Meh, sour grapes from Brook. They didn't do a "Breaking" post for every ride/rider/signing. Get over it. And if you really want people to talk about...
Meh, sour grapes from Brook. They didn't do a "Breaking" post for every ride/rider/signing. Get over it. And if you really want people to talk about you win some races or a championship?
I don’t disagree. My perspective out of it was that the UCI sucks. Which it does...
While Brooke has never been as dominant as Gwin by comparison, I’ve still always considered him a contender with a string of bad luck. I think he was trying to help promote Forbidden as well.
Crestline!
Didn't see that one coming, this is so cool
I guess the TeamRumorsThread's street creed took a big hit on this one but well ,.it's...
Crestline!
Didn't see that one coming, this is so cool
I guess the TeamRumorsThread's street creed took a big hit on this one but well ,.it's all for the best.
We'll come back swinging next winter though, you betterbelievedat
How did the Team Rumors Thread take a hit, when it was mentioned HERE, that he is going to ride for a company that is named after a place in the USA??? This is actually boosting the Team Rumors street cred! It's not like somebody wrote that in a Pinkbike comment section, where everybody seems to be busy being the first to comment ”looks like a...”. Really now!
How did the Team Rumors Thread take a hit, when it was mentioned HERE, that he is going to ride for a company that is named...
How did the Team Rumors Thread take a hit, when it was mentioned HERE, that he is going to ride for a company that is named after a place in the USA??? This is actually boosting the Team Rumors street cred! It's not like somebody wrote that in a Pinkbike comment section, where everybody seems to be busy being the first to comment ”looks like a...”. Really now!
Mx
My bad, didn't catch that one.
It is with great pleasure that I can report we are still the undisputed champions of rumours and freckles. The legend of the TeamRumoursThread lives on...
Aaron Gwin / Gwin Racing on CRESTLINE frames. Also a change to e.thirteen tires as noted in the photos. Dig into the PR for deets, he's...
Aaron Gwin / Gwin Racing on CRESTLINE frames. Also a change to e.thirteen tires as noted in the photos. Dig into the PR for deets, he's part owner of Crestline through this deal. We chatted last night and being part owner of a brand or even starting his own brand was something he'd wanted to do for a few years now and this was the opportunity to get that done. Instead of rushing a podcast yesterday, we're going to talk with him next week after the dust settles, so if you have any questions, let us know! -gordo
Official PR
Aaron Gwin Partners with Crestline Bikes as Owner and Gwin Racing's New Bike Sponsor
Aaron Gwin, 5-time World Cup downhill mountain biking champion, has announced a new partnership with Crestline Bike Co., signifying his formal venture into ownership in the cycling industry. Additionally, Crestline Bike Co. is set to become the official frame sponsor for Gwin Racing, Aaron's newly formed downhill race team.
This collaboration represents a pivotal milestone for both Gwin and Crestline. Combining Gwin's experience in the world of mountain bike racing with Crestline's dedication to quality and excellence, the stage is set for an exciting future.
The Gwin Racing team will feature a solid lineup of young talent, including Seth Sherlock and Mikey Delesalle, who will join Gwin as teammates. The team will race Crestline’s RS 205 VHP downhill frame at the 2024 UCI downhill World Cups, World Championships, and select National races.
“I am very excited to begin this new chapter of my career with Crestline Bike Co. Being a part of a bike brand as an owner is an absolute dream of mine. From our first conversations, I felt that we had great alignment and shared many of the same values and aspirations. I have much to share on these details soon but for now, I just want to say thank you to Troydon and Mark for the shared belief and opportunity to help lead this brand into the future.
