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Josh Bryceland Officially on Cannondale, Hints at DH Racing - Exclusive Interview 19

Rat's new ride announcement is official, a new DH bike is hinted at and young talent is part of the new Cannondale Sessions squad.

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You may remember a few months back when we found out through Rob Roskopp that Josh Bryceland would no longer be with Santa Cruz. Fast-forward to a few days ago and the rumors of Ratboy on a Cannondale were all but sealed as footage of Sir Ratness on a C-Dale was leaked. Today the rumors are officially laid to rest as Cannondale makes the announcement of Josh and two young, local rippers (Sam Hockenhull and Sam Cofano) joining him on Cannondale. They'll rally rowdy ruts with the young Max Nerurkar, already part of Cannondale.

Nick Larsen, Creative Director at Cannondale, was a major reason for Josh heading to the brand. Nick stoked us out with this exclusive interview filmed by Alex Rankin. There are some interesting and unexpected insights in the interview:

  • Ratty hinting at racing DH more (doesn't mention World Cup but says iXS and Crankworx)
  • The possibility of Cannondale developing a new DH bike
  • "Many new bikes" that Cannondale will release over the next three to four years
  • Josh and the Cannondale Sessions crew riding alloy bikes (like the new Habit) because they're affordable and accessible to younger riders
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New ting @cannondalemountain

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The spirits are high, the style is oozing and the roost is flying in the hills as rut tracks and scrub bluffs are detonating. Enjoy the interview and get stoked for 2019 with Bryceland on a new whip.

 

From Cannondale

MOUNTAIN BIKING’S WORST KEPT SECRET

Introducing Cannondale Sessions

He was recently spotted riding the all-new Cannondale Habit, today we make it official.

Josh Bryceland (@ratboy_bryce) leads a newly formed crew of emerging mountain bike riders, including Sam (aka Dave) Hockenhull (@samhockenhull), Max Nerurkar (@3_dumb) and youngster Sam Cofano (@samcofano).

“I wanted to start something new, fresh and unexpected.” said Bryceland. “This is a way to build something and give back to the next generation of riders.”

All four riders chose the Habit alloy models for a recent trip to Spain.  Check back in a week for an extended edit.

This is just a taste of what this upcoming year will look like.

Welcome to Cannondale.

#CannondaleSessions


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filmdrew
5 years ago
I'm most stoked on the aluminum promotion by the riders-- I think MTB trending towards super-expensive over the past 5 years has kinda tweaked and hurt new riders coming into it. So, I love that they are promoting bikes that average people can actually get and roast on.
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bermslapper69
5 years ago
Saw a bunch of Cannondale and GT employees at Highland bikepark on a weekday in fall 2018. One of them was on a blacked out DH bike that was unrecognizable, gonna assume that was the new cannondale.
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ryan_daugherty
5 years ago
Their stuff reminds me of all the rad old skate videos we watched in the 90's. Really happy about this partnership. Bike world has been very eye rolling over the last few years so something genuine like this is really refreshing.
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Jim_Oxborrow
5 years ago
I asked this on pb thread, looks like 27.5 and bigger fork. It would be a tad annoying if you bought a new habit in order to attempt to replicate ratboy and his rad ways only to find you need a new set of wheels and forks on a new bike!!
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Jaisun
5 years ago
That was my thought - I don't recall seeing the Habit with 27.5 wheels this year.. other than the note about being plus compatible. Seeing as how their crew was on 130mm and 150mm 5010s and Bronsons ..

just got an email back from the PNW CDale rep. Sounds like they're running 29" and all are 130mm travel tears with most choosing to jump the travel up front up to 140 and 150mm.
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JackRice
5 years ago
This is super sick. Cant wait to see where this relationship goes and what it produces. Well done
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darrenspink
5 years ago
Good move by Cannondale, looks like we're going to see some fresh things from them. Doubt there's going to be any return to main DH racing for Josh though seeing as he loves enduro and fucking about on his bike with mates so much, and who can blame him
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Hittheshowers13
5 years ago
He specifically says he is going to race some DH in the vid, and Vital spells it out in the text, IXS and Crankworx. It will be awesome to see how he does against WC racers who compete at those events after being away from it for a while.
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human powered suicide machine
5 years ago
It will be interesting to see how Cannondale combine this new "jib in the forest with my buddies brands" with their current "I rock my spandex and my 19lbs carbon scalpel". I reckOn they have a decent market share in the weight weenies xc crowd. Are they going to be able to keep both aspects within the same brand?
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