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I heard from a reliable source that a certain maple leaf is flying south, trading in baguettes for tea and biscuits…

This thread is at the get drunk and post party level and its an open house

The production rule is more enforced on the road side of things.. Or just keep revising the prototype..

So... some math isn't mathing for me. Thanks to Spotify's podcast transcription feature, Troydon said, referring to Aaron Gwin, "He's got a small ownership in the company(Crestline) and we've set almost like some targets and over the next X number of years, as long as we hit those targets, Aaron will get like, you know, issued more equity in the brand." AG gets applauded for his business acumen a lot here, yet people seem to think he'd ride for a different/rival bike brand while holding an incentivized stake in Crestline. Unless he's suddenly not a part of Crestline anymore, it...

There was an interview with Kolb in German about his new contract with the syndicate and to me it was almost as if he was dancing on raw eggs to not say the name Greenland when talking about his new team mates and how he is looking forward to ride with them. I took this as a sign that Greenland will not ride for SC in 2026.

There are so many fast racers you could sponsor. There is only ONE Tippie in the whole word

Jackson to Visma? Crazy how different the bikes are (outside of being dh vs road). Wout is SO much taller than Jackson, but his bike looks absolutely tiny.

Their enduro team was done last year but they graciously kept me on board for this year with my contract having another year on it. Sounds obvious of course, but the bike industry isn't always so giving. The DH team took me in and I had a blast all year long, which was the main reason for doing DH at the end of the year. I just wanted to hang out with the team some more, and who wouldn't take the chance to race World Cup DH while they can. As for next year, stay tuned.

I can't imagine he'll have a tough time finding some kind of support. There is no stronger ambassador for mountain biking than Tippie.

I reckon Axess NP will happen with Breeden and Charlie Hatton and Laurie Greenland will make a move to fill that spot at Atherton. Even as a non-American I would love to see Dak on a yeti, frameworks, intense or even a crestline - anything but a Scott 🙏

I guess the question now is will Intense have a WC team if Breeden switches the team to Nukeproof? And, if so, what team will it be?

Racing is way cooler than selling bikes. It’s rarely the best financial decision.

Specialized Gravity have Rosa Marie Jensen on the team, she'll be a second year junior in 2026. It looked to me like the Specialized plan was to develop their elite women's talent with Yankova, instead of buying an already fast female. Sadly Yankova got injured and decided to retire, so now they want to bring Rosa to the top I assume. Maybe they will buy in an already estabhlised female, but I don't think there is many out there on the market? Or am I wrong?