2024 TEAM RUMORS

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JBD 1/12/2024 9:37am
1/12/2024 9:37am Edited Date/Time 1/12/2024 9:45am

Blenki is a keen fisherman. Even did a thing with Rob Warner where they went out on Sam’s boat. 

Spoke to someone yesterday who knows Brook. Asked who he’ll be riding for this year and all they knew was that he’s been out riding a Zerode recently.

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sketchy95 1/12/2024 10:08am
1/12/2024 10:08am

Amy Kenton on trek bike and uncrafted kit, running her own program? Or something big brewing ? 

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Louis_Diomede 1/12/2024 10:10am
1/12/2024 10:10am
monkeysquid wrote:
A young Australian will be riding a baguette with German rubber... A radioactive Scot moving onto a concentrated new team... A fish out of water will...

A young Australian will be riding a baguette with German rubber...

A radioactive Scot moving onto a concentrated new team...

A fish out of water will be set free from his ball and chain...

Maxipedia wrote:
This is the Team Rumors spirit! I definitely don't know the people, but here are my guesses: First bike hints towards a Commencal, as I don't...

This is the Team Rumors spirit!

I definitely don't know the people, but here are my guesses:

First bike hints towards a Commencal, as I don't know of any other ”French” brand that is in the circuit. Although Commencal are from Andorra, but French enough, I guess.

Was thinking of Radon or Nukeproof for the second one, but Radon doesn't have a team since a while now and I could not find a Scot on Nukeproof, but I am pretty sure the concentrated new team is whatever Intense has going.

The keen fisherman must be the Keswick Kestrel, but the only ”chain” I can think of is Chain Reaction Cycles and they haven't been sponsoring him at any point in his career, plus the team changed its name a while ago. He's been riding Nukeproof frames, but that is something else.

Could some of the hints be, erm, not very precise? :D 

Mx

 

About the chain part of the hint I'd imagine that he means Adam Bayton to gammux or zerode, two belt driven DH bikes, hence "losing his chain". 

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alerad 1/12/2024 11:01am
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aimitrek

 

Aimi Kenyon (formerly PB Racing) on a Trek in her newest reel

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Bobs_is_better_than_A-line 1/12/2024 11:27am
1/12/2024 11:27am
austin-NC wrote:
Yeah I agree, they know theyd be paying much more in salary and cost flying them around the world if they didnt have BK. Pivot pits...

Yeah I agree, they know theyd be paying much more in salary and cost flying them around the world if they didnt have BK. Pivot pits dont have alot of extra, mechanics wrenching multiple bikes, Marshy handling all of the juniors. 

Hell there is more people in the Santa Cruz pit than there is a Factory supercross pit with 3+ factory riders. There is a couple of different physios that are used by all of the supercross pit but bicycling all have their own team physio at every race. They can do what they want to do but with all the talk about cutting back on racing seems their is more sensible ways before cutting riders. 

ARonBurgundy wrote:
Not sure about the exact staff levels of supercross physios, but on the whole running a factory SX/MX team is orders of magnitude more expensive than...

Not sure about the exact staff levels of supercross physios, but on the whole running a factory SX/MX team is orders of magnitude more expensive than any DH team. A lot of that is logistics and travel costs simply because there are sooooo many more races. Running a top level, two rider 450 team is a $15-20 million per year operation including rider salaries. 

Imagine shipping a moto intercontinentally... Sounds heinous.

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jessemelamed 1/12/2024 11:30am
1/12/2024 11:30am
JimmyK wrote:

Not a rider rumour, but looks like Commencal Muc-off will be on Burgtec components?

You're missing the bigger component change in those photos...

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AndehM 1/12/2024 11:41am
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JimmyK wrote:

Not a rider rumour, but looks like Commencal Muc-off will be on Burgtec components?

jessemelamed wrote:

You're missing the bigger component change in those photos...

SRAM brakes & rotors.

Interesting since still running Fox suspension.

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danielteleman 1/12/2024 11:42am
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EBlackwell wrote:

Innes is/was on Nukeproof. My first thought for that clue was Focus bikes, not Intense. Innes to Focus could make sense?

