to work on and is an amazing ride. Not sure where you got that they are hard to work on. I have been working on them for over a year and they are much better than the older frame and the riders love them.
I suspect they're referring to the frame that broke at VDS under Roger Vieira. I don't think there's been widespread breakage aside from that. I could well be wrong though.
Looks like a great bike to me otherwise, but I have to admit seeing that photo is alarming at first.
I know that the only frame Ryan Pinkerton broke, was hitting a tree in Tennessee. Other than that he has been on the same frame all year with zero issues. He tends to be very hard on bikes.
MS Zerode next year?
If the rumor of who MS is talking to comes to fruition, it will surprise everyone outside the pits.
Maybe not following concussion protocol is more likely? Would lead to a lack of insurance I would think.
Guessing the conversations in the pits were fairly Intense
Not sure they covered the whole gamut of topics
Did GT piss in your Cheerios or something? Sheesh
hoping Wyn's MSA XCO coverage is a pilot/sign of expansion of his series for next year! adds a new dimension to XCO that makes it more relatable (personable? exciting? involved?) for me, personally
Pidcock almost seemed stunned that Wyn was still asking him questions as they walked. Liked that part.
marzocchi or manitou shock?
In your pic, the guy holding the bike has a MS shirt.
I'd say Marzo form the stickers and the angle between the main body and the little can
Would be cool to see Zerode at world cup, their new bike looks sweet. Was there any rider riding that bike at MSA? If not, we can be relatively sure they were showing the bike to potential team/riders. Does anyone knows how MS operate? Do they just get frames (+R&D) or were they also financially supported by Mondraker?
You can be assured that all the big teams get $$$ by their frame sponsors, especially when they are also the title sponsor of the team.
Nice to meet you Mr. Pinkerton.
Sponsor changed
What a roller coaster of emotion for young people killing it.
I'm told it was at first a huge letdown, but then the news of the new sponsor was a huge boost for them. Look out for them in 24.
Union to GT? 🤷🏻♂️
You'll have to bring that idea on a long hike across country.
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