2021 Mountain Bike Team Rumors

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barryjenson 1/5/2021 2:31pm
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Becci who?!
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iRider wrote:
Didn't he badmouth Corsair when he left and did the same again with Evil? Don't get me wrong, he might have legitimate concerns here, but if...
Didn't he badmouth Corsair when he left and did the same again with Evil? Don't get me wrong, he might have legitimate concerns here, but if you are doing this every time you change sponsors then it is a little weird.
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He's also in the middle of a divorce so perhaps that's contributing to his mood?
He is? If true that's a bummer. Doesn't he have 2 kids?
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LLLLL 1/6/2021 12:53am
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barryjenson wrote:
Becci who?!
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UK national champ.
UK who?



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Philip_Rossetti 1/6/2021 2:13am
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LLLLL wrote:
UK who?



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It’s been a long day without you my friend, and I’ll tell you all about it when I see EU again
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iRider wrote:
Didn't he badmouth Corsair when he left and did the same again with Evil? Don't get me wrong, he might have legitimate concerns here, but if...
Didn't he badmouth Corsair when he left and did the same again with Evil? Don't get me wrong, he might have legitimate concerns here, but if you are doing this every time you change sponsors then it is a little weird.
He also had legitimate reasons too when they promised him xyz and didn't even receive x. Who knows about YT.
UpNorthMTB 1/6/2021 6:22am
1/6/2021 6:22am
Lewis Buchanan to scott with rockshox suspension. He recently unfollowed Forbidden on insta and he only follows scott/rs. Looks like TRP handling braking and shifting, ethirteen components and muc off and ride concepts. This is purely based on who he is following on Instagram, but looks like he has had a ‘clear out’ of following previous sponsors. Hints towards him being on the same set up as last year as not sure teams would run that mixture of components
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bermslapper69 1/6/2021 6:30am
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UpNorthMTB wrote:
Lewis Buchanan to scott with rockshox suspension. He recently unfollowed Forbidden on insta and he only follows scott/rs. Looks like TRP handling braking and shifting, ethirteen...
Lewis Buchanan to scott with rockshox suspension. He recently unfollowed Forbidden on insta and he only follows scott/rs. Looks like TRP handling braking and shifting, ethirteen components and muc off and ride concepts. This is purely based on who he is following on Instagram, but looks like he has had a ‘clear out’ of following previous sponsors. Hints towards him being on the same set up as last year as not sure teams would run that mixture of components
Idk if he’s just trolling w this picture or if Scott is coming out with a new enduro bike because this looks nothing like the ransom/genius. Top tube doesn’t have that bend in it and quite frankly I have no idea what frame this is. Compared it to the prototype Jekyll from cdale and it doesn’t quite match up.
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Primoz 1/6/2021 6:42am
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TRP and Rock Shocks? That would mean bought suspension, not sponsored and it's hard to imagine anyone buying RS stuff over some competing products in that position...
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jofish 1/6/2021 7:04am
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Primoz wrote:
TRP and Rock Shocks? That would mean bought suspension, not sponsored and it's hard to imagine anyone buying RS stuff over some competing products in that...
TRP and Rock Shocks? That would mean bought suspension, not sponsored and it's hard to imagine anyone buying RS stuff over some competing products in that position...
Not if he’s on a local shop deal posted a few pages back.

bermslapper69 1/6/2021 7:18am
1/6/2021 7:18am
Primoz wrote:
TRP and Rock Shocks? That would mean bought suspension, not sponsored and it's hard to imagine anyone buying RS stuff over some competing products in that...
TRP and Rock Shocks? That would mean bought suspension, not sponsored and it's hard to imagine anyone buying RS stuff over some competing products in that position...
jofish wrote:
Not if he’s on a local shop deal posted a few pages back. [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/01/06/10326/s1200_7B75D0E1_9C6F_43E5_8936_1D10F733A467.jpg[/img]
Not if he’s on a local shop deal posted a few pages back.

