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Never heard of the place
Never mind the fucking bike company named Crestline, who, in their own words are, "inspired by the terrain that surrounded the founders homes in Southern California, and even naming the company after Crestline CA - a renown local DH shuttle zone"
Big, big secret. Wait'll you hear about this wave outside of Half Moon Bay.
Back off, Warchild!
Kolb broke his arm in NZ
Let's see.
A. Did a person learn about a location via an invitation or personal verbal and social engagement that the trail was only then revealed to that person based on their apparent merits as a decent human being who can be trusted to not trash the place you love?
Maybe even help you take care of it and definitely NOT post it online.
B. Or...did the person rush to the internet to boldly proclaim it's name and/or location because what they really desire selfishly is to get some form of personal social media boost to bolster their own narcissistic need to tell every Tom, Dick & Harry about it without ANY idea if the people they told or will read are the most lowly of the low and capable of truly getting it shut down and/or F-ed up beyond repair?
If they are B...unreliable narc of a human.
It‘s her in front, not on the cam. Read the caption guys!
This is her, but what bike is it?
Pretty sure Katy is the rider riding in front , not the one with the camera and a massive tattoo
on the left arm……
4th is not on the podium, god damn that was a silly thing to do
In what other discipline is 4th a friggin podium.
It was a mistake when it first happened, but I understand it. It should have been a one time thing.
Cube? NS?
Seth Sherlock riding an intense on most recent ig post
People talking about what Gwin might get paid on a "factory" team vs Gwin Racing are missing the point that Gwin Racing is exactly the same organisation as IFR was last year with Dak replaced with another younger, probably cheaper rider.
He's been the team owner for a while. He's a good businessman and I'm sure he'll have some lucrative component and frame sponsorships lined up for the team to make sure it is well funded and he gets paid what he's worth.
Intense is off the table. Not being IFR anymore confirms this. Frameworks is tiny and can't afford to pay for another team so it won't be them. Yeti makes a lot of sense. GT would make sense, especially if there was a Windrock rental fleet tie in.
Trek and Spesh are already sponsoring a bunch of teams, but who knows?
But Aaron has surprised us all a few times before. It's the one thing keeping team rumours season exciting!
And Michael Delesalle is still on his Commencal as of 2 days ago, so looks like they are all still riding their old bikes for now.
Don't let socials fool you. A lot of that stuff you see can be old footage. There is a clip of him riding in Temecula on a bike that's covered up.
Them still being on old bikes could lend to the Yeti rumor... they're 1-off protos and there's only a few out there. It probably takes a month or 2 to make them. It's not like they just pull them off a shelf in a warehouse.
Continental Nukeproof Factory Racing was confirmed a week ago.
https://www.uci.org/team-details/19918
I never post here, but have lurked for years. This years rumor thread has been so epic with so many fun high/lows. The very first world cup dh race I had access to live was South Africa 2011 when Qwin won "out of nowhere", and Warner was walking about eating his hat. I will never accept that he isnt on the verge of a comeback, and this year is no different. I wouldnt doubt him.
Personally while I think it’s unlikely I’d love it if gwin went without a frame sponsor and just rode whatever frame he tests to be best. Not that uncommon in other two wheeled sports and neko has proven you don’t need a frame sponsor to put a budget together with far less resources than Aaron has at his disposal.
Isn't that trail in Ridgecrest? Coulda sworn.
did someone spot the color under that cover? if it was turq we have a clear winner
The new Trailblazers Racing team announced. Three riders, Simplon bikes.
Very nice!
https://www.instagram.com/trailblazers.racing
Not really a rumor, since it's published on UCI's team listings for 2024, but Nathan Pontvianne and Mylann Falquet are shown as members of the Goodman Santacruz team. UCI listed them as members of the Pinkbike team last year, although they apparently only received "support" (whatever that means) from PB.
Nathan placed 2nd overall in Men's Juniors last year and Mylann was 4th in Juniors. Nathan took 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in 3 of the last 5 races. Mylann placed 2nd and 3rd in the last 2 races of the season.
I don't know if they are still Juniors for 2024. They join former PB rider Thibault Laly on the Goodman Santacruz team. Also on the team is Malo Rochet, who took 2nd in the French National DH Championship last year as a U17 rider.
Just passing that along in case it might be of interest in terms of riders to keep an eye on this season. Seems like a young team with tons of potential.
I went back and looked at this again, and I don't think it's Mikey in front, I think he's filming. He's got a white helmet half helmet and when Gavin wear a half his is black. Gavin rides for Specialized.
Seth was tagged 6d ago by TRP for their new drivetrain and it was him and Cody Kelly in the vid (in what looks like SoCal). Seth's on a Intense and Cody on Specialized. That could be months old footage, though.
Windrock lists the Commencal Supreme, Commencal Furious, and Specialized Status as rental bikes. Gwin has owned Windrock since October. If there was a relationship between Windrock's rental fleet and Gwin's racing partner, I'd think the rental fleet would have seen a turnover with new ownership. Anyone know how long Windrock has been renting Commencal bikes?
Commencal going for a big name American rider could be a similar strategy that Mondraker is taking with Dak. Get an American on your product so that Americans are more comfortable riding these lesser-known brands.
Fun stuff.
well, commencal signed dylan maples and dispite his name he‘s american and not canadian
Has anyone watched Katy Winton’s vlog in which she apparently divulges her 2024 program? I’m interested but I can’t be bothered to watch anybody’s vlog.
Quick scrub on the last episode on YouChoob:
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