I think this is spot on. The "concentrated" part makes sense= Focus-ed

Happy to see Innes with a contract, he's a cool dude in my book

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derekbnorakim 1/12/2024 11:45am
1/12/2024 11:45am Edited Date/Time 1/12/2024 11:46am
JimmyK wrote:

Not a rider rumour, but looks like Commencal Muc-off will be on Burgtec components?

jessemelamed wrote:

You're missing the bigger component change in those photos...

AndehM wrote:

SRAM brakes & rotors.

Interesting since still running Fox suspension.

#liveuncaged bro

 

Also, is that Kye A'hern riding for them?

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EBlackwell wrote:

Innes is/was on Nukeproof. My first thought for that clue was Focus bikes, not Intense. Innes to Focus could make sense?

danielteleman wrote:

I think this is spot on. The "concentrated" part makes sense= Focus-ed

Happy to see Innes with a contract, he's a cool dude in my book

Lou Ferguson radioactive Nukeproof to Intense

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ARonBurgundy 1/12/2024 12:01pm
1/12/2024 12:01pm
austin-NC wrote:
Yeah I agree, they know theyd be paying much more in salary and cost flying them around the world if they didnt have BK. Pivot pits...

Yeah I agree, they know theyd be paying much more in salary and cost flying them around the world if they didnt have BK. Pivot pits dont have alot of extra, mechanics wrenching multiple bikes, Marshy handling all of the juniors. 

Hell there is more people in the Santa Cruz pit than there is a Factory supercross pit with 3+ factory riders. There is a couple of different physios that are used by all of the supercross pit but bicycling all have their own team physio at every race. They can do what they want to do but with all the talk about cutting back on racing seems their is more sensible ways before cutting riders. 

ARonBurgundy wrote:
Not sure about the exact staff levels of supercross physios, but on the whole running a factory SX/MX team is orders of magnitude more expensive than...

Not sure about the exact staff levels of supercross physios, but on the whole running a factory SX/MX team is orders of magnitude more expensive than any DH team. A lot of that is logistics and travel costs simply because there are sooooo many more races. Running a top level, two rider 450 team is a $15-20 million per year operation including rider salaries. 

Bobs_is_better_than_A-line wrote:

Imagine shipping a moto intercontinentally... Sounds heinous.

Definitely more than a bicycle! That $$$ figure I stated is for a US only team. With 30ish rounds between supercross and outdoors, the team rigs are covering some insane mileage. Something like 80,000/year if I recall correctly. 

Anyways... back to rumors! 

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ARonBurgundy wrote:
Not sure about the exact staff levels of supercross physios, but on the whole running a factory SX/MX team is orders of magnitude more expensive than...

Not sure about the exact staff levels of supercross physios, but on the whole running a factory SX/MX team is orders of magnitude more expensive than any DH team. A lot of that is logistics and travel costs simply because there are sooooo many more races. Running a top level, two rider 450 team is a $15-20 million per year operation including rider salaries. 

Bobs_is_better_than_A-line wrote:

Imagine shipping a moto intercontinentally... Sounds heinous.

ARonBurgundy wrote:
Definitely more than a bicycle! That $$$ figure I stated is for a US only team. With 30ish rounds between supercross and outdoors, the team rigs...

Definitely more than a bicycle! That $$$ figure I stated is for a US only team. With 30ish rounds between supercross and outdoors, the team rigs are covering some insane mileage. Something like 80,000/year if I recall correctly. 

Anyways... back to rumors! 

Imagine shipping an entire F1 team around the world!

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Mr.Nally 1/12/2024 1:39pm
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JamesR_2026 wrote:
First one is Ollie Davis to Commencal Schwalbe Second one is Louise Ferguson to IFR Third one might be Elliot Heap. Looking at Instagram, Chain Reaction...

First one is Ollie Davis to Commencal Schwalbe

Second one is Louise Ferguson to IFR

Third one might be Elliot Heap. Looking at Instagram, Chain Reaction team has been rebranded to Nukeproof SRAM Factory Racing 

It has been called the SRAM nukeproof factory racing team for a couple of seasons. No change there

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esporton wrote:

Screenshot 2024-01-12-22-35-11-696 com.android.chrome.jpg?VersionId=hyyIF.jOsdi2G

Subterfuge

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esporton wrote:

Screenshot 2024-01-12-22-35-11-696 com.android.chrome.jpg?VersionId=hyyIF.jOsdi2G

djyosh wrote:

Subterfuge

But oh so tasty offseason subterfuge

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lloyd506 1/12/2024 2:23pm
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Angels been posting old pics from Commencal too. 
A trail bike from another manufacturer would make sense if he will be riding Frameworks for dh. In some of Nekos instagram he had been riding a Jekyll recently. 
Is he trying to take over from Jesse as best team rumours thread pro-troll? 

