Steven Knoetze (sk27) Posted December 29, 2015 Posted December 29, 2015 Meh, dont care much for Gwin. Super talented but he has a *** attitude. I am more curious to hear who their new young charger will be, hope its Luic.......
KingTJ Posted December 29, 2015 Author Posted December 29, 2015 Meh, dont care much for Gwin. Super talented but he has a *** attitude.I am more curious to hear who their new young charger will be, hope its Luic.......I thought i heard luic is going to syndicate ( but it is total speculation, and not to be quoted)
Iwan Kemp Posted December 29, 2015 Posted December 29, 2015 I thought i heard luic is going to syndicate ( but it is total speculation, and not to be quoted)
Steven Knoetze (sk27) Posted December 29, 2015 Posted December 29, 2015 Would love to see Gwin at Commencal funnily enough.Think it is an underrated bike.Would those rumours mean a 3 man syndicate team. Perhaps Mr Min looking at retiring soonish........
DIPSLICK Posted December 29, 2015 Posted December 29, 2015 In Afrikaans there is a word for a peacock and then some POE. SSSSSSSSSSSSSS GREG HAS TALENT x10,,, and the attitude of a weekend warrior, NO need to think you walk on water,,,,legend or not, I think he is an arrogant banker with a WWWWWWW
enjoi Posted December 29, 2015 Posted December 29, 2015 Would love to see Gwin at Commencal funnily enough.Think it is an underrated bike.Would those rumours mean a 3 man syndicate team. Perhaps Mr Min looking at retiring soonish........Nope Peaty is retiring after this season, Greg says he still has a few years. Would love to see Loic on the Syndicate with Greg mentoring a bit..
Hairy Posted December 29, 2015 Posted December 29, 2015 Oh Brunnnniiiii riding with Minnnnnaaaaarrrrr and that hippie rat boy = awesomeness
RocknRolla Posted December 29, 2015 Posted December 29, 2015 I dont care much for who rides for which team...cant wait to watch these crazy fools bombing down the mountains again!
rouxtjie Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 I dont care much for who rides for which team...cant wait to watch these crazy fools bombing down the mountains again!Agree, was just so much easier to hope Gwin see his koek / get a flat / drop a chain(not that it helped) when he was riding for EvilCorp
Iwan Kemp Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 Okay, so who can wants to afford Gwin? Fixed.
Tumbleweed Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 Fixed. Hahahahaha! Come on, every sport's gotta have an over-paid, much-hated competitor...
rouxtjie Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 Okay, so who can afford Gwin?Giant....I know the rumors say YT but I don't think their pockets are deep enough.
Tumbleweed Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 Giant....I know the rumors say YT but I don't think their pockets are deep enough. Ooooh, yes, please...just so NSBB can eat his words about "Makro bikes"...
Iwan Kemp Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 Hahahahaha! Come on, every sport's gotta have an over-paid, much-hated competitor... True. Was thinking that maybe he looks to the Travis Pastranas of the world thinking he should be on that level. In terms of exposure, income and as a "brand". One over-paid rider will lead to more exuberant salaries up and down the pits, though. Would those rumours mean a 3 man syndicate team. Perhaps Mr Min looking at retiring soonish........ As pro and as focused as they are, I don't think he will fit in. I'd be surprised if they signed him. Look at how they handled the team entry issue last year. There's a sense of they race cause they love it, with less of a win at absolutely ANY costs. I like that. I remember when Red Bull Racing was like that in F1.
Capricorn Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 Giant....I know the rumors say YT but I don't think their pockets are deep enough. Let's face it: compared to Troy, who was turned into complete spesh stormtrooper, right down to his undies i'm sure, he treated them like a frame sponsor. I see it very possible that he could command a higher salary on aggregate if he milks all his other fawning sponsors. So maybe the higher salary was a dice-roll response to spesh's fawning over him, along the lines of "oh, you say i'm that important, then how's this number sound?". They blinked and he left. I think Alan Jones was referring to this as being "a total professional". But i was just tinfoiling: its rather more likely Gwin is after top dollar, same way he stiffed Martin Whiteley at the last minute. But gwin seemingly learnt his lesson in terms of PR management, because he sure as hell got out in front of the rumor mill in a sweet hurry, giving his side of things. Giant as a frame sponsor would be a good fit. Marcello has been riding solo for too long without making bigger progress. Having a faster team mate can do wonders if you don't have an attitude about it. Marcello seems a pretty chilled dude, and I'm sure Giant has a giant bank balance to boot. According to wikipedia, Giant pulled in $1.8 billion (with a B!) in sales in 2012 already!edit: i need to learn that taiwan dollar <> US dollar: Bloomberg has as latest figures for Giant, 014 revenue $61.32 bil in TWD ($1.87 bil US). They are more highly geared in 2014, but maybe they making a bigger push. DH is a pinnacle sport, so flying a high flag there could serve as halo products often do: push sales in the lower priced, volume segments.
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