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Caron Storch laying some old demons to rest today:

The Battleship is BACK!

Is that with or without YT's departure? I'm assuming they, at the very least, get to 21st heading into next year... And then ride out wild card entries at every single event. I can't imagine they aren't first in line for wildcard entries. For a few reasons... To me the biggest question is, does Pivot do anything in the off season to position themselves better? Or does the team fade more so into local races with no roster changes, etc. I actually quite liked Pivot going to 'local' races since you knew you were gonna get BK/JH and even EdBullMH...

Did some extreme internet investigating.... And I found this!

From BKs recent post. Credit to @Puneta for catching this. I just went and took a screenshot after seeing their tip.

schedule change for rampage - women's oct 17, men oct 19.

Bummed for Vaea, she has already battled back from injury to be here riding, now she has to do it all again...

is it just the repetition of the venue/event and over-saturation of insta reels and vlogs? mountain bikers know how incredibly bonkers finals day is and will most likely tune in, but a week of buffing old lines with nearly all the content looking the same as it tells the same story of the last 5-10 years isn't very compelling. vital's insta feed (the one the insta algorithm pushes, not what we post), is nothing but visually similar rampage posts from a massive number of riders, diggers, photographers. the lead-up is so diluted now, and therefore devalued as a result. i...

3rd practice day video from Hannah Bergemann. The video ends when Casey Brown looses at rock-paper-scissors and "gets to" be first to take on the "Princess Killer" drop. Unfortunately, Casey crashed on her attempt and was airlifted to the hospital. She has since reported that she suffered a broken tibial plateau but is otherwise doing OK. Healing vibes to Casey, so bummed for her not being able to complete her line. Hopefully the other girls will do her proud on it!

Custom Specialized Demo's for Chelsea Kimball and Szymon Godziek. Both are pretty sick. Chelsea's Szymon's More photos and complete build spec - https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/chelsea-kimball-and-szymon-….

Rampage check-in and bike check with Harriet "Haz" Burbidge-Smith: https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/ready-rampage-haz-burbidge-….

TVS casually warming up on the first ride day for the men:

Camila putting her tires in the dirt:

Hannah getting a lot of her features ticked off!

She would qualify to race anyways. She doesn’t need a team for anything but a paycheck

Not making fun, joining in the fun! 🙌

Kolb to Syndicate would make an excellent pairing with Jackson. As much as it's an individual sport, having a teammate who is that quick should benefit the both of them.

Kolb to Syndicate Loz to Orbea for the 3 redbull helmets on 1 team.

Also Neko has been smart to get non bike industry sponsors who have significantly bigger pockets, like loc-tite and WD40. Yes they don't have a team truck like Trek or Canyon, but that doesn't mean they're not able to pay well.

i just saw this on instagram: with kolb on the podium with luca and jackson, could this mean he is joining the syndicate. he is good friends with goldstone...