Does someone know why Greg minnarr has never been under red bull sponsorship ?
I honestly believe the chose not to, as he surely was put into that position.
Don't forget that Clif isn't in the game for as long as Greg has been!
Also, the Red Bull helmet didn't carry as much weight in the early 2000's as it does now.
And I can also remember that Steve Peat kinda had some Red Bull support way before he became a Monster athlete. Not officially branded, but I believe he had tight connections to them and he was always on their events, like the Lisbon urban DH and the Budapest metro race etc.
I guess the only way to find out is from the people themselves...
commencal muc off for 3 more years
OUR DREAM TEAM CONTINUES
We are excited to announce that we are extending our partnerships with COMMENCAL and MUC-OFF for three more years.
Our long-standing relationship with COMMENCAL is as strong as ever. It is grounded in trust and a common goal and continues to grow in terms of developing, refining, and executing the processes and products. Our bikes have delivered us to the biggest race wins in the World and we couldn’t be happier to stay aboard COMMENCAL going forward.
Keeping these bikes in top condition is MUC-OFF. The past two years with MUC-OFF have elevated the team to new heights, allowing us to chase the biggest goals with the best support. We’re stoked to keep this relationship going.
The opening chapters of the COMMENCAL / MUC-OFF partnership have been very succesful, and we cannot wait to continue the story together through to the end of 2024.
New to the team in 2022 is TRP who we are delighted to welcome as our official brakes and drivetrain partners. TRP has come a long way in a short amount of time since entering the World Cup circuit. Their vision and commitment to reach the next level totally meets our own, and we are really looking forward to what we can achieve together.
TRP joins our current partners: FOX suspension, ENVE wheels, DHaRCO clothing, SCHWALBE tires, and BELL helmets. In striving to achieve the very best in our sport, we always aim to align ourselves with the best possible partners; companies whose products represent the pinnacle of technology, and whose people are as passionate and dedicated as we are. The relationships we have built with these partners over the past seasons represent so much of what is great about Downhill, from the attention to minuscule detail to the unbridled sense of stoke!
Alongside TRP, we also welcome 661 protection. They've been away from World Cup racing for a few years and we're happy to have them back with us. Lastly, BeeA Energy will help our riders to keep their energy levels high during training and race weekends.
We offer huge thanks to the following for their continued support: FIZIK (saddles), LIZARD SKINS (grips), FIVE TEN (shoes), HT (pedals), TUBOLIGHT (tire inserts), CN Spoke (spokes), OAKLEY (eyewear), CHRIS KING (hubs & headsets), RACEFACE (cranksets), e*thirteen (chain guides), MarshGuard (number plates & mudguards), BURGTEC (DH stems), Jagwire (cables & housings), UNIOR (tools), GoPro (cameras), Db (travel bags), Axxios Technology (anti-vibration sensors), Stendec (oils), Feedback Sports (bike stands & trainers).
It is with great pleasure that we announce that Myriam Nicole, Amaury Pierron, and Thibaut Dapréla have all signed contracts with the team until the end of 2024.
Their performance on the race track speaks for itself and we are extremely proud of the results these riders have achieved over the past years with us. However, they are far more than their results. Each has grown with the team, becoming an integral member of the crew who brings their own professional assets and personal quirks and helps form the family feels that we enjoy. Together we have created a winning environment in which Myriam, Amaury, and Thibaut can sustainably perform at the highest level, and we very much look forward to what’s to come.
Joining the Elite riders is Hugo Marini, a first-year Junior hailing from the south of France.
Hugo is a hugely talented young rider who has already established an impressive list of results. He is the reigning U17 European Champion and winner of the 2020 and 2021 French Cup and French Championship titles. Having joined the last two team camps, Hugo is quickly finding his feet and already gaining valuable experience. We hope that given the right support and environment - including the opportunity to learn from the very best riders in the sport - that he can continue his exciting trajectory as he steps onto the World Cup scene.
Alongside Hugo’s arrival, we are pleased to say that Tristan Lemire stays with the team, and thus, for the first time in the team's history, we have two Junior riders on the roster. Hugo and Tristan will be able to train, race, and learn alongside each other, and push and support each other as they negotiate their young careers.
