2024 TEAM RUMORS

1/20/2024 2:21am
stefkrger wrote:
Vali on Fox and Continental? Which is weird because most YT DH riders recently announced a switch to Schwalbe tires. And if they were doing the...

Vali on Fox and Continental? Which is weird because most YT DH riders recently announced a switch to Schwalbe tires. And if they were doing the uncaged thing in DH wouldn’t she stay with Sram? 

IMG 8889

Trp brakes tho 

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1/20/2024 3:09am
stefkrger wrote:
Vali on Fox and Continental? Which is weird because most YT DH riders recently announced a switch to Schwalbe tires. And if they were doing the...

Vali on Fox and Continental? Which is weird because most YT DH riders recently announced a switch to Schwalbe tires. And if they were doing the uncaged thing in DH wouldn’t she stay with Sram? 

IMG 8889

Pretty sure thats Oisins bike in the front with conits cb wheels and trp brakes.

Valis in the back with DT Rims, Contis and sram brakes(hs2) rotors 

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1/20/2024 8:37am Edited Date/Time 1/20/2024 10:02am
Maxipedia wrote:
FWIW, I just got a newsletter from Specialized Gravity, where they are confirming their 2024 teams. I reads like this: DOWNHILL TEAM LOIC BRUNI - Elite...

FWIW, I just got a newsletter from Specialized Gravity, where they are confirming their 2024 teams. I reads like this:

DOWNHILL TEAM
LOIC BRUNI - Elite men
FINN ILES - Elite men
JORDAN WILLIAMS - Elite men

EDR TEAM
CHARLES MURRAY - Elite men
KEVIN MIQUEL - Elite men
ESTELLE CHARLES - Elite women
RAPHAEL GIAMBI - U21 men

E-EDR TEAM
CECCE CAMOIN - Elite men
SOFIA WIEDENROTH - Elite women

E-XC TEAM
JORIS RYF - WORLD CHAMPION - Elite men
SOFIA WIEDENROTH - Elite women

MULTI-DISCIPLINE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
CHRISTOPHER GRICE - Elite men
IZABELA YANKOVA - Elite women
RAPHAEL GIAMBI - U19 men
ROSA JENSEN - U17 women
HARRY SCHOFIELD - U15 men

Interestingly, there is no mention about the XC team, but their E-XC squad is squeezed in here. 

Cheers,
Mx

lando wrote:

Is Cody Kelley without a sponsor now?

IIRC Cody hasn't been on a "official" Spesh team since he joined them, he's had his own program with preferred components and national schedule. His IG...

IIRC Cody hasn't been on a "official" Spesh team since he joined them, he's had his own program with preferred components and national schedule. His IG bio still mentions Specialized

Looks like he just re..............signed.

 

 

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1/20/2024 9:59am
lando wrote:

Is Cody Kelley without a sponsor now?

IIRC Cody hasn't been on a "official" Spesh team since he joined them, he's had his own program with preferred components and national schedule. His IG...

IIRC Cody hasn't been on a "official" Spesh team since he joined them, he's had his own program with preferred components and national schedule. His IG bio still mentions Specialized

chriskief wrote:
Looks like he just re..............signed.    

Looks like he just re..............signed.

 

 

Can't bite my tongue with this one; resigned and re-signed are completely opposite things. Cody re-signed with Spesh. Downvote away.

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1/20/2024 10:03am
IIRC Cody hasn't been on a "official" Spesh team since he joined them, he's had his own program with preferred components and national schedule. His IG...

IIRC Cody hasn't been on a "official" Spesh team since he joined them, he's had his own program with preferred components and national schedule. His IG bio still mentions Specialized

chriskief wrote:
Looks like he just re..............signed.    

Looks like he just re..............signed.

 

 

djyosh wrote:

Can't bite my tongue with this one; resigned and re-signed are completely opposite things. Cody re-signed with Spesh. Downvote away.

Editing for those who are unclear. Evil

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1/20/2024 10:31am

haha re-sign vs resign, you had me confused…

Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis can’t leave this thread. You were right to feel uncomfortable, it’s bridge too far. I am happy you did it though. 

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1/20/2024 11:07am

Well I guess my theory on Dak being in a good spot meant he's getting paaaaaaaaidddddd

From the PB podcast... rumor at MSA was Mondraker will have a BIG team budget for 2024.

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1/20/2024 11:20am
owl-x wrote:
haha re-sign vs resign, you had me confused… Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis can’t leave this thread. You were right to feel uncomfortable, it’s bridge too far...

haha re-sign vs resign, you had me confused…

Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis can’t leave this thread. You were right to feel uncomfortable, it’s bridge too far. I am happy you did it though. 

Don't we all know no one resigns from a team... they part ways.

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1/20/2024 11:44am
owl-x wrote:
haha re-sign vs resign, you had me confused… Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis can’t leave this thread. You were right to feel uncomfortable, it’s bridge too far...

haha re-sign vs resign, you had me confused…

Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis can’t leave this thread. You were right to feel uncomfortable, it’s bridge too far. I am happy you did it though. 

Bro, the Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis (EFDA) will not leave this thread. I'm not even telling my real life riding buddies. It was an embarrassing chapter in my Friday afternoon work procrastination.

