2020 Mountain Bike Team Rumors

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c1c51 12/7/2019 4:24am
12/7/2019 4:24am
Lopes on NS?
rumoristic_16 12/7/2019 4:30am
12/7/2019 4:30am
mircol82 wrote:
Camille balance probably ride Commencal 🧐🧐🧐
together with Hrastnik and Salazar riding for Team Dorval
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mircol82 12/7/2019 5:07am
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mircol82 wrote:
Camille balance probably ride Commencal 🧐🧐🧐
rumoristic_16 wrote:
together with Hrastnik and Salazar riding for Team Dorval
With fox and e therteen on board???
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mfoga 12/7/2019 7:30am
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Does anyone actually care about Lopes anymore?
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stoic_machine 12/7/2019 8:25am
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Jrp wrote:
Lewis Buchanan off ibis
Says who?
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stoic_machine 12/7/2019 8:27am
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mfoga wrote:
Does anyone actually care about Lopes anymore?
No. But, he's still on Ibis but just has the NS dirt jumper
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metadave 12/7/2019 10:02am
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mfoga wrote:
Does anyone actually care about Lopes anymore?
Lopes
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Darth_Sloth 12/7/2019 4:35pm
12/7/2019 4:35pm
Racing rumours and tech rumours! Gwin with blacked our pedals, (swapping away from HT?) and testing tyres with Kenda using the mullet rear ended M29.
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Darth_Sloth 12/7/2019 4:39pm
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Jrp wrote:
Lewis Buchanan off ibis
He was seen testing the suspension on a Specialized recently on his Insta... 🤔 Lewis to Specialized? /s
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Shawn_Trudell 12/7/2019 5:27pm
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mfoga wrote:
Does anyone actually care about Lopes anymore?
Brian Lopes does
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metadave 12/8/2019 10:51pm
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Does anyone know what the contract length of Mercedes being the headline sponsor is or how that's working out?
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Sesame Seed 12/9/2019 3:32am
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metadave wrote:
Does anyone know what the contract length of Mercedes being the headline sponsor is or how that's working out?


Red Bull heir likes Porsche after Ferraris seem to run-over Motorcycle Cops at will.

C'mon Man - get w/ the program.

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shreda 12/9/2019 4:56am
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Jrp wrote:
Lewis Buchanan off ibis
Yep, heard that too!

Will probably be racing as a privateer...
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metadave 12/9/2019 8:06am
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Jrp wrote:
Lewis Buchanan off ibis
shreda wrote:
Yep, heard that too!

Will probably be racing as a privateer...
More likely as a Buch-aneer

Har Har har
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metadave 12/9/2019 9:58am
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I'm sure we'll see everyone cutting ties the next three weeks in anticipation of the January team announcements. Its crunch time

Who's on Haro?
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jonkranked 12/9/2019 10:26am
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Darth_Sloth wrote:
Racing rumours and tech rumours! Gwin with blacked our pedals, (swapping away from HT?) and testing tyres with Kenda using the mullet rear ended M29. [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2019/12/07/8636/s1200_9975554A_1CB0_40FB_B60B_AB4B24D5D273.jpg[/img]
Racing rumours and tech rumours! Gwin with blacked our pedals, (swapping away from HT?) and testing tyres with Kenda using the mullet rear ended M29.
maybe on e13 pedals since they already sponsor him?

edit - that would have to mean e13 has a clipless pedal in the works.
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stoic_machine 12/11/2019 9:16am
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Darth_Sloth wrote:
Racing rumours and tech rumours! Gwin with blacked our pedals, (swapping away from HT?) and testing tyres with Kenda using the mullet rear ended M29. [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2019/12/07/8636/s1200_9975554A_1CB0_40FB_B60B_AB4B24D5D273.jpg[/img]
Racing rumours and tech rumours! Gwin with blacked our pedals, (swapping away from HT?) and testing tyres with Kenda using the mullet rear ended M29.
jonkranked wrote:
maybe on e13 pedals since they already sponsor him?

edit - that would have to mean e13 has a clipless pedal in the works.
Looks like he's back on their Alloy cranks as well. Maybe the carbon failure they said was a freak accident wasn't a good enough reason for Gwin to feel confident to be back on them...
The-Hoff 12/11/2019 11:05am
12/11/2019 11:05am
metadave wrote:
I'm sure we'll see everyone cutting ties the next three weeks in anticipation of the January team announcements. Its crunch time

Who's on Haro?
Funny, I was just in a meeting about this...
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carterlindblom 12/11/2019 11:17am
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Rude to specialized
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malv173 12/11/2019 1:56pm
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Sonofbovril2 wrote:
Maybe they stole Nina Hoffman or Camille Balanche
Capricorn wrote:
i'm sure they'd like to expand that roster of world champs braggin rights, How about vali holl? not sure if she's already extended her contract with...
i'm sure they'd like to expand that roster of world champs braggin rights, How about vali holl? not sure if she's already extended her contract with SRAM TLD.
Vali said in a recent PB interview that she signed a 6 year deal with YT, and that this is her 6th year with them. Could make 2021 team rumours interesting!
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carterlindblom 12/11/2019 6:09pm
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carterlindblom wrote:
Rude to specialized
theyellowfromtheegg wrote:
No way. How do you figure?
Tanner_Carl wrote:
Didn't RR just re-sign with Yeti last off season?
Pretty sure his contract's up. Can't find any resigning stuff online and there have been previous posts on this forum stating that his contracts up. I hope it is.
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carterlindblom 12/11/2019 6:14pm
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carterlindblom wrote:
Rude to specialized
theyellowfromtheegg wrote:
No way. How do you figure?
That french team rumous article had me thinking (if curious look back a few pages in this thread). If RR's contract is up this year, he'll be looking for a new team, he's been on yeti for ages. Curtis Keene just retired so spesh is short at least one EWS racer this coming season. Jared Graves is close friends with Richie, so it would be plausible for him to move to the Big S next season. And I'm sure specialized can pay him a ton more than yeti can. This also could constitute big changes to specialized factory racing, in terms of component sponsors. Wouldn't think richie would part Fox for Ohlins that easily with the work he's done with them over the years
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metadave 12/11/2019 10:07pm
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carterlindblom wrote:
Rude to specialized
theyellowfromtheegg wrote:
No way. How do you figure?
carterlindblom wrote:
That french team rumous article had me thinking (if curious look back a few pages in this thread). If RR's contract is up this year, he'll...
That french team rumous article had me thinking (if curious look back a few pages in this thread). If RR's contract is up this year, he'll be looking for a new team, he's been on yeti for ages. Curtis Keene just retired so spesh is short at least one EWS racer this coming season. Jared Graves is close friends with Richie, so it would be plausible for him to move to the Big S next season. And I'm sure specialized can pay him a ton more than yeti can. This also could constitute big changes to specialized factory racing, in terms of component sponsors. Wouldn't think richie would part Fox for Ohlins that easily with the work he's done with them over the years
If the money and tuning programs were there I'm sure he would be interested. One look at Loic on ohlins might make a person think about it.

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