2026 Team Rumors

they were in Michelin in `25. Not shure about `26

When we have borderline given you a lot of the goss, it’s hard to watch you keep guessing 🤣 

Dak isn’t going to frameworks 

He has Scott business sorted though 

More of a Scott rumor than a team rumor, but they're basically owned by a South Korean conglomerate now right? I thought the old ceo lost his lawsuit and the investor company was allowed to purchase and hold majority shares right?

Long story short I wonder if they do something special for the Korean world cup race, maybe some custom painted bikes at least? 

So Frameworks is no longer using Spank components. Who do we think they will be teaming up with now?

Dev5 will prolly do cockpit 

Wheels would be the only thing missing. Prolly not i9 but that makes sense. Maybe Hunt or another smallish brand. 

Who’s the new tire sponsor at B Practice Podcast Racing? 

I’ve never bought a bike because of them sponsoring a rider, but i was considering a Mondraker(cus how it rode) and that Dark was on it. Might give a little bit of pause on that purchase now. 

Also- saw our boi doing some mini self storage rentals on FB marketplace. Somebody get that guy a good ride and good paycheck, that face wasn’t meant for real estate. 

what was the rumor about jess? yeti would be a nice fit since they‘ve a spot to fill after cami.

I feel like everyone who's gotten on cube the last few years seems to have suffered performance wise. Sure Danny might have just been at that point in life as he'd been on it for 10 years at that point.and become a dad, but it seems every time someone coming off a hot one that signs for cube falls off a bit. Jess was the up and comer the year before she signed for cube, and sure she had a few injuries, but she seemed to struggle on the team a bit. Hoping she smashes it wherever she lands.

meh. would need either a larger pool or bigger prospect to judge Cube by. Jess had a 3rd on GT, 2 4ths on Cube, 3 4ths on GT, and 2 5ths on Cube (none on GT). She may have a better average finish on Cube but I'd love to not run those numbers.

Danny's best GT finish was actually a 4th at worlds, but only a 10th at normal races. His best Norco finish is 8th. (And the short year of 2020 he only got 8th.) He got 2nd on a Cube in 2022 (leogang). He didn't fall off a cliff on Cube. It was a steady decline that is predictable of just... Life. Or even just Danny himself, who seems like a hot or cold rider. A good 2011, a decent 2018/9, a fire 2016, and then a whole lotta up and down struggle in between.

I don't reckon we see that 2019 Danny again 😕 (plz prove me wrong in 2026 danny)

Sadly/luckily (not sure how to chop it up 😂). But I imagine a lot of teams might do something K-Pop themed, seen as that whole genre is so popular in the west now?

There was a rumour about 3 redbull helmets in one team....so maybe Ronnan, Laurie, Jess???

Or Mondraker will stay "only" with mens field? And bring Oli Clark on Board? 

LOL if Yeti also keeps both the 2 Kiwi boy's, American's will be pretty out numbered on that "All American" brand!

Somebody's trolling.... Hahaha

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Not that anyone cares

Deprela off Rouge

Jacob Dickson off MS

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There was earlier chatter here that Deprela was the hold up for the team getting more support... Maybe we see some new team  sponsors?

Probably less K-Pop, more Korea in general for themes. We're going to see some cool kits, some tacky ones, and probably a few where the designer uses Chinese or Japanese references because they didn't do their due diligence. 

I'm leaning towards Scott being no different from other teams with special kit and paint but not much else. Locals don't identify with Scott in any special way either. My money is on Specialized going big for the event. Specialized Korea has been making the most noise locally so far, and there's definitely been encouragement coming from Morgan Hill.

Jess to Mondraker would be perfect. She was the first, or one of the first, to pioneer Hardline. She could give them a male and female presence at UCI and Hardline events. 

The pool of fast frenchies is deep.. sacha, also Leo G.. who are juniors 2026.. this kid along with Harry Schofield (in Gen S since last year) and Nano Lavergne are second year U17 for 2026..

Sam Reynolds is off AON Racing. 

Merry Christmas to you all! Have a wonderful celebration and a happy New Year. May the rumour god feed us tidbits and excitement.

Angel Suarez riding a v10. What team could it be? 

Have a great new year! 

Has anyone called out Jess to FW yet?

All those parts are the same as FW runs.  
Only guess would be Goodman.  

If we're playing that game, I'll say that she's going to Scott.

If Rogue racing was being help up by Daprela on the sponsorship side of things, could Angle be heading there? They ran V10's as well. They could have gotten him a frame.

Mondraker did have Vero last year as well, not just 4 guys, so I could see them picking up Jess if Vero's gone. 

I think it would be interesting for there to be a point split between the teams and the riders at the end of the season, so the riders can retain some of their value each season for each team qualifying. Last year when they needed points to qualify I feel like riders, and specifically the women's side, were getting fair shakes for each team because their value mattered for the team to race when it came to contract time.

Jess Blewitt to Gwin Racing. Confirmed.

I saw them riding at the same trails over a weekend in America in early October. It looked like a big multi-team camp with some timing and suspension testing.