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Sam Blenkinsop rode for them last year. Whilst he’s not top ten, he’s not invisible. Ebikes are what is selling at the moment so it’s a sensible call to have one as their one production model.

Meh, sour grapes from Brook. They didn't do a "Breaking" post for every ride/rider/signing. Get over it. And if you really want people to talk about you win some races or a championship?

No. He was owner of the team called Intense Factory Racing for a few years. The same entity is now called Gwin Racing. Before that IFR was actually a factory owned team.

I thought Aaron was part owner of Intense Bicycles?

Came here to say that Crestline VPP (and current Santa Cruz VPP) kinematics have a lot of the traits that Neko has listed as desirable: ~30% progression, linear-progressive leverage curve, moderate anti-rise (not 100%, not super low). Not sure what the Intense VPP kinematics looked like, but VPP designs are apparently quite sensitive to small movements of the pivot locations.

Crestline leverage ratio... https://crestlinebikes.com/shop/rs-205-vhp-frame/#kinematics-1

where'd this come from anyway? it's not like there was some grassroots explosion of snowbiking, or even, any, anywhere, at all, let alone competitive for a world champs.

Definitely did not have nearly enough spice. Marlon Blando. Flat out foot out speed in slow motion, fine, but really they could’ve done so much more…washboard whoops, a couple drops, 30 foot tall berms (even with the background looking very green and brown)…classic UCI—maybe this was their way of saying, “see?—we can’t produce an event, that’s why we need Warner Bros!” Suck on purpose to prove it needs help, a real life bike Producers…At any rate: Blando Calrissian. A sickening lack of spice. You can do so much with snow compared to dirt…this thing could’ve been a Dr Seuss level...

I'm just glad to see so many entrants from all over the world. Or at least the world according to the UCI

the comments in that insta video..... UCI just getting roasted lol

He is saying it’s not the sport of mountain biking, so “grow the sport” doesn’t apply in his eyes. I agree, it is not really mountain biking even though they are riding mountain bikes. Having this in the Olympics is not going to help downhill mountain biking beyond crossover racers’ name recognition with the layman.

I’m surprised that’s his take given that this event is much more likely to get in the Olympics than traditional DH as all the infrastructure is already in place for the much larger ski events. But hey only “grow the sport” if it benefits him directly.

Outspoken as always, Loic Bruni has made his position clear on how he thinks this new discipline compares to good old biking on dirt:

I tried you guys, I wouldn’t have told though 🤞🏽

really? so why no1 want her? And u right, racing and results counts not the tears of an Instagram beggar ☝🏻

C'mon guys...weird discussion really If you use political correctness as a way of critique against someone, you're missing the point. If a rider gets a contract or not, is down to team owners. In times of Internet, there are many different reasons to hire a rider or not, and they're not always related to the rider him/herself. But that's not really up to you. That leaves the question: what do you gain from hating publicly on someone you don't even know. And even worse, hiding behind a username at the same time. Just try and find a better pasttime, it'll...

People losing livelihoods…. They race bikes it’s literally a dream job. It’s not like there factory workers in a war torn third world country. Most pro athletes come from very wealthy family’s you don’t see kids from the hood racing world cups.I’m sure she will be just fine… Dude can say what he wants or was that too many aggressions for your pc world.