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Stranger things have happened but I can't imagine Hill wanting to be associated with Nukeproof given how much money the name owes him, even if the owners are new.

Awesome for Nukeproof to get started with a team that can help them hit the ground running, who were all climbing the ranks through last season. I do really think it would be amazing for Hill to show up at hardline on a Nukeproof DH bike.

Didn't Dak confirm at the beginning of last season that the team would be on the full SRAM/RockShox suite of parts for 2026? I thought that was semi-openly acknowledged long ago. Regardless, 69 runs in 3 days... Hope Dunne doesn't injure himself or burn out with that kind of pre-season intensity. Looking forward to seeing what kind of pace he brings to the World Cups.

I hope the Trek stores will carry the concentrated tablets as well:

Nukeproof Axess Racing is 100% confirmed, more news tomorrow (Friday) 💣

Pinky has just signed another three years with Mondraker! Does that mean we will hear from Dak soon? https://www.instagram.com/p/DSaJLaZFN6D/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share…

WD40’s sport marketing efforts are managed by former World Cup 4x pro Robin Baloochi. It’s kinda an endemic non-endemic sponsorship- WD does have that whole line of bikeshop oriented product…

WD40 is a pretty big company that have a history in MTB. I believe Frameworks and TFR were sponsored last season as teams and individual riders such as Danny Hart and Rebecca Rusch have been sponsored in the not too distant past.

There’s a big difference between outside sponsorship at a brand level like we see on the road side and local dealership sponsorship like Mini, Volvo and Lotus in dh. Whilst they may be allowed to use the brand’s logo their deal is effectively with a local shop, not the actual manufacturer. The Tourne Campervan deal does seem to be with the brand itself but they do aftermarket mods, orders of magnitude smaller than an actual automotive manufacturer.

Guess this confirms the Intense rumours (no pun intended)

Axess and Nukeproof seem pretty obvious by now.

To be fair, Intense seemed it was going to pull out of the WC racing circuit after Gwin to focus on US racing, and it seems Breeden created the opportunity to continue. Given the pull out of the European market, it seems this is the right approach and strategy for them. I hope they make it through and with nice releases like the new Spider and coming updated Tazer, perhaps they will make it back to the WC circuit in the future.

Intense Cycles and AXESS Racing Team are parting ways going into 2026. AXESS Racing hasn’t (officially) announced what bikes they’ll be riding next year (and who will ride them), while Intense will focus more on U.S. domestic racing. Press release from Intense below, as well as a video from AXESS: INTENSE Wishes AXES Racing Team Continued Success At Intense Cycles, we're excited to extend our warmest wishes and heartfelt goodbye to Joe Breeden and the entire AXESS Racing Team as they embark on new adventures for 2026 and beyond. Our journey together has been truly special, with Joe joining the...

Neko/Frameworks have Loctite, by all accounts a pretty significant "non bike" sponsor.

Lotus and Volvo are both owned by Geely a Chinese car company so the Volvo thing is sort of on brand.

It seems people are quite fast to forget about "outside" sponsors, AON is sponsored by campervan company, Dorval AM is an investment fund, never actually heard how they even got into DH? And its even funnier on the road side, Jumbo Visma was a partnership between a grocery store chain and an IT company and Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe is probably the best, we all know RB, but the second one is making kitchen appliances and the last one plumbing equipment.

Sam Hill back on Nukeproof! 😁☢️

I scrolled past in on insta thinking it was a gearbox. Looks like my Kavenz G2.