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To be more specific, Amer sports owns Mavic and Enve. They used some of the Enve's carbon experience to help develop the new Mavic Carbon wheels. They also own among others Atomic and Armada skis's, Salomon, and Arc'teryx.

People huck Rampage on Stan's Flow. Many carbon wheels are WAY stronger than those.

Conor MacFarlane.

He was on TLD clothing before as well, while the team was running Scott clothing. This part didn't change. Oh, and no more BOS, they are back to FOX suspension.

They are watching us ... ?

I am 40+ So the Marin name has a ring to it for me It could be that the owner of Polygon/Marin wants to kick both brands into our attention, but still... Norco?!? Who will be riding/managing the team for one of the best race bikes out there? Athertons would be a perfect match, not?

With team announcements fast approaching, I thought it would be fun to look back and some of the early pronouncements in this thread and see who was dropping knowledge and who was dribbling crap. These posts are from August-December. Now we'll know who to believe in the 2020 Racing Rumors thread! dirk—diggler - Aug 25, 2018 here are a few new infos straight from la bresse: -gwin will leave the yt mob, whitley will continue with angel, nekko and maybe valli. sram will get part of the team! -gwin on his way to trek factory joined by reece willson -athertons...

If you were setting up a new bike brand, you would want an investor on board.

Best (or worst) prediction for 2019: Athertons on Marin Xquare one clone with Trust the DH prototype fork, the ugliest bike the world has ever seen, Gee and Rach win all races by margins even Vali cant reach in junior women, the world burns.

HAHAHAHAHA! I thought that couch looked familiar!

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That is awesome. IMHO I think a company like Orange fits with his style and approach, it always seemed an uneasy relationship with the Canyon perfection machine.

The racing team we want but don't deserve.

Call me Captain Obvious here... Just throwing this out there. Pinkbike just post review of Intense M29, nothing in the photos looked to be anything to spy but I could be wrong. But being the day before UCI teams need to be in, Intense looking to position themselves for a splash. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/review-intense-m29.html

I'm the same with the Gwin and Intense rumour. I think Gwin is probably the best pure downhill racer the world has seen since Sam Hill, but the intense DH team has always been about taking on that outsider ethos. Look at how they have backed Palmer, Kovarik and in the newer school, Jack Moir with his obvious talent, shitty injuries and penchant for getting bitten by fish.. Taking on Gwin is moving the Intense DH team vibe from a punk rock and sketchy surfer vibe to decaff starbucks, workout videos and gluten free. Shits gonna end in tears, mark...

Maybe the Atherton Bikes website is just going to be a bike shop for the hub of Dyfi and everyone is reading into it too much?

Who's your money on?? I'm going with Canyon Factory DH.