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Remember the YT Mob is just the frame and team setup, allowing for a lot of personal sponsors
One of those pixels - or should we say "BOXES" - looks like it could hold GEARS.
Atherton gearbox bikes confirmed. Reece to Atherton confirmed. Rachel coming out of retirement confirmed. Andi Kolb gearbox YT bike confirmed. Charlie HattON has hat OFF confirmed.
j/k
Looks like Valentina Roa Sanchez e Sebastian Holgin, colombians, are with Zerode frames.
But with same part as in 2024 team.
Maybe an new zerode team being born?
Reece latest IG story hinting on a new bike sponsor, i think the chance is high that he has signed with Gamux Bikes.
Great to see 'Frotha" back!!
Do people forget there was an unblurred photo of Reece with a Gamux posted here a week ago??
When you think of a week in Vital time.....
MS Racing with Zerode bikes? 🤔
IFR posted a picture of a mystery rider on their insta with tomorrow's date. Picture fits the vibe of what Mille has been posting so i'd guess that's pretty much confirmed.
Remember, she does have other deals, like Redbull, paying her too.. Plus, if she has win bonuses in her contract, she's got to be doing real good with those..
She’s down in Utah or Arizona right now too so that lines up with a visit to Intense in Temecula or wherever they are. Separately - I can barely believe they are funding a race team.
The picture in question. Matches the video Mille posted some days ago, as you already mentioned.
Suntour fork??
Picture they posted looks like a ‘normal’ fork with a crown/fender attached. Looks like an ohlins rear shock as well?
Ext suspension
I get bot your inputs but in the b/w pic above, the shock looks like an Öhlins and the fender on the fork seems to be bridge mounted, unlike the one available for the Vaia
https://www.instagram.com/trailblazers.racing/p/DEfnrvtOumV/?img_index=1
The photo of the bikes in the truck is in Wales, I assume the pic in B&W is in the USA and possibly no EXT available to fit and the focus is more on the Intense branding than components.
Couple more hours until the FMD announcement 🤘
Homer Simpson wants it now though lol 😂
Regarding salaries, I don’t think any rider, no matter how good their last season was - is making more than last year. Unless they may have moved up from a small team to a big factory set up like Kolb did. I dunno about his salary. But I know due a fact, that - in enduro at least - top riders on big teams take hefty pay cuts.
My other half says she saw a (very quickly deleted) post yesterday... Think most will be surprised if what she saw is true!
Come on then spill the beans, let the rumors roll untill they are confirmed ;-)
Let's just they might have had access to the bike they could be riding from a certain Canadian with connections to the team...
Or perhaps he's signed with a Japanese sponsor, as that sort of blurring looks familiar.
FMD -> ORBEA with Martin Meas...
Neko reading this thread confirmed
Are you saying that Finn convinced specialized to get FMD on the Demo?
I mean he probably is but this is by no means the only forum that calls it the F1 of mtb. It's brought up as an example everywhere the future commercial success of the sport is discussed.
Was just thinking the same.
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