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Ronan Dunne with a saint crank that has a direct mount, xtr looking chainring

Who is funding all of this??

So it is written in the book of Spomer

I'm guessing he's still in the California. He attended San Diego Supercross, and I assume the 100% event for their new building. Guessing it's not his personal bike. 🤷‍♂️

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How so? He owns an amazing bike park, has a path to own a third of a bike company, is on a route to recovery (12th last year at MSA), and most definitely can race DH world cups if he wants to this year. Or are you trying telling me between the 5 season long team wildcards, 8 per race team wildcards, and 3 per race US cycling federation names, that there is no place for a 20 time DH World Cup winner that is still in form?

If she didn't, that would be a hugely declarative statement about the viability of gearbox bikes. it'd be tantamount to flat out stating "i don't think i can be competitive on this bike, specifically because of the gearbox."

The way they build bikes, they could literally have her a frame printed and bonded etc. in a couple of days. if/when she does race again, she’s not gonna be on anything other than a belt driven gearbox bike.

Most of the riders that ride for a MTB only company ride whatever road bikes they can get their hands on cheap and have for years. It's not a conflict of interest for the company they ride for and they have done to openly. Not a new thing.

That press release and video contain an awful lot of words whilst avoiding mentioning the weight.

I think the big news is Downamics is the official UK agent for countershox. Oh and the brake setup is a carbon tube and a crf hose guide. I asked 😅

Zerode seems like a good guess. The frame profile is a decent match for that blacked-out blob. But what if it's not a downhill bike?

Not a gear box. You can see the derailleur in the shadow. Sad. I dont care what anyone says, the gearbox hype is like drivetrains moving to 1 by 10/11/12. Sure at first it was janky 1x10 One Up conversion kits. But now we have transmission. Which is cool. But what would be cool is better gearboxes.

So if the talk of golden tickets rolling down is correct and they can go to riders from outside of the location of the continental races won't this put Antipodean racers at a disadvantage as their races are in the off season and likely to attract more riders from the Northern Hemisphere?

You are correct

what is this then?

Kaos riding new Orbea? Dont look like e.

One page back. This thread moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. (With apologies to Ferris)