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AON team composition, New addition to mondraker ?, to continental atherton ? Maples stays at muc off or not ? Someone talked about a forbidden team in the top 15 ?

Loris to commencal official video

It will be interesting to see if teams stick to the belt when somebody wins the prize purse or they switch back to conventional drive trains - that would be the ultimate test of the technology.

i think it's partially the team sponsors, and partially a lot of the bigger companies (trek, spesh, SC, etc) have so much OEM business with sram/shimano it might preclude them from developing a frame around a gearbox. i think the OEM aspect is less of an issue with the small to medium sized builders.

Does this announcement indicate anything about the state of innovation in the sport? Specifically, is Belt drive / Gearbox going to be THE innovation that highlights the role of more grass-roots teams in major innovations? I mean, you don't see The Syndicate or Specialized trying a belt-drive, but AON / Gamux, Atherton, etc., those teams have significant riders who can potentially "prove" a concept at a World Cup level. Not that Santa Cruz was a small team back in the day, but when Minnaar went to 29" back in '17, SC was known for being able to innovate quickly (not...

Or perhaps it is because Finn was born in 1999.

I reckon it’s Kade Edwards

I'd posit that a small-ish brand like Intense just couldn't field the costs associated with running 2 elite level teams.

It is official, MS Racing on Zerode bikes

Americans Bode Burke and Matilda Melton on Commencal/Schwalbe Les Ores! Congrats kid!

Guys won Hardline a few times and gotten podiums for Pivot and got Eddie Masters on the team who' has won an EWS for them but I assume you think he's a bad look for them because of who he's dating. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but if someone isn't committing a crime or causing offence to someone shouldn't we just mind our own business

Gates sponsoring 4 teams - Aon, Atherton, MS Racing and Intense Factory Racing fine print says 100k goes to " the first elite racer, male or female, to win a UCI Mountain Bike Downhill event" - women race first on race day. if there's a double belt-drive win, does the female rider get the 100k or does gates hand out $200k? could happen! More Race Teams Bet on Gates Belt Drives for 2025 UCI Downhill Season – €100K Belted Purse Remains Up for Grabs DENVER (Jan. 15, 2025) – Gates (NYSE: GTES), a global leader in belt drive technologies, has...

Consider him innocent until evidence proves otherwise

Alleged, not charged and no conviction Roque Racing, small team and I assume a small budget. Maybe his “baggage” priced him into a smaller lesser known team. Antonio Brown of the NFL was convicted of assault charges on his wife and the NFL still let the guy play. Not alleged, convicted. Give TD a chance until he’s charged and convicted. Too much bashing of riders on the forum based on speculation and not facts. Leaning into slander in some cases imo

You said it yourself mate: “ALLEGED”

daprela on rogue racing

Pardon my French, but Momo on Les Gets 2024 (and Momo -period) or even any Thirion line is anything but "deathgripping on a ski slope".

With respect Phil has been struggling to be a regular top 30 finisher the last few years. And like Kade and Kaos his skills may be more valuable producing content rather than racing World cups. And that sucks cos those boys really lit up the vital raw , sleeper co. and Ben cathro videos over the world cup weekends. Sad to see the gifted steezy and technical riders are being forced out of the racing side of the sport now . I wanna see some rowdy shit being done on some wild lines not just a load of Frenchies deathgripping...