I’m also looking forward to continuing my race program for 2024 under my umbrella, Gwin Racing. I’m excited about our lineup of riders and staff as well. Seth has been on our team for almost 5 years now and I’m stoked to continue watching his progress. He has a ton of talent on a bike, works incredibly hard, and is a constant positive vibe in the pits. I’m also excited to welcome our new junior rider, Mikey Delesalle to the team. I’ve been working with Mikey for a little over a year now. During that time, I’ve been very impressed by his attitude, speed, and commitment. I can’t wait to be back at the races!”. - Aaron Gwin
“We’re buzzing over our partnership with Aaron and Gwin Racing. This relationship is poised to extend far beyond the racetrack, with strong alignment in our shared vision for the future of Crestline Bike Co. Having someone of Aaron's caliber on board as we move forward is truly incredible." - Troydon (Co-founder, Crestline Bike Co.)
“Yes, it does seem cliche to say it, but we’re excited about this new relationship with Crestline Bike Co. Not just for the race team, but also everything else that stems from this partnering, all of which will be announced in due time. Crestline are forward thinkers, but at the same time, they are realistic about what it takes to achieve a high level of performance. This aligns well with our team’s vision and goals over the next few years. Once again, I look forward to assisting Aaron and our sponsors, as we target future podiums!” -Todd Schumlick / team manager
“Beyond stoked to be riding for Gwin Racing aboard Crestline bikes this season! After a tough 2023 season battling injury, I was left with a lot of uncertainty of what my 2024 season would look like. When Aaron came to me with the opportunity to ride for his team this year it was a dream come true! Our components this year are better than ever and first impressions on the Crestline are fantastic. Can’t wait for a great year of racing with this crew!” - Seth Sherlock
“I am super stoked to have the opportunity to join Gwin Racing. With Seth and Aaron as teammates, I can’t wait to learn from them as the season progresses and as we transition to the new bike. From first looks at the Crestline bike it is definitely one of the sickest bikes I’ve ever seen and can’t wait to get riding and racing on it!” - Mikey Delesalle
Well that was certainly unexpected. Not sure I ever heard of Crestline before. Seems like they currently only have one production model, which is an e-bike? Odd choice.
Most people haven’t heard of Crestline because they only produced DH bikes and only 200 of them, so unless you were shopping for a unique DH frame, you wouldn’t have shopped their options.
With how much Gwin doesn’t like the pedal, it’s entirely possible they might not produce anything besides DH and E-bikes.
Aaron Gwin / Gwin Racing on CRESTLINE frames. Also a change to e.thirteen tires as noted in the photos. Dig into the PR for deets, he's...
Aaron Gwin / Gwin Racing on CRESTLINE frames. Also a change to e.thirteen tires as noted in the photos. Dig into the PR for deets, he's part owner of Crestline through this deal. We chatted last night and being part owner of a brand or even starting his own brand was something he'd wanted to do for a few years now and this was the opportunity to get that done. Instead of rushing a podcast yesterday, we're going to talk with him next week after the dust settles, so if you have any questions, let us know! -gordo
Official PR
Aaron Gwin Partners with Crestline Bikes as Owner and Gwin Racing's New Bike Sponsor
Aaron Gwin, 5-time World Cup downhill mountain biking champion, has announced a new partnership with Crestline Bike Co., signifying his formal venture into ownership in the cycling industry. Additionally, Crestline Bike Co. is set to become the official frame sponsor for Gwin Racing, Aaron's newly formed downhill race team.
This collaboration represents a pivotal milestone for both Gwin and Crestline. Combining Gwin's experience in the world of mountain bike racing with Crestline's dedication to quality and excellence, the stage is set for an exciting future.
The Gwin Racing team will feature a solid lineup of young talent, including Seth Sherlock and Mikey Delesalle, who will join Gwin as teammates. The team will race Crestline’s RS 205 VHP downhill frame at the 2024 UCI downhill World Cups, World Championships, and select National races.
“I am very excited to begin this new chapter of my career with Crestline Bike Co. Being a part of a bike brand as an owner is an absolute dream of mine. From our first conversations, I felt that we had great alignment and shared many of the same values and aspirations. I have much to share on these details soon but for now, I just want to say thank you to Troydon and Mark for the shared belief and opportunity to help lead this brand into the future.