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lloyd506 wrote:
Angels been posting old pics from Commencal too.  A trail bike from another manufacturer would make sense if he will be riding Frameworks for dh. In...

Angels been posting old pics from Commencal too. 
A trail bike from another manufacturer would make sense if he will be riding Frameworks for dh. In some of Nekos instagram he had been riding a Jekyll recently. 
Is he trying to take over from Jesse as best team rumours thread pro-troll? 

Frameworks has a trail bike...

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Mugen wrote:
Some really interesting info from Kerr. I am really pushing it here, but he specifically says "if there is 800k or 5pounds left at the end...

Some really interesting info from Kerr. I am really pushing it here, but he specifically says "if there is 800k or 5pounds left at the end of the year, that's what I make as manager", my naive interpretation is that the Pivot factory team budget is around 800k.

He has an absolutely crazy philosophy that he doesn't need to make a budget and review costs, "it is what it what it is", "it's not like I can cut food costs". The whole point of a budget would be to determine whether you can grow or need to reduce the number of riders, or plan for a junior rather than an elite podium contender etc.

Interesting that multiple sponsors (did he specifically say 3?) asked them why they were doing Enduro and to consider stopping. I would understand if they were a mid-pack team, but they have 3 podium contenders, I would think it is great marketing for their enduro bikes and components, even if we can't follow along.

By the way, I just tried to find results, and I mean any results or even ranking on this page: https://ucimtbworldseries.com/results the rankings page is empty because there were no races in 2024... The results pages just links to various events pages that do not have results. wtf

casey79 wrote:

Let me google that for you

LoL got em’

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lloyd506 wrote:
Angels been posting old pics from Commencal too.  A trail bike from another manufacturer would make sense if he will be riding Frameworks for dh. In...

Angels been posting old pics from Commencal too. 
A trail bike from another manufacturer would make sense if he will be riding Frameworks for dh. In some of Nekos instagram he had been riding a Jekyll recently. 
Is he trying to take over from Jesse as best team rumours thread pro-troll? 

dolface wrote:

Frameworks has a trail bike...

But I'm pretty sure there's just a couple of them in existence...

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Screenshot 2024-01-12 at 6.02.54%E2%80%AFPMLooks like Neko and team are in Spain.  He was traveling to meet his new rider which I don’t think is Dan Roberts.  Angel is from Spain. Coincidence?

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jroy924 wrote:
Looks like Neko and team are in Spain.  He was traveling to meet his new rider which I don’t think is Dan Roberts.  Angel is from...

Screenshot 2024-01-12 at 6.02.54%E2%80%AFPMLooks like Neko and team are in Spain.  He was traveling to meet his new rider which I don’t think is Dan Roberts.  Angel is from Spain. Coincidence?

Angel was at Rock Creek two weeks ago picking up his bike. It’s all but confirmed in a press release at this point. 

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monkeysquid wrote:
A young Australian will be riding a baguette with German rubber... A radioactive Scot moving onto a concentrated new team... A fish out of water will...

A young Australian will be riding a baguette with German rubber...

A radioactive Scot moving onto a concentrated new team...

A fish out of water will be set free from his ball and chain...

Maxipedia wrote:
This is the Team Rumors spirit! I definitely don't know the people, but here are my guesses: First bike hints towards a Commencal, as I don't...

This is the Team Rumors spirit!

I definitely don't know the people, but here are my guesses:

First bike hints towards a Commencal, as I don't know of any other ”French” brand that is in the circuit. Although Commencal are from Andorra, but French enough, I guess.

Was thinking of Radon or Nukeproof for the second one, but Radon doesn't have a team since a while now and I could not find a Scot on Nukeproof, but I am pretty sure the concentrated new team is whatever Intense has going.

The keen fisherman must be the Keswick Kestrel, but the only ”chain” I can think of is Chain Reaction Cycles and they haven't been sponsoring him at any point in his career, plus the team changed its name a while ago. He's been riding Nukeproof frames, but that is something else.