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1/20/2024 12:08pm
owl-x wrote:
haha re-sign vs resign, you had me confused… Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis can’t leave this thread. You were right to feel uncomfortable, it’s bridge too far...

haha re-sign vs resign, you had me confused…

Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis can’t leave this thread. You were right to feel uncomfortable, it’s bridge too far. I am happy you did it though. 

PisgahGnar wrote:
Bro, the Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis (EFDA) will not leave this thread. I'm not even telling my real life riding buddies. It was an embarrassing chapter in my...

Bro, the Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis (EFDA) will not leave this thread. I'm not even telling my real life riding buddies. It was an embarrassing chapter in my Friday afternoon work procrastination.

It's definitely gonna be enshrined as one of the best/weirdest bits of Team Rumors sleuthing ever...

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1/20/2024 12:17pm

I've been telling ppl Dak on Monday Danny on Forbidden for months.

 

Then someone will post, Dak on MS Intense and we all collectively sign.

You forgot “There is no such thing as MS intense”.  Otherwise, spot on Wink .  

-Just messing with you…. I remember your team from the Jones Park Enduro.  Good times.

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1/20/2024 1:59pm

I've been telling ppl Dak on Monday Danny on Forbidden for months.

 

Then someone will post, Dak on MS Intense and we all collectively sign.

stihlgoin wrote:
You forgot “There is no such thing as MS intense”.  Otherwise, spot on ;).   -Just messing with you…. I remember your team from the Jones...

You forgot “There is no such thing as MS intense”.  Otherwise, spot on Wink .  

-Just messing with you…. I remember your team from the Jones Park Enduro.  Good times.

Such a good race there..great tracks. Logan Mullaly rode for our squad there last season at the ESC event.

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1/20/2024 2:02pm
owl-x wrote:
haha re-sign vs resign, you had me confused… Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis can’t leave this thread. You were right to feel uncomfortable, it’s bridge too far...

haha re-sign vs resign, you had me confused…

Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis can’t leave this thread. You were right to feel uncomfortable, it’s bridge too far. I am happy you did it though. 

PisgahGnar wrote:
Bro, the Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis (EFDA) will not leave this thread. I'm not even telling my real life riding buddies. It was an embarrassing chapter in my...

Bro, the Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis (EFDA) will not leave this thread. I'm not even telling my real life riding buddies. It was an embarrassing chapter in my Friday afternoon work procrastination.

I'm an old guy from Spain. Three years ago I bought and ebike "to do some exercise". There's a small bikepark/trail network near my house. Got into some e-enduro and felt in love with them gravity things, so I started following the DH WC and EWS and got obsessed with all things MTB.

Last year I introduced a friend who is s trial-bike guy to the WC and he is now a fan too. Been feeding him snippets from this amazing thread about the "silly season".

Yesterday, he asked me:" any news from Mondraker?" Told him "the espionage things were getting out of hand and we were now analysing freckles " We have s mega laughing session. Btw, he tried his hand at the EFDA and concluded you were on point : " It's Dak, no doubt in my mind"

 

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1/20/2024 3:05pm Edited Date/Time 1/20/2024 3:06pm
jbmccrar wrote:
Okay so maybe a reach here but.. maybe not.  What if Gwin has his own team again?  With Dak and Seth as riders.   Intense frames, with...

Okay so maybe a reach here but.. maybe not. 

What if Gwin has his own team again?  With Dak and Seth as riders.  
Intense frames, with some other major/title sponsor (possibly outside of MTB?), along with all the component sponsorship like he has done in the past.  

Gwin beats to his own drum and his done well financially (it seems) doing his own deal rather than answering to an established team, etc.  He also seems to enjoy working with smaller brands to do that development work and get things exactly the way he wants. 

Neko said it well in his podcast, good riders are going cheap in this market right now.  So why would Trek or someone of that caliber be willing to pay what Gwin can/has earned when there are tons of other proven riders that NEED a ride and will go for cheap? (In a previous podcast with AG he told Disco/WB that they couldn't afford to pay him to commentate) 

Gwin hasnt been the most consistent over the years due to injury as well. Granted, we all want to see him back on the top.. but its a big risk considering the amount of time he has been outside the tape. (see previous comment about proven riders needing a ride) 

Dunno.. food for thought. We will find out soon enough I suppose. 
 

I wouldn’t be surprised if Gwin’s in a bit of a tight spot when you consider that he’s effectively a team owner without a title sponsor and now without his right hand man. Pretty much all of the brands that could afford Gwin are spoken for and I don’t see him slotting into someone else’s program at this point in his career. It would be amazing to see him take over as the yeti factory team for dh but if that doesn’t come together he’s probably going to be riding the frame he got paid to develop, but for free.

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1/20/2024 4:12pm

Man, FreckleGate is gonna get some poor team photog fired. He/she should have known to clone a few telltale freckles out in post

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1/20/2024 6:39pm
owl-x wrote:
haha re-sign vs resign, you had me confused… Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis can’t leave this thread. You were right to feel uncomfortable, it’s bridge too far...

haha re-sign vs resign, you had me confused…

Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis can’t leave this thread. You were right to feel uncomfortable, it’s bridge too far. I am happy you did it though. 

