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Hart to Norco seems somewhat likely given the TRP stuff and fresh gold fork

Norco's CEO, who brought the team back from the dead and got Minaar on board, got handed his ticket out of the organization yesterday. So who knows what is going to happen to that team now.

Let’s get back to rrrrroooomours A rocket from the north east to a north western base A long walk for a sword A Scandinavian adventure to the sun and dust ‘93 till infinity, the red hot chilli peppers and some garage welding. The dream is locked and loaded what about enduro? Anybody got intel on anything good? The king of Austria hopping on to a bike from over the boarder

This is a great opportunity for an out-of-industry team to come together. Imagine a Fordyota / WD-40 type team with Gwin, Neko's crew and another good, but not top-15, team. Multiple frame sponsors under one organization, great media reach for adverts, and if done right could go toe-to-toe with the big teams. There's got to be quite the war raging behind the scenes right now for those #10-15 team spots. Banking on a wildcard seems risky, to say the least.

Maybe it's been discussed already, but what are the requirements to be considered a team? Do all the rider need to be on the same frame sponsor? Do they need to share a minimum number of sponsors? (I.e. could Gwin and Neko be on the same "team" but ride different frames?

The difference between the 2 is that Red Bull's events are private events, organised, produced & broadcast by them. They can invite whoever they want, no one can argue otherwise. WBD are organising World Cups on behalf of the UCI, the world governing body for competitive cycling events. They should be completely neutral & the only way to be free from bias/influence is to go off points for all teams. Personal opinion... I don't agree with handing control of the highest level of a sport to a TV production company to shape it how they want. I think I might've...

Loris is not mucking around, he’s got himself onto an absolutly dominant team for next year. Hopefully there’s no clash of the titans with the big personalities. After his stripes this year, next year should be a supreme one. All rumours.

OTB podcast just dropped an interview with Lachie Stevens-Mcnabb. No juicy team rumours but that kid has a good head on his shoulders. So many references to we or the team or The Union - obviously aware of the support and role of the team to get him to where he is.

Interesting you frame it as total nepotism. When you could easily read the rule around how teams 15-20 might be selected as allowing the best races and teams that might provide the best support and care for riders access to the series. 15 teams selected on merit in a fairly objective way and 5 teams selected on a variety of criteria, that you'd hope is used to make sure teams that can provide healthy salaries for riders and staff and a safe environment for racers are selected. Hardline and all of the other events run by Red Bull have rider...

And in my opinion, this is the problem. It's going to come down to personal opinion & relationships & that's not a fair way to run a sport.

I fear it's going to be a shitstorm when it comes to WBD allocating those wildcard spots. To my mind it should be teams ranked 15-20 (surely that's the fairest way?), but I doubt it will be that simple. I can see WBD jumping through a lot of hoops to get their preferred teams/riders in.

Or the current one maybe.

Norco will have a World Champ? Danny Hart seems - to me anyway - a great fit for that team.

Max spending BIG. Also on red? 2 former Union riders on TFR Syndicate expanding with some groms The Mob expanding but also looking at other options Norco will have a world champ racing

I know negativity is cool and all in 2024/5, but this rule change or whatever you call it, is because previously, under UCI organisation teams were not allowed to sell merch from their pits. I think it was so the local organisers could make more money selling expo space to vendors etc... So it's basically a positive change... but ya.

Asa could easily be wearing a black FW tee. https://rideframeworks.com/collections/softgoods He is also in Andorra training with Neko, Angel, and whoever their new rider is. So, he's still on it. He signed for two years.

Hosting hospitality guests from "paddock" space. Yes, because WCDH has a huge market for wealthy VIP/corporate type experiences , just like F1. Can't make this stuff up.

" A World Series Team will be allowed to sell Official World Series Team Merchandise & host hospitality with guests/sponsors from their paddock space" Lol. Is that an exclusive statement or inclusive? As in they can sell WC Team merch or can only sell WC Team merch. Why do I feel like every time I read these updates they are speaking directly towards Mr Kerr and his team?

Someone new on Frameworks, do we have any freckle detectives?

Yes, but that was a while back, the end of their relationship into the beginning of hers and Nino's is quite a juicy rumor from what I've heard though 🤫