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10/22/2025 6:20pm Edited Date/Time 10/22/2025 8:13pm
Facts from the Rumor forum:Nukeproof wants to stay true to its UK roots. Doesn't want to spend the money on a big team with flashy truck...

Facts from the Rumor forum:

Nukeproof wants to stay true to its UK roots. Doesn't want to spend the money on a big team with flashy truck. New rider has luscious locks. 

There are two small (no truck or blue US school bus) UK based teams with Rider/Owners, but only one has long hair. Could we see a Nukeproof camper van pit set up?

And the guy flies airplanes, too!  in all seriousness, switching to NP from Gamux seems kinda like a parallel move (no offense to NP but) when Gamux has put so much investment into their bikes but not knowing the details and the fact that he certainly does have luscious locks so let's go with it, Reece to NP.

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Facts from the Rumor forum:Nukeproof wants to stay true to its UK roots. Doesn't want to spend the money on a big team with flashy truck...

Facts from the Rumor forum:

Nukeproof wants to stay true to its UK roots. Doesn't want to spend the money on a big team with flashy truck. New rider has luscious locks. 

There are two small (no truck or blue US school bus) UK based teams with Rider/Owners, but only one has long hair. Could we see a Nukeproof camper van pit set up?

Nice to hear that.

This could be a match for Greenland, although i dont`t exactly know how long his hair actually is, but it is quite alluring. 

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10/22/2025 10:38pm
Bomberone wrote:

Seems like Bodhi Luhn would leave Norco.

BGoldstone wrote:
The latest Norco vid (which has been a really well done series) mentions that they have some things to build on with Bodhi. To me that...

The latest Norco vid (which has been a really well done series) mentions that they have some things to build on with Bodhi. To me that implies he’s with Norco next year.

Bodhi is on a multi-year contract.

10/23/2025 3:03am Edited Date/Time 10/23/2025 3:04am

Friend sent me an insta post. Bernard Kerr is selling his Pivot Phoenix for £5500. Could there be a shakeup in Pivot Factory Racing soon or is he offloading a bike after he got a shiny new one?

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10/23/2025 4:02am
Friend sent me an insta post. Bernard Kerr is selling his Pivot Phoenix for £5500. Could there be a shakeup in Pivot Factory Racing soon or...

Friend sent me an insta post. Bernard Kerr is selling his Pivot Phoenix for £5500. Could there be a shakeup in Pivot Factory Racing soon or is he offloading a bike after he got a shiny new one?

he does this pretty much every year.

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10/23/2025 4:51am
Friend sent me an insta post. Bernard Kerr is selling his Pivot Phoenix for £5500. Could there be a shakeup in Pivot Factory Racing soon or...

Friend sent me an insta post. Bernard Kerr is selling his Pivot Phoenix for £5500. Could there be a shakeup in Pivot Factory Racing soon or is he offloading a bike after he got a shiny new one?

irollones wrote:

he does this pretty much every year.

Everybody does this every year. They get new bikes from their sponsors, so they sell their old ones. Can we stop posting every time a pro sells a bike? It literally just means it's the end off the year.

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10/23/2025 5:03am
Friend sent me an insta post. Bernard Kerr is selling his Pivot Phoenix for £5500. Could there be a shakeup in Pivot Factory Racing soon or...

Friend sent me an insta post. Bernard Kerr is selling his Pivot Phoenix for £5500. Could there be a shakeup in Pivot Factory Racing soon or is he offloading a bike after he got a shiny new one?

That's a cracking good deal!

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10/23/2025 5:17am Edited Date/Time 10/23/2025 5:17am
Facts from the Rumor forum:Nukeproof wants to stay true to its UK roots. Doesn't want to spend the money on a big team with flashy truck...

Facts from the Rumor forum:

Nukeproof wants to stay true to its UK roots. Doesn't want to spend the money on a big team with flashy truck. New rider has luscious locks. 

There are two small (no truck or blue US school bus) UK based teams with Rider/Owners, but only one has long hair. Could we see a Nukeproof camper van pit set up?

w4s wrote:
And the guy flies airplanes, too!  in all seriousness, switching to NP from Gamux seems kinda like a parallel move (no offense to NP but) when...

And the guy flies airplanes, too!  in all seriousness, switching to NP from Gamux seems kinda like a parallel move (no offense to NP but) when Gamux has put so much investment into their bikes but not knowing the details and the fact that he certainly does have luscious locks so let's go with it, Reece to NP.

