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Fuck it why not 10 bars? 10 bars. All oversized bearings. Internal shock. Titanium frame. External derailleur cable but internal brake cables through the headset. Proprietary pull shock. And uhhh… dang. I think I got Scott's next Gambler.

holy crap, you've all made this year's rumor season so freaking fun and hilarious. was hard to believe #cappucinoMachineGate could be topped but now #frecklegate has set a new bar. i'd be kinda scared if i was an athlete making team switches next year LOL

You're trying to tell me he's not on MS. Intense. I'm not buying it.

I can’t be the only one wondering where in the hell Mondraker is pulling all this money from, right? Opening a US based office and funding a factory DH race team and a satellite WC DH team during one of the lowest points the bike industry has been in. Over the last 5 years I can count on one hand how many Mondraker bikes I’ve seen in the flesh… are they much larger outside of ‘Murrica?

Dak to MS Intense Gwin to Mondraker and becoming the U.S. distributer.

Eddie with the comedy as always

hey dude you wanna go ride the pump track this afternoon? yeah lemme just weld up a DJ bike real quick see you at 2...

Yes thats right. On the Instagram Post there is specialized listed for e-bikes and dirt jump bikes.

am i the only one thinking this bike is stupid af? it's probably like the bold, so the chainstay does not have holes forcing you to axs, stupid ugly plastic headset and spacer with the cable tourism, shock hidden in the frame, so you get what you get, and of course the stupid remote to do something with it as it's in the frame, so if you wanna customize this bike it's gonna be a ultra pain in the arse, if not impossible to do so, some of the worst bikes in the game

More photos of new Ransom. 3 colors, 2 sets on axs, 1 on standard cables.

Easily the most e-bike looking, non-e-bike yet. That alone would have me passing on it. Hidden shock, headset cable routing, push towards electronic drivetrains, and (I'm assuming) ridiculous mrsp would make this the hardest possible no if I were looking for a new bike.

It better be stealthy - so I won't have to see it in person.

Professional mountain bike racing exists as a marketing tool for bicycle related business and adjacents. The largest market for mountain bike riders is in North America, but yet I would venture interest in professional racing per rider is the lowest in North America. That means huge amounts of potential growth. The UCI/ESO/WB has shown little interest in developing this market so of course someone else has stepped in. It has been well established mtb racing is not a prize money venture, so riders will go where they are told to go… which will be where the most amount of eyes...

Ahh, somehow I missed that. Point still stands, 1 race in the rest of the world doesn’t make a proper World Cup.

This is an awkwardly ironic Eurocentric take. Sure, us Yanks can too often be parochial, but this isn't that. "World Cup" DH is now just a 7-stop Euro Cup, and everyone knows it. No Asia, N or S America, Africa, Australia, Oceania. It sure feels like WBD knows the core market is Europe and is bailing on the rest of us to keep logistics easy and costs in check. Even the viewer packages are very Eurocentric. Everywhere else it's either non-existent or lumped into an overpriced package that isn't compelling at al. View live races? Europe only (*edit: due to...

Just ...spent all our money on some old folks?

Someone please tell this guy this thread is called Team Rumours not Team Facts. Sheesh. 😁

Multiple World Champion and WC winner Danny Hart with no ride is just bonkers.

A friend at the shop I used to work at says they're getting Transmission problems all the time (mostly imprecise setup and some have had the mount start 'chewing' into the frame, but no broken stays as far as I know). Seems like it's generally better suited to a high standard of frame quality and very careful setup, two things not typically associated with most mountain bikes and their riders