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Why does EVERY thread descend into tech talk? Ah, cos MTBers are nerds 🤣 By my calculations Cube and maybe Yeti are the two main teams (hard to know with pivot) that have high profile riders that won't get a top 20 team slot. But Balanche, Blewitt, Rude, Harternstern etc. can all race in their own right. So what do the teams do? Trucks parked in the next town?

The announcement is coming soon Loris + Commencal mucoff + Rock Shox, maybe all team in rock shox was what AP was hiding?

David Trummer will also be hanging around, but in a different capacity; he’ll be on the side of the track scoping the best lines for our guys, along with eeking out the most pace from our bikes in between races.

Just saw a post from Ami Kenyon, I don’t believe she has a team lined up for 2025. Anyone have any insights? She’d have points wouldn’t she?

Any word on Blenki or Wyn ? Hopefully they’ll have a ride for this year !

They have the opportunity to do something very funny by poaching Wallace from Giant.

4 teams struggling for sponsorship and money tie in with a belt drive company That’s the real headline

Daprela was just announced to be on rogue racing, the italian dh team.

Ok ill say it with my chest then. It's Pivot. I like the brand and BK is a bad look for them. I want them to do well, but in my opinion, they have to get rid of him and his Baggage to succeed.

I thought for a minute I was imagining that he was posting, deleting, posting, deleting, ad nauseam the same post. Trisquelo is a great argument for why we need to have concussion protocols and good helmets. Daprela burner account?

For fucks sake Trisquelo, give it a rest man.

Antoine pierron on les orres?

Disappointing to see there are still teams willing to support Daprela after what he is alleged to have done. There are a ton of other riders without teams that are almost as fast and come with none of the baggage. I would've thought sponsors would prefer their riders to be fast and good human beings, rather than just fast.

Electrical tape, the Maxxis tire sharpie of brake calipers

SH: "...It’s actually been super disappointing that many long-time sponsors that I have stayed loyal to throughout my career can’t even make an effort to reply to emails or messages." Damn, choosing to not pick up the phone/email when SH calls is a choice for sure. He's not on top of the game anymore but at least pitch him some gear ffs.

For those playing along at home, here’s where we stand with the most ridiculous rumors so far… #3 - Phoebe Gale off FMD, going to Reece Wilson’s new AON team, after being prominently featured in the Orbea FMD press release. #2 - Aaron Gwin back to mentor the kids on lower budget Trek Factory after becoming a partner in Crestline bikes last year. #1 - Old man Dan Atherton returning to stomp $$$ DH podiums on a prototype belt drive after his most recent 57th at a 2018 Crankworx stop. There’s a few others close to the top 3, but...

He seems to have everything else that Norco Race Division is using for 2025. Maybe it was a contractual thing with Hope or Danny really loves the Hope stuff and did a deal with Norco to keep running Hope products. Enjoyed the video though, you could tell how much pace he was gaining lap after lap.