The other guy does have some Intensely curly luscious locks too. He also employs riders who compete in Hardline and Cerro Abajo. Both are things Nukeproof is looking to capitalize on. 

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10/23/2025 7:57am
Mr.Nally wrote:
My hunch is that to fund Dak's 2026 on Frameworks racing, you'd have to crowdfund at least $250,000 to cover his salary, mechanics salary, travel, food...

My hunch is that to fund Dak's 2026 on Frameworks racing, you'd have to crowdfund at least $250,000 to cover his salary, mechanics salary, travel, food and accom for both plus extras. 

Big question rumor wise though, are Frameworks looking to expand? More American talent, a junior to replace Asa? Another elite male?

smelly wrote:

Probably not given Neko publicly said that the first year FW was around he ran the entire team on $250k. 

PisgahGnar wrote:

Got to imagine that has gone up with Asa and Anna on the team, with a chance to be on the podiums every race. 

Quoting my own post to showcase that Frameworks is getting outside industry exposure with a custom bike as part of Toyota’s display at SEMA. That’s got to be worth something, and shows that the partnerships they are making beyond traditional cycling brands are worthwhile. Hopefully it adds to their bottom line and allows them to either bring on established talent or provide more for developing juniors. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQJ8JpMEZCz/?igsh=MTRiMzUyYzZ0bnh2eA==

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10/23/2025 8:08am
Friend sent me an insta post. Bernard Kerr is selling his Pivot Phoenix for £5500. Could there be a shakeup in Pivot Factory Racing soon or...

Friend sent me an insta post. Bernard Kerr is selling his Pivot Phoenix for £5500. Could there be a shakeup in Pivot Factory Racing soon or is he offloading a bike after he got a shiny new one?

I would never want a pros bike.  

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10/23/2025 8:18am
Friend sent me an insta post. Bernard Kerr is selling his Pivot Phoenix for £5500. Could there be a shakeup in Pivot Factory Racing soon or...

Friend sent me an insta post. Bernard Kerr is selling his Pivot Phoenix for £5500. Could there be a shakeup in Pivot Factory Racing soon or is he offloading a bike after he got a shiny new one?

mfoga wrote:

I would never want a pros bike.  

There are enough rich people who buy top of the line, never ride it, then sell it on marketplace. Pros ride hard, put it away wet, and rely on their professional mechanics/frame sponsors when they break shit. They don't worry about keeping their bike in decent condition. 

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Poleczechy
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10/23/2025 9:43am

That's a cracking good deal!

Might need to break out the debit card...

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10/23/2025 9:48am

That's a cracking good deal!

Poleczechy wrote:

Might need to break out the debit card...

Maybe you could pay for it in two separate installments 

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ZAKBROWN!
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10/23/2025 11:29am
Friend sent me an insta post. Bernard Kerr is selling his Pivot Phoenix for £5500. Could there be a shakeup in Pivot Factory Racing soon or...

Friend sent me an insta post. Bernard Kerr is selling his Pivot Phoenix for £5500. Could there be a shakeup in Pivot Factory Racing soon or is he offloading a bike after he got a shiny new one?

mfoga wrote:

I would never want a pros bike.  

PisgahGnar wrote:
There are enough rich people who buy top of the line, never ride it, then sell it on marketplace. Pros ride hard, put it away wet...

There are enough rich people who buy top of the line, never ride it, then sell it on marketplace. Pros ride hard, put it away wet, and rely on their professional mechanics/frame sponsors when they break shit. They don't worry about keeping their bike in decent condition. 

Like buying a rental car

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10/23/2025 2:26pm
Mechanism wrote:

@clivegosling keeping it team related, bringing back Elliott Heap would be amazing. One of my favourite riders to watch

Elliot might be a tough get as his burgeoning modeling career seems to be moving forward based on his Facebook posts. 🤣 Might have to fight IMG Modeling for his services.

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10/23/2025 4:32pm
smelly wrote:

Probably not given Neko publicly said that the first year FW was around he ran the entire team on $250k. 

PisgahGnar wrote:

Got to imagine that has gone up with Asa and Anna on the team, with a chance to be on the podiums every race. 

