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Reece Wilson on a Gamux would be interesting. Probably has a good chance of nabbing that 100k Gates prize purse thing if it’s still going next year.

I think this might be the all time best Team Rumor post…

Is Reece getting the funding from Lotus? He is posting a LOT about his car(s), and the company. Would be an interesting tie-up.

If true, $75k doesn’t seem like enough honestly? 10 races this year, basically have to pay for months of lodging between races. Mechanic and other support. Team camps. Larger fees for teams next year…… to be on one of the best teams in the sport, kinda seems like a deal.

The truth is out there

Phoebe Gale’s mechanic showing an Orbea ebike on his insta story, supports rumours of FMD —> Orbea

Even the most talented riders will have their parents paying a lot of money to get to races to develop the skills and get the results that get them noticed. I would guess mpst of the top level juniors didn't have to buy a ride. But, for others, some upfront money to a team to make sure you have some support at the races isn't a bad deal. I'm guessing with the new WBD rules for teams, some bigger teams might find a spot for a person for the right amount of money as some of the smaller teams might...

Wow, how early did Jackson get his? Was he also 17 or 18 by that point? That's a quick jumpstart to a promising career. 'if ur gonna continue to ride like that... we'd prefer u do it in our helmet' i was barely doin jack shit when i was 17 lol

Reece Wilson creating his own team apparently being gamux bikes and getting heaps of funding from somewhere out of industry Seems loris and Benoit to commencal with a huge commencal team being formed with all muc off riders too Ellie Hulsebosch has signed with syndicate for next year, Felix Griffiths also signed Stevens mcnabb to trek Anna Newkirk to frameworks Also unior sinter apparently loosing trek and riders just riding their own bikes

Assuming you're talking about Angel... On some podcast recently where Neko was talking about the new Frameworks enduro bike, he was saying how he liked Fox (of course), and he went on longer than I'd expect that Ohlins was amazing to work with and their suspension could be set up perfectly. Then just left a short note about how Rockshox was available for the bike if that's what you prefer. It would make sense that he would hype up their current sponsor Fox, so maybe Ohlins is a future sponsor.

Looks like the new E13 rear hub should be out next week. The speculation is that the paws disengage when the wheel is spinning to free up the chain tension and pedal kick.

hey all, i started a travel-specific discussion so tech rumors can stay focused on weird/new product - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/how-much-suspension-travel-do-you-w… it has data from our 2024 survey that just wrapped up (thx brines for mentioning it)

Current Evo owner and while, yes, when talking about the baffling changes on new SJ, I’m inclined to agree about them peaking in 2021 but I just did 3 days in Morzine on the Status 170 DH and it’s wild how Spesh came out with the least cool bike (SJ) and the most cool bike in the same year. The Chisel was a pleasant surprise from them too.

Right, my Hellbents remain the greatest ski ever made as far as I'm concerned. And I still pull them out for fun 1-2 days a year. Skiing was just going full retard back in 2012 but in the best possible way. I will admit a 110 ski is good in the PNW "powder" 99.99% of the time. If I lived in JH I'd consider a 120mm but anything beyond that is basically not worth it anymore. It is a lot easier justifying having 3-4 pairs of different width skis tho, they are like 1/4 the price of a bike. end...

I always felt that the suspension-creep happened for two reasons (and I'm happy to be proven otherwise): 1. Refined kinematics allowing for better pedalling performance allowing greater suspension travel without as many drawbacks 2. Better long-travel single-crown forks allowing for 170-180mm front travel without flexy noodles. These two combined resulting in models like the Megatower creeping up in travel, and then the Hightower creeps up behind to maintain the gaps in travel from before. So rather than the mid-travel models getting longer legs, its the long-travel models getting longer and the mid-travel growing to fill the gap. As was definitely...

Marketing guy- More travel is better isn't it? No one buys a bike because of how it climbs anyway......we can just say 'climbs like a 140 bike' and they believe it. And if it does pedal badly we can just sell it with electronic suspension and charge more......win win.

We get it- you like a progressive bike 😅 I’d think you’d be stoked on this because you get to make another link 🙂

What I find confusing about the new Stumpjumpers is they offer it in a coil version with a 27.5 wheel and they've corrected geo for the smaller wheel using the upper link just like with the previous Stumpjumper, which significantly reduces progression. So the most linear bike in the entire lineup comes with a coil.

I had a concussion earlier this year and I love the idea of a bike that's so linear they had to make a special air shock being sold with a coil in the top spec.

If you used a credit card, and it's within the last 6 months, go hit the "dispute" button with your bank. Going by the email it won't be Rob and Mike getting hit with the reversed charges, it'll be the company that took over MI and fired them which gets to involuntarily refund you.