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Saw on IG that Dak picked up the win at the US Open today.. Considering how hard his recovery has been, it was good to see him win.. Maybe give him a bit of a boost going into Lake Placid and MSA..

I hope Dak is not on gwin racing purely from a pay standpoint. Can’t imagine Aaron is in a position to offer our boy what he deserves

From how it ended with Gwin and later Dak it never seems like YT was interested in doing the "honorable" thing.

comment, from pinkbike… if it‘s true, oh boy!

I think this just an artifact of Dak being the only Mondraker rider at the US Open. He probably doesn't mind racing the 'privateer' life for one event to be able to have his own personal van and dog with him for the remaining World Cup rounds. I'm sure he'll be back with the team in New York. I mean unless something really weird went down and even if he is ultimately leaving, he is under contract until the end of the year I would presume.

Rumor has it Kolb has been riding around on a Scott..

Not technically a mountain bike tech rumor, but it's very funny to listen to gravel riders insist they aren't just reinventing 1990s mountain bikes and then see product releases like this... https://www.bikeradar.com/news/rockshoxs-rudy-xl-gravel-fork 60mm of travel and clearance for 2.25" tires. This thing would have crushed the NORBA XC circuit. All it's missing is some stanchion boots.

I'm going to send my new bike tech to the shop and tell him to get me helmet bearings to see how he reacts.

RLS is so effective, that in an independent study, RLS was found to reduce the risk of concussion by 4x on average compared with conventional helmets*** Yet the study linked is 1) Not peer reviewed 2) Not actually published yet 3) Is hugely biased. Quote from the study: "Competing interests: This work was funded by HEXR Ltd. All authors are employees of HEXR Ltd or Dropmatics Ltd, which may benefit from the findings." HEXR is the company behind RLS, so they directly benefit from a study about increased safety from RLS. Also, canyon supplied the helmets for the control group...

“RLS is first and foremost designed to protect what makes you, you”, says RLS founder and CEO Jamie Cook. --->Image from RLS site 😆

I’d rather cut my face open than be a vegetable

Tough scenario all round, the 3 riders that sound like they've already got something lined up will be good but it sounds like the staff have been screwed over as well . Not sure if anyone has mentioned Jack Moir yet ? On paper a great signing for any brand but it doesn't seem like there is too many options floating around Enduro at the moment.

Had a big drive yesterday and caught up with a few post race podcasts. Sven Martin was saying that 2 mob riders had already signed contracts which was Vali and Oisin and the 3rd just about to which I assume was Kolb . Vali to commence les orres which she could be riding with at the next round but he didn't mention who Oisin had signed with . He also said that with Vali signing a rider who thought they were with the les orres team next year now aren't so possibly Antoine Peirron looking for a ride ?

you can see all his YT bikes for sale already. Doubt he's sticking around with YT

Posted that she’s back on the bike. So sounds like she missed almost the whole season due to an injury.

Horrible timing for that guy, switching from Enduro to full time DH and gets a nasty injury the same year the company he rides for implodes. Hope he finds a spot somewhere, maybe he can spend a year racing North American DH races/Crankworx to get his feet back under him.

Total guess but I'd be very surprised if it was just one year .

I don't know if Laurie Greenland's contract is up but I think people are assuming he might be let go as he's perceived to of been having a bad season which I'm not sure he has , or at least not as bad as the results might suggest. He had an old school podium at Leogang I think and has had a fair bit of bad luck in finals and is coming off the back of health issues . He's a world cup winner and still relatively young and has shown he has pace when everything goes right for him...

Let's start a list of who is looking for a new DH team for 2026 : - Vali Höll - Andy Kolb - Oisin O'Callaghan - Dylan Maples - Dakotah Norton - Stephano Introzzi - he is the first rider in the UCI ranking without a team - Greenland ? - Brosnan -> signed with canyon until end of 2026 - Iles ?

If you’re not getting paid by your employer (allegedly), then that’s also a breach of contract on their side…