PisgahGnar wrote:
Bro, the Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis (EFDA) will not leave this thread. I'm not even telling my real life riding buddies. It was an embarrassing chapter in my...

Bro, the Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis (EFDA) will not leave this thread. I'm not even telling my real life riding buddies. It was an embarrassing chapter in my Friday afternoon work procrastination.

Embrace it brotha.  Embrace. 

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1/20/2024 6:48pm
jbmccrar wrote:
Okay so maybe a reach here but.. maybe not.  What if Gwin has his own team again?  With Dak and Seth as riders.   Intense frames, with...

Okay so maybe a reach here but.. maybe not. 

What if Gwin has his own team again?  With Dak and Seth as riders.  
Intense frames, with some other major/title sponsor (possibly outside of MTB?), along with all the component sponsorship like he has done in the past.  

Gwin beats to his own drum and his done well financially (it seems) doing his own deal rather than answering to an established team, etc.  He also seems to enjoy working with smaller brands to do that development work and get things exactly the way he wants. 

Neko said it well in his podcast, good riders are going cheap in this market right now.  So why would Trek or someone of that caliber be willing to pay what Gwin can/has earned when there are tons of other proven riders that NEED a ride and will go for cheap? (In a previous podcast with AG he told Disco/WB that they couldn't afford to pay him to commentate) 

Gwin hasnt been the most consistent over the years due to injury as well. Granted, we all want to see him back on the top.. but its a big risk considering the amount of time he has been outside the tape. (see previous comment about proven riders needing a ride) 

Dunno.. food for thought. We will find out soon enough I suppose. 
 

jofish wrote:
I wouldn’t be surprised if Gwin’s in a bit of a tight spot when you consider that he’s effectively a team owner without a title sponsor...

I wouldn’t be surprised if Gwin’s in a bit of a tight spot when you consider that he’s effectively a team owner without a title sponsor and now without his right hand man. Pretty much all of the brands that could afford Gwin are spoken for and I don’t see him slotting into someone else’s program at this point in his career. It would be amazing to see him take over as the yeti factory team for dh but if that doesn’t come together he’s probably going to be riding the frame he got paid to develop, but for free.

Right.

 

In my mind, it’s Intense with limited budget, Trek, or Yeti. 
 

I will say that with Richie doing a few more WC events this year, maybe Yeti could add another rider to make those expenditures go a little further. But Gwin would be doing them a favor, because I highly doubt they’d pay his normal asking budget. 
 

As much as Gwin wants to race, he could probably do a lot of other stuff and pay the bills just fine.

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1/20/2024 8:38pm

EFDA is up there with Jesse Melamed and the espresso machine Canyon shirt last year.

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IMG 20240121 091423 0.jpg?VersionId=tksJmlaSAsorry @join.the.union 😆

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Mr.Nally wrote:
sorry @join.the.union 😆

IMG 20240121 091423 0.jpg?VersionId=tksJmlaSAsorry @join.the.union 😆

So Union are on Trek…. 🤔 wonder if that’s were Aimi kenyon is riding for….

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1/21/2024 3:52am Edited Date/Time 1/21/2024 3:53am

Has any one noticed that Ben Cathro & Aimi Kenyon in the new How to bike are riding MRP Forks. I thought the pinkbike Team is done. And the Last Season they were on Manitou.

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Has any one noticed that Ben Cathro & Aimi Kenyon in the new How to bike are riding MRP Forks. I thought the pinkbike Team is...

Has any one noticed that Ben Cathro & Aimi Kenyon in the new How to bike are riding MRP Forks. I thought the pinkbike Team is done. And the Last Season they were on Manitou.

I think that video was recorded before they got the sponsorship from Manitou so they were temporarily using some MRPs??

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Mr.Nally wrote:
sorry @join.the.union 😆

IMG 20240121 091423 0.jpg?VersionId=tksJmlaSAsorry @join.the.union 😆

sharpy212 wrote:

So Union are on Trek…. 🤔 wonder if that’s were Aimi kenyon is riding for….

She rides sr suntour bouncers. Shirt says rock shox. So nope. Aimi is not in the union

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1/21/2024 6:37am

Ollie Davis riding Commencal with Ohlins suspension at Mount Beauty DH this weekend but still in Union clothing.

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1/21/2024 6:39am

I'm guessing Unior Sinter for Aimi, as is looks like she's been wearing Uncrafted kit in her last few Instagram videos

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1/21/2024 6:50am
ausmtbhack wrote:

Ollie Davis riding Commencal with Ohlins suspension at Mount Beauty DH this weekend but still in Union clothing.

Yeah it’s probs Commencal Schwalbe, it’s been said before

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jakew82 wrote:
I'm guessing Unior Sinter for Aimi, as is looks like she's been wearing Uncrafted kit in her last few Instagram videos

I'm guessing Unior Sinter for Aimi, as is looks like she's been wearing Uncrafted kit in her last few Instagram videos

That was my hunch a few weeks back too, her agent is in someway involved with unior-sinter team.

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