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I heard Vital Global Media made a compelling offer of $100 cash money, a demo bike SantaCruz may or may not have forgotten about and one set of signed Dak custom bars!

Really need to get Duracell on board as a sponsor.

Can we agree this is officially the AAA team ?

He did.

Regarding Crestline---This all points to AG divesting from Crestline in terms of being an investor, OR possibly more likely, he's still invested but shifting to a completely silent partner. To the point he will actually ride Specialized E-bike while on Frameworks. Reasons being: -The "Team" e-bike sponsor is Specialized. Crestline is not under Aaron's list of personal sponsors. Which means he's going to be riding Specialized E-bikes. Or unbranded Crestlines, which is awkward either way. -Specialized hasn't seen Frameworks as a competitor to this point, but Crestline may be a bridge too far, so Gwin had to 'go dark' on...

Aaron Gwin on Frameworks is official. We have some cool pics from test camp and exclusive interviews with Gwin, Neko, and Aaron's mechanic, James McAllister here - https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/aaron-gwin-joins-frameworks-racing-tr… #USDH

Patrice Afflatet owns AP Sports Com which has managed the "Scott Factory DH Team" for over 7 years. Traditionally it leaned towards a more French line up and staff which Dean Lucas found difficult being the token English speaker, however that was years ago and the team now has a more global roster. Don't disregard the affect that Bucko (Ben Walker one of the unsung heroes of the mtb world who is well overdue for a podcast interview) has on everything gravity for Scott.

Personally I find Dakotah a heck of a lot easier to relate to than someone like Jackson. Just a hard working dude from a similar part of the same country as me, also with questionable hair styles, that has overcome some adversity and doesn't mind getting his hands dirty at home. Nothing against Jackson, but his story is so far out of my realm that its just... not very interesting.

Scott is now a full team of people's champs. I'm rooting for every single one of their riders to get a great result.

Dak liked a picture of my dog on IG, so he's good in my book.

Scott is a Swiss brand

Personally, I'm not American, so that doesn't play into it at all. Winning doesn't make you likeable. Dak presents as a nice guy and people like that. Having a bit of a unique set up could also play into it, but I think it's mostly just the nice guy thing. People also love an underdog and a comeback story, so everyone's been cheering him on as he's steadily improving after his injuries last year.

I don't anyone here idolizes him. He seems like a genuinely good dude, and we love it when good things happen to good people.

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