Jared Graves has announced on Instagram he won't be riding for Specialized next year.
 | Time for me to let you all know that I’ll be parting ways with Specialized, huge thanks to them for the past 4 years. Being surrounded by some really great people, and while things didn’t really go to plan like we had all hoped over the years, it’s an experience I’ll never forget. Especially a huge thanks for the fully paid obligation free 2019 to let me 100% focus on getting my health back to 100%. Can’t wait for what 2020 has in store! More info soon!—Jared Graves |
We'll keep everyone updated on who Jared will be riding for in 2020 as soon as we know.
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Having said that previous Stumpy was a turd. It was actually a worse bike than it’s predecessor the Stumpy Evo.
Pole and Nicolai bikes are pretty far ahead of what anyone else is doing in terms of design. YT/Canyon seems to be the best bang/buck still component wise.
Specialized bikes are good, but offer nothing "special" ironically. The new Enduro is pretty much doing what Pole/Nicolai have been pushing for years already.
Also, as you add more stack on your steerer tube using spacers you’re reducing reach. Better to get taller rise bars as that doesn’t affect reach. You can also go with a low stack height stem like the Deity Copperhead if you need to bring it up more.
I will say though steeper seat tube angles are legit and I'll fight anyone on that front
@WAKIdesigns : The cranks on my mtb are 165mm I think. Truvativ Ruktion and I stand on the pedals for pretty much all my riding. Doesn't bother me. I went with the shorter length to enjoy reduced leverage. I can't run a larger chainring that I have and I'm not going to invest in those fashionable 10t cassettes either so my thinking was that with the shorter cranks I have something to push against. Not sure if that is true. I recall research has shown that crank length doesn't matter at all. That said, I run shorter on my mountain unicycle and you can get them much shorter than that. Or get those with two pedal holes per crank so that you can can mount your pedals where you see fit for that particular ride:
krisholm.com/en/gear/component/spirit-cranks
@WAKIdesigns : Yeah, maybe. I just got this Ruktion crankset because the bottom bracket looks nice and wide so I expected the bearings to be decent. I actually had 2004 Deore LX cranks until 2017 or so. Or actually the right crank was, the left was a non-series replacement because I wrecked the original crank a few years prior. I only replaced these Shimano cranks because they constantly started to come loose and I got tired of pulling out the big 10mm allen key mid ride. Either way, I don't recall running these shorter cranks being so much worse than what the 175mm Shimano cranks I had. I will consider the longer cranks when these wear out, but I don't expect that to happen anytime soon. I do admit unless I'm climbing I don't constantly pedal. It is mostly a couple of hard stomps, coast, pump, stomps again. I can't constantly pedal the high cadence needed for fast level riding. When climbing the cadence can be much lower and it is just like walking, you can keep going on like that forever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EygF8Cu4hj4
Always thought it was a fun bike. Unfortunately it is discontinued and it doesn't seem other brands are making something like this.
Now the second, deeper step of marketing which goes in the ways of “we won X competitions, out bike has X properties” targets the potential buyers, people who are have the cash in their hand and look where to spend it and are more or less interested in you. They may be thinking: Orbea, Spec or SC. That “informational” part is to push them over the edge to you. Not drag them from SC camp, rather push them while they are already leaning into you. This is the fuel for their purchase rationalization process.
It’s not a critique, all of us including me, are subjective to this kind of mechanism, to a bigger or smaller degree and in most cases we don’t notice it. It is subconscious. We like to think about ourselves that we make only good informed decisions, especially after we’ve been in a particular “hobby” for quite some time. But we always fall for one bait or another.
The marketing now is much more critical because with very rare exception, bikes are pretty damn good right now. Out of all the bikes in the files test, one of them are bad bikes...well, discounting the broken ones.
Back in the Day, there were bikes and parts that were downright worthless, if not dangerous.
Meant to say not sure why you were down voted
I agree with you
Nope, that’s Nico Vink. He’s on Haribo and Nestle for the next 2 years... :-)
It’s time everyone involved published the case judgments so we can all move on.
Depends on the athlete. There are quite a few sponsored ones out there that are repping bikes, but not really doing anything to promote the bikes as better than the alternatives.
Specialized want a enduro crown they need someone capable. Mr worldwide might be their man.
My guess is that bike companies are realizing that the market is getting crazy saturated and pouring money into a sponsored athlete that has low visibility may not be the best decision. EWS is not really televised, and there is very little "wow" factor compared to the Red Bull DH and XC events.
- 2019
I'd say it's fairly likely, with what we know about the damage these drugs cause, that he's taken something a little stronger than what was in the "water bottle".
People don't cheat once...
Yall are just like Roadies lol
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