I’m also looking forward to continuing my race program for 2024 under my umbrella, Gwin Racing. I’m excited about our lineup of riders and staff as well. Seth has been on our team for almost 5 years now and I’m stoked to continue watching his progress. He has a ton of talent on a bike, works incredibly hard, and is a constant positive vibe in the pits. I’m also excited to welcome our new junior rider, Mikey Delesalle to the team. I’ve been working with Mikey for a little over a year now. During that time, I’ve been very impressed by his attitude, speed, and commitment. I can’t wait to be back at the races!”. - Aaron Gwin
“We’re buzzing over our partnership with Aaron and Gwin Racing. This relationship is poised to extend far beyond the racetrack, with strong alignment in our shared vision for the future of Crestline Bike Co. Having someone of Aaron's caliber on board as we move forward is truly incredible." - Troydon (Co-founder, Crestline Bike Co.)
“Yes, it does seem cliche to say it, but we’re excited about this new relationship with Crestline Bike Co. Not just for the race team, but also everything else that stems from this partnering, all of which will be announced in due time. Crestline are forward thinkers, but at the same time, they are realistic about what it takes to achieve a high level of performance. This aligns well with our team’s vision and goals over the next few years. Once again, I look forward to assisting Aaron and our sponsors, as we target future podiums!” -Todd Schumlick / team manager
“Beyond stoked to be riding for Gwin Racing aboard Crestline bikes this season! After a tough 2023 season battling injury, I was left with a lot of uncertainty of what my 2024 season would look like. When Aaron came to me with the opportunity to ride for his team this year it was a dream come true! Our components this year are better than ever and first impressions on the Crestline are fantastic. Can’t wait for a great year of racing with this crew!” - Seth Sherlock
“I am super stoked to have the opportunity to join Gwin Racing. With Seth and Aaron as teammates, I can’t wait to learn from them as the season progresses and as we transition to the new bike. From first looks at the Crestline bike it is definitely one of the sickest bikes I’ve ever seen and can’t wait to get riding and racing on it!” - Mikey Delesalle
Well that was certainly unexpected. Not sure I ever heard of Crestline before. Seems like they currently only have one production model, which is an e-bike...
Well that was certainly unexpected. Not sure I ever heard of Crestline before. Seems like they currently only have one production model, which is an e-bike? Odd choice.
seems you should probably read transcript/listen to one of his interviews, he covers that on the one on the other site
From the other sites podcast with Gwin, I found his mentioning of Dak quite interesting.
and still surprising he hadn’t ridden the bike before agree’ing and had enough money for the 3 of them to race without money from a frame sponsor. So was able to become part of a bike company.
From the other sites podcast with Gwin, I found his mentioning of Dak quite interesting.
and still surprising he hadn’t ridden the bike before agree’ing...
From the other sites podcast with Gwin, I found his mentioning of Dak quite interesting.
and still surprising he hadn’t ridden the bike before agree’ing and had enough money for the 3 of them to race without money from a frame sponsor. So was able to become part of a bike company.
Great explanation from Dak when was on the Vital podcast for his announcement a couple of weeks ago. He had an opportunity to sign a solid three year deal, hard to pass up while his stock was high and the industry is in limbo.
Most people haven’t heard of Crestline because they only produced DH bikes and only 200 of them, so unless you were shopping for a unique DH...
Most people haven’t heard of Crestline because they only produced DH bikes and only 200 of them, so unless you were shopping for a unique DH frame, you wouldn’t have shopped their options.
With how much Gwin doesn’t like the pedal, it’s entirely possible they might not produce anything besides DH and E-bikes.
Who give a crap about BullDog's post? Stop hating on any guys in DH who even bother chasing this crazy dream.
He made a joke. Wipe your tears trolls. Stop the hate.
