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I get that you don't care about racing (I don't any more other than watching
the World Cup DH) but would Yeti have gotten the success they had without John
Tomac, Missy Giove, Myles Rockwell etc? How about all the endless Orange 223s
that were bought off the back of Steve Peats sponsorship? Robbie Bourdon and
Dave Watson hucking Konas off cliffs? Iron Horse Sundays and Sam Hill? Did
Mondraker and YT hire Danny Hart and Aaron Gwin because of their brooding good
looks and their ability to stare at a far off mountain while having their
picture taken #outthere.
Brand ambassadors could be awesome if they were documented helping trail
building (or just be trail builders), helping in the community in some way
such as coaching. Normally though it's just an edit that we've seen a million
times before, some posing and a million hashtags. Is that really worthy of the
title 'ambassador'?
Rocky Mountain deserve some props for hiring great people who might not be at
their fastest any more but have a huge amount of respect from the community.
I'd call Tippie and Simmons genuine ambassadors for the sport.
(Re bike set-up, pretty sure you are referencing an XC type bike and XC racers
are renowned for having weird set-ups. Whatever it takes to get them to the
top of a climb fast though as that's all that matters)
Sept. 19, 2016, 7:35 p.m. - walleater
#!markdown I get that you don't care about racing (I don't any more other than watching the World Cup DH) but would Yeti have gotten the success they had without John Tomac, Missy Giove, Myles Rockwell etc? How about all the endless Orange 223s that were bought off the back of Steve Peats sponsorship? Robbie Bourdon and Dave Watson hucking Konas off cliffs? Iron Horse Sundays and Sam Hill? Did Mondraker and YT hire Danny Hart and Aaron Gwin because of their brooding good looks and their ability to stare at a far off mountain while having their picture taken #outthere. Brand ambassadors could be awesome if they were documented helping trail building (or just be trail builders), helping in the community in some way such as coaching. Normally though it's just an edit that we've seen a million times before, some posing and a million hashtags. Is that really worthy of the title 'ambassador'? Rocky Mountain deserve some props for hiring great people who might not be at their fastest any more but have a huge amount of respect from the community. I'd call Tippie and Simmons genuine ambassadors for the sport. (Re bike set-up, pretty sure you are referencing an XC type bike and XC racers are renowned for having weird set-ups. Whatever it takes to get them to the top of a climb fast though as that's all that matters)