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Here's the full announcement in all its glory, including non-black screen video 😀 https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/andreas-kolb-joins-yt-mob

There are many current and recently ex-employees from Rocky, and almost all of them had no bearing on the current financial outcome of the company.

I can assure you there's less Capex with their method of manufacturing than the traditional carbon molding methods. Same goes for their alloy frames vs. traditional construction methods. Their unit costs might be a touch higher and might not scale as easily or cost effectively but my assumption is they don't sell enough frames to be successful the traditional way with amortizing tooling costs so it seems they are taking the right approach. Capex can higher on alu projects than carbon ones, but the volumes with alloy make it worthwhile to turn a profit. For all small and medium brands...

Here's the official announcement from MS Racing, moving on from Intense: https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/filmsmith/blog/01/06/2025/entry/1292….

Remi on spesh. Ok - but no chance they’re paying him to travel around the world to get 30th on a circuit with zero coverage. I’m not being mean here - just truth. Same with Blenki - guy was cooked (results -wise) 3-4 years ago. There’s zero chance anyone picks him up to race wc dh. On a similar note, Lucas Cruz - has he ever had a result? And Norco is taking him to all the WCs? Again, not being mean - just facts. I think he has a family connection at Norco but there’s no way anyone’s expecting...

https://www.instagram.com/p/DEfeircsCzi/ “In our opinion, the future of mountain biking innovation lies in gearbox technology“ … Zerode would make sense. However, as far as I know, Shimano is one of their biggest sponsors... so it will be interesting to see how this turns out.

Not sure if this was posted before but Biggiecomponents released a SRAM T-TYpe adapter that fits older Yeti bikes between 2019-2023 that are non-UDH, The adapter kit cost only $65 USD. https://www.biggiecomponents.com/shop/p/t-type-conversion

Looks pretty much like a gearbox bike to me... And Dave getting excited over it is definitely a Dave type of thing.. He is the type of person who wants to solve problems like that..

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDzO-HfCrIB/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== Read comments, DW himself is even commenting

Another pic of the new axs dropper

We have entered the part of silly season where people float (and debate!) wild speculation that a 42 year old Dan Atherton returns to downhill (last result was 57th at Crankworx in 2018) on a new rubber band bike to chase a $100k podium. Perhaps we need an award for most ridiculous rumor every year. 🤣🤣🤣

Anyone else here hoping we’d have more team announcements by now?? I’m not very patient mind you lol 😂

Oli was riding in Thredbo last week with Frotha. Broke a finger apparently. I did see his girlfriend wheeling away an Orbea ebike....

Idk if this has been discussed already but FMD has posted some ig stories about the canyon thing only posting about Kaos, Tahnee and Phoebs, not a word about Oliver 🤷🏻‍♀️

I'll do the same.

You’re on crack cocaine dude. I’ll put up my own 100 grand if Dan Atherton got on a World Cup downhill podium in 2025. I’ll even grandfather in a five-man podium…he did it once, 20 years ago, so yeah. Freebase rock crack cocaine ice meth pcp

Even before the rebranding i thought they were making big improvements with some of the bikes. And the new models are hitting the marks, IMO.

Dan was never on a level with Gee and Rach when he was 25, nevermind now

Dan wouldn’t even be able to qualify for a final. Being a fast rider at your own bike park you ride everyday is completely different from racing world cups.