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I’m hearing rumours that Troy’s contract is up and may be having a bit of trouble renegotiating with canyon, that could possibly open up a spot for Andi who shared the podium with Luca…

I think there could be some money left on the table, but I think staying at a place that seems to have less pressure placed on him is better as he moves up to elite. No matter what you did in juniors, it's a bigger jump than most realize..

people have stated before that double-O to trek is a done deal and they even wanted him mid season after the YT turmoil began. but YT was shitty enough to not pay him AND won't release him so that he couldn't switch teams.

In one of the last b practice Dak wouldn’t say what he is doing next year. I assume if it was mondraker it wouldn’t be a secret. But that’s just speculation on my part.

Dunne has said in multiple interviews that his riding style is exactly that, except he puts it as "podiums or helicopters". Anyway is there a suggestion that Moonraker isn't keeping both him and Norton?

To play devil's advocate Dunne is s 2 time world cup winner and a fair bit younger than Dak so I think if the team has a hierarchy Ronan has a fairly good claim on the no.1 spot . Having said that if Dak can have a good off season and get stronger then he's definitely a potential race winner , I'm not sure who Mondraker could get from the available riders who you would say is an upgrade on Dak . That's assuming its Mondrakers decision and Dak hasn't had an offer and it's his choice to leave .

Missing the pinkbike classic of "lady ridden" 😀

Kolb to syndicate?

This was clearly the goal when they changed up the qualification and finals system. To be in it all season, you have to be consistently at the sharp end or go gather points at national, continental and any other feeder race series. Its harsh, but that's elite competition for ya.

Who had Minnaar for world champ in 21?

Love that Forbiddens latest email pays true homage to the Crab link: "Still wondering what the f**** we’re on about with all the crab stuff? A theory exists called Carcinisation wherein all non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan. A very clever Vital MTB user noticed how many mountain bikes brands had evolved towards the same form and linkage lay out. He declared that this new evolution of bike layouts be named the crab link. And many pages of crab jokes followed. It’s an obscure and very inside joke. But hey, now you’re in on it too." Trend setters we...

seat twob?

"Designed to push the limits of what's possible on the roughest terrain..." Spec'd with EXO casings 🙃

No one needs any of these bikes, but if they make riding more interesting or fun I'm all for it. The Checkout isn't for me (at least right now) but for folks who are doing really long bikepacking trips/races it's probably awesome. It's noteworthy to me that a lot of the objections being posted mirror those from when suspension was first introduced to MTBs...

Gravel bikes has become too wide of a category of bikes, what we need is subcategories! The downgravel, the enduravel, the graero...

I don't see a need for rear suspension on a gravel bike. At that point just get a mtn bike. I like my gravel bike for quick rides on mellow terrain or mixed terrain. It a different kind of work out more like road bike as far as cadence than a mtn bike.

I remember hearing teams just show they changed something small every so often so the 12 months always gets pushed out. This is alot easier to do with mtb as they can show they changed kinematics via linkages and pivots. Road bikes would mean a whole new carbon mold.

There is a podcast on Escape Collective with the designers, they discussed it. The integrated shock doesn't work on a road type frame with a high top tube and big angle between the seat stays and top tube, the TT and shock need to be relatively parallel to the seat stays. So the integrated shock design works on a low standover MTB, not on a gravel frame.

Yo, also on the trail crew. Not really down to get into the mud with all of the environmental permitting stuff which is really above my dirt-shaping pay grade, but misinformation about the crew test riding our own course build is where I draw the line. We rode it last week on trail bikes and will be riding more this week. T>B

I mean, I'll go on record and say I much prefer wireless shifting and have been extremely happy with my Gx Transmission drivetrains. That being said, I really don't give a flying monkey's banana on what people run, and I really wish people would stop being so damn angry that wireless shifting exists. I think people miss just how easy it is to swap wireless drivetrains around when you do have issues. When my Gx T-type did die, it was a quick 5 min job to swap to another one off another one of my bikes and keep going, and...