PisgahGnar wrote:
Quoting my own post to showcase that Frameworks is getting outside industry exposure with a custom bike as part of Toyota’s display at SEMA. That’s got...

Quoting my own post to showcase that Frameworks is getting outside industry exposure with a custom bike as part of Toyota’s display at SEMA. That’s got to be worth something, and shows that the partnerships they are making beyond traditional cycling brands are worthwhile. Hopefully it adds to their bottom line and allows them to either bring on established talent or provide more for developing juniors. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQJ8JpMEZCz/?igsh=MTRiMzUyYzZ0bnh2eA==

So TRD? 
DH bikes will have locking differentials and bold new graphics!

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10/23/2025 4:43pm Edited Date/Time 10/23/2025 5:00pm
smelly wrote:

Probably not given Neko publicly said that the first year FW was around he ran the entire team on $250k. 

PisgahGnar wrote:

Got to imagine that has gone up with Asa and Anna on the team, with a chance to be on the podiums every race. 

PisgahGnar wrote:
Quoting my own post to showcase that Frameworks is getting outside industry exposure with a custom bike as part of Toyota’s display at SEMA. That’s got...

Quoting my own post to showcase that Frameworks is getting outside industry exposure with a custom bike as part of Toyota’s display at SEMA. That’s got to be worth something, and shows that the partnerships they are making beyond traditional cycling brands are worthwhile. Hopefully it adds to their bottom line and allows them to either bring on established talent or provide more for developing juniors. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQJ8JpMEZCz/?igsh=MTRiMzUyYzZ0bnh2eA==

It's a refreshing change when they let the person on the marketing team who actually understands mountain biking handle the mountain bike aspect of a "lifestyle" vehicle ad.

And likely in this case they don't just understand it; they're deep in the weeds.  Who outside of the sport has heard of Frameworks?

Edit: because the presentation of the photo on Instagram offended me so much:

ToyotaFrameworks.jpg?VersionId=YJSO8et6bSmTnK8Ps
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10/23/2025 5:02pm
PisgahGnar wrote:

Got to imagine that has gone up with Asa and Anna on the team, with a chance to be on the podiums every race. 

PisgahGnar wrote:
Quoting my own post to showcase that Frameworks is getting outside industry exposure with a custom bike as part of Toyota’s display at SEMA. That’s got...

Quoting my own post to showcase that Frameworks is getting outside industry exposure with a custom bike as part of Toyota’s display at SEMA. That’s got to be worth something, and shows that the partnerships they are making beyond traditional cycling brands are worthwhile. Hopefully it adds to their bottom line and allows them to either bring on established talent or provide more for developing juniors. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQJ8JpMEZCz/?igsh=MTRiMzUyYzZ0bnh2eA==

boozed wrote:
It's a refreshing change when they let the person on the marketing team who actually understands mountain biking handle the mountain bike aspect of a "lifestyle"...

It's a refreshing change when they let the person on the marketing team who actually understands mountain biking handle the mountain bike aspect of a "lifestyle" vehicle ad.

And likely in this case they don't just understand it; they're deep in the weeds.  Who outside of the sport has heard of Frameworks?

Edit: because the presentation of the photo on Instagram offended me so much:

ToyotaFrameworks.jpg?VersionId=YJSO8et6bSmTnK8Ps

That Asa/Red Bull thing is of a largeness

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10/23/2025 5:46pm
mfoga wrote:

I would never want a pros bike.  

PisgahGnar wrote:
There are enough rich people who buy top of the line, never ride it, then sell it on marketplace. Pros ride hard, put it away wet...

There are enough rich people who buy top of the line, never ride it, then sell it on marketplace. Pros ride hard, put it away wet, and rely on their professional mechanics/frame sponsors when they break shit. They don't worry about keeping their bike in decent condition. 

ZAKBROWN! wrote:

Like buying a rental car

At least sometimes they come with a warranty 

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10/24/2025 3:21am

That's a cracking good deal!

Poleczechy wrote:

Might need to break out the debit card...

Splayleg wrote:

Maybe you could pay for it in two separate installments 

Just make sure you do actually pay for it, because if you can't pay... they'll take it away.

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10/24/2025 2:15pm
Facts from the Rumor forum:Nukeproof wants to stay true to its UK roots. Doesn't want to spend the money on a big team with flashy truck...

