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moonsaballoon Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors
12/29/2024 2:16am Had a quick scan through the UCI rankings to see if any riders with a few points were so far unlinked with moves . Based on this cursory glance I'm going to predict Greg Williamson and Henry Kerr to join up with Reece Wilson on his Gamux team .
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moonsaballoon Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors
12/23/2024 6:26pm I wonder if Mondraker will bring someone into replace him for the season like Ollie Davis and the Syndicate last year . I assume at this stage everything is paid for anyway so you might as well bring someone else along .
moonsaballoon Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors
12/22/2024 2:26am That's what they said on the podcast. I could see Intense only wanting to support one team at the world cup and I'm guessing the cost of supporting MS would be higher than the IFR setup . MS didn't have a great year last season and according to MUTN they had added a few riders for points but they might...
moonsaballoon Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors
12/21/2024 10:45pm Sorry , my mistake. It was off Intense and on GT .
moonsaballoon Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors
12/21/2024 6:36pm Just listened to the MUTN podcast , moves I hadn't heard before were Cam Bal to Yeti , heather Wilson to Mondraker and Greg Williamson to Gamux . The other one was the MS team off Mondraker frames and on GT but obviously that looks unlikely now although I would imagine contracts would of been already signed so who knows...
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12/20/2024 5:10pm https://youtube.com/shorts/--oNeJP7yI0?si=eHQGO1n97Ih51dC1 Atherton gearbox bike looks like it's happening. I always thought they were quite heavily associated with Shimano but I'm not sure if that's still the case .
moonsaballoon Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors
12/16/2024 1:59pm Pivot looking a bit light on numbers now , Bernard's trip for UCI points might not have been just for you tube views . Any rumors about Camile Balanche ? I would have thought quite a few teams would be keen .
moonsaballoon Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors
12/6/2024 10:20am It's obviously not a surprise but when a company like Trek with a bike like the Slash to sell can't see the value in competing at the EDR it really hammers the point . Under normal circumstances Hattie would have her pick of teams , but at the moment ? Hope she finds something decent for next year .
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12/4/2024 9:01pm
Matt Walker (english) to Trek Factory Racing. Per OTB podcast. Could be a good fit
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moonsaballoon Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors
12/3/2024 1:14pm I haven't listened to the episode but Sam Blenkinsop is on the stay on your bike podcast saying he's stopping riding world cups but still racing other events which I would assume to be hardline and crankworx . I reckon there will be a fair few riders making similar plans for next year . It will be interesting to see...
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11/24/2024 3:35pm MS or intense factory racing ? I'm guessing both those teams could do with a rider with some UCI points .
moonsaballoon Added a reply to 2025 Race Talk
11/21/2024 3:40pm I don't necessarily disagree with your point but if the end result is only 4 teams can afford the fees then it doesn't work .
moonsaballoon Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors
11/13/2024 12:02pm They could only pick about half those for world cups . But you could have a second tier of riders doing the US monster races or IXS cups then if someone is winning those races swap them out for one of your world cup riders . It would add an interesting dimension to team management but I'm not sure it...
moonsaballoon Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors
11/12/2024 12:54am Imagine how good that would be ....warner on commentary too 🤩
moonsaballoon Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors
11/11/2024 5:34pm Bodhi Kuhn would be a loss to trek in my humble opinion. It was his first year in seniors last year and apart from injury effected rounds he consistently qualified for finals , which these days is pretty good going . I hope Danny to Giant is true , he's still got the pace to be at the pointy end...
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11/10/2024 12:07pm My understanding of it is that the teams standing is made up of the points of the riders for next season . so putting 2 and 2 together and coming up with 5 , possibly the pivot team might look different next year . It looks to me that brands are cutting back on B teams and probably Enduro to...
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11/9/2024 6:28pm I think the old UK downhill series used to have UCI points , I seem to remember at the time there was a cost to having the event UCI sanctioned and it was hard enough to break even for the organisers without kicking up to the UCI .
moonsaballoon Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors
11/9/2024 12:05pm I'm guessing that the Bernard in Indonesia thing means that for some reason the Enduro points aren't counting for the team rankings? Pivot have a pretty strong showing in EDR or have I missed something? Did I hear somewhere that only the world champs in Enduro give UCI points ? Just watching BKs vlog from the event and it looks...
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11/4/2024 11:37am Just listened to the MUTN podcast. Doesn't sound very positive for Enduro , sounds like factory teams pulling out to support the more expensive new downhill set up .
moonsaballoon Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors
10/7/2024 1:27pm He's praised her a lot on the downtime race reviews and said himself she's got added value now as her points can help get a team elite status . Fabian Barel on wyn tv gave a fairly management buzzword heavy answer on Canyons plans for next year which I think basically spelt the end of the pirelli team , I...