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Beat me by two minutes. Just saw the Syndicate's post on IG
https://www.instagram.com/p/DSkzAFwjNt-/?igsh=MWpyMGtkNXV1djZ0eg==
What team will Laurie be on for 2026?? Nukeproof? Atheron? Pivot?
There’s some changes coming to the Lapierre Gravity Collective…
https://www.instagram.com/p/DSkuiUkiFj6/?igsh=d2xsMTRxbXpkbWhu
Nukeproof team riders are all decided and public on their instagram, I’m 99% sure there not adding any more riders.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DSk6N9skhgS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Maples off Muc Off Commencal -
Will he still be riding on of Max's rigs next year?
Maples to Pivot and Laurie to Atherton ??
https://www.instagram.com/p/DSk6N9skhgS/?igsh=ZTcxNDh6emljYWxk
I could see him on nukeproof still but they can't announce it until the new year because of contracts. Doing it that way gets them on the websites twice as well for exposure. Total guess though. He's ridden for MS before so possibly a return there 🤔
I hope he gets a decent ride , seems like a good person and if he's healthy I reckon he's still a top ten rider.
i guess he stays on commencal, as the post says he stays on the extended family for years to come ...
Ah, good point. But I don't see Grice back on the Specialized Factory Team again, especially with how the industry is going for the big mfgs.
Santa Cruz bikes has ended the HTSQD, with rumors of Keegan going to Specialized. That can't be too cheap.
Lucas Cruz off Norco:
Off the World Cup team but staying with Norco
I'm not sure if I'm reading into things more than I should, but is it weird that Laurie hasn't posted (or re-posted) anything about being off Syndicate? So far, no parting words or thanks or good luck to the team or anything.
Could this mean he goes to Nukeproof? Wasn't there a rumor about someone from the West going to a Belgian team?
I saw on one of their posts they said "full squad & partners launch" coming soon, so maybe that's not all done yet
There was a Lorry full of Cubes in wales last week.
Practice camp for the team.
Greenland to Frameworks?
Never had Trump pegged as a MTB guy...
Runner up for comment of the year!
I still like the “prince andrew to pivot” as #1
Who would down-vote this genius piece of sleuthing mastery???
I forgot that the nukeproof line up had already been announced. My bad yall, didn’t have my Reign Energy Sour Gummy Worm lol 😂
Joining Vali on Commencal Schwalbe ? Extended family comment in post
I'm going with,And I KNOW I will get roasted IF I am not right...But Dylan to Frameworks. Hear me out, My only info on this is being in the shop of a very good Mtn. this late summer and hearing people that run/Work in the shop that are in the know'ish saying Maples to Frameworks is gonna be sick, Wow. And I kinda went-What did I just miss? Plus, U would think they would wish him well on their sister team at the same time. Not, "Your welcome to stop in and say hi anytime"
Has there been any news on what Orbea FMD looks like for 2026? Olli Zwar said his contract was up at the end of 2025 and that he needed to show results to continue his career - from episode 3 of how we roll
Maybe a danish?
I was the one who originally floated the idea of maples to frameworks in the forum, people could have just read that and assumed I knew something.. but I didn’t, was just going off nekos vibe when commentating his runs.
OTB podcast quite confidently said maples to pivot last episode.. but they are practically a bikepacking podcast now so can they really be relied on for mtb news? Hard to say.
Soon they’ll be the best and only New Zealand running podcast if KB keeps this new shit up!
Dak to Scott confirmed by secret squirrels
Jokes on you for listening to that shitty podcast
You do know she's heavily pregnant just now, right?
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