Weeksy08 the ongoing racing trials and tribulations of a crazy teen

@weeksy how about the SRAM Mavens?

Fingers crossed his wrist isn’t too bad.

@dirkpitt74 they are worrying with a fair few horror stories.

We do have an option with another company for sponsorship on their brakes, but I worry we’ll be in a position where he hates them and that really complicates the world

Actually paying for stuff does give you a lot more flexibility.  There’s no point getting free stuff that you hate.

Actually paying for stuff does give you a lot more flexibility. There’s no point getting free stuff that you hate.

Yeah absolutely that, it’s great getting free stuff and we’ve been amazingly lucky that everything we’ve had he loves, but brakes he’s deffo very picky with and something obviously really important to have correct and happy.

We lost £30 on the Hopes which I’m completely fine with, it was worth that to find out the answer with them.

Re the Hopes, it’s hardly testing them if you ride them for 300m, proper performance testing needs to be done over a period of time, against the clock etc, but I know you know that and am surprised that you’ve given up on it so soon.

We do have an option with another company for sponsorship on their brakes, but I worry we’ll be in a position where he hates them and that really complicates the world

Lewis?  They seem to be having a sponsorship push at the moment, that would really get STW frothing!

Anyhow, good luck at the hospital, at least it’s come in the off season.

the boy has a ‘buckle fracture’ as he’s young the bones bend/distort rather than breaking. 3 weeks out of action in a split, no plaster…. That’s not a bad result all things considered.

Lewis?  They seem to be having a sponsorship push at the moment, that would really get STW frothing!

Can’t really get into who, but i doubt anything we do would have much reaction on STW 😀

it’s hardly testing them if you ride them for 300m, proper performance testing needs to be done over a period of time, against the clock etc, but I know you know that and am surprised that you’ve given up on it so soon.

I agree, but sometimes with riders you just ‘know’ when they’re instantly ‘out’. We’ve had it with various riders and things in the last few years within the team and outside of the team, things like DH casing over an Exo casing, 1 run and out…. Crankbrothers vs Shimano pedals, 1 run and out. (Neither were my lad). But we can sit there and debate with the particular rider all day that they’re wrong… but it’s them on the bike and them having to put down the laps at race speed.

Better news than what you were both expecting.

Right decision on the Hopes. Been there and done it and as you say riders decision and preference is a must when racing

Sending healing vibes