And so, with our riders, staff, and partners in place, it’s almost time to go racing! We are as motivated as ever for the season ahead, and we can’t wait to get rolling.
Must be courtesy of their legendary rider Karl Burkat, also known as The Most Important Man To Ever Ride A V10, who is mentoring the team and dropping his racing knowledge from the shadows. :D
Honestly, their racing kit looks better than most stuff out there. Man, have we seen some utter boring jersey designs throughout the years...
Personally I assume the whole pink bike team is gonna be a bit cringey for my tastes. That said even if some of it will be flavored with lame click driven marketing stuff another team racing isn’t a bad thing at all.
VVRacing Academy U21 World Cup team announcement
We are delighted to announce our new team organisation and program with an Academy focus : VVRacing Academy
Based on long-existing VVRacing (non-profit organization), with a proven experience managing a team and athletes on a budget. We should be in a position to facilitate the growth of athletes and raise their results and media exposure.
Our 2022 WorldCup roster is composed of talented U21 athletes and experienced staff on top of solid support from our partners.
Yannick Baechler (Elite 2, Swiss National Champ), Vicky Clavel (Women Jr), Johann Garcin (Elite 2), Louis Gaillet (Elite 2) and Elliot Vallon (Elite 3) are covering both Men’s and Women’s categories at WorldCups, all those talented riders are dedicated to growth and hungry for results.
We will also give some support to U17 talents, especially Vincent Jouvenal (U17).
Our Athletes will ride the results-proven SCOTT Gambler Carbon Tuned, FOX Suspension, Shimano and Maxxis are on board to bring the best to athletes. They will wear custom Kenny Equipment Race Kits, Bluegrass Helmets and Gears and CrankBrothers will provide wheels, pedals and shoes!
Monkey’s Sauce and RAD will keep our bikes clean and beautiful and feed tires with sealant.
We are also delighted to pursue our long term relationships with Formula, Novyparts, Pedros and TchoukTV
Last our staff, Jeremy Gendre and Pierre S. on the mech side and Pol Lefevre as deputy team manager will manage the daily operations. Patrice A. being in the background.
We cannot wait for the season to start, meet us in few weeks in Lourdes!
Personally I assume the whole pink bike team is gonna be a bit cringey for my tastes. That said even if some of it will be...
Personally I assume the whole pink bike team is gonna be a bit cringey for my tastes. That said even if some of it will be flavored with lame click driven marketing stuff another team racing isn’t a bad thing at all.
Well, if the production is handled by the canadian "pinkbike Academy" and "budget vs baller" production then the whole thing is a waste of time. But it seems more likely to be produced by the team working with Cathro already which is some of the best content on PB (the line choice edits during races and the skills videos that recently ended).
Well, if the production is handled by the canadian "pinkbike Academy" and "budget vs baller" production then the whole thing is a waste of time. But...
Well, if the production is handled by the canadian "pinkbike Academy" and "budget vs baller" production then the whole thing is a waste of time. But it seems more likely to be produced by the team working with Cathro already which is some of the best content on PB (the line choice edits during races and the skills videos that recently ended).
He said on Instagram that it's going to be sleeper.co, (Max Rendall) which is who he was working with last year, so fingers crossed!
Well, if the production is handled by the canadian "pinkbike Academy" and "budget vs baller" production then the whole thing is a waste of time. But...
Well, if the production is handled by the canadian "pinkbike Academy" and "budget vs baller" production then the whole thing is a waste of time. But it seems more likely to be produced by the team working with Cathro already which is some of the best content on PB (the line choice edits during races and the skills videos that recently ended).
Agree that those were hard to watch, but have to add my 11 year old really enjoyed both and even said he would like to do the academy someday. Probably helps that he has always been a Jason fan and we are budget.
Personally I assume the whole pink bike team is gonna be a bit cringey for my tastes. That said even if some of it will be...
Personally I assume the whole pink bike team is gonna be a bit cringey for my tastes. That said even if some of it will be flavored with lame click driven marketing stuff another team racing isn’t a bad thing at all.
