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I hope the eyes are indicating sarcasm and I’m just dense.
But, American date system month/day/year.
News comes out Tuesday.
Whilst yes he is riding a Nukeproof and registered on an old Nukeproof team, Nukeproof, along with CRC/Wiggle are in adminstration. There is little to no chance the administrators will fund a race team when they are trying to sell a business. Hence there has been a max exodus of people from riding for Nuke/Vitus and no one signing for them since. I see it as his new team gave him one of their old frames whilst they sort their new frame sponsor out. He's on fox suspension - Nuke/Conti last year were SRAM. So no, i dont think it is official in the slightest he's on Nukeproof.
No longer a mystery....
NICE!
On the https://www.redbull.com/us-en/athlete/aaron-gwin link, it mentions Intense under the "other partners" section. Might be dated information, or he might be racing the new frames he had a hand in developing. I hope the latter is the case
It also mentions Onza which would be a new sponsor for him since IFR was on Vee.
I think he was on Onza with YT
That's a good point, he was on Kenda when he started with Intense, so maybe that sponsors list isn't as dated as I originally thought!
Thomas Genon (Tommy G) on GT.
Rachel Strait is off GT. I believe her and Kyle are going to be on same bikes as a couple (Fezzari... maybe?).
Woooo
Glad to see AG is racing.
Mikey Delesalle has some recent socials on a Commencal, but then this video of him riding in Temecula:
lots speculating Kyle on Fez; it's not Fez.
man, it brings me much joy to see AG continuing racing… NOW F* TELL ME ON WHICH FRAME/BIKE DAMN IT!!!
Nothing against Fez... but glad it's not them. I'll be curious to see who it is... I would assume someone with an interest in DS-style bikes (which... a lot of the racers just mod the crap out of smaller trail or slope bikes for their DS bikes these days, I guess).
The epic wet Mont Saint Anne run was on Onza
Edit: let's all bask in the glory
Those Onza DH tires were semi-mud spikes anyway.
FanBoi's...who manufacturers their carcass/casing/tread...yadda yadda.....???
They were more along the lines of a dhf/dhr2 hybrid with a really good compound, and were manufactured by CST. The thing about MSA is if it is raining hard enough and there aren't a ton of people on track, it still rolls pretty fast and has traction. The problems come when the rain slows, or the dirt gets churned up from people on track, and the moisture soaks into the dirt. There's no arguing that Aaron is a genius when it comes to riding a bike and developing products though.
Finally I can go to bed and sleep peacefully, knowing we'll see the Gwinner race again
Everyone thought it was the frame holding Gwin back in 2019, but that year he switched off his Onza tires that he won MSA in the wet with and to Kenda, and after a season on those specific tires I can testify that it likely wasn't the frame switchup that threw off his game. It would be great if a return to his Signature Tire (the most important part of the bike) can help with a return to the podium.
And how are they "basically mud spikes"? They don't have tall tread lugs at all.
https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/Aaron-Gwins-Signature-Onza-Tire-Is-Mo…
If not Fez then where are they going ??
Hyper maybe
That yeti DH is carbon now, aint no way they changing no mold for Mr Gwin no matter the feedback.
They had sick mick on the advisory board, that's good enough for me!
I'm pretty sure it's just an edit. On the SC IG page they called it solo, which was the original name for the 5010.
has it been discussed in tech rumors a bit? idea that yeti's carbon DH frame isn't a huge cost issue these days as they prob used a less-expensive aluminum mold to make a small batch of frames? cutting production molds (steel) are where it gets expensive.
i have not raised it there, but its mostly just me speculating based on a few things that seem to be more than just a happy coincidence. you're not wrong about the tooling costs, but historically the special projects bikes all started in house. i'm no yeti expert, but how many SP bikes have they done since production moved overseas? the BMX frame and the CX frame?
Yep, made by CST which is Maxxis parent company. They did a super soft 40A version which was like the old Maxxis slow reezay compound. I bought some at half price after Gwin switched to Kenda and they were super sticky. Tore up real quick though and only available in 2.4" which felt a bit skinny on the front.
that yeti with a booty drawing is NSFW
Any news on Sam Hill? He still tags Nukeproof on certain social media publications but seems to have gone the full moto dad route?
Aaron Gwin on Canfield Bikes
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