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I think it's doing Meg White a disservice to call her just an "influencer" - she's a legit racer with multiple national level wins. As for sponsoring influencer over athletes - remember, it's a marketing arrangement. The sponsor picks the people to support who will most likely move the needle in terms of sales. If racers don't want to lose marketing investment, they need to get better at being like Neko - a perfect blend of athlete and brand storyteller. The modern athlete in any sport is a brand. Its just that MTB is very, very slow to come to...

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.

Everyone off IFR. IFR is no more.

Breeden off of IFR and maybe a hint the team is done? "Sure sad to see this group separate, but has given me great experience for what’s to come. See you at the races"

If we are going to insert a discussion about Holy Week CX- i’mma digress just a little bit to give people some more background on how American and Canadian athletes, teams and federations deal with the CX world cup and the other two major televised euro CX series’s; 1. Up until Flander Classics organization (the company that owns and produces the cx world cup and sells the broadcast rights) decided to try to have way too many worldcups on too many continents, there was much, much more start money available for North American racers(there hasn’t been any money for American...

Neko is like the guy that had the vision quest, and the quest turned prophetic. Amazing that being open and honest, showing passion and hard work culminate in success. However this team turns out, how couldn't you root for frameworks? At a time when companies are closing doors and shutting down support, Frameworks is growing.

300+ riders at every world cup? sure, at events with both XCO and DH. it's not childish to expect that a company selling a product (race coverage) compensates the athletes that make said product possible. If you wanna talk distribution, we should focus on the race broadcasts that are paywalled (elite finals). there's 2 ways to handle that, either all riders that make finals get a flat cut in addition to the existing prize structure (which sucks). Or the prize structure is overhauled and pays out better and deeper (right now it only pays out for the top 10, and...

Dean Lucas on MUTN also saying Charlie Harrison to Frameworks (altho he prefaces by saying he has no inside info...)

From the (MS-)man hinself: "... it's just a split with mondraker that's official, but probably we're not done racing yet...would be possible without us, but not as much fun"

Not going to deny any rider out there chasing down what they think their worth, but that figures (if it’s true) are pretty wild. someone like Martin Whitley could probably workout what all the riders are worth financially in terms of results/brand endorsement. This sport lacks clarity when it comes to money and contracts. 250k is fantasy league money.. and even if it’s split between the two of them it’s still crazy money. was that 250k a proposed budget for they to set up their own team?

I just converted that amount into Aussie Dollarydoo's. WTF! That is absurd. Literally my face....

all is not lost. you can still rep the GCN brand and former app with a jersey.

Not sure, but if she wanted her and Chloe on a team, was the money for Bex trying to set up her own team, not to renew her Yeti contract? In that case the £250k would be to fund the team’s travel, accommodation, entry fees, and then wages (for her and Chloe) after that? I remember Neko saying a full season of WCDH was going to cost around that amount?

The bike industry is in the shitter, for sure. I’m still surprised any company can sponsor an enduro racer at this point. The coverage is almost literally nonexistent. No return on investment. Most companies are blowing out their bikes at crazy prices. I don’t see where sending a racer(s) around the world to race their bikes can be financially possible. They can’t sell enduro bikes based on results and race coverage if the coverage is refreshing a website to see who’s winning then getting a highlight video after the race. Couple that with the state of the industry. Can’t be...

Sorry ? A lack of results ? Dudes a top 20 rider if not top 10. I can name 30 riders who don’t deserve a ride over cole

it's so depressing to see crazy good riders being dropped from their teams on a daily basis. Obviously the whole industry faceplanted itself and the riders need to take the piss....

Cole lucas not racing edr in 2024

Guy is already lowballing before release lmao

Danny Hart has been posting a few Hope deliveries and related items on his Instagram recently. Including one today. Running his own programme and getting support from Hope?

Eagle derailleur was feeling left out - so I made a thing - replaces the washer on a standard UDH dropout with a "Brace" that links the rear derailleur for strength and stiffness.