Facts from the Rumor forum:

Nukeproof wants to stay true to its UK roots. Doesn't want to spend the money on a big team with flashy truck. New rider has luscious locks. 

There are two small (no truck or blue US school bus) UK based teams with Rider/Owners, but only one has long hair. Could we see a Nukeproof camper van pit set up?

w4s wrote:
And the guy flies airplanes, too!  in all seriousness, switching to NP from Gamux seems kinda like a parallel move (no offense to NP but) when...

And the guy flies airplanes, too!  in all seriousness, switching to NP from Gamux seems kinda like a parallel move (no offense to NP but) when Gamux has put so much investment into their bikes but not knowing the details and the fact that he certainly does have luscious locks so let's go with it, Reece to NP.

Just saw a pic of a certain curly-haired UK team owner wrenching on what kind of looks like a Nukeproof Dissident prototype…. 

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10/24/2025 2:23pm
Facts from the Rumor forum:Nukeproof wants to stay true to its UK roots. Doesn't want to spend the money on a big team with flashy truck...

Facts from the Rumor forum:

Nukeproof wants to stay true to its UK roots. Doesn't want to spend the money on a big team with flashy truck. New rider has luscious locks. 

There are two small (no truck or blue US school bus) UK based teams with Rider/Owners, but only one has long hair. Could we see a Nukeproof camper van pit set up?

w4s wrote:
And the guy flies airplanes, too!  in all seriousness, switching to NP from Gamux seems kinda like a parallel move (no offense to NP but) when...

And the guy flies airplanes, too!  in all seriousness, switching to NP from Gamux seems kinda like a parallel move (no offense to NP but) when Gamux has put so much investment into their bikes but not knowing the details and the fact that he certainly does have luscious locks so let's go with it, Reece to NP.

Just saw a pic of a certain curly-haired UK team owner wrenching on what kind of looks like a Nukeproof Dissident prototype…. 

Bernard Kerr?

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10/24/2025 7:43pm Edited Date/Time 10/24/2025 7:44pm
Friend sent me an insta post. Bernard Kerr is selling his Pivot Phoenix for £5500. Could there be a shakeup in Pivot Factory Racing soon or...

Friend sent me an insta post. Bernard Kerr is selling his Pivot Phoenix for £5500. Could there be a shakeup in Pivot Factory Racing soon or is he offloading a bike after he got a shiny new one?

mfoga wrote:

I would never want a pros bike.  

Never say never, there are always exceptions...
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10/24/2025 7:44pm
AndehM wrote:

Bernard Kerr?

Or, Joe Breeden. However, he and his team seem very happy with Intense. Kerr is with Pivot for as long as he wants. 

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10/24/2025 7:59pm Edited Date/Time 10/24/2025 8:01pm
NY_Star wrote:

Does anyone care about Scott in DH?

I put a new Gambler on order. I’m ready to give it a shot! (Not my bike, this was team bike at Lake Placid)

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Friend sent me an insta post. Bernard Kerr is selling his Pivot Phoenix for £5500. Could there be a shakeup in Pivot Factory Racing soon or...

Friend sent me an insta post. Bernard Kerr is selling his Pivot Phoenix for £5500. Could there be a shakeup in Pivot Factory Racing soon or is he offloading a bike after he got a shiny new one?

mfoga wrote:

I would never want a pros bike.  

Outlawed wrote:
Never say never, there are always exceptions...

Never say never, there are always exceptions...
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haha, I bought Dean Lucas wilson from that Era, This was his 2014 worlds bike. I'd like to think Stevie touched it in some way.

Cool trivia is this was a mule for the 27.5 bike, proto linkage, coil boxxer world cup. Best bike I ever owned.

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10/25/2025 2:43am

Probably a common choice of shoe but….

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10/25/2025 2:46am
Probably a common choice of shoe but….

Probably a common choice of shoe but….

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That’s what I’ve been talking aboutWink

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10/25/2025 2:52am

If it's Joe Breeden does that mean Nukeproof is working on a gearbox Dissent? Joe expressed his hatred for chains and rear mechs in the belted purse video.

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Probably a common choice of shoe but….

Probably a common choice of shoe but….

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It is likely to be Breeden. As he was just up in Fort William "testing". Questions are is this a done deal and what was Intense Factory Racing becomes Nukeproof Factory Racing?

And if the above is true, how or why or just WTF and why can't Intense maintain a stable race presence anymore?

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