Stikman (TLD's marketing manager) mentioned on Vital that Gwin will be staying with TLD.
World cup team changes rumor thread
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I'm starting to get the feeling that the delay in Gwin's official announcement is that he's screwed up (at least partially) with his contract. It seems almost certain that currently he will be sponsored by YT but what if the delay is that he can't get all his component/equipment sponsors finalised/to pay him what he wants and that's why he hasn't made an official announcement. Considering Specialized weren't prepared to pay him what he was asking, who's to say companies like SRAM/Shimano/Fox/TLD/Fly don't feel the same way?
Casey Brown is doing downhill and enduro on Trek Factory Racing and Katy Winton (never heard of her.......) is doing the enduro series. That leaves me wondering who will be the dudes on the team? I don't remember seeing anything about the Trek Factory Team's downhill riders, Bueller?
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Atherton racing = trek factory. They've even changed their facebook name.
https://www.facebook.com/athertonracing/?fref=ts
Wouldn't that be Gee and Rachel? (Or am I missing something here?)
Gotcha. I wasn't sure if Trek would be the official team for the 'Affa-ons and wondered if the factory team would appear as something else.
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The new enduro riders seem to be running the same gear as the XC team, so one would think they're under that banner. Keep in mind the now defunct Trek World Racing team wasn't a factory effort.
ajay
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Any word as to who might be on his team? I can't recall any speculation about it. Securing other riders could be delaying a team announcement. They could just be milking it for all it's worth..... :mmph:
ajay
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In case someone hasn't seen this yet... update from Gwin
It's inline with dirt lovers hypothesis about the sponsors not being sorted out yet.
It's inline with dirt lovers hypothesis about the sponsors not being sorted out yet.
heavyp
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Topperharley
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..........
Solid move for the young lad if so...........
dirt lover
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Considering you may or may not seem to have the inside word on a lot of the changes this year, hypothetically is there a reason this hasn't been announced yet? Hypothetically of course.
Gwin seems like a decent dude, albeit a bit frustrated with the whole shemozzle, in the vital mtb video. http://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/features/17-Questions-Aaron-Gwin,30784/sspomer,2
The internet hero dickbag questions about his religion are pretty cringeworthy though...
The internet hero dickbag questions about his religion are pretty cringeworthy though...
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Yep.. I'm genuinely surprised he didn't skim straight past them and on to decent questions. He probably should have.
heavyp
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I didn't want to be one of those guys to say it but all clues from what I see is Gwin will be on YT.
Troy hinted on Aarons Instagram.
The Bike when zoomed up in photoshop in the last Instagram post looks like a YT.
The announcement was meant to be Tuesday and someone picked up on this asking Aaron what happened to the announcement, Gwin commented back saying something come up so its been pushed back a week. I was thinking this could be due to Kelly Mcgarry passing away and it hitting the YT crew hard and out of respect not going public with the Gwin signing.
Troy hinted on Aarons Instagram.
The Bike when zoomed up in photoshop in the last Instagram post looks like a YT.
The announcement was meant to be Tuesday and someone picked up on this asking Aaron what happened to the announcement, Gwin commented back saying something come up so its been pushed back a week. I was thinking this could be due to Kelly Mcgarry passing away and it hitting the YT crew hard and out of respect not going public with the Gwin signing.
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