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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.

I think she’ll be with Intense Factory Racing …

Blenki might not have had a WC result for a while but he’s winning at something. For better or worse the Warner Bros deal really feels like it’s ushering in the end of a classic era for DH.

Tbf this is silly now, but he could of stored it at someone’s house (Sam Gale?) and it could of been stored in a box or something, but like i say its not worth debating it on a forum about team rumours ahahah

Fmd announcement on the 9th

Blenki is super ripped for his age, probably in better physical condition than a lot of others currently racing. On the right program/support i believe he could be competitive. Lucas has had mixed results according to Roots n Rain , he was out all last year with a broken leg. Norco might still have him under contract and buying him out and finding another rider within budget maybe wasn’t feasible.

Kolb to the mob https://youtu.be/o7OA0Xu-uqs

Kind of what i was thinking reading their post about leaving Intense but getting into gear boxes. Interesting.

MS racing with Zerode bikes?? I think it’s gonna happen!

Abby Hogie is currently ranked 42nd in Women's Elite, so she can continue to race World Cups as long as she is in the top 50, according to the new rules. Seeing as she won the IXS overall last year and is planning to race the continental series this year against many of the same riders, I'd suspect she should be able to stay within the top 50 riders in UCI points. None of her points come from world cups, only 40 from world champs, and the rest are all from US nationals and IXS.

Zerode Bikes out for 2025 as per Pinkbike article . Not surprised. Wonder if Blinky or Taylor will end up on a bigger team? Z did mention though they aren’t going anywhere and Abby Hogie will be riding a Z this upcoming season on European regional races and some selection WorldCups as a privateer. Based on the new rules, I didn’t think privateers were “allowed” anymore

While that is true, she also liked and replied to comments suggesting it´s an Intense or even Santa Cruz. I think she just wants to engage in the guessing game. But since we see riding videos, I guess a reveal is near.

Steel bike🤔

It wasn't that long ago the brand was bought over by some investment company. My opinion - Maybe a bank balance or two at corporate is down a couple of zeros, so its goodbye sponsored athletes.

For those who didn't see the vid. If this isn't a pinion bracket...

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

With the way they build the bikes, they could probably get a gearbox belt drive bike made pretty quickly. But, will the gearbox play well with the DW6 suspension layout? Can the get her a bike that feels right for her in a relatively short amount of time?

https://www.instagram.com/share/BAMMX9Dred

Surprised we’ve had this many. Usually isn’t towards the end of Jan as teams don't normally do photo/video shoots with the new riders until their old contracts expire.