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Heard the main reason Dak signed with mondraker is cause they are making him a signature handlebar, with 65mm rise and a crossbar.

So good for Dak, Mondrakers team looking very strong for sure. I just need for Danny Hart and Aron to get into some good teams and I'm a happy camper for the season

Happy that Pinkerton, Dunne, and Dak all found (assuming the big budget thing for Mondraker is real) pretty good rides. That being said, mondraker marketing tried to drag this bs on for way too long. Hype it up, announce it, be done with it.

to underail team rumors, here's a thread to discuss out-of-the-industry sponsorship https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/mtb-racing-and-outside-industry-mon… and YAY DAK NEWS!

It's officially official - Dak has joined Mondraker Factory Racing. Video interview and podcast are live now. We recorded this last week, so we will have to cover #frecklegate in the next podcast haha

So basically...our corporate masters don't need to pay us anything if we work for pennies to turn around and give all our disposable income right back to them in exchange for churros & half can of Monster Zero Calorie

Ford sponsors the Rockrider team. Not long ago Reece Wilson was sponsored by Volvo, and Emily Batty by Porsche. And Mathieu Van der Poel is a Lamborghini ambassador.

Also, update on #frecklegate. He's playing hard to get.

I'm always looking for an excuse to post music, and this feels fitting

He mentioned that someone here guessed a budget of $1M and said that it looked great, he just needed to figure out where to get the $1M

Looks like a Fezzari

I imagine that the $400k goes pretty quick when you consider all the flights, hotels, food, transportation rentals, entry fees, etc. Then there are salaries paid to a lot more than just the riders, there's the mechanics and manager too. Back in 2022 it was $12,000 for team entry, but I'm not sure if that includes costs for each event or not. If I had to guess, they probably spend somewhere close to $8k-$10k per event, not including salaries.

I really hope this change works out for Eleonora, I know she wasn't stoked on Mondraker but still managed some decent results, hoping a better team vibe and better bike allow her to step it up.

I was similar in not wanting him on a Mondraker. I’ve made peace with it now, though. Sick team for the year, and I hope the bike is equally sick and capable.

i somehow just don't want dak on a mondraker. but just IIIIF there is a chance: kade edwards off the TFR, getting replaced with Dak? Since noone has seen Dak on any Mondraker anyway.

Will be interesting to see how things go when these guys swap bikes. Trummer and Tahuto didn’t seem to have their best years on that mondraker, and brook didn’t like it. Mondraker has some heavy hitters now, will be interesting to see what they do on it.

Seems like Mondraker is pushing hard into the US market with the distribution in Colorado and signing of Pinkerton and assuming Dak. Hope he adjusts to the new bike well and the results keep coming, hopefully he got paid, he deserves it.

Two Intense teams and no Dak nor Gwin. Ouch

MS Intense is a reality. David Trummer (AUT), Eleonora Farina (ITA), Jacob Dickson (IRL) and Tuhoto Ariki Pene (NZ). So, the team is real, but no Dak. Waiting on his Mondraker announcement...