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Why would anyone go to that length when Kolb will announce his new team tomorrow anyways?
because we're officially in silly season?
Is lobegate the new frecklegate?
If you guys still think this is AI here is some other spy shots from today
look at nina’s bike
No earlobes shown. Clearly AI
Can't argue with that man. What bike is Nina riding? Seems like a Proto Nomad/Megatower with a dual crown?
new driver 8. bringing back old freeride bikes is so hot right now.
Hi do we know that you are not AI??
But really, excellent work for the forum! We appreciate you.
Don't know if significant: Does "Bääm" mean "Welcome" in Austrian slang?
no, just some expression of excitement.
something like BOOOOM
"boom" correct. when i first punched it into google translate without the diaeresis on the "a"s it came back as "tree" LOL
Okay, thanks.
But what about the position of his arms in the left side of the photo. Clearly making the shape of the letter S? Now that might be worth considering.
If I could only think of some word that starts with S....
the correct word for tree is "Baum", "Bam" is the dialect version
A tribute to SuperBruni
An Austrian man raising his right arm. Please let's not go further with that coincidence...
Kolb to Syndicate would make an excellent pairing with Jackson. As much as it's an individual sport, having a teammate who is that quick should benefit the both of them.
I thought this thread started a bit early this year , YT kept it interesting mid season but I am so excited that now we're really getting going 😄 I'm all in on the earlobe chat 🤣
Nina's bike looks like a Nomad with a 40 on it.
Santa Cruz please put some bottle bosses on the next V10/driver 8 thing. It’s worth the extra 4 grams
Maybe Orbea’s successes with overstroking an enduro bike is catching on…
Germans out here using umlauts (they quite literally “change the sound”), I had to look up dia-whatnow…that’s the word for two dots that break vowels apart, like noël and just about zero others because what word did you just use? Thanks for making me look it up but why didn’t you?
Crestline vibes with that Santa Cruz mule.
I had to Google it too
yeah but
He kept rocking the YT kit to the bitter end. I’m cool with it but also liked Oisin’s quasi protest and buying/wearing his own gear.
assuming the rear wheel is 29" it looks like a DH-bike length shock, plus the OS straight headtube is very DH spec
Interesting that the Nina bike doesn't have the same shock angle that is touted on the newer Bronson and hightower.
That's Ellie
counting down the PB article with their "exclusive" spy shots lol
Not sure if this is allowed, but someone (@math) posted this photo in the tech rumour thread. Here's another look at Jackson's new teammate and Nina with an interesting looking rig.
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