I was just perusing the EWS team list posted over on that other site. Looks like the big S, Yeti, Juliana, and Forbidden all have yet to announce their rosters.
Forbidden seams fairly obvious with both Rhys Verner and Magnus Manson openly posting videos of them riding the bikes.
Katy Winton could maybe be going to any of the other teams.
Katy seems very pleasant but perhaps she is a total B in real life and difficult to work with. Maybe she does something that is a put off to sponsors. Food for thought.
Specialized Racing - Charles Murray has been riding a Demo in NZ DH this year.
Barelli commented on a Kevin Miquel post " Soude avec un grand S". I'm no French speaker but something about 'big S'?
Max Chapuis, Cody Kelley and Killian Callaghan all appear to still there based on Insta
Juliana Free Agents - Rapheal Richter in on a Juliana on her Intend announcement.
Forbidden -Rhys Verner and Magnus Manson (Instagram based assumption)
Yeti / Fox Factory Team - Richie Rude and Shan Neer (Instagram based assumption)
Yeti / OneUp PRO Team - Kasper Wooley (Instagram based assumption)
Melanie Pugin and Alexanre Cure confirmed on BH on Insta.
Anyone else other than Katy Winton? She's doing a good job getting people talking by simply doing nothing! Hope there's a big announcement coming.
Katy seems very pleasant but perhaps she is a total B in real life and difficult to work with. Maybe she does something that is a...
Katy seems very pleasant but perhaps she is a total B in real life and difficult to work with. Maybe she does something that is a put off to sponsors. Food for thought.
A Pinkbike link in a vital MTB forum :o that’s blasphemy
I don't really get all the hate. I mean the comments do tend to be more civil here and the forum actually lives, but content is content at the end of the day...
Considering it hasn't been posted in this thread I figured it hasn't been posted on the main page of Vital yet.
I think Kasper Wooley will be moved up to the factory team this year. He did after all, beat Richie at one of the BME’s last year.
And I have a sneaking assumption that Katy Winton will be on specialized this year. One of their riders posted an insta story of him riding a Rockshox equipped enduro. Most likely the XC and Enduro factory teams will both be on Rockshox while the DH team keeps ohlins since they are technically a Pure Agency team.
Katy seems very pleasant but perhaps she is a total B in real life and difficult to work with. Maybe she does something that is a...
Katy seems very pleasant but perhaps she is a total B in real life and difficult to work with. Maybe she does something that is a put off to sponsors. Food for thought.
Katy comes off nice enough, but I think 2 potential issues are out there..
1) The uncertainty of the upcoming season. Teams might be holding back on signing riders because they have no idea what's going on.
2) Maybe she's not looking hard and focusing on recovery.. Concussions can linger for a while..
Katy seems very pleasant but perhaps she is a total B in real life and difficult to work with. Maybe she does something that is a...
Katy seems very pleasant but perhaps she is a total B in real life and difficult to work with. Maybe she does something that is a put off to sponsors. Food for thought.
Long time lurker, first time poster. Sad that this is what inspired me to finally pitch in.
This is total BS. This is total conjecture, based on nothing. Consider that this is precisely how people like Weinstein got away with their shit for so long. Erode somebody's reputation by implying that they're difficult to work with. I know you're not responsible for her contract, but come on.
Consider how hard people here worked to defend the reputation of a well known male pro recently. And he actually did something worth criticizing! But based on nothing, you're going to speculate that a female pro must deserve to not have a contract because she must be difficult because what else could possibly cause something like this to happen?
It already seems difficult enough for all but the top women to get contracts that allow them to live life as true professionals. Stuff like this certainly doesn't help.
Long time lurker, first time poster. Sad that this is what inspired me to finally pitch in.
This is total BS. This is total conjecture, based...
Long time lurker, first time poster. Sad that this is what inspired me to finally pitch in.
This is total BS. This is total conjecture, based on nothing. Consider that this is precisely how people like Weinstein got away with their shit for so long. Erode somebody's reputation by implying that they're difficult to work with. I know you're not responsible for her contract, but come on.
Consider how hard people here worked to defend the reputation of a well known male pro recently. And he actually did something worth criticizing! But based on nothing, you're going to speculate that a female pro must deserve to not have a contract because she must be difficult because what else could possibly cause something like this to happen?
It already seems difficult enough for all but the top women to get contracts that allow them to live life as true professionals. Stuff like this certainly doesn't help.
Not sure if posted already. Zabjek still riding his old Wilson (both bikes in the picture are Devinci, at least by the look of it). I guess their new bikes haven't been shipped yet, same as the newly formed Trek TLD. Maybe they will really be back on Trek?
Katy seems very pleasant but perhaps she is a total B in real life and difficult to work with. Maybe she does something that is a...
Katy seems very pleasant but perhaps she is a total B in real life and difficult to work with. Maybe she does something that is a put off to sponsors. Food for thought.
I ended up following her down during an EWS practice in terrible conditions, she was laughing the whole way down and gave me a high 10 for making it down with her without crashing.
I got beat by the Canadian site, but 2nd ranked EWS rider Flo Nicolai had a big crash and got airlifted off the mountain yesterday. Seems it was not as bad as feared, shoulder dislocation injury, hopefully he'll be back competing soon enough.
