All

That's too bad. DH was one of the few places not totally falling to the Sram homogeneity machine.

From all the vlogs I've seen from other riders, Jackson, Bernard, etc all thought he was crazy doing 95% laps all day, whereas they were all doing 80% for fewer laps. Apparently he was riding faster than anyone ever has in January before. Ronan was basically saying that that's where he thinks the sport will be in a few years, and he wants to be ahead of the curve. Essentially that hitting the gym and trail bikes over the winter then hopping on the big rig for DH laps a few weeks before the season is not going to cut...

Camden Rutherford to intense factory racing. Pivot dropped the ball so hard losing this kid, jackson goldstone jr.

Yeah this kid's the real deal, one name to keep in your head this season

What chance is there that WBD will drop some serious cash to lure Gwin into the commentary booth full time. Surely it would pay off for them. Gwin has proved himself on guest appearances and the audience responds well to him. Also, it would be a strong reason for punters to pay the money for a subscription and tune in for the year, weak commentary would not. Might fit Gwin's agenda, getting paid for attending World Cups, whilst perhaps running a development team for the US series, amongst his other business ventures.

Sounds like he's quite pleased with his setup:

Vero Widmann also confirmed on Mondraker

Atherton team announcement from IG:

Long post that was intended to be a short post but then I got to picking it apart and teasing it out further. Sorry! I'm not conviced "should" is a word in the UCI/WBD vocabulary. A quick reframing of the whole idea (that I don't necessarily agree with but I could see as being completely within the scope of how the UCI could be looking at it): Is Gwin any less retired than Minnaar? Who raced more last year and who seems to be more publicly active in DH right now? How about Richie Rude? RR used to ride downhill...

This is cool to see, Ford already sponsor a big time XC team, so hopefully they do the same in DH. https://www.instagram.com/fordperformance/reel/DFYHxH5xAhS/

I know he's an icon of the sport, but he has only been in one WC final since 2023, and that was at the first race in 2023. He's barely made it into the top 50 in semis most races. He's an icon, but sports progress.

Connor Fearon listed on Dunbar Racing Team

Yeti marketing team probably couldn't get the announcement video shot and edited before the UCI posted the list. I'm sure they're (and Cam) is pissed.

Looks like Yeti signed Jonty Williams, fast Junior out of NZ but doesn’t bring many points with him. Lucas Dedora is listed with Frameworks. I don’t believe that’s been mention here so would be a boost to their points.

From UCI website

bike industry media folks: "how can we alter this image just enough to mess with the vital forums"

Best use of photo editing related software, ever.