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The rebrand...

Regarding GT, a friend who lives in Cali just dropped me a message, saying that it's not as bad as it looks, that they will get rid of the 1000 bucks Zaskars and are looking to reposition GT as a ”top shelf brand” in the next two years. Don't know what his sources are, but he is an active rider on th West Coast and definitely closer to the action than I am. Mx

GT restructuring isn't a surprise to me. The only value they brought to the market was name only IMO. Another round of Horst link bikes in a sea of Horst link bikes, geo that was too neutral/old for market preferences, spec packages that didn't align with others (even from C dale!) in B&M retail, and a BMX line that was pretty much run of the mill at best. The company used to be an innovator in product and in spectacle. I'll forgive the loss of spectacle cuz that costs serious coin, but the pure plainness of what they've pushed out...

Sidenote, But can we petition for a vital forum comments of the Year award? I nominate this, and honorary mention to whoever started crab bike

I could be wrong, but if done correctly, the co-sponsors can often cover a big chunk of the expenses for the title sponsor. For example they seem like they have a good relationship with continental, and they were the first major time i remember signing on with them when no one really trusted them yet. Doing the gates thing could be another way to grab some money for the team, if gates or pinion is sponsoring the team.

No such thing as bad publicity!

Lmao I just listened to more of it and Luke was indeed who they were talking about because they were reading off the spreadsheet.

And here most of us thought the drama ended with an appearance on that UK debt collection show.

I knew I should’ve patented “B. Kiddy”. Ah well. 😂

I knew this was coming with Anna 's season last year. Mixed feelings- really stoked for Anna, sad that one more privateer team is going away. All the best to Anna and Abby next year!

Dating someone on the team you own and manage is bad enough, but the fact that he first met Jenna when she was an underage junior racer on his team is beyond creepy. They conveniently started dating the first year she was in Elite. It is an overused term nowadays but that is the definition of "grooming".

someone already said this. but.....B-Kiddy?

I must have missed something. What happened?

They're putting him into cryogenic hibernation, to be awakened in the year 2055 when GT returns.

five bucks says he’ll find a way to stay on

Danny landing at Norco Brage will do some sick viking shit like forge a bike out of fuckin Swords or something and put a set of Bombers on it. Hell yeah!

Is Bernard Kerr the UK version of our P Diddy, looks like it. Is his new nickname going to be B Kiddy??

What is Jakob too old for him now?