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Frameworks will be on TRP drivetrain and brakes next year 👌

Gonna laugh when it’s Lewis

Sounds like an amicable breakup, maybe they can still be friends?

In the comments Neko says an opportunity came up with another brand. Sounds like Frameworks is breaking up with Hayes, not the other way around. Also great that it appears Frameworks is bringing in the suitors and getting paid.

It does seem odd. Norco does own Live to Play Sports which is one of the major national distributors of bike equipment in Canada so perhaps profits from LTP are insulating Norco from current market pressures that have hammered brands like Rocky Mountain. Or maybe Norco just managed their inventory a lot better than RM and others the past few years, not sure, have seen some smoking deals on the older Sights, Ranges and ebikes.

this all sounds so weird to me since norco was to pause their WC team before signing greg and now they‘re throwing around money like it‘s growing on trees? did they get some funding from outside mountainbiking?

So sick. You mofos want pro sports? This is what it looks like! As if the sport wasn’t gnarly enough hahahaha

Norco is here to race fuckin bikes! I love Danny Hart and Camille Blanche on the same team. That’d be sick! With Minnaar in charge? That dude loves winning. I was always struck by Fairclough’s stories about how GM wasn’t giving any sort of tips to him when he was starting out, even mind gaming him as a teammate…Minnaar is one of those ruthless winners, straight up here to win. I don’t have that in me so I’m always attracted to it. Hart and Balanche have it too. I thought he’d suck as a boss, but if he’s responsible for...

Word on the street is that GM was given (nearly) unlimited budget to sign whoever he wants, and was even going as far as trying to buy riders out of contracts or steal them from other teams. Seems like norco/GM will do anything it takes to win next season

If further confirmation is needed, I’ve seen with my own eyes Yolanda riding Pisgah on a bike with a single sided front suspension.

I guess they got hacked???

3 weekends in a row to round out the big dawgs race season. Killington, Whiteface, MSA ..how much vacation time can I save til then 🫠

2025 Monster Pro Downhill Series Schedule is here - note that big bear is also national champs. boosh! PDS 1: Apr 3 - 6 at Ride Rock Creek, NC PDS 2: May 8 - 11 at Mountain Creek Bike Park, NJ PDS 3: Jul 24 - 27 at Solitude Mountain Resort, UT PDS 4: Jul 31 - Aug 3 at Big Bear Lake, CA (USAC National Championship) PDS 5: Sep 25 - 28 at Killington Resort, VT (Fox US OPEN of Mountain Biking) official PR below FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 025 SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR MONSTER ENERGY PRO DOWNHILL SERIES presented...

Nothing new at all. Anyone remember the Canadian oil magnates son on Norco Factory Racing for a while? Teams need the money to race and since outside sponsorship is deemed a dirty concept in our sport, then this is the only way the incestuous mtb racing Ouroboros will keep itself alive. Team rumours for shitzngiggles: Brook Macdonald self funding a world cup campaign while still riding forbidden. Connor Fearon to race select worldcups but focus on fun stuff. Pivot to drastically shrink as second hand porsche market dwindles. Elise Empey signing with a bigger team. Newkirk to frameworks is confirmed...

We need Gwyn + Dak in the booth.

Maybe the kid is simply good enough to get a spot on the team. He is national champ in his age group and I doubt SCS would have taken him on if they didn't think he has potential.

Big surprise to see Erice leave Commencal Les Orres for her first elite season. That stability and familiarity for a first elite year, on a proven bike too, is often what riders want. Norco paying big or talking big game?

Former union riders are Lachie and Ollie Syndicate groms Ellie and Felix Griffiths World champ to norco is Erice Also luke wayman has already been seen riding his Atherton

I wonder if Mondraker will bring someone into replace him for the season like Ollie Davis and the Syndicate last year . I assume at this stage everything is paid for anyway so you might as well bring someone else along .

2025 pro dh series calendar here - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/2025-race-talk?page=13#comment-5507… (please discuss in that forum thread, not here...just wanting people to see it and team rumors is a big crowd)