That "team" is stacked, Semenuk, Gwin, and Cam McCaul, both McCauls, Agassiz, the Coastal Crew, and Peat. Looks like Smith is going after the mountain bike market.

It's like the razor blade market, they did 3 blades, let's do 4, fuck it we're doing 7 blades. It's brinksmanship and a pissing match.

I love Shimano, I have had both generations of saint thus far and I only hope that Shimano goes into the replacement body part business so I can buy a Shimano heart and knees when mine wear out.

Congratulations I guess, I liked how Five Ten did not care if you wore their shoes they knew they had the best shoes around, it was mostly grass-roots word of mouth, I have had 4 pairs and about to get two more, it was nice while it lasted. Seeing them aquired by Deckers or VF corp would have been better than Adidas but oh well. I can't change it; I just hope in a year five-tens are still the best shoes around.

Not the original Nukeproof of Grand Rapids

Lopes is a good guy for real (dispite his parking and early day attitude) I'll give you all three reasons: 1) He helped write "Mastering Mountain Bike Skills" if you have not read it, buy it today. His sharing of secrets has helped my riding out a ton. http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Mountain-Bike-Skills-2nd/dp/0736083715/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311228200&sr=8-1 2) Here is a video of him rebuilding a nice girls DJ fork at Sea Otter this year. http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Brian-Lopes-mechanic-sea-otter-2011.html 3) He rides for who's products he likes not who pays him the most, and he knows how to develop a better product through testing. Riding at 40 the way he does, a serious crash is a game ender his even entering this after doing the BC bike race shows his skill. Haters gonna hate. * I think he is a National Treasure, people should respect him, not shun his style. He's a cyclist not fucking Jesus people.

Check the Sunnyvale Trailer Park located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia ask for Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles, these "Trailer Park Boys" might know something about this.