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With all his experience over the years working with SRAM / Rockshox I wonder if he’ll end up as some sort of product development / blackbox development program? Almost a bit like Yannick Pontal has done on the e-bike scene?
Product development is done by people who are good at product development. A multiple world cup winner or world champion does not necessarily fit that role...
Not saying Sam wouldn't be good at it, just saying he might not be a good fit for the role. Plus Australia is not the best location to do product development for Sram...
Legit, likely racing next year as a 'farewell tour'.
Have a look at Nigel Page's Instagram..
but didnt the detectives conclude it was a production privee ?
Sam Hill seemed to enjoy the post.
A pity he couldn't enlighten us more post enjoyment.
Heres a team rumor - Dean Lucas talked of riding for an Australian bike company on a recent youtube video he posted, the statement was along the lines of been in discussion with “x” havent made a decision yet.
There Was no talk of who the company was, I can only assume it was trinity.
edit - come to think of it, maybe that’s where hills headed.
Lucas and Hill together would be great. Lucas can do crankworx and events outside of UCI.
There are a hundred riders who are more worthy of a sponsored ride than Lucas. If anything he might get a deal for a mate from Lusty who imports Transition into Australia to plug on his podcast. After a summer of hanging out with OF models on the GC, I cant see him being competitive.
Sam Hill, is a legend of the sport but unfortunately is well past his prime between the tape. Filming some shredits may be the only value to a sponsor.
Yeah Sam never really had much of a reputation for anything other than being really ridiculously fast and being quite a nice guy. Where other riders get kind of pigeonholed for different aspects of their career e.g. Minnaar is known for his methodical approach and racecraft, Gwin for developing products for relatively niche brands, Peaty for his big personality. It is testament to how good Hill was in his prime that he was only ever known as being really fast on a bike and amazing to watch because of that.
@casey79
"Sam Hill, is a legend of the sport but unfortunately is well past his prime between the tape. Filming some shredits may be the only value to a sponsor"
Has more to do with choosing to commit to a family on the most remote of the 7 continents.
Hill could ditch the family and run a worldwide tour & be a guest all over the world doing MTB media year round & would be incredibly marketable.
Agree that Sam's focus is now his family, selling the home, buying a truck and being a moto Dad.
Nukeproof going under when Wiggle went into administration, being owed tens of thousands of dollars of unpaid sponsorship and losing that relationship for signature components would have left a hole in the back pocket and messed with the retirement plans.
As others have said Sam always let his riding speak for it's self and is a man of a few words, so not sure if the speaking circuit and media is his thing, hence the shredits make the most sense. On the other hand fellow Australian Josh Carlson is a gifted public speaker hence he has continued into a career in the media for Disco/WB and MCing events after he has finished racing.
Are you aware of the existence of Antarctica?
You want me to quantify "livable"?
Go search the net for misspelled words guy.
Makes sense for a bike brand wanting to make it's name as Long & Slack
From the latest SC email... sounds like Jackson is out until 2025.
If you watched the first episode of the Syndicate TV series last week then you probably saw that poor Jackson Goldstone just had knee surgery and looks to be focused on recovery not racing this year.
I'm actually glad to hear this.
As much as I wanted to se him race this year, I'd rather see him healthy and racing for many years to come.
Sam Hill not on Nukeproof is insane. He put that brand on the map!
They said the same about Iron Horse.
Should we take credit for this decision?
I think we, the Vital horde, should do just that.
According to my calculations, Bruni will sit out this year too then.
He'll sit out when we say he sits out...and no sooner.
More throttle and less pedal for Sam’s next bike sponsor.
Fully committing to ebikes
Tell me you weren’t alive in the 90’s without telling me you weren’t alive in the 90’s.
I always wanted a set of those Nukeproof carbon fiber hubs.
Junior World Champ Erice van Leuven has picked up a Monster ride.
I wonder how many people know where the Mega brand name comes from... Also if people know what preceded CRC Nukeproof, which frames they ran.
While not the OG hubs, I remember lusting after the original Mega (44 mm straight headtube baby!) and the CRC factory colorway full face helmet before Nukeproof was a thing. Fast forward 10 years and I'm hlfull face helmet hater #1 😂
I always wanted one of their Ti frames.
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