Well, if the production is handled by the canadian "pinkbike Academy" and "budget vs baller" production then the whole thing is a waste of time. But...
Well, if the production is handled by the canadian "pinkbike Academy" and "budget vs baller" production then the whole thing is a waste of time. But it seems more likely to be produced by the team working with Cathro already which is some of the best content on PB (the line choice edits during races and the skills videos that recently ended).
Pretty sure Sleeper Co is taking care of it, can find them on insta and they have some of the best content around.
Well, if the production is handled by the canadian "pinkbike Academy" and "budget vs baller" production then the whole thing is a waste of time. But...
Well, if the production is handled by the canadian "pinkbike Academy" and "budget vs baller" production then the whole thing is a waste of time. But it seems more likely to be produced by the team working with Cathro already which is some of the best content on PB (the line choice edits during races and the skills videos that recently ended).
Agree that those were hard to watch, but have to add my 11 year old really enjoyed both and even said he would like to do...
Agree that those were hard to watch, but have to add my 11 year old really enjoyed both and even said he would like to do the academy someday. Probably helps that he has always been a Jason fan and we are budget.
Just cause kids like cheap content that’s easy to produce doesn’t mean a publication the size of pinkbike shouldn’t aspire for something with a little more integrity. Leave the low bearing fruit for the amateurs.
Must be courtesy of their legendary rider Karl Burkat, also known as The Most Important Man To Ever Ride A V10, who is mentoring the team...
Must be courtesy of their legendary rider Karl Burkat, also known as The Most Important Man To Ever Ride A V10, who is mentoring the team and dropping his racing knowledge from the shadows. :D
Honestly, their racing kit looks better than most stuff out there. Man, have we seen some utter boring jersey designs throughout the years...
Mx
I fully expect PinkBike, an internet media company run by an even bigger legacy media company, to have far better graphics designers than most World Cup teams.
I fully expect PinkBike, an internet media company run by an even bigger legacy media company, to have far better graphics designers than most World Cup...
I fully expect PinkBike, an internet media company run by an even bigger legacy media company, to have far better graphics designers than most World Cup teams.
You, sir, are very correct!
I am wondering if I am the only one who isn't visually pleased by what he gets to see in the World Cup:
- a lot of black (photographers love you)
- distasteful jerseys with logos just thrown at them
- the Commencal logo
- stupid team names (Even if it's not visual per-se, it's still part of the identity of a brand, who on Earth cares about the Guerillas, Mobs, Gravity Republics and, erm, Riding Addictions out there, honestly?!)
I fully expect PinkBike, an internet media company run by an even bigger legacy media company, to have far better graphics designers than most World Cup...
I fully expect PinkBike, an internet media company run by an even bigger legacy media company, to have far better graphics designers than most World Cup teams.
You, sir, are very correct!
I am wondering if I am the only one who isn't visually pleased by what he gets to see in the...
You, sir, are very correct!
I am wondering if I am the only one who isn't visually pleased by what he gets to see in the World Cup:
- a lot of black (photographers love you)
- distasteful jerseys with logos just thrown at them
- the Commencal logo
- stupid team names (Even if it's not visual per-se, it's still part of the identity of a brand, who on Earth cares about the Guerillas, Mobs, Gravity Republics and, erm, Riding Addictions out there, honestly?!)
Mx
Imagine if dh kits had the same design quality as classic football (soccer) shirts 😍
Why hasn't Bex announced yet? It's almost middle of Feb which means everyone has been on their new contracts for 6 weeks already. Just not really sure on the reasoning for just sitting on those kinds of announcements? You'd figure the new sponsors would want them to rep their stuff for as long as possible under the contract terms.
Not to mention the waning excitement around announcements since it's sort of died out.
Why hasn't Bex announced yet? It's almost middle of Feb which means everyone has been on their new contracts for 6 weeks already. Just not really...
Why hasn't Bex announced yet? It's almost middle of Feb which means everyone has been on their new contracts for 6 weeks already. Just not really sure on the reasoning for just sitting on those kinds of announcements? You'd figure the new sponsors would want them to rep their stuff for as long as possible under the contract terms.