Stretching the definition of team rumours slightly, and stealing from a French forum...
Commencal just built their own custom track for testing, looks bonkers good:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CL7QWSWCq10/...
Stretching the definition of team rumours slightly, and stealing from a French forum...
Commencal just built their own custom track for testing, looks bonkers good:
Stretching the definition of team rumours slightly, and stealing from a French forum...
Commencal just built their own custom track for testing, looks bonkers good:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CL7QWSWCq10/...
Stretching the definition of team rumours slightly, and stealing from a French forum...
Commencal just built their own custom track for testing, looks bonkers good:
Stretching the definition of team rumours slightly, and stealing from a French forum...
Commencal just built their own custom track for testing, looks bonkers good:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CL7QWSWCq10/...
Stretching the definition of team rumours slightly, and stealing from a French forum...
Commencal just built their own custom track for testing, looks bonkers good:
Not sure if posted already. Zabjek still riding his old Wilson (both bikes in the picture are Devinci, at least by the look of it). I...
Not sure if posted already. Zabjek still riding his old Wilson (both bikes in the picture are Devinci, at least by the look of it). I guess their new bikes haven't been shipped yet, same as the newly formed Trek TLD. Maybe they will really be back on Trek?
Briefly spoke with Unior team director on local trails yesterday and asked him if new bikes have not arrived yet because he was still riding his Troy and he said, between the lines, they don't actually have a frame sponsor and will continue to ride their old downhill bikes... Then he added that their xco rider will ride something special
[b]Specialized Racing[/b] - Charles Murray has been riding a Demo in NZ DH this year.
Barelli commented on a Kevin Miquel post " Soude avec un...
Specialized Racing - Charles Murray has been riding a Demo in NZ DH this year.
Barelli commented on a Kevin Miquel post " Soude avec un grand S". I'm no French speaker but something about 'big S'?
Max Chapuis, Cody Kelley and Killian Callaghan all appear to still there based on Insta
Juliana Free Agents - Rapheal Richter in on a Juliana on her Intend announcement.
Forbidden -Rhys Verner and Magnus Manson (Instagram based assumption)
Yeti / Fox Factory Team - Richie Rude and Shan Neer (Instagram based assumption)
Yeti / OneUp PRO Team - Kasper Wooley (Instagram based assumption)
Melanie Pugin and Alexanre Cure confirmed on BH on Insta.
Anyone else other than Katy Winton? She's doing a good job getting people talking by simply doing nothing! Hope there's a big announcement coming.
"Soude avec un grand S" is like "Full throttle with a big F" (Souder (verb) is weld: "welding throttle wide open")
https://www.enduroworldseries.com/news/1617-2021-enduro-world-series-an…
Forbidden seams fairly obvious with both Rhys Verner and Magnus Manson openly posting videos of them riding the bikes.
Katy Winton could maybe be going to any of the other teams.
Can't say I'm surprised...
Barelli commented on a Kevin Miquel post " Soude avec un grand S". I'm no French speaker but something about 'big S'?
Max Chapuis, Cody Kelley and Killian Callaghan all appear to still there based on Insta
Juliana Free Agents - Rapheal Richter in on a Juliana on her Intend announcement.
Forbidden -Rhys Verner and Magnus Manson (Instagram based assumption)
Yeti / Fox Factory Team - Richie Rude and Shan Neer (Instagram based assumption)
Yeti / OneUp PRO Team - Kasper Wooley (Instagram based assumption)
Melanie Pugin and Alexanre Cure confirmed on BH on Insta.
Anyone else other than Katy Winton? She's doing a good job getting people talking by simply doing nothing! Hope there's a big announcement coming.
Considering it hasn't been posted in this thread I figured it hasn't been posted on the main page of Vital yet.
And I have a sneaking assumption that Katy Winton will be on specialized this year. One of their riders posted an insta story of him riding a Rockshox equipped enduro. Most likely the XC and Enduro factory teams will both be on Rockshox while the DH team keeps ohlins since they are technically a Pure Agency team.
1) The uncertainty of the upcoming season. Teams might be holding back on signing riders because they have no idea what's going on.
2) Maybe she's not looking hard and focusing on recovery.. Concussions can linger for a while..
This is total BS. This is total conjecture, based on nothing. Consider that this is precisely how people like Weinstein got away with their shit for so long. Erode somebody's reputation by implying that they're difficult to work with. I know you're not responsible for her contract, but come on.
Consider how hard people here worked to defend the reputation of a well known male pro recently. And he actually did something worth criticizing! But based on nothing, you're going to speculate that a female pro must deserve to not have a contract because she must be difficult because what else could possibly cause something like this to happen?
It already seems difficult enough for all but the top women to get contracts that allow them to live life as true professionals. Stuff like this certainly doesn't help.
Only now noticed that Blenky is riding POC apparel. When did they change over?
Anyone know how the injury crew from last year is doing? Obviously Rach is out being pregnant but what about Perrion?
Edit: Here is an official statement from UCI: https://www.uci.org/inside-uci/press-releases/2021-mercedes-benz-uci-mountain-bike-world-cup-postponement-of-round-in-maribor
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