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2012 team rumour and speculation
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Hell yea, I'm gonna pick up a carbon demo on PinkBike cheap as sh!t now.
I guess that gives spesh the budget to sign bulldog.
I like team changes like this. I have no doubt that the nukeproof is a capeable bike but its hardly a carbon demo with all the custom tweaks he gets. It will be interesting to see how he gets on and if he can keep up with Brosnan
I like team changes like this. I have no doubt that the nukeproof is a capeable bike but its hardly a carbon demo with all the custom tweaks he gets. It will be interesting to see how he gets on and if he can keep up with Brosnan
sort of shocked by this...was expecting hill to finish his career on spesh or at least madcatz for that matter...hopefully this is a good move for Hill and hopefully this means he'll be at one of the irish rounds and usually the crc team shows up to one of them.....i can see the pulse transforming alot come wc rd 1
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Looks like Sam brought SRAM with him in the move. CRC getting the full RS/SRAM/Avid/Truvativ treatment.
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doesn't having no carbonz mean that he'll instantly be 10s slower? Pretty sure teh intarweb taught me that
^ Werd on Matti. One of my fave riders. Hope he will be injury free for a while :|
And so...McDonald to Trek and Gwin on Spesh?!
And so...McDonald to Trek and Gwin on Spesh?!
Holly Feniak riding her world champs rainbow stripes into the big time?
That rider looks like Fred Flintstone.
Is it Feniak, Charre, Bruni or Minnaar?
Is it Feniak, Charre, Bruni or Minnaar?
The rider is a holly leaf, Holly Feniak. Can't figure out where she's meant to be going though
Holly Feniak riding her world champs rainbow stripes into the big time?
It's actually a bumpkin reference. I think that double rainbows are equally as cool as bumpkins. #blumkpinbreath
Is that the big time now? Polygon?
We've been watching Holly's race times challenge the pro women's class on the local scene for a couple of years. It would be interesting to see what she can do with a full ride. I wouldn't be surprised to see her join Stevie Smith on the Devinci Global team
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what if the rainbow is both Charre and Holly on the same team. A new frame player could easily scoop them both.
I wouldn't count on no carbon...
I don't think so, but I'm just looking at the weird wheels and trying to connect the dots. Although, 2 days ago Nukeproof wasn't a slouch, but it wasn't really the next big thing...but it is now.
I heard it was fiction.
Yes, but only the bird! It has nothing to do with the verb "to swallow", that's "schlucken".
Because when I think aggressive traction, I think cute little birdie.
So much better.
So much better.
Hey monkies, is there such a thing: rider's style and technique not compatible with his sponsored bike?
remember Sam B. when he went to lappiere from yeti, he is nowhere on the podium,
Sam Hill will ride a single pivot for the first time, let's see what will happen next year, (maybe he will request a proto linkage bike).
remember Sam B. when he went to lappiere from yeti, he is nowhere on the podium,
Sam Hill will ride a single pivot for the first time, let's see what will happen next year, (maybe he will request a proto linkage bike).
Blenki just didnt put it together in his wc final runs. Placing 3rd in the 2011 champs shows he can still tear it up.
I've lost track of how many times I've read this, or something about the new Pendbox design being worse that the older 920 frame.
Sam's best World Cup season to date was his first with Lapierre, on which he even raced on 2 different frames. He switched to the new bike mid-season in 2010 at Leogang. Qualified in 1st, finished 4th in its debut. Another 1st/4th at Champery, a 3rd at Windham. He finished 3rd overall in the World Cup behind Gee and Minnaar. 2011 was a downer but he got 3rd at World Champs in Champery. 2012 was unremarkable.
Blame confidence, blame breaking arms and legs, or blame Gwin for pushing the pace up a notch. It certainly isn't the bike.
Give these guys proper geometry and they'll get the job done. Factor in access to proper suspension tuning and the miniscule difference between the top dozen or so frames is pretty insignificant.
Coincidentally, every time Hill has switched sponsors this has come up. First it was from an M1 to an Iron horse SGS (prior to DW giving it a total re-work), the from a Sunday to a Demo that had been almost unanimously written off as a boat anchor hucker bike. In going to Nukeproof it's the first time he's actually moving to a program that is starting out with a proper bike.
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Does pedaling efficiency and small bump absorption really matter in WC DH applications? My impression has been that most WC level racers run very high spring rates and/or compression tunes. Wouldnt doing so really mute any "ride characteristics" that everyone feels differentiate bikes these days?
...and I think alot of people are forgetting what Sam did on year one demo.
Stacked a few times loosing a few races (and a season) because of it?
That might be true if in 2009, his first year on Spesh/ME he didnt win the overall. Nice try though.