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Kaos putting this on his story adds fuel to the fire

I think their finances might be taking a batter(y)ing.

Also, someone must get to the bottom of where Norco is finding all this money in 2024 and 2025 with the bike market being in the dumpster. Greg, team manager and part-time racer has to still be commanding $200-250K+/yr. Then 6 factory-level riders. Granted the only 'big names' are Danny and Erice (Danny likely still came at a discount, maybe $175k). But still, having 6 full-time riders, Greg part-time. That's a ton of mechanics, travel expenses, etc. And their marketing budget is considerable, based on what they did last year with the videos and design. This fresh team announcement video...

Wonder if McDownhill “Kirk” will still be with the team in the pits as the engineer ?

What a team, could easily dominate, especially the women's field

with Neko mentioning only racing the national series it could be safe to bet he's learned enough from Whitely the past 15 years to do that work.

Is it just me or do Asa and Anna look like they could be brother and sister?

So happy they are giving a young prospect Steve Peat a chance, kid has some serious potential!

With the arrival of 2025 and big changes underway, here's a quick look back at how team and rider numbers have evolved over the years. All data pulled from the UCI website (https://www.uci.org/riders/mountain-bike-riders-teams/1V5hGPnEvXzbIqkjU…). The number of teams peaked in 2023 with a total of 184 (128 standard, 56 elite). 2024 saw the second highest number of teams on record with 163 (112 standard, 51 elite). The bike bubble bursting was already beginning to have an effect going into the 2024 season, even with the upcoming Olympic games. The growth in teams from 2021 (119 teams) to 2023 (184 teams) likely...

Benoît trolling us..

Well it's 8.25am January 1 in Sydney, I have a belting hangover. Expecting to see 300 post with new signings, rumours confirmed, ratboy to ride a 3 shocked cannondale. Instead we get Sam Hill riding for his local shop. back to bed

Heard today that Martin Maes is super nervous about his future as he doesnt really know how fmd team works and he doesnt really have a choice

Rocky is off Rocky.

so scott confirmed

” And the most important - is it over after 15 years? Not even close as the people behind the name are still very much involved in both racing and developing local communities and are even going to do mountain bike racing things on a bigger scale (for a hint take a look at the rumors sites and look for the UK-Switzerland connection…). The legacy of the team continues to live, especially strong with riders that used Unior’s factory team to either jump to the very top or quite simply conquer it!” Translation: The Gamux team will merge with Unior-Sinter...

Do all you fellow nerds not listen to Making Up the Numbers podcast?? Cami Balanche to Yeti for DH Breeden’s Intense team to pick up a rider with points to stay on the WC and get EXT into the big show, releases Ryder Lawrence