Shaun Palmer - Bike Check

 also riding flat pedals, pretty sweet

 I like the customizations like the P on his stem and the Palmer on his pedals.

 You being a 'hater'? Give it a rest. Up and coming riders will earn their spots just as Shaun had to earn his..........

 Who talk's about "sponsorship", i call that partnership. He will sell more bikes than every up and comers together. Come back to earth, you deserve nothing unless you sell. In the end it's all about money. Plus Palmer is the guy you want to do R&D with.

 It's about respect. Palm has done more for the sport than all the snot nosed 15 year olds put together. Legends deserve respect. youngsters need to pay their dues.

 Sponsorship is ENTIRELY about how an individual can help promote for the product and brand they are using, and the sport as a whole in both race results and positive media exposure. Up and coming riders can be outstanding on the bike, but will they promote anywhere near as much or as well as Palmer has done in the last month? Not likely.

 im not a hater i just didnt see why/ how he could walk back after 10 years, do 1 month training and ger a sponser like intense, but after what 'nlitworld' said it does make sense to sign sombody up like him.

 dave6797,dave6797 he put Intense on the map as well giving the whole sport a blood transfusion. You need to google his name and learn some history about his whole career not just when he decided to show the MTB how lame it was.

 or you could just get a bike and do the real thing....

 +1 haha.

 Epic Win ^^^

 They spin just enough I am told. You want them tight enough that they still move but are not flopping about.

 They have bushings in them, not bearings.

 have you not watched the video? he explains why he isn't on the 951

 Sorry, on a shitty wifi, will watch it later... But thanx for the heads-up.

 good shit there, eh?

 You know, I logged in to respond to your post, but then, when I started to respond, I couldn't think of anything suitable to write to try to get you to understand who and what this guy means to downhill MTB racing.

I was at Bigbear back when Palmer wore the gold podium suit to the top spot at the NORBA national race (Giove had won the Womens race). It was awesome to see that moment in MTB history. And seeing him make a comeback, even if its just for a couple of World-Cups, is awesome.

This guy is 40 years old and racing WC races. Have you even ridden down a World Cup DH course? Have you ever even qualified for a World Cup DH? Oh... get back to me when you have, ok?

I guess you just don't get it, and thats just fine. Go check your lactic-threshold data on your Powertap and keep dreaming of successfully bunnyhopping up the sidewalk.

 my thoughts exactly. this guy cannot know who and what shaun palmer has done. palmer has so much cred in action sports, he's an icon and probably the inspiration for most of the mature riders on this site. lvbks is attacking palms posture and how he sounds? ridiculous.

 Palmer brought dh racing from its xc spandex roots to the mx inspired look and riding style that it is today. Yes, one person did it and that was Shaun.

Love him or hate him, you can't deny how much talent that guy has in everything he touches. He once qualified for the main event in a pro motocross race because that's just something he wanted to do.

And when you look back when he first got into dh racing in '95, he was just some snowboarder who showed up and won a world cup race. How many people could do that?

Then he won a couple of skier cross races at the X-games a few years back. pretty amazing.

 all you goofballs need to bear in mind that this guy was one of if not the best snowboarders in the world for many years BEFORE he raced bikes he paved the way for the lifestyle and attitude, he had full sleeves long before it was cool hahahhaahahaha

 lvbks, you are ignorant. Dude doesn't even drink anymore. Straight laced. He's been there, done that and shown us how it's done in DH, MX, snowboard 1/2 pipe, freestyle, boardercross, and skiercross of all things (funniest because he started the whole snowboarder vs. skier thing). He is the oldschool OG. Check him back in the early nineties waking up drunk, chugging beers before dropping in to the US open pipe and boosting bigger than everyone and winning. Dude has paved many roads for several sports.
RESPECT!

 That guy was freebasing when he was 15... He's over it by now. Mini-shred never left, he just jumps around to what ever he decides to kill it at! Good on the Palm Daddy!

 Tomac is discontinuing their DH line from what i hear...

 why? cost too much to make perhaps! I think he should just come back ou t to the DH biking scenes rahter sitting and designing inside the office.

 theyre rad bikes, but how many people do you see riding the DH rigs?? next to none... if you cant sell em, you probably cant afford to produce them.

 vote punk!

 Me to mate, uber pimp, love the Black Flag one's to!!