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I was just joking around with that "quote". I could totally see what you're saying being true. I also am not sure where ohlins is manufactured, but seeing the wait times on parts from shimano/sram/fox, I wonder if they've hit production issues due to the pandemic and can only fulfill OEM orders.

Neither of which falls under 'the frames are the same'...

What? This completely blind sided me.

Let's be honest, where else was he going?

@HAEKTPON - last warning - stop cluttering up this forum thread. you're posting too often, with too much nonsense.

YES OUR SAVIOUR ANGEL

there are post/view counts on the forum. i love the crowd in this forum. they are civil, knowledgable and calculated. please do not respond to this reply, let the team rumors carry on w/o these distractions.

Giant, at least here in Australia support a LOT of riders and athletes. Lot's of endorsement type deals for athletes of other sports to ride their bikes, but they support a lot of Juniors and up and coming racers here. It's commendable stuff actually. It seems they are not throwing all their $$ into a racer(s) but rather distributing it at a grassroots level and helping a lot of youngsters reach their potential in a relatively expensive sport.

Just me or does that almost look like a transition spur?

Off to a Bellingham brand...

Dual uprights on the rear triangle. Size specific chainstay lengths. You seem to have some animosity towards Santa Cruz. They are not nearly as exclusive as you have made them out to be in your mind. When a bike is launched that doesn’t fit my needs or is from a brand I’m not crazy about, I don’t rag on it online. I just don’t purchase it.

That pivot looks higher than snoop Dogg.

I don’t think Atwill would be a mistake on the Syndicate’s part at all. He’s a top 10 and has placed top 5 on a few occasions. Also top 20 world champs guy. And, he’s got that whole free racer/jib rider thing going on a-la Brendog, Bernard, Wyn, Kade and Kaos and that aspect certainly seems popular with the DH bike customer. Plus, the syndicate hasn’t had that guy since The Rat. And, he’s from the UK so he’ll probably get along with Peaty (isn’t that one of the reasons people are saying Loris wanted out?). And and, working with...

It should be noted that Ethan showed impressive speed before a concussion put him off the bike for a year and a half. Even if his dad weren't running the team, he's earned the chance to come back. The flip side of that coin is that Katy didn't fall off the pace until her own concussion issues arose. I would have liked to see her take a year off to see if she could figure things out, and one could argue that she's earned that opportunity from Trek. As someone who is only beginning to recover from concussion-related PTSD after...

Probably not since Sam Hill have the elites been looking at a kid and saying oh shit I’m about to be out of business if I don’t pick it up.

I’m hoping a mullet patrol. They can call it the troll and laugh out loud as they take my money.

I'm going to say it is a troll

The same data set that brought us Live valve? Cause that doesn't seem to have translated from motor sports to Bikes as well as they were hoping lol. I understand where you are coming from and what you are saying but this whole narrative I keep seeing in the forum's that FOX is the only company the bleeds racing and that Loris would be doing himself a disservice moving to something else is just silly talk.