- How do you know who's really great out there?
Which riders are the ones to watch?
Well, you know what, if you follow
the colours that prove you're pro,
then you're gonna know for sure
who to look out for.
Let's start with this one, it's a really simple one
and it'll give you the gist of where I'm going with this.
It's the Red Bull lid, yes.
If you see someone wearing a Red Bull lid
then you know they're a special rider.
Red Bull like to pick someone up,
just before they've reached greatness,
and give them that helping hand
in terms of resources, which they're really good at,
to make them achieve the absolute best
that they ever could.
So if you see someone wearing a Red Bull lid
then you know they're a special rider.
That's rule number one, look out for it.
The national sleeve, now this is a weird one
but if you see a downhiller or a cross country rider
with a sleeve with a national flag on it,
the Union Jack or the stars and stripes,
then you know these guys
have won their National Championships,
they're the current national champion.
So that means they must be good right?
They've gotta be pros.
Hey look, Aaron Gwin's got one, it's gotta be true.
This is a sneaky one and you've
gotta look really closely for it.
If you've won the EWS Championship
then what you tend to see is the rider
running the EWS colours either on their collar
or on their sleeve, a little band,
an arm band that proves they've won
the Enduro World Series.
They're one of the best mountain bike riders out there.
Tracy Moseley, Jared Graves, Jerome Clementz, Richie Rude.
They've all got them, look for them,
if you see that you're looking at someone pretty special.
Blackbox, now this is an interesting one,
it's very subtle, if you see this
then this is a pro Rockshox or SRAM rider.
Those brands are testing these things out on the riders,
they're trying to find out if they're good enough
for you, the public.
And similar thing, the RAD programme, over on FOX.
If you see that logo and sometimes
the orange fork, then you really know
that these riders are in that same situation.
They're the test pilots for the bits
you're gonna buy in the future.
One offs, you know what there's nothing
more amazing as a pro rider,
and I'm lucky to say I've had it a few times,
that when something very special's
made just for you, it's a one off.
Steve Peat's famous for having his Santa Cruz's
done in all sorts of colours, specifically for races.
Troy Brosnan's the same, color-ways on his clothing
and his bike, just for an individual World Cup race,
just to look that little bit special.
Jenny Rissveds, she's got her own color-way on her bike,
that's pretty amazing.
If you find a rider with one of these one off things
then you're looking at someone who's got
what we all dream about as a pro rider,
the special bits that no one else can get their hands on.
Now this is called the colours that prove you're pro.
And this is one of them, Hope Green.
Yep, the company from Barnoldswick in Lancashire
love to drizzle their favourite rider's bikes
with that green jewellery that really does prove
you're something special.
And they really like to work with riders like
Adam Brayton to create bikes that look
really really special.
Those one offs but you can always tell
the riders they're really supporting
have got those green bits.
Hard to get hold of and they
look great when you've got them.
Loic Bruni, Nico Vouilloz, Steve Peat,
Jenny Rissveds, Julien Absalon,
Nino Schurter, Rachael Atherton,
what have they all got in common?
The rainbow jersey.
That's right, they've been strong enough
to go to Worlds and win and have that day
where they got to prove they were better than anyone else.
And they get to put that rainbow jersey on
and wear it for a year, but the rainbow
never leaves you, they've then got the right
to put the rainbow tag on any kit
they wear in the future.
So if you see the rainbow then you are looking
at either the or an ex World Champion.
Now that is special and it's the one bit
of this whole video that proves that the colours
really do tell you who's pro.
Well those are some ways to spot the pros.
It's fun game and it's really interesting
to see who's got those colours.
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some other ways to spot the pros.