Dartmoors enduro bike doesn’t look much like what’s in the picture, so that might be unlikely. Also for suspension i wonder if he’s gotten a deal with a smaller company like EXT or DVO
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UpNorthMTB wrote:
Lewis Buchanan to scott with rockshox suspension. He recently unfollowed Forbidden on insta and he only follows scott/rs. Looks like TRP handling braking and shifting, ethirteen...
Lewis Buchanan to scott with rockshox suspension. He recently unfollowed Forbidden on insta and he only follows scott/rs. Looks like TRP handling braking and shifting, ethirteen components and muc off and ride concepts. This is purely based on who he is following on Instagram, but looks like he has had a ‘clear out’ of following previous sponsors. Hints towards him being on the same set up as last year as not sure teams would run that mixture of components
bermslapper69 wrote:
Idk if he’s just trolling w this picture or if Scott is coming out with a new enduro bike because this looks nothing like the ransom/genius...
Idk if he’s just trolling w this picture or if Scott is coming out with a new enduro bike because this looks nothing like the ransom/genius. Top tube doesn’t have that bend in it and quite frankly I have no idea what frame this is. Compared it to the prototype Jekyll from cdale and it doesn’t quite match up.

I know this has been posted here before, but if you look at the strut/rocker link above the BB junction closely actually looks like there's nothing there and he's just been trolling old pictures of his forbidden bikes. At this point I'd say he could be going anywhere and these pictures are just him f***ing with us.

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Primoz 1/6/2021 7:51am
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Yeah, if I was shopping around for components and wouldn't be able to reach either full Sram or Shimano/Fox support, one of the first shop doors I'd knock on is Formula. One move and you take care of brakes, suspension and wheels. Then deal or buy the rest.
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rugbyred 1/6/2021 9:57am
1/6/2021 9:57am Edited Date/Time 1/6/2021 9:58am
MikeK wrote:
Yoann Barelli to reveal his '21 plans on a special episode of Downtime Podcast in the coming days. They tease a bit about it in their...
Yoann Barelli to reveal his '21 plans on a special episode of Downtime Podcast in the coming days. They tease a bit about it in their latest interview found below

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Suw26iqo0vzpisXISfpde?si=3Vc4SIAqQkev…

Isn’t Dustin from WR1 a regular guest on the Podcast?
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Primoz wrote:
TRP and Rock Shocks? That would mean bought suspension, not sponsored and it's hard to imagine anyone buying RS stuff over some competing products in that...
TRP and Rock Shocks? That would mean bought suspension, not sponsored and it's hard to imagine anyone buying RS stuff over some competing products in that position...
jofish wrote:
Not if he’s on a local shop deal posted a few pages back. [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/01/06/10326/s1200_7B75D0E1_9C6F_43E5_8936_1D10F733A467.jpg[/img]
Not if he’s on a local shop deal posted a few pages back.

Magic mary front tire and not E-thirteen wheels, it's nor Lew Buchanan
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MikeK 1/6/2021 10:39am
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MikeK wrote:
Yoann Barelli to reveal his '21 plans on a special episode of Downtime Podcast in the coming days. They tease a bit about it in their...
Yoann Barelli to reveal his '21 plans on a special episode of Downtime Podcast in the coming days. They tease a bit about it in their latest interview found below

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Suw26iqo0vzpisXISfpde?si=3Vc4SIAqQkev…

rugbyred wrote:
Isn’t Dustin from WR1 a regular guest on the Podcast?
WeAreOne are regular sponsors of the show, with chris the producer with a wheel deal himself too
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rugbyred 1/6/2021 11:02am
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MikeK wrote:
Yoann Barelli to reveal his '21 plans on a special episode of Downtime Podcast in the coming days. They tease a bit about it in their...
Yoann Barelli to reveal his '21 plans on a special episode of Downtime Podcast in the coming days. They tease a bit about it in their latest interview found below

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Suw26iqo0vzpisXISfpde?si=3Vc4SIAqQkev…

rugbyred wrote:
Isn’t Dustin from WR1 a regular guest on the Podcast?
MikeK wrote:
WeAreOne are regular sponsors of the show, with chris the producer with a wheel deal himself too
The plot thickens!
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Jim-Laden 1/6/2021 12:43pm
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Does anybody know the deadline for announcing DH teams this year? Was it end of January?
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c1c51 1/6/2021 12:50pm
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Jim-Laden wrote:
Does anybody know the deadline for announcing DH teams this year? Was it end of January?
"UCI MTB teams must submit their application for registration no later than 15 January
of the year in question. "


Wait the UCI don't release the details for 3 weeks so it would be the 5th of feb I think
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marianom3 1/6/2021 12:55pm
1/6/2021 12:55pm
Most likely: Zakarias Johansen to Ibis Factory Team.
That white and orange jersey is the same as the one they’ve been using till now, plus Poc helmet appears to be.

