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well that has some definitive SAINT gold on it...

I guess maybe not a "rumor".... more of a "I hope so" thing: Erice back to riding a MTB. Fingers crossed for her to be able to race next season.

☝️this☝️ This is what I come here for.....Thanks @storm.racing

Just bumped into Danny Hart in a full discreet kit on a Frameworks!

MSA World Champs 2032 (will it be hoverbikes by then? : ) The UCI Mountain Bike World Championships Return to Mont-Sainte-Anne in 2032 QUÉBEC, September 23, 2026 — The Corporation Événements d’été de Québec (CEEQ), Cycling Canada (CC), and the Fédération québécoise des sports cyclistes (FQSC) enthusiastically welcome the decision by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to award the 2032 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships to Mont-Sainte-Anne. Following 1998, 2010, and 2019, this will be the fourth edition of the World Championships spearheaded by the CEEQ. "Since 1991, our organization has worked tirelessly to host high-level mountain bike events that...

missed that Laurie Greenland is on the start list

Also, I'm hearing that it might not be permitted to ride up service roads from the finish line to access the course like it has been allowed for Crankworx. I'm going to bet that the "security" for that will only be from the finish line. If you look at Trailforks or OSM and check out how to access to the bottom 1/3 of the course via service roads from the top of Kadenwood Drive or from the Fitz zone via Northwest Passage, you can almost certainly still get to the usual spots on a bike. I'll be testing out the...

Can confirm that this event is no longer helicopter limited from a rescue point of view. Since last year's Crankworx event, more access points have been added and ground evacuation plans made for the entire course.

Entry lists for Whistler are available here. It's not guaranteed every rider on the lists will try to qualify, but some of the US non-World Cup 2026 riders currently entered are Nate Kitchen, Dante Silva, Alden Pate, Taylor Ostgaard and Kailey Skelton. (Edit: I probably shouldn't include Alden Pate since he did enter for Korea but was injured before getting to try to qualify.)

Trek has been making some interesting moves in BC. They told a bunch of A-level stores that they essentially had to become concept stores (80% of floor space dedicated to Trek and Bontrager) or they would get dropped, got told to f-off by those stores, dropped them, and now: are in the process of massively increasing the number of dealers in some areas without concern for overlap gave their A-level bike accounts to powersports stores in the region I wonder if this is happening elsewhere in Canada. They didn't really have anything to buy in the first place and their...

that is pretty wild. and also a lot of dirt.

They have to fly in dirt in spots that they can’t dig. I think it’s an agreement with BC parks. Have trucked or flown in 282,000 cubic feet

Can anybody be confirm they’re helicoptering in dirt to make track features because “there isn’t any dirt up there” 😳 also heard there are skinnies on course. Will be wild either way!

That is terrifying. I know a guy on the build team and apparently Gee and Dan have been saying this will be the hardest Hardline track so far. After that article, I'm inclined to agree. There is going to be some carnage. Sheesh...

Psst. NSMB as an article up from walking the Hardline track a few weeks ago.

Great chat that, Chris. Loic isn't scared to, and brilliant at talking openly and candidly about all of the 'hot topics'. More of him please!!

Tech rumors is getting crazy for 2026.

Even if trek goes bankrupt (or is near bankruptcy) I really doubt they’ll disappear. They are a huge brand in the wealthiest nation in the world. Who knows how it would work out for current employees both management and not. But I really doubt there’s a future without the trek brand operating.

I'm pretty sure one of my local Canadian shops just received a bunch of trek bikes that they have now instantly discounted.. which I presumed was related to previous anecdotal delays around shipping etc related in part to Giant? Unfortunate timing. Either way some impressive bargains to be had if you assume the entire company isn't at risk.