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"Chris Akrigg actually riding bicycles in a video again" is what I like. Best raw creativity of anyone on human powered pedal balance bicycles.

It’s a Status, I can tell from the pixels and my having seen lots of bikes on the internet Or it might be a 2015 Raleigh Kodiak

Looks like a Saracen Ariel 30

Sounds like he got the shaft.

And he stays with rocky…

Spotted at Thredbo today... Oli Zwar on Canyon Ben Zwar on Trek

and it's also not Jesse in the picture, it's his friend who I believe is a gravel/road racer or at least enthusiast and that he trains with.

That's a Cannondale road bike. Not sure if that is helpful in any way.

thx sspomer, but i already knew that the ews turned into the edr, just couldn‘t figure out what the acronym ment and now still sounds dumb IMO.

I think Sam is going to end up on Hyper or Diamondback or one of the big box brands who make bad production bikes but provide a different bike to their athletes.

No question he is great entertainment. I just feel like he exists in the world of YouTube rather than mountain bikes. Riding around on his haibike or his bed frame or whatever is he really contributing to mtb culture? Also NOT saying I think what he does isn’t impressive or valid or that I think it’s a bad way for specialized to spend their marketing dollars. It will probably sell a lot of bikes. I just got the impression that a lot of their recently fired athletes were more grassroots or making a wider contribution to the sport than just...

Truth be told: If people like Sam Pilgrim (social media clowns) would just vanish off the internet overnight, I wouldn't miss them. Not even a little. Kinda unfortunate that a guy this talented frequently resorts to putting out clickbait bullcrap.

Why do you think? In Tweed Valley he just wanted to see how racing looks like…kinda proof of concept. 🤷🏼 He was surprised by the result. All the sponsre stepped in to allow him racing the rest of the EWS Season. guess a big shout out is ok? 😉

Don't know to much about Reece, but he was the only MTB-rider I'm aware of, that raffeld off a bike to donate to Ukraine (not totally sure, but I think Canadian Red Cross to help Ukrainians). He can do a lot wrong, to still be a good guy in my book.

Was he supposed to build half a home? 2/3 of a home? How much of a home is acceptable to build?

No doubt. Reece must have stolen his girlfriend or something.

I wouldn't take this as cutting fringe employees so much as cutting ineffective marketing strategies. Many of the aforementioned global brand ambassadors didn't have huge followings in already niche segments of the industry (bikepacking for example). Spesh is still certainly flush with cash, I'm sure their just investing it in the kind of marketing that makes existing riders buy their bikes (racing, edits, innovation, etc.). Downturn in the industry means you have to hit core riders, rather than trying to attract new segments IMO. The boom still brought in many riders who have stuck around, cutting certain marketing strategies isn't...

I will start a totally baseless rumor that the whole 50to01 crew is going to switch to Cotic in an effort To support a UK brand.