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A lot of confused people posting in this thread.
IFR for the last few years has been owned by Aaron and run by Todd Schumlick. Intense is no longer sponsoring the team, but the team will likely continue with a new headline sponsor. This will not be Frameworks.
Neko has Martin Whiteley on board to run Frameworks team with Neko, Angel and Asa signed.
Dak is on a new team, not with Aaron. This may be MS Intense, which used to be MS Mondraker.
Hart to Nukeproof makes sense with the Adam Brayton connection as well.
Nukeproof seems to be staying with Brayton for 2024.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C1hmkrVN7qf/
I know that red bull wont hire monster rider, its against their culture. It could harm the "brand".
I also thought about the ”Dak to Mondraker” situation like this: people are talking about and MS and Mondraker as if they're the same, even if they are not; probably somebody was thinking about MS, but they actually said Mondraker, given the context that Mondraker will have their own factory team.
As a general feeling, it makes more sense to me to see Dak on the new MS Intense squad than on the new Mondraker team, but I can only wait for the official announcements, just like everybody else.
Mx
Greg - On Norco for a couple of years of racing/frame development and maybe then as team manager.
Since Norco is owned by Live to Play Sports, then you can expect him to be majorly supplied by the distributed brands they sell. They are deeply invested into SRAM/RS so I'd be very surprised to see him stick with Fox/Shimano.
Those are my predictions.
Just to be totally fair: this is not road cycling world.
Was told that dad is not well liked.
Dirty laundry getting aired on that podcast?
Jordi would be stoked.
I was just thinking, with Gwin buying Windrock besides the obvious of it being an investment to make money off the bike park. He is working towards a moto style sort of training compound eg: Bakers Factory, Club MX, Star Farm. Gwin and Dak are both moto guys so they know how that works.
Whether it be training a team he's managing or being a third party other teams pay for his services. Tons of lodging on site and riding Windrock every day along with training and riding against other world cup athletes is a huge advantage.
Gwin will be on frameworks to some capacity this year.
Dak just made his goodbye post earlier and hinted to minor changes for the season to come. Which basically means he will be on an Intense and it makes the most sense to tie him to MS.
Mx
Gwin becomes Co-Owner of Frameworks Team - 30% chance
Dak stays on Intense, Intense becomes MS-Intense - 60% chance.
Gwin takes a year off to build Windrock up as a training center - 50%
After having the experience of spending the a day listening to him in his uplift bus at Descend a few times I would probably have to agree with that. Just a little bit opinionated.
Evan Wall just posted he's off Devinci on IG this morning.
Gwin has to take any money with him now, his career won't last that long.
Red Bull just bought a controlling interest in Bora Hansgrohe road team. https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/red-bull-acquires-51-per-cent-…
Has anyone seen anything about Gwin's arm injury from last year? The last thing I saw left the impression it was taking longer than expected to bounce back.
NFR and Norco just posted another teaser on the IG , looks like GM in the video clip as the new guy
itching for a formal announcement 📢 lol 😂
Fox 40 in the vid
And Shimano drivetrain. Wheels look like Crankbrothers.
Anyone know who runs the IFR IG account?
I hope not all brands will make 5 anouncements like Norco seems to be doing it. It will be just plain silly and boring
Where do you see Greg?
I'd call it constructive criticism. The discussion was around choosing riders for a team and that the family plays a large role in how someone fits into a team. He used Danny and his dad as one of the examples.
Jess Blewitt to Cube is official!
https://www.mtb-news.de/news/cube-factory-racing-team-2023-jess-blewitt…
edit: slightly too late
I appreciate the hope you all have for frameworks but I think a lot of you are holding it up to be the next syndicate-esque mega team or something. This is literally a passion project that Neko started very recently. He’s accomplished a lot but let’s not start assuming every big name is headed there.
team rumors posting as tight as leogang race times. .02 off and you're in 14th place.
(and @chriskief, you're right, i failed re: mobile site and author labels yesterday)
Peaty to Frameworks; Warner standing outside the pit ten just saying things about what's going on.
Credible ppl are talking.
Someone new on Canyon?
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1pXb-WN2nV/?igsh=MXhsc25sOTQ3azE5aQ==
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