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Bro, the Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis (EFDA) will not leave this thread. I'm not even telling my real life riding buddies. It was an embarrassing chapter in my Friday afternoon work procrastination.

In a big turn of events, Dak turns to international hand modeling and quits racing to protect the valuable hands.

bro's recognizing peoples hands now.... this thread is getting so good and weird at the same time. When someone knows what someones toes looks like I'll bow out. Carry on.

The goat is riding for Norco this year, and the other goat is an Atherton, so I can only assume they are taking an actual goat on the world cup circuit. Maby it's an emotional support goat for a new rider?

Gwin to yeti would be classy. and hopefully fassssssst.

Man, that Frameworks team photo is driving me nuts. Asa too close to Neko--spacing is off. And Neko and Asa doing the "I have to pee" hands over-the-crotch position. Also, Asa not looking at the camera. Cut the photographer budget to pay Angel's salary. ... Otherwise sick kit and bike!

So it doesn't then?

Stop white pants in dh

Angel Suarez has fantastic technique and can hold some pretty insane pace. I think he's been on some higher-profile teams because people who know bike racing can see that this guy has potential. That said, his career in the elite field is entering its 10th season, and it hasn't been a smooth decade. Out of 59 Elite World Cup / World Champ registrations he has missed 19 to DNS/F/Q. First top-ten in his 4th season, and his first podium in his 8th season. Good riders to compare him to would be Mark Wallace and Benoit Coulanges, who each entered Elite...

Am I the only one who doesn’t care at all about Bex. She doesn’t have a ride, let’s leave it at that.

Yes, I remember Bruni specifically saying he got to New Zealand in the off season and was tired/jetlagged from his trip in eco class, and then realised that a lot of the other top euro guys had flown business class to stay fresh (a quick check says 1500 in eco vs 7k in business). Makes you realise some of the top dogs spend/cost as much on a single training trip as a privateer spends on his entire race season.

From what I've gathered, BK's family has business ventures that pay more than MTB. Don't underestimate that if you come from a family that knows how to operate successful ventures, you hit the ground running much smoother. The resources he has access to in the background to manage budgets, negotiate contracts, handle advance planning, schedule adjustments & so much more I don't doubt help BK be more efficient than most teams that come & go. It doesn't hurt that while he has all the toys a guy could ask for, he doesn't seem to hesitate to get his hands dirty...

When you see it! 😉

maybe gwin to yeti isn‘t so far fetched… todd schumlick, who‘s aaron’s and richie’s trainer was managing IFR while aaron was there and will continue managing his new team according to the goodbye-post… and todd is riding a yeti right now, was on an intense before. maybe that‘s too obvious but maybe not

Gwin won back to back on a production YT Tues that was untested on the WC stage. He tinkered with frame size but used parts to try and dial his fit in. It wasnt till year 3 i believe where they tried retrofitted 29er stuff. Even the Demo he won a overall on was relatively off the shelf besides different suspension links for progression changes. One could argue that it wasn't until he got to intense before his performance really started to be inconsistent but his sprinkled in injuries did not help either. If Gwin was to ride the Yeti...

Um, have you not been paying attention? Yeti built a new DH bike for Richie last year because he said he wanted to do