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Got questions? Here are some answers (featuring Myriam Nicole winning the internet for this week already!):

How about a smooth fit? I have no clue how well Robot Bike Co. was doing, but I dare assume that the Atherton name carries a bit more notoriety than the initial one, so why have two names doing the same thing? Only to cannibalize themselves? Dave Weagle is a proven name. I also remember Ed from the good days when Dirt Mag was still around and he was tech editor and his work there was ace too. The financial side looks to be taken care of. The Athertons carry a huge pedigree. Looks like a good assortment of ingredients...

Perhaps a bit too much credit to the Athertons? Long time friends with the guys at Robot Bike Co, who worked with Dave Weagle. Become a new brand with a new name, add investor. Genuine disruption? Or scale up something that already existed? Dunno.

Nowadays it seems that 3000£ is affordable (read it on any MTB website...), soooo...

The fact that Gee is part of making a bike that looks the exact same as a Sunday is quality. Id say he had nightmares about Sam on that green Sunday years ago ripping everyone to pieces

Interesting how many people are focusing on the DW part of the equation. Not taking anything away from the man, they myth, the legend, but I see the (much) bigger deal here being the ability for the Athertons to quickly prototype different geometries, getting a bike to fit them better than anything they've had in the past. While my previous post focused on the questionable business sense of all this, as a racer, I can't think of anything better than being able to 3D print stuff that vastly alters the geometry allowing the rider to quickly go through a few...

Hey Vital Forum!! HAHAHAHA Ahhhhh we are BUZZING over here at Atherton HQ to finally announce Atherton Bikes and see you guys reactions! We know you have alot of questions and want to see the full bike - coming soon i promise! Cheers - Rach.

So Robot Bikes is no more, an interview with Ed Haythornthwaite: https://www.mtb-news.de/news/2019/01/25/interview-ed-haythornthwaite-ro… "Straight to the point. So today we're talking about the new Atherton Robot Racing Team? Not really. Robot Bike Co does not exist anymore in this way. We finished the company last year. But we will carry on our knowledge and launch a new brand."

Internet - > broken

That could just be a RedBull connection. Greg also gets to play at Foxhunt.

Brayton is still on Hope, just switched frames...

What do you do when half of your team is getting a bit old and creaky? You make the best team launch video of the year (as usual from Polygon!): Here's all the words they sent if you want to read more about the whole thing too: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Never too old to have fun and send it - Polygon UR 10th year anniversary launch In a world of a standardize team announcements where rider X is stoked to ride for brand Z, here at the Polygon UR we are trying to keep things fun to announce our...

I think the Syndicate is a serious contender for a Shreddy for “Best Team Rumors Thread Trolling”

Hugo Frixtalon and Antoine Rogge join Thomas Estaque and Bruce Klein on the Commencal 100% Factory Team for the 2019 season and beyond. Full announcement HERE.

Looks like Loris's kit from last year? See his right leg...

As this is an Racing pic I cannot imagine it is a new rider (using a pic from 2018 season on a different brand?). Just messing with us.

That top scorer is called Vali Höll