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Since you guys are talking about Sam Hill, this is pretty timely - a brand new mini documentary on the man himself!

:-) Well, has a French, I can only say that the best cheese is French and near my hometown. Budget wise, full focus on material, components. I mean, we will not have a mega hospitality in Season 1 or the most beautiful set up of the paddock. We want to do things in the good way but it's performance/sporting first. Again like we do in motorsport : we are not the biggest team, but last year we fought with Corvette factory team, beat Porsche, BMW factory teams etc. Dont get me wrong, I am not saying we will bit the...

Um doing Hardline is about the most pro biker thing you can do.

Much better taste and less painful hangover.

The staff will be the "chaperone", we have other women is the crew too. Zoé is feeling safe and she is safe. No question about that.

@sspomer isn't there another thread for this exhausting debate?

No problem, I didn't take your message as aggressive. I have to say I was expecting more "sporting" questions, like who is DragonSpeed, why a sportscars racing team is coming to DH, what are our goals etc. Regarding Thibaut, we discussed about this with him and the partners. You can imagine I am not the only one to be convinced and to decide. We chose the riders together, and the partners are happy with all of our 4 riders, including Thibaut. We had no potential sponsor that said "no" because he is on. Thibaut brings performance, I think we all...

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?

You sure about that? Seems like you are making a culture fight out of a discussion that has nothing to do with anything with the us. One might think you’re American yourself. fans would love a Sam Hill good bye tour. Hope monster and mondy get him out there a bit more the coming years.

dude what are you doing? Sam Hill! Pick another target!

Yeah- I just got curious after this Jack Moir video: https://youtu.be/Kj7WuJ6d_vs?si=paQbx0AjeF3yviJc Mostly want to test short bike vs long bike. When I do the testing- will try to normalize tires and swap the fork/front wheel between bikes to keep everything as similar as possible. Here are the numbers:

What’s weird is this tiny little corner of the internet sort of proves its own argument regarding Sam Hill. He may be, results wise, past it; but there’s still plenty of fans who love him and are interested in who is (or isn’t) sponsoring him even if that is limited to 2 races a year and a few instagram photos. Trading on past performance rather than current social media savvy, yes, but a right he has imo 100% earned. There is going to be a point where the support tapers off and he gets forgotten but he’s not there yet...

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...

ex top40-50 rider turned influencer. can ride a bike properly unlike others and is quite well known in the german speaking hemisphere

I guess the question is how picky are you? No disrespect intended, but I think this forum is an assembly of the nitpickiest nitpickers in the world when it comes to brake lever feel and power. The new XT and XTR brakes are totally adequate for mountain biking and ebikes, and if you need more power, you can pair them with a big thick rotor (like a 220mm/2.0mm SRAM HS2). However, they are less powerful than some of their newest competitors* (Maven Ultimates, TRP DHR EVO, Hope Tech4 V4, etc), and the lever feel is less crisp than the classic...

Sam Hill on Moonraker https://www.instagram.com/p/DUPH1x8Eo6q/?img_index=2&igsh=MWk3N2V0cTkwM…

Huh?

No downvoting from me. Everyone has different taste and there's nothing wrong with that! Brage - that's fair. I think he's the right balance between lots of prep, insane riding skill and willingness to send it. I think he's far more calculating than it looks like in his riding. I think Gee is kinda similar, but I legitimately think that man needs some therapy to work out that death wish he seems to have. Lol Tippie - can't get on board with your take. By every single person who's spent time interacting with him, living near him, riding with him...

Sure, but stature wise, when you're standing beside me in the parking lot between laps, I understand how all the English monks felt as the Norsemen jumped off the boats and rushed towards them. Also always impressed my Brage, and not just riding wise, but the way he approaches projects. He doesn't do things that don't suit him, he focuses on his passions and he doesn't really seem to care about what people thing, knowing what he does will speak as loud as it needs too. He's been the next gen Rough AF since Jordie passed and he carries the...