Also, I know he’s a good friend of R.Wallner and would make a good team
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Primoz wrote:
TRP and Rock Shocks? That would mean bought suspension, not sponsored and it's hard to imagine anyone buying RS stuff over some competing products in that...
TRP and Rock Shocks? That would mean bought suspension, not sponsored and it's hard to imagine anyone buying RS stuff over some competing products in that position...
jofish wrote:
Not if he’s on a local shop deal posted a few pages back. [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/01/06/10326/s1200_7B75D0E1_9C6F_43E5_8936_1D10F733A467.jpg[/img]
Not if he’s on a local shop deal posted a few pages back.



"Redacted" photo is another Scottish rider who's moving onto Dartmoor.
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Karabuka 1/6/2021 1:59pm
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bavshredder wrote:
Cube will have an announcement for their downhill team soon. https://www.cube.eu/en/cubeworld/racing/mtb/factoryracing/ [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/01/06/10330/s1200_Bildschirmfoto_2021_01_06_um_21.57.08.jpg[/img]
Cube will have an announcement for their downhill team soon.

https://www.cube.eu/en/cubeworld/racing/mtb/factoryracing/



thats hart breaking time to wait
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EugenM 1/6/2021 2:15pm
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UpNorthMTB wrote:
Lewis Buchanan to scott with rockshox suspension. He recently unfollowed Forbidden on insta and he only follows scott/rs. Looks like TRP handling braking and shifting, ethirteen...
Lewis Buchanan to scott with rockshox suspension. He recently unfollowed Forbidden on insta and he only follows scott/rs. Looks like TRP handling braking and shifting, ethirteen components and muc off and ride concepts. This is purely based on who he is following on Instagram, but looks like he has had a ‘clear out’ of following previous sponsors. Hints towards him being on the same set up as last year as not sure teams would run that mixture of components
bermslapper69 wrote:
Idk if he’s just trolling w this picture or if Scott is coming out with a new enduro bike because this looks nothing like the ransom/genius...
Idk if he’s just trolling w this picture or if Scott is coming out with a new enduro bike because this looks nothing like the ransom/genius. Top tube doesn’t have that bend in it and quite frankly I have no idea what frame this is. Compared it to the prototype Jekyll from cdale and it doesn’t quite match up.
Edthorne wrote:
I know this has been posted here before, but if you look at the strut/rocker link above the BB junction closely actually looks like there's nothing...

I know this has been posted here before, but if you look at the strut/rocker link above the BB junction closely actually looks like there's nothing there and he's just been trolling old pictures of his forbidden bikes. At this point I'd say he could be going anywhere and these pictures are just him f***ing with us.

Could be the Giga?, from 130-150mm to 170-180?Huh
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JerseyMojo 1/6/2021 2:21pm
1/6/2021 2:21pm
marianom3 wrote:
Most likely: Zakarias Johansen to Ibis Factory Team. That white and orange jersey is the same as the one they’ve been using till now, plus Poc...
Most likely: Zakarias Johansen to Ibis Factory Team.
That white and orange jersey is the same as the one they’ve been using till now, plus Poc helmet appears to be.

Also, I know he’s a good friend of R.Wallner and would make a good team
He was with Ibis in 2016.
MarcusBrodysMuseum 1/6/2021 3:29pm
1/6/2021 3:29pm
bermslapper69 wrote:
Idk if he’s just trolling w this picture or if Scott is coming out with a new enduro bike because this looks nothing like the ransom/genius...
Idk if he’s just trolling w this picture or if Scott is coming out with a new enduro bike because this looks nothing like the ransom/genius. Top tube doesn’t have that bend in it and quite frankly I have no idea what frame this is. Compared it to the prototype Jekyll from cdale and it doesn’t quite match up.
Edthorne wrote:
I know this has been posted here before, but if you look at the strut/rocker link above the BB junction closely actually looks like there's nothing...

I know this has been posted here before, but if you look at the strut/rocker link above the BB junction closely actually looks like there's nothing there and he's just been trolling old pictures of his forbidden bikes. At this point I'd say he could be going anywhere and these pictures are just him f***ing with us.

EugenM wrote:
Could be the Giga?, from 130-150mm to 170-180?:huh: [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2021/01/06/10332/s1200_Screenshot_20210107_001338_Chrome.jpg[/img]
Could be the Giga?, from 130-150mm to 170-180?Huh
The shock appears to be oriented differently in each of his blacked out pictures. I really have no idea what to believe at this point, so I guess I'll have to subscribe to his channel...hooked!

The unannounced rider I'm most curious about is Phil Atwill. GT with Wyn? He got a mention on Wyn's IG lately.
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