Could some of the hints be, erm, not very precise? :D 

Mx

 

Louis_Diomede wrote:
About the chain part of the hint I'd imagine that he means Adam Bayton to gammux or zerode, two belt driven DH bikes, hence "losing his...

About the chain part of the hint I'd imagine that he means Adam Bayton to gammux or zerode, two belt driven DH bikes, hence "losing his chain". 

Brayton on a Yt. 

Gwin famously dropped his chain with YT. Braytons coach is sponsored by YT, and also trains the whole YT factory team. 

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MikeK wrote:

Brayton on a Yt. 

Gwin famously dropped his chain with YT. Braytons coach is sponsored by YT, and also trains the whole YT factory team. 

Close...but, no. Gwins chain less run was on a specialized.

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alvarohernandez2000 1/13/2024 3:26am
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jroy924 wrote:
Looks like Neko and team are in Spain.  He was traveling to meet his new rider which I don’t think is Dan Roberts.  Angel is from...

Screenshot 2024-01-12 at 6.02.54%E2%80%AFPMLooks like Neko and team are in Spain.  He was traveling to meet his new rider which I don’t think is Dan Roberts.  Angel is from Spain. Coincidence?

Right at the bottom of the pic you can read in the pizza box "Galicia cali..." It's a quality certification from Galicia, the region in northern Spain where Angel is from. So you know! 🤣

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KMill86 1/13/2024 4:13am
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Maxipedia wrote:
This is the Team Rumors spirit! I definitely don't know the people, but here are my guesses: First bike hints towards a Commencal, as I don't...

This is the Team Rumors spirit!

I definitely don't know the people, but here are my guesses:

First bike hints towards a Commencal, as I don't know of any other ”French” brand that is in the circuit. Although Commencal are from Andorra, but French enough, I guess.

Was thinking of Radon or Nukeproof for the second one, but Radon doesn't have a team since a while now and I could not find a Scot on Nukeproof, but I am pretty sure the concentrated new team is whatever Intense has going.

The keen fisherman must be the Keswick Kestrel, but the only ”chain” I can think of is Chain Reaction Cycles and they haven't been sponsoring him at any point in his career, plus the team changed its name a while ago. He's been riding Nukeproof frames, but that is something else.

Could some of the hints be, erm, not very precise? :D 

Mx

 

Louis_Diomede wrote:
About the chain part of the hint I'd imagine that he means Adam Bayton to gammux or zerode, two belt driven DH bikes, hence "losing his...

About the chain part of the hint I'd imagine that he means Adam Bayton to gammux or zerode, two belt driven DH bikes, hence "losing his chain". 

MikeK wrote:

Brayton on a Yt. 

Gwin famously dropped his chain with YT. Braytons coach is sponsored by YT, and also trains the whole YT factory team. 

If the rumors are true and YT signs Vali Holl, would they even be able to sign Gwinn with the other riders they currently have as well? 

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Louis_Diomede wrote:
About the chain part of the hint I'd imagine that he means Adam Bayton to gammux or zerode, two belt driven DH bikes, hence "losing his...

About the chain part of the hint I'd imagine that he means Adam Bayton to gammux or zerode, two belt driven DH bikes, hence "losing his chain". 

MikeK wrote:

Brayton on a Yt. 

Gwin famously dropped his chain with YT. Braytons coach is sponsored by YT, and also trains the whole YT factory team. 

KMill86 wrote:
If the rumors are true and YT signs Vali Holl, would they even be able to sign Gwinn with the other riders they currently have as...

If the rumors are true and YT signs Vali Holl, would they even be able to sign Gwinn with the other riders they currently have as well? 

they signed who?

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MikeK wrote:

Brayton on a Yt. 

Gwin famously dropped his chain with YT. Braytons coach is sponsored by YT, and also trains the whole YT factory team. 

KMill86 wrote:
If the rumors are true and YT signs Vali Holl, would they even be able to sign Gwinn with the other riders they currently have as...

If the rumors are true and YT signs Vali Holl, would they even be able to sign Gwinn with the other riders they currently have as well? 

sethimus wrote:

they signed who?

Völi Hall apparently 

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Conkey 1/13/2024 6:50am
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Martin really has a love rocket for Angel.  

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