Not to mention the waning excitement around announcements since it's sort of died out.
There are ways a few March hold outs that usually end up making a bigger splash then instead of in the middle of silly season when things can get drowned out. Just think about how much Syndicate stuff has been rolling out of the hype train the last few weeks, that's been steam rolling everything (and I'll watch every minute of Greenland whipping around the v10) so March will see a few more.
Why hasn't Bex announced yet? It's almost middle of Feb which means everyone has been on their new contracts for 6 weeks already. Just not really...
Why hasn't Bex announced yet? It's almost middle of Feb which means everyone has been on their new contracts for 6 weeks already. Just not really sure on the reasoning for just sitting on those kinds of announcements? You'd figure the new sponsors would want them to rep their stuff for as long as possible under the contract terms.
Not to mention the waning excitement around announcements since it's sort of died out.
The SB-150 and -130 are due to be updated this year. Maybe they're waiting to release those with video/photo of her riding them?
Must be courtesy of their legendary rider Karl Burkat, also known as The Most Important Man To Ever Ride A V10, who is mentoring the team...
Must be courtesy of their legendary rider Karl Burkat, also known as The Most Important Man To Ever Ride A V10, who is mentoring the team and dropping his racing knowledge from the shadows. :D
Honestly, their racing kit looks better than most stuff out there. Man, have we seen some utter boring jersey designs throughout the years...
I fully expect PinkBike, an internet media company run by an even bigger legacy media company, to have far better graphics designers than most World Cup...
I fully expect PinkBike, an internet media company run by an even bigger legacy media company, to have far better graphics designers than most World Cup teams.
You mean a blatant copy of the Vintage Toyota Racing Logo....I can't say I hate it but it is not original by any stretch of the imagination.
Don't forget that Clif isn't in the game for as long as Greg has been!
Also, the Red Bull helmet didn't carry as much weight in the early 2000's as it does now.
And I can also remember that Steve Peat kinda had some Red Bull support way before he became a Monster athlete. Not officially branded, but I believe he had tight connections to them and he was always on their events, like the Lisbon urban DH and the Budapest metro race etc.
I guess the only way to find out is from the people themselves...
Mx
OUR DREAM TEAM CONTINUES
We are excited to announce that we are extending our partnerships with COMMENCAL and MUC-OFF for three more years.
Our long-standing relationship with COMMENCAL is as strong as ever. It is grounded in trust and a common goal and continues to grow in terms of developing, refining, and executing the processes and products. Our bikes have delivered us to the biggest race wins in the World and we couldn’t be happier to stay aboard COMMENCAL going forward.
Keeping these bikes in top condition is MUC-OFF. The past two years with MUC-OFF have elevated the team to new heights, allowing us to chase the biggest goals with the best support. We’re stoked to keep this relationship going.
The opening chapters of the COMMENCAL / MUC-OFF partnership have been very succesful, and we cannot wait to continue the story together through to the end of 2024.
New to the team in 2022 is TRP who we are delighted to welcome as our official brakes and drivetrain partners. TRP has come a long way in a short amount of time since entering the World Cup circuit. Their vision and commitment to reach the next level totally meets our own, and we are really looking forward to what we can achieve together.
TRP joins our current partners: FOX suspension, ENVE wheels, DHaRCO clothing, SCHWALBE tires, and BELL helmets. In striving to achieve the very best in our sport, we always aim to align ourselves with the best possible partners; companies whose products represent the pinnacle of technology, and whose people are as passionate and dedicated as we are. The relationships we have built with these partners over the past seasons represent so much of what is great about Downhill, from the attention to minuscule detail to the unbridled sense of stoke!
Alongside TRP, we also welcome 661 protection. They've been away from World Cup racing for a few years and we're happy to have them back with us. Lastly, BeeA Energy will help our riders to keep their energy levels high during training and race weekends.
