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Can we go back to Racing Rumors Please? Not the wheel size debate!

Im sure this wont be an overly liked comment but... Am I the only one who thinks the possibility of the Athertons racing Atherton branded bikes is just super F'ing lame? In no way am I pumped that this rumour is a possibility.

Old news.....this has been known for quite a while

I'm pretty sure that even though people on here feel that they are psychic they actually aren't. So trying to guess what you seen and think If I've seen it is pretty impossible. So instead of the did you see what I see why not just say what you see. Then we don't have to guess your ambiguity. Or was it the Gwin riding a unicorn vid that I just watched.

Not a lot I think

Sorry, however, do people read before they post?

I was sure she was capable of a top 5 result with the support of Unior. Too bad about the injury in the last season and everything. She couldn't wait to get back to racing :/ I don't follow Monika's situation that much and i wish she gets some proper support given the results she's had.

Joe Barnes to join up with the Athertons and race enduro for their new team and bikes. They’ll release a DH, Enduro and Trail bike to try get some market position

Since you are talking about Monika, I've just went full Sherlock and found that the last story she posted on IG is almost certainly from Cannes, France. Troy Brosnan just traveled across the world to the south of France and Mark Wallace is there as well. Coincidence?

How many of the women, that are outside your criteria, could be much closer to the top with proper support? And i don't mean factory support, i mean support. Any. I remember how Zarja had it and Monika Hrastnik is probably in a worse spot right now (Zarja was with Unior in the last season). There are tons of smaller markets, where national distributors or even shops can't support riders, where family incomes are much smaller than say in USA, etc., so it's a lot harder to support kids properly to bring them up through the ranks and to enable...

You couldn’t be more off the money with these comments. It would be an honor for any elite level rider to join a team on Intense frames. Your own lack of style has clouded your judgement. Intense has been back on the rise for several years now and the momentum is real. The rumors though...are they real? I guess you’ll have to wait to find out eh?

That is of course very subjective but I think Intense still has lots of mystique, makes great bikes and has big respect on the circuit. YT is more of a party brand to me although Gwin and Mulally did a lot to legitimize it.

The thing is, registration deadline is 15th, UCI page however does not become available immediately, last year it happened around 10th of February... But this still gave some info on previously unannounced teams, I think UNNO was one of them...

1000% that's why I love it so much

I don't give a damn about the bikes, I just want those elbow pads, that chest protector, and the sheer bravery to wear a half face like that

Gwin isn't a huge guy, but none of those pictured have the solidity that Gwin does.