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tech rumors forum update - you've spoken and have been heard we'll lock out this thread at the end of the year (no matter what, it's just too darn big now), and will carry on with yearly tech rumors threads that will be stickied for easy participation. the 2026 thread is already underway here (not yet stickied) i just want to thank everyone for their feedback and insight on what this piece of the vital community means.

Jokes on you for listening to that shitty podcast

Greenland to Frameworks?

Not correlated! I know that Alan, who's in charge of Enduro, is very committed. He is doing a lot of work behind the scenes to make changes that will help Enduro, I am excited for what he has in store. Excited enough to come out of retirement for a race or two in the future. Masters class is only a few years away for me.

Ok fine... We'll stick with tradition... Jesse to Frameworks..

Thanks for all the love Vital! My goal is to continue a career that allows me to contribute to another 1000 pages of the tech rumour thread.

Just listening to the podcast, 2 more years on Pivot for Roger. Congratulations to him, great news! I can't wait to see what he can do next year with a full pre season of prep.

As someone who just doesn’t have the time to scroll through the front page of the Hub for new and interesting posts/threads all the time, I can’t say I’m overly excited about this decision. I really liked having the most interesting topic all neatly packed up into one single thread, which I could follow and catch up with the discussion every once in a while. Won’t be as easy and convenient for me to follow under the new format.

Dak seems to understand that the time to make money as a professional bike racer is limited at best. Yeah, FW would have been a "'Merica, Hell yeah!" type of deal, but if Scott gets him paid and let's him keep racing on the WC level, then he's got to jump on it.

At this point in this big ol shit salad of a MTB industry, I'm happy to see any rider who puts it all on the line get a ride.

With a PhD in mechanical engineering Frida's going to be absolutely fine financially!

truly we are in the dregs of team rumors by now... January 1st, come hither. I have NEED of you!

Full list of rumors this year: Oisin to Trek Everyone else to Frameworks

The chainstay of the guy your girlfriend tells you not to worry about. My lord that is a long one.

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.

ENOUGH BK-LIFE-CHOICES TALK IN HERE.

simple solution for that -> just don‘t watch his content! and now please back to team rumors before this starts to be a BK-bashing thread again.

Also spotted this factory Trek on the uplift trailer today. Was being ridden by some Irish guy 🤷🏼‍♂️