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Big day today, stay tuned!

Either way, Mitch will be a great help with the new Jekyll roll out.

Should have kept up with my post, Wow that went of tangent quick ha ha

mitch ropelato definitely on cannondale

I know it sounds silly but I wonder if those riders Dean, Jack and Charlie would have looked at other options anyway with regard to their results Vs their salaries/remunerations. I vaguely remember listening to a podcast and Dean saying he got a pretty good deal with Scott better than with Intense. Possibly wrong, but a riders career can also be short or limited in terms of earning a good salary or few riders earning a good salary to start with. Apologies if I have spoken out of turn in anyway with the above.

Intense tries to sell bikes to the moto community and all the advertising from Matthes (PulpMx) sureĺy has helped. They need to update their bikes though and hire a good graphic designer.

Um, we covered it in here that Gwin had the rug pulled from under him regarding YT, he was literally having dinner with the CEO during worlds, talking about how it's a matter of days to sign the contract, then something like next week he was told the programme is done. And then they decided to continue (in a smaller capacity with Angel only or something like that). He scrambled and did the deal with Intense, wreaking havoc in the Intense Factory Racing team that was running Sram gear with Jack Moir, Dean Lucas and Charlie Harrison, with the latter...

THANK YOU, @Primoz! . . . Regarding Intense, Gwin owns the team, not the company. It was well documented at that point that he wanted off the Mob, because he wanted to do the things his way. This also coincided with a moment when Intense brought in a fresh influx of capital, but I believe Dungey is gone in the mean time. I am not sure how Intense are doing or how well their bikes/e-bikes are selling, but I'm sure, even if in financial trouble, they'd bounce back somehow, because their brand and heritage is far too valuable. As an...

To be fair, interest is a personal thing, I’m pretty interested in seeing where any of the Scottish lads are going this year, Lewis, Jamie, Lachlan ect. I get that some might not be interested. Like I just flick through the XC/freeride stuff on here, no really that interested and don’t know most of them. But it’s Cool to see what others are looking out for.

Alright let's just end the Zink off-topic. I feel kind of bad now having fueled the discussion. Zink is still a legend, hope he'll be on a good ride for 2021 and show the kids how it is done next Rampage.

It’s been a long day without you my friend, and I’ll tell you all about it when I see EU again

I will step in here since this is starting to spiral a bit. Cam's comment had nothing to do with YT. This was one rider making a joke with another rider. Silva was flossin' his new sponsor (Michelin) while blatantly covering up the frame of a former sponsor. Cam made a joke with his former teammate and buddy. Nobody is mad at anybody

The smartest marketing move in the mtb sport when you are not changing teams. Sam hill not only wins races, he wins the internet.

That was brilliant I feel had in the best way 🤣

Someone somewhere said Aggy is retiring, which would bum me out because he is my mountain bike spirit animal.

Being nice to the employees at your friendly local bike shops! They can't speed up overseas raw materials production, adjust the value of national currencies or prevent cargo ships from sinking, so, even though it's a bummer the bike service queue is 3 weeks long or your new bike won't be in for a month, let them know you appreciate what they do for our communities! That would mean the world to a lot of us... We can only work with ETAs given to us by the suppliers.. And that info seems to change on the daily.. We really would...

I totally get what you are saying but thats not how for profit corporations work.

Or both, Cathro to Giant!!??