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It’s not supposed it’s in the rule book. Teams have to be registered by Nov 15th including who is on the team. No set date for when the teams get announced by the UCI. In the past it’s been a month after the deadline but I would guess it wouldn’t be until Jan 1 when current contracts expire.
Wonder how many AXS batteries that takes
Cha-ching!
Ahh I jumped the gun, he hadn't added those ones to the store when I was looking at it
Oz is as Oz does. Jack’s gonna end up on top👊🏻
It actually runs on 2032's
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i assume she's jus sayin 'look at all this old, out of date, stuff...'
sneak diss i dunno. are we still going with a Commencal rumor?
she's just trolling you guys ............. to good effect too.
She should have 2 YT cups..
Jesse Melamed to Ari in 2026, he posted a ride on Strava in Utah today
Ari-tirement brand. At this point I'm kinda impressed Ari can afford to offer all these contracts to rider and influencers left and right. They got some money launderin things goin on in utah er wut
Probably getting riders at a bargain, not a lot of options for a lot of these guys.
Ari riders just getting free bikes looking at influencers signing contracts... (and yes im making this scenario up although i wouldnt be surprised to say the least. I know they were sponsoring that 99spokes youtube channel)
His new canyon strive was at ridewrap in Whistler last week.
Nope
I assumed that was just a joke (I liked it anyway).
In the same spirit, Jack Moir called out a rider on a Frameworks in his latest Thredbo video. Therefore Jack Moir to Frameworks.
And pretty cool that someone's gone to the trouble to get one here, too.
def a confirmation i heard this weekend
no intense factory with Breeden, and the Nukeproof rumours seem pretty accurate.......
Between Moi Moi and Neko, Frameworks would be the most popular MTB brand on YouTube..
Let it be so! Jack does have a good pool of outside sponsors but may just give him free stuff in exchange for brand promotion…
But…wait for it…
FraMOIRks Racing!!!! Oooh. It’s Monday.😂
Watching the Downtime Podcast with Marcus Flossman . I just got super upset. He talks about arranging a legal way to deliver bikes to customers while under court administration where he bought the bikes to deliver to the customers with his own money but then later on in the video, he’s basically shrugging 🤷🏼♂️ his shoulders when it came to supporting YT Mob , says the court wouldn’t let them pay the riders or the team. Riders are paid as independent contractors. So we now know he bought the company back. My question is why the heck didn’t he enter into personal contracts with each of these riders if A) he had money to bought bikes for customers during administration and B enough money to now buy the company back
Feels like he hug the MOB out to dry. Am I missing something
You are correct.
Although we feel like the companies with downhill teams have a responsibility to the sport - as if they were an NFL team or premiere league team where the actual sport / team is their business - bike companies are only in business of selling bikes, and the bike team is simply a marketing opportunity/ expense.
I wish this were not the case. The business is not racing (for a bike company), it’s just selling rolling widgets.
droopy dog over here, damn!
Wow! Flossman came off as so arrogant saying that they were a family and he was disappointed in his racers being upset. He literally questioned their loyalty. I hope Tippy does not sign with them. They don't deserve him.
I don't understand what you are getting at. YT made a financial commitment to those racers, those racers fulfilled their end of the agreement and Markus failed to pay them what he owed them.
Whether you think a race team is a good investment or not, a business owner should pay their obligations.
While it may be legal to not pay the team members it isn't ethical.
I wish this stayed as a TEAM RUMORS thread, instead of who YT should have paid thread. Kick rocks.
January 1st can't come soon enough.
Somebody should make a mega list of all proposed rumors so far.
I don't have time today to edit, but I made a copy of my sheet from last year. Feel free to edit it and update all the points columns and team members.
Rumors Spreadsheet
Full list of rumors this year:
Oisin to Trek
Everyone else to Frameworks
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