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Buckets Up Added a reply to 2026 Team Rumors
9/11/2025 2:24pm This is where the secondary ‘intangibles’ of being a ‘professional’ come in. Dak also has personality, a story, and some magnetism. Things that make him a good ambassador for your company beyond just results. Sure, some of the young guns are wicked fast, but outside of Asa, we really know nothing about them or who they are. The Alran’s aren’t...
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Buckets Up Added a reply to 2026 Team Rumors
9/10/2025 6:52pm I don’t believe that. I know every person on Joe Breeden’s World Cup Intense team (all international and non US based). The only thing I know about the US Intense team is Dante Silva.
Buckets Up Added a reply to 2025 Race Talk
9/10/2025 9:27am I think everyone should have a favorite rider. And they can have that rider for whatever reason their heart fancies. I also feel like there is a distinct difference between rooting for your guy/gal to win (encouraged) vs. rooting for someone who isn’t your person to lose (for any reason). Some previous comments felt like they jumped that rubicon.
Buckets Up Added a reply to 2025 Race Talk
9/10/2025 7:54am Everyone will have individual preferences for the athletes they are drawn to as fans. But I also think it’s comical that there is so much discussion about who to root for/against. How lucky are we as a sport that our two titans at the moment are Bruni and Jackson. Both seem like incredibly rad humans who are humble and genuine...
Buckets Up Added a reply to 2026 Team Rumors
9/9/2025 6:15pm Yes you are right. But that is also inherent and secondary to running a race team. I would argue the point of a race team by and large is to win or get the best results possible (yes, it’s also marketing, but if winning isn’t a big part of it, why even try) If you win (or do well), the...
Buckets Up Added a reply to 2026 Team Rumors
9/9/2025 4:40pm Point hunting doesn’t matter anymore, teams keep the points moving forward
Buckets Up Added a reply to 2026 Team Rumors
9/9/2025 3:51pm Mondraker splitting up their team or not re-signing anyone would be a huge mistake. From outward appearances, they all get along well. All they need is an absence of bad luck, not even really good luck and they could have three top 5/10 riders next year. Ronan is already there currently. Dak has been there and all signs point to...
Maxipedia Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors
9/8/2025 10:07am
Thanks for the detailed reply! Very interesting! It seems it goes the other way round, than other places. From my understanding, the logic is: make a big World Cup level event and THEN grow the sport, with the exposure and leverage it generates. Plus the government is funding infrastructure, which is super cool. Am I understanding this right? I don't understand the crypticism regarding the ”future Korean multinational sponsor”. Why can't people say what they assume it is and what's the connection? Is it Daewoo? Is it Samsung? Is it Hyundai? These are honest questions, it's a goddamn rumor thread...
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Lacanuck24 Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors
9/8/2025 10:03am
There is a growing scene here. While things were regressing about 12-15 years ago, the last 7+ have seen major growth. We went from zero bike parks to five (two government-funded), loads of trail centers, a few "official," but most not so official, and government-funded pump tracks. The number of riders has been increasing, yet the mountain bike race scene has been dying. But that's more of an issue with event organizers seeing gran fondos as exponentially more profitable. Riders would love to have a proper race series again, rather than just a few events a year, and this is...
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/8/2025 7:35am
pinkbike (did the vital break yet?)
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Uncle Cliffy Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/8/2025 6:01am
Regarding “tHe oTheR sITe,” I think we all know why we are over here. I mean, I still have this URL bookmarked “Littermag.” 🤣
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk
9/6/2025 10:39am
i deleted screenshots.
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iceman2058 Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk
9/6/2025 7:07am
That was all fake. YouTube comments are usually best to just turn off...bunch of kids "having fun"... ugh.
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Ron_Goldstone Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk
9/6/2025 7:07am
That’s all fake and not worth re posting here.
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Buckets Up Added a reply to 2025 Race Talk
9/6/2025 6:22am Yeah, if any of that was real, I have a bridge to sell you.
Buckets Up Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/5/2025 6:08am This is an interesting point. Do any bike companies hop factories often? The RMU example given in skis would be their third distinct factory in ~10 years. They’ve been built by Utopie in Quebec, Åre Skidfabrik in Sweden, and now I guess the Blizzard factory. Could bike companies easily do something similar or does that not happen as much?
Buckets Up Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/4/2025 11:55am For sure, you are not wrong. But again, I know a bit more about snow than bikes. Both Atomic and Armada skis are pressed in the same factory. I’m not sure about now, but ~15 years ago each company sourced their own materials for their skis even though they were assembled on the same equipment. There was one particular season...
Buckets Up Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
9/4/2025 9:45am This would be so interesting. After your done can you unravel the ski/snowboard manufacturer web? In the snow world (bikes are very similar) I always found it so odd that companies try so hard to keep the factory that builds their boards secret. Very few, from the big players to the small core brands, make their own hardgoods. And similar...
bulletbass man Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors
9/1/2025 6:24am
You can always tell a girl who is interested in you no. Or at minimum not yet. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone imply Jenna is at all at fault or that she doesn’t have the right to do what she wants to do and be with who she wants to be with. I’ve only seen people question bernard. Who while doesn’t have Brian lopes level of bad reputation doesn’t exactly have the best one either. He’s always come off to plenty of people as a bit of a tool and I think his choices just solidify that thinking for...
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fartsack Liked a reply to forum topic Who Has the Sickest Kit in Les Gets? #LITKIT
8/29/2025 9:25am
It's not soft and woke. It's respectful and inclusive. I also never imagined the "scene" going that route but I'm glad it did.
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