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I’ve been wrong before though.
There isn't as much outside money in MTB as there is in road cycling. The salaries and costs of running a WorldTour team dwarf the costs of buying drivetrains. And the pros are even more picky about their gear than even Minnaar. Look at Froome whining over discs, look at reports that teams were running 11spd or older generation drivetrains because of issues and because of lack of availability (don't remember the details). I think there was a connection with one of the Bahrain Merida sponsors offering a dropper post, but Mohorič chose a different one for technical reasons. Teams have been running competitor gear (for example wheels) when they felt that gave them an advantage even when sponsored by another company.
Road and MTB aren't really comparable in that regard IMO. And with road stuff you can't really mix and match that much as the brake levers and shift levers are a single unit.
As for Laurie, the biggest WTF is him running Hope cranks and a proto rear derailleur that's likely from Shimano. Could it be a custom 160 mm crank or something like that?
That would be my guess.
And the rear tire on some of those Mondraker is a Michelin Wild without F/R designation.
edit- that's also a DPS, not a Float X
Unless it's cut at the end after the forging process...
Shorty equivalent
That's the only logic I see, machine off the excess after forging for that one single gain.
While evolved quite a bit, the current 'V4-ish' design has been kicking around since 2015.
You could see right from the initial Post that the bike would become production - My understanding from max's Interview is: "everyone watches DH racing but not everyone wants a dh bike.. So they buy an enduro bike - however there needs to be Relevancy"
Not exactly word for word but is how i remember it, this was in a insta story from someone interviewing max asking about the new "prototype" - This would tell me They are trying to take EWS more seriously so needed a shorter bike(duh because 1280+ WB on a large is to big anyway)