Originally Posted by
Doge
Sponsorship involved signed agreements. Free stuff does not.
My original point I stand by with a team that had 10 SRAM Red bikes last year (while my son used DA) is DA and RED are not the same. This year we are all on Shimano. Why would we PAY when we owned RED?
I don't know anything about your team. I was just commenting that Shimano sponsors many pro teams by giving them free equipment. I doubt there are any pro teams that have to pay for their equipment. And if Shimano does provide free equipment they would very likely have signed agreements as well. Why wouldn't they?