We offer huge thanks to the following for their continued support: FIZIK (saddles), LIZARD SKINS (grips), FIVE TEN (shoes), HT (pedals), TUBOLIGHT (tire inserts), CN Spoke (spokes), OAKLEY (eyewear), CHRIS KING (hubs & headsets), RACEFACE (cranksets), e*thirteen (chain guides), MarshGuard (number plates & mudguards), BURGTEC (DH stems), Jagwire (cables & housings), UNIOR (tools), GoPro (cameras), Db (travel bags), Axxios Technology (anti-vibration sensors), Stendec (oils), Feedback Sports (bike stands & trainers).
It is with great pleasure that we announce that Myriam Nicole, Amaury Pierron, and Thibaut Dapréla have all signed contracts with the team until the end of 2024.
Their performance on the race track speaks for itself and we are extremely proud of the results these riders have achieved over the past years with us. However, they are far more than their results. Each has grown with the team, becoming an integral member of the crew who brings their own professional assets and personal quirks and helps form the family feels that we enjoy. Together we have created a winning environment in which Myriam, Amaury, and Thibaut can sustainably perform at the highest level, and we very much look forward to what’s to come.
Joining the Elite riders is Hugo Marini, a first-year Junior hailing from the south of France.
Hugo is a hugely talented young rider who has already established an impressive list of results. He is the reigning U17 European Champion and winner of the 2020 and 2021 French Cup and French Championship titles. Having joined the last two team camps, Hugo is quickly finding his feet and already gaining valuable experience. We hope that given the right support and environment - including the opportunity to learn from the very best riders in the sport - that he can continue his exciting trajectory as he steps onto the World Cup scene.
Alongside Hugo’s arrival, we are pleased to say that Tristan Lemire stays with the team, and thus, for the first time in the team's history, we have two Junior riders on the roster. Hugo and Tristan will be able to train, race, and learn alongside each other, and push and support each other as they negotiate their young careers.
And so, with our riders, staff, and partners in place, it’s almost time to go racing! We are as motivated as ever for the season ahead, and we can’t wait to get rolling.
Let’s make it a good one!
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/introducing-the-2022-pinkbike-racing-team…
Honestly, their racing kit looks better than most stuff out there. Man, have we seen some utter boring jersey designs throughout the years...
Mx
We are delighted to announce our new team organisation and program with an Academy focus : VVRacing Academy
Based on long-existing VVRacing (non-profit organization), with a proven experience managing a team and athletes on a budget. We should be in a position to facilitate the growth of athletes and raise their results and media exposure.
Our 2022 WorldCup roster is composed of talented U21 athletes and experienced staff on top of solid support from our partners.
Yannick Baechler (Elite 2, Swiss National Champ), Vicky Clavel (Women Jr), Johann Garcin (Elite 2), Louis Gaillet (Elite 2) and Elliot Vallon (Elite 3) are covering both Men’s and Women’s categories at WorldCups, all those talented riders are dedicated to growth and hungry for results.
We will also give some support to U17 talents, especially Vincent Jouvenal (U17).
Our Athletes will ride the results-proven SCOTT Gambler Carbon Tuned, FOX Suspension, Shimano and Maxxis are on board to bring the best to athletes. They will wear custom Kenny Equipment Race Kits, Bluegrass Helmets and Gears and CrankBrothers will provide wheels, pedals and shoes!
Monkey’s Sauce and RAD will keep our bikes clean and beautiful and feed tires with sealant.
We are also delighted to pursue our long term relationships with Formula, Novyparts, Pedros and TchoukTV
Last our staff, Jeremy Gendre and Pierre S. on the mech side and Pol Lefevre as deputy team manager will manage the daily operations. Patrice A. being in the background.
We cannot wait for the season to start, meet us in few weeks in Lourdes!
I am wondering if I am the only one who isn't visually pleased by what he gets to see in the World Cup:
- a lot of black (photographers love you)
- distasteful jerseys with logos just thrown at them
- the Commencal logo
- stupid team names (Even if it's not visual per-se, it's still part of the identity of a brand, who on Earth cares about the Guerillas, Mobs, Gravity Republics and, erm, Riding Addictions out there, honestly?!)
Mx
Not to mention the waning excitement around announcements since it's sort of died out.
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