Let’s say the made 200 DH bikes. They sold 50 to the general public. Did they keep 150 around for future use and warranties? That would allow every bike they sold to be completely replaced if needed, and still have 100 in reserve. How many bikes does a team of 3 rider need? Two frames each?
If they made 200 bikes and some of those are e-bikes, could that mean there are only a handful of spare DH bikes around?
I’m guessing they can’t spin up production in 3-months specifically for the team, unless they’ve got a source of rapid manufacturing, but they’ve alluded to that idea in other interviews - that they were able to bring the DH bikes to market relatively quickly.
Gwin and Seth can probably tell Jim and Troydon the exact numbers they need after all the work at Intense. Will it be made specifically for them, or come off the floor?
If my memory serves me correvtly they made 50 bikes with spares. The dh bike was made with a prototype mold, I believe that can bypass a normal production slot to bang out frames quicker. Downside being prototype molds are only good for a certain number of frames before I assume they go out of tolerance. Maybe 100 or so.
The mold is apparently in good shape so yeah will be good for some more.
Also they're build super strong to avoid warranty issues and the likes too.
They told me that the molds for the DH bikes were inspected and it appeared they could get another 20 frames out of them. They have some spares as well around for existing owners. Assuming it takes off, they could easily do another prototype mold or actually invest in full scale production ones. I suspect they are trying to keep it lean though. If fifty at a time is profitable, no need to go further in this bike market. Especially since it’s really just a marketing piece for their e-bike.
The frames are built by VP, which makes a bunch of stuff for other manufacturers as well.
They told me that the molds for the DH bikes were inspected and it appeared they could get another 20 frames out of them. They have...
They told me that the molds for the DH bikes were inspected and it appeared they could get another 20 frames out of them. They have some spares as well around for existing owners. Assuming it takes off, they could easily do another prototype mold or actually invest in full scale production ones. I suspect they are trying to keep it lean though. If fifty at a time is profitable, no need to go further in this bike market. Especially since it’s really just a marketing piece for their e-bike.
The frames are built by VP, which makes a bunch of stuff for other manufacturers as well.
Man...all of this secrecy for the last 4 months & the biggest news to come out of it all is that his elbow is still fried.
They told me that the molds for the DH bikes were inspected and it appeared they could get another 20 frames out of them. They have...
They told me that the molds for the DH bikes were inspected and it appeared they could get another 20 frames out of them. They have some spares as well around for existing owners. Assuming it takes off, they could easily do another prototype mold or actually invest in full scale production ones. I suspect they are trying to keep it lean though. If fifty at a time is profitable, no need to go further in this bike market. Especially since it’s really just a marketing piece for their e-bike.
The frames are built by VP, which makes a bunch of stuff for other manufacturers as well.
Last...would love to know why there are water bottle mounts on all their DH frames.
I'll take the answer that it's for mounting a computer to for DAQ/telemetry as the ONLY acceptable answer.
I don’t disagree. My perspective out of it was that the UCI sucks. Which it does...
While Brooke has never been as dominant as Gwin by comparison, I’ve still always considered him a contender with a string of bad luck. I think he was trying to help promote Forbidden as well.
How did the Team Rumors Thread take a hit, when it was mentioned HERE, that he is going to ride for a company that is named after a place in the USA??? This is actually boosting the Team Rumors street cred! It's not like somebody wrote that in a Pinkbike comment section, where everybody seems to be busy being the first to comment ”looks like a...”. Really now!
Mx
My bad, didn't catch that one.
It is with great pleasure that I can report we are still the undisputed champions of rumours and freckles. The legend of the TeamRumoursThread lives on...
Yea they caught the ole REAM TUMORS sleeping this year with Gwin and Crestline
Saw a Rachel Troop / Strait story on Instagram. looked like she was ridding a blue Fezzari.
Dang beat me to it, I just got a screen grab too and even drew an arrow.
teamwork!
