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| Bike I ride: | Giant Reign X1 |
| Favorite Trails: | Anything at Whistler, Fromme, Seymour or Squamish |
| About Me: | From New Zealand, living and riding in Canada |
| Products Recommended: | none - View Products |
| Companies Supported: | none - View Companies |
I'm not sure it's a good business move for Andreu. Changing bike sponsors this often implies that you have no loyalty and will just ride for whoever will pay you. 2 years ago he was saying Kona were the greatest thing ever, then Mondraker, now YT - how are we supposed to take an endorsement from this guy seriously? I don't get why the awesome MTB movies are released at the start of the snowboarding season - can anyone explain? Trying to tie in with Christmas presents is all I can think of, but for me, a May release of this would get me pumped for the season at hand. When the obvious doesn't help - try the subtle. I had an annoying creak that took forever to track down, turned out it was the metal cable end rubbing against the frame when the rear suspension was active. Also, don't trust your ears, the noise sounded like it was coming from the cranks, but was generated half way up the frame. Just work through every possibility and eliminate one thing at a time, if possible, take parts off as you eliminate. To each there own. I find with fatter grips (ODI Rogues), my hands feel fine after a day of riding, whereas thinner grips really seem to make my forearms pumped at the end of the day. I like the internal end clip and the tapered concept though - both good ideas I think. I used to think like you Raleigh - until i got an iphone. Handy on the trails for the nice camera, there are also a lot of places coming out with gps trail maps. I can get a whole map of Squamish riding trails on my iphone which will give me exact gps coordinates telling me if i'm in the right spot. Having gloves that make that easier is a nice little feature. Depends on the gloves. My Fox gloves work with my iphone, but my Troy Lees don't. It's a nice feature to have, because by the time I realize my phone is ringing I don't usually have much time to answer it, and taking gloves off just kills more time. No biggie, but it's nice. Quite articulate for a 16 year old kid, most just mumble or grunt their way through a conversation, clearly he has a (well deserved) high degree of self confidence. If you are reading this Anthony - spend some time with Cam Zink, you are going to get interviewed A LOT, and he is one of the most well spoken guys in the sport - learn from him. Hmm, dirt road shuttle runs could be fun up and down with one of those. 
Tanne - I noticed that too, far more Kiwis and Aussies at the top of the DH world. I can't figure out why, except that maybe with places like this to ride, Canadians are just having too much fun to train seriously? Look around any given day at whistler, and I would estimate about half the people wearing upper body armor. I have gone through phases, at first I did, then I didn't and got hurt crashing chest first in to a rock, so I did again, then I didn't. I have just recently got the more lightweight/low profile Troy Lee stuff which is a good middle ground that I think I will wear for a while. I would like to see a multi discipline competition between Him, Brandon Semenuk and Gee Atherton. All do a trials/street test, a slopestyle course and a DH race giving points for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each event and see who wins.
I know Danny can do some slopestyle tricks, but not sure about DH skill, I know Atherton can so some tricks, but not sure about his trials skills and I know Semenuk can do all except (maybe?) trials.
I think it would be fun to watch at least. More than that, it's a huge shame that people can't look past that and acknowledge his greatness as a rider without commenting on his personality. It is not fair to attack a person personally who you (probably) don't personally know.
I don't know him personally and I don't believe we ever get a full picture of what a guy is like from the media, so i would rather just be amazed at his ability and hard work that gives old and young a benchmark for what is possible when you really commit to something. About Us
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Jul 21, 2010 at 14:13