Jerome Clementz Departs Cannondale After 11 Years With the Brand

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AntN (Dec 19, 2019 at 19:27)

Ratboy signed with C'dale....Now he rides mostly BMX. haha

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won-sean-animal-chin (Dec 19, 2019 at 19:27)

Cannondale- scratching my head for 35 years

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rustiegrizwold (Dec 19, 2019 at 19:50)

They make great pure road bikes, the rougher the terrain gets the harder you have to scratch.

sethius (Dec 20, 2019 at 12:58)

@manuni88: which is a shame, there's room in the world for a modern gemini or a lightweight judge. They've got the skills but keep doing stupid stuff..

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magsrgod (Dec 19, 2019 at 19:25)

Jerome, please do us all a favor and make another Gojira video with whatever you decide to ride next!

RobotSaucissonCop (Dec 19, 2019 at 23:38)

Amen to that!

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ReformedRoadie (Dec 19, 2019 at 19:46)

Jey is enduro OG...

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sethius (Dec 19, 2019 at 18:59)

Forestal here we come!

tomonda (Dec 20, 2019 at 0:32)

Hahahaha

transmadeira (Dec 20, 2019 at 6:29)

Such a fast rider! Had the pleasure to have him over racing Trans Madeira in 2018 and his racing blind skills are incredible! Hope to see new projects from him in 2020 and the years to follow!

Trudeez (Dec 19, 2019 at 19:58)

Absolutely my favorite rider to watch at full speed. So curious to see where he lands.

inshane-himself (Dec 19, 2019 at 21:29)

Bring back the headshock.

headshot (Dec 19, 2019 at 21:14)

More departures than arrivals these days... making way for the young guns?

Xc2dh1 (Dec 19, 2019 at 22:30)

Will be on Orbea for 2020

nrpuk (Dec 20, 2019 at 0:26)

Commencial, as an ambassador and coach alongside Flo N, would be a win for all?

zoobab2 (Dec 20, 2019 at 1:21)

Jérôme was opening the Enduro de la Semoy this year, recognized him with his Cannondale :-)

Yudistira (Dec 19, 2019 at 19:47)

taking move to Polygon UR Team yeah!

usedbikestuff (Dec 19, 2019 at 19:16)

Stock went up from $18 to $31 in 2009. The Jerome effect? It’s $4.40 now. They need a Gwin.

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friendlyfoe (Dec 19, 2019 at 19:49)

I don't know where to start with this. Dorel stock went from 18 to 31 in the same year following the financial crisis that also coincided with purchasing Cannondale. I don't think Jerome gets credit for that lol.

usedbikestuff (Dec 19, 2019 at 20:06)

@friendlyfoe: It was a round about way of saying that the stock is at $4.40

friendlyfoe (Dec 19, 2019 at 21:03)

This is funny because I'm just in the process of going back to school and learning about financial statement analysis. For fun I decided to spend a little bit of time trying to understand why their stock got hit so hard. As best I can tell the shock happened when the term on $400 million in long term debt came due in 2018 and their ability to refinance it was questionable (I didn't read any reports from 2019 as to how that went). They typically generate about 100 million in cash and pay a third of that towards purchases of plants/equipment and another third in dividends. They've had to cut the dividend in half which hurt the stock further but they don't have a lot of room to play with if they have to refinance the debt at an even slightly higher rate.

I think at least some of the above is correct.

kmg0 (Dec 19, 2019 at 22:05)

@friendlyfoe: a short protip is "good for the shareholders is bad for the company"

friendlyfoe (Dec 19, 2019 at 22:28)

@kmg0: in 300 words or less cite reasons for this statement giving examples.

Sorry just getting in the spirit of the thing. Was reading today about how share buybacks can be a good thing but that they have a history of being used to enrich senior executives. Kind of interesting...if you're into that sort of thing

usedbikestuff (Dec 20, 2019 at 4:41)

@kmg0: Ask yourself, is it good for the company?

weekdayandweekendwarrior (Dec 19, 2019 at 20:29)

Jerome to join Sam pilgrim at haibike?

OldschoolOlaf (Dec 20, 2019 at 2:05)

Now Team Battery?

Blue76 (Dec 20, 2019 at 8:45)

They still have mark weir

RobertBro (Dec 20, 2019 at 11:34)

Original Enduro Champion.

bretttippie (Dec 20, 2019 at 16:35)

Jerome rocks! Sick skills and a totally cool dude!

konarider112 (Dec 19, 2019 at 19:00)

Woowwwwwww.

tacklingdummy (Dec 19, 2019 at 19:01)

Taking bets on what company picks him up.

enis (Dec 19, 2019 at 19:06)

I heard it was DKNY ' coz hes so stylish

jclnv (Dec 19, 2019 at 23:01)

He’s on Fleshlight for 2020.

bok-CZ (Dec 20, 2019 at 0:39)

I guess it will be Forestal

ugez (Dec 19, 2019 at 22:31)

Goodluck Jey!

Theguyfromthealps (Dec 19, 2019 at 23:01)

Dunno why, but I have the feeling he’s gonna land with YT

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WAKIdesigns (Dec 19, 2019 at 23:20)

Nah he’s too poor, they are giving bikes only to millionaires

chyu (Dec 20, 2019 at 3:48)

He's not with TLD too.

marrihuan (Dec 20, 2019 at 12:51)

Double shocking !

TIZZASPAIN (Dec 21, 2019 at 15:09)

Going to E-bike

yerbikesux (Dec 20, 2019 at 0:43)

Looks like a session

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sino428 (Dec 19, 2019 at 19:43)

I commend you for not saying ‘part ways’ but saying he ‘departs’ is not much better. Would anyone ever use words like this in the course of normal conversation? If you heard the news that he was leaving Cannondale and were going to text or tell your friend about it would you say he was ‘departing’ Cannondale? Most likely not because it would sound ridiculous.

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Clarkeh (Dec 19, 2019 at 22:02)

"Oy c*nt, f*ckn ol mate Clemmy bois f*cked off outta Cannondale"

medievalbiking (Dec 19, 2019 at 22:26)

I don't think I've ever used the word "commend" in person before either, yet there it is, right at the start of your comment.

BenPea (Dec 20, 2019 at 4:31)

My only beef is that you depart *from* somewhere. Journalism is already being decimated without it self-harming too.

sino428 (Dec 20, 2019 at 4:41)

@medievalbiking: then you must not get out much. It’s a pretty commonly used word.

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ktmrider143 (Dec 19, 2019 at 20:24)

I honestly thought he had already left them. Actually since not hearing his name last few years I didn’t know where he still was or if even a “contender”. Not trying to sound rude, just saying his name has been rather irrelevant compared to several other EWS racers....oooo yeah no way to spin that but rude, sorry.

casey79 (Dec 19, 2019 at 21:11)

"Jerome stepped away from racing the series full-time in 2018 but still had impressive results in the Trans BC, Trans NZ Enduro and Trans Sierra Norte enduro stage races in the past year."