Good to see my Gwin rumour came true!
How many pages of thread did you have to go through to quote yourself? (high five on being the only one who got it, btw)
I was there today and can confirm she was riding a Fezzari. Maybe Kyle will be on Fezzari too?
Where's the guy that said he would bet she wouldn't be on Fezzari?
Well that was certainly unexpected. Not sure I ever heard of Crestline before. Seems like they currently only have one production model, which is an e-bike? Odd choice.
Sam Blenkinsop rode for them last year. Whilst he’s not top ten, he’s not invisible.
Ebikes are what is selling at the moment so it’s a sensible call to have one as their one production model.
Most people haven’t heard of Crestline because they only produced DH bikes and only 200 of them, so unless you were shopping for a unique DH frame, you wouldn’t have shopped their options.
With how much Gwin doesn’t like the pedal, it’s entirely possible they might not produce anything besides DH and E-bikes.
seems you should probably read transcript/listen to one of his interviews, he covers that on the one on the other site
not sure Gwinn has anything to do , testing early in the season..
From the other sites podcast with Gwin, I found his mentioning of Dak quite interesting.
and still surprising he hadn’t ridden the bike before agree’ing and had enough money for the 3 of them to race without money from a frame sponsor. So was able to become part of a bike company.
Great explanation from Dak when was on the Vital podcast for his announcement a couple of weeks ago. He had an opportunity to sign a solid three year deal, hard to pass up while his stock was high and the industry is in limbo.
Bad form... I've heard that he's only on a bike supply deal only with Forbibben... Hardly breaking news.
200 ??? Is that for real or a guessing ?
Nope, it’s what Aaron said in the podcast
They have numbers on the top tube, signifying which on it is from the batch.
My Crestline RS205 frame is #38 of 50.
They have probably built 200 Ebikes though. They did tell me that they were considering firing up production on the DH frame again though.
Who give a crap about BullDog's post? Stop hating on any guys in DH who even bother chasing this crazy dream.
He made a joke. Wipe your tears trolls. Stop the hate.
Let’s say the made 200 DH bikes. They sold 50 to the general public. Did they keep 150 around for future use and warranties? That would allow every bike they sold to be completely replaced if needed, and still have 100 in reserve. How many bikes does a team of 3 rider need? Two frames each?
If they made 200 bikes and some of those are e-bikes, could that mean there are only a handful of spare DH bikes around?
I’m guessing they can’t spin up production in 3-months specifically for the team, unless they’ve got a source of rapid manufacturing, but they’ve alluded to that idea in other interviews - that they were able to bring the DH bikes to market relatively quickly.
Gwin and Seth can probably tell Jim and Troydon the exact numbers they need after all the work at Intense. Will it be made specifically for them, or come off the floor?
If my memory serves me correvtly they made 50 bikes with spares. The dh bike was made with a prototype mold, I believe that can bypass a normal production slot to bang out frames quicker. Downside being prototype molds are only good for a certain number of frames before I assume they go out of tolerance. Maybe 100 or so.
The mold is apparently in good shape so yeah will be good for some more.
Also they're build super strong to avoid warranty issues and the likes too.
They told me that the molds for the DH bikes were inspected and it appeared they could get another 20 frames out of them. They have some spares as well around for existing owners. Assuming it takes off, they could easily do another prototype mold or actually invest in full scale production ones. I suspect they are trying to keep it lean though. If fifty at a time is profitable, no need to go further in this bike market. Especially since it’s really just a marketing piece for their e-bike.
The frames are built by VP, which makes a bunch of stuff for other manufacturers as well.
Man...all of this secrecy for the last 4 months & the biggest news to come out of it all is that his elbow is still fried.
That does not bode well AT ALL.
Last...would love to know why there are water bottle mounts on all their DH frames.
I'll take the answer that it's for mounting a computer to for DAQ/telemetry as the ONLY acceptable answer.
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