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No need, the Hopes match the Maximas already (according to Enduro Mag's latest testing):

Well, he's still a fairly prominent figure in the industry who helps companies sell bikes which helps with sponsorship budgets..

Because he's a good dude and people like to see nice things happening to good people.

I'd rather walk.

Can we put the wrap back on?

Kirk from Norco riding something here - looks like low pivot Norco. Could be a Fluid... chainstay protector is different however.

Unreal that this guy is still in the sport

With Thibaut on your team, most people aren’t going to care about why you made the move to bike racing. A lot of people are going to assume the worst about you, your team and your sponsors. This topic comes up every time he’s mentioned. It’s no coincidence that this was the only real question for you about the team. Who’s the 24/7 chaperone for Zoe? What’s the plan for keeping her feeling safe? An unsettled racer is just going to get hurt out on the track.

How is the mood in the team regarding Daprelas allegations and departure from other teams in recent seasons? do you feel comfortable having younger female racers around someone with SA accusations?

Hey. I am the team manager of DragonSpeed DH. Happy to answer your questions :-)

Look at the age of the Shore. It's at the end of it's cycle, Norco killed the Range to replace it with the 170/160mm Sight, and the only bike that the public knows about that is bigger than the Sight is the probably-maybe to be released DH bike which rumour has it will be very expensive and very limited. Further, just last summer Norco partnered up with the bike park on Grouse mountain, which is a new lift-access bike park located within 40 minutes (or 4 hours, traffic depending) from Norco's headquarters in Port Coquitlam. The rental fleet is/was made...

An updated shore could be cool, I've been thinking of getting the current one and making it a mixed wheel DH race bike for a bit now.

My 2023 Optic is purple.

Did those people who have given up on 148 bikes consider asymetric rims? Rims with more bracing like Flow EX3s? Carbon rims? Cushcore? Checking their spoke tension from time to time? I find it really hard to believe there's a weight limit for 148 spacing lol.

It's a badge engineered Norco Revolver

Its micro marketing and not meant to be a global marketing campaign i would guess. Clearly doesnt move the needle as much as lets say sponsoring an athlete like vali, but will probably also just cost a fraction. I have no clue, but could be that trp doesnt sell as good in germany, hence give a guy from germany a couple of the brakes and he might help sales there. This guy is well known around here, but not only because he does youtube. I have seen him doing comunity stuff like shaping dirtjumps in free acces areas with local...

I love the guy but he's 40 years old and nowhere near up to speed...

This is so perfectly in contrast to the comments above about Hill and a sad reality of the world, ones maybe the best MTB rider ever.. won everything, not a big media guy, no endorsements. Yet somehow a 40-50 guy gets endorsement deals because he likes to talk to a camera.

If TD really assaulted someone, he should be banned for life. I do find it strange that there are all kinds of “people know” insinuations, yet he is still followed by the biggest names in the sport on IG.

Those 3 brands + others mentioned in the old thread https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/The-Hub%2C2/2020-MTB-Tech-rumors-and-in… For Norco's new motor platform you speak of it's gotta be TQ right? They are all Bosch at the moment and launching with Shimano or Fazua would be suicide as those are old and hated motors. (I have no qualms with my Shimano motor) I'll eat my hat if it's SRAM Powertrain.