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This is not said in defense of these calendars, or Maxxis, but for what it's
worth, the Maxxis calendar in question is only available in the UK, and is
targeted at the automotive market. So, even though it's the same company and
brand, it's very likely (and I know this from having had business side
dealings with Maxxis in a previous life) that the global brand MTB marketing
people (based in Georgia) and the UK division automotive marketing people
(ostensibly based in the UK) have never met, and don't even know each other's
names.
The only reason I point this out is so that we can focus on the calendar's
existence and the issue at hand, and not worry that Maxxis MTB R&D $ is
being funneled away from Minion compound development and into orange halter
tops and photo shoots.
Jan. 5, 2016, 12:57 p.m. - Pete Roggeman
#!markdown This is not said in defense of these calendars, or Maxxis, but for what it's worth, the Maxxis calendar in question is only available in the UK, and is targeted at the automotive market. So, even though it's the same company and brand, it's very likely (and I know this from having had business side dealings with Maxxis in a previous life) that the global brand MTB marketing people (based in Georgia) and the UK division automotive marketing people (ostensibly based in the UK) have never met, and don't even know each other's names. The only reason I point this out is so that we can focus on the calendar's existence and the issue at hand, and not worry that Maxxis MTB R&D $ is being funneled away from Minion compound development and into orange halter tops and photo shoots.