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Alloy Giga would be sweet again, thanks for the feedback.
Lotta love for 31.8 bars today, I thought it was all about the 35's! I ride OneUp carbon normally so plenty of flex but I hear you on alloy bars, great feedback all, thanks.
Maples and max stay on muc off and till goes to les orres. Unless they set their contracts as a package deal kind of thing. Till has shown promise but not nearly as much as max, and maples has put in a really good season considering his injuries and being on an all french team by himself.
*Crab Talk
I wonder how much French he knows? He's got to be pretty competent in the slang by now.
Maples has a frenglish accent already 🤣
Had these pedals on all my bikes, loved them, please bring them back.
@clivegosling I had a 297 AL Dissent for just a few months, had to sell it due to towns/jobs change. What a rig! Would love to get back on it next year. Raw frame-only would be mint. Otherwise: Vivid coil and Boxxer Base, DT FRs, SRAM GX and Base Mavens for under 4K 🥰
Dissent Al would also be cool, the carbon one will be reintroduced middle of November but we hear you all that you want bikes we can all afford that perform, as riders we want the same!
@clivegosling keeping it team related, bringing back Elliott Heap would be amazing. One of my favourite riders to watch
The latest Norco vid (which has been a really well done series) mentions that they have some things to build on with Bodhi. To me that implies he’s with Norco next year.
Elliot may well be on his way to shoot images with Sven Martin this weekend....on a Nukeproof...
Been asking for someone to make grips using the WTB Padloc grip tech.
I love the Padloc nub on the end for riding trail & resting my beat up palms on & the "no twist" single lock on. But the colors, rubber compounds & logo pattern of WTB were fugly.
Waffle pattern Vans sole tan, grey & black grips with that Padloc nub are what I need.
I love the design & comfort for long ride days.
My belief is they didn't sell well b/c WTB made them visually unattractive w/ that ugly prominent logo in wonky colors.
https://www.jensonusa.com/wtb-commander-padloc-grips-2
enough product talk in team rumors.
I thought i was having a stroke there for a second. I couldn't tell what sub i was in.
The Vital MTB Forum Law cannot be defeated 😂😂😂
Ah sorry, I was getting carried away talking about product instead of teams...however none of you are guessing the pro riders foot in my picture? Man I thought that was what team rumours was all about! I thought someone would have blown it up and analysed the lacing pattern to identify who is going to be spearheading the Nukeproof team in 2026!
Well there are laces, so we know it’s not a freeride team with Finley K.
Laces out Danny
Hmmm ... after analyzing these 62 different lacing patterns I can conclude the wearer prefers a "Straight European Lacing" method, which, as everyone is well aware, is known for its having a clear benefit for sporting use: The upper horizontal sections of shoelace can be quickly cut through with a knife or scissors in order to more easily remove a boot from a broken, sprained or otherwise injured ankle or foot.
So CLEARLY this is someone who is a Euro and has suffered a foot or ankle injury, and it makes it so blatantly transparently obvious who this is, I DON'T EVEN NEED TO SAY IT. YOU'VE GIVEN THE WHOLE GAME AWAY
#footgate
Did nobody pay attention to this post three hours ago? Too focused on parts I guess?
I did look after Danny when he was on GT, love the guy but he's in with Norco for another year I believe.
If only we had the budget...
So he’s wearing shoes but does he have a hat on?
Grandad uses velcro laces for sure
Fair point. You can't spread the limited sponsorship funds around while DH is attracting more than the Lion's share of said funds.
No hat in that pic…that would hide his luscious locks…
Sell shares in the race team to raise money to get Dak, it’s a no brainer really.
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