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The rumor is there heading to the big S. It’s like 20 pages back.

If you are a sponsor and you have a suspicion that racing might get more difficult to view in the future than investing is riders who can produce their own content seems like a logical direction.

I think she use to be in a band 😂

Gwinn’s mechanic just posted this story. Maybe Gwinn doing his own thing just with Intense frames? I can’t imagine John would buy a new Intense e-bike if he was going to be wrenching on different frames for Gwinn next season. Or maybe I’m reading his comment the wrong way. Still seems strange he promote a bike they woollens be using in a week.

YAY, even more SX comparisons! Just what we all come here for, in an MTB forum of all places....

Well according to Josh Carlson there are millions of new viewers. I'm not sure what he was smoking when he made that claim though. In WB/Discovery's defence, we would never have had that "She said f*cking" moment without their involvement. Without doubt the highlight of the year as far as the interviews/commentary was concerned. Although getting Tahnee's name wrong and asking Nina if she'd be wearing the rainbow stripes in the bar that night both deserve honourable mentions.

similar to what @Fresh Bike Service, Inc. says, purely based on the countless anecdotal cases i've heard of people not tuning into 2023 live race footage, i'd be skeptical of live viewing numbers from 2023 matching 2022 and earlier. BUT neither red bull nor gcn/disco/wbd share those viewing stats, and maybe it's a USA-specific thing i'm hearing about. maybe the bulk of views come from other countries where people watched both seasons/platforms more equally. with that said, the "red bull years" can still be watched, free online. https://www.redbull.com/int-en/live/uci-mountain-bike-world-cup-2022-le… - this probably doesn't account for too many new views once the...

Oneup is owned by PON????? sheesh they cast a long shadow these days.

Probably off schwalbe...

My understanding was also that the MS Mondraker setup was closer to a privateer setup than a factory team. I seem to recall Jacob saying he just got a bike and transport. I specifically remember Brook complaining about the short stem that Mondraker were pushing a few years ago, and that it took him half a season to realise he needed a standard 50mm. But other than that, he seemed to love the bike. That could be wrong, but then again so is 99% of the thread.

on his knees begging? That's shitposting at it's worst.

Can we get an ignore feature on here please.

Maybe calling people clowns isn't a great way to get people to engage in a productive discourse on any particular issue. Also, relivent: https://xkcd.com/1357/ As far as Pinkbike, I think they'll be fine for a long while. Their operation isn't too capital expensive (it's basically hosting cost and an office in Squamish) and they can always shed payroll before taking servers down. We'll probably see more "sponsored" reviews in the future, as that's just becoming more of a thing across all review sites for anything.

Says Yeti on his left thigh

Still more understandable than Cedric screaming vowels in English.

That just freed up 7 Saturday mornings to ride bikes

Final nail in the coffin ⚰️ and shout out to everyone that used to complain when Redbull was running the show…. for free!