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What a wild turn of events. I was watching his skiing stories on Insta yesterday and thought to myself that he won't be a pro bike racer again, feeling kinda bad for the dude because he's had such tough luck these last few years, but can swing off of it when on it. Stoked he got a ride for next year and hope he can keep it rubber side down to show the potential he has.

Patrice Afflatet owns AP Sports Com which has managed the "Scott Factory DH Team" for over 7 years. Traditionally it leaned towards a more French line up and staff which Dean Lucas found difficult being the token English speaker, however that was years ago and the team now has a more global roster. Don't disregard the affect that Bucko (Ben Walker one of the unsung heroes of the mtb world who is well overdue for a podcast interview) has on everything gravity for Scott.

I heard Kim Kardashian has a good comeback story....

Dak liked a picture of my dog on IG, so he's good in my book.

Scott is a Swiss brand

Yeah but the DH Factory team has been driven by Patrice Afflatet (plus Flo Payet and other French guys) for years.

His contributions to the B-Practice podcast are probably a big reason that Vital favors him (Just like people here love Jesse M. because he actually posts in the forum periodically). It makes them feel like they're "one of your own." Shocking... do good PR things that expand your audience and let people get to know you... and you increase your fan base and marketability. I think people really appreciate his perspective, combined with Tanner and Jason, on the races and racing in general. It's one of the more interesting podcasts to me. On top of that, his journey over the...

Personally, I'm not American, so that doesn't play into it at all. Winning doesn't make you likeable. Dak presents as a nice guy and people like that. Having a bit of a unique set up could also play into it, but I think it's mostly just the nice guy thing. People also love an underdog and a comeback story, so everyone's been cheering him on as he's steadily improving after his injuries last year.

She's been on Canyon for the last year

IRC jesse never trolled but made an unintentional mistake with that post/pic. trolling would‘ve been if he didn‘t go to canyon IMO.

The public one, yes. Companies pay to have "sandboxed" AI platforms for one way use; our copilot is that way. We also have pretty strict enterprise filtration on what we can use it for, what it will answer for us. Either way its was a good way to screw around for a min lol

I was just about to post that....

If he’s at home then he’s not at the Scott team camp.

Anyone see the Crestline in the background of Daks story?

This! The vital fangirling over Dak is a bit over the top, yep he's fast, yep he seems like a good guy but so do most other riders and lets face it the riders 10 years his junior are faster or just as fast. Plus is results on the Scott bike are anything to go by it could be a step backwards and it doesn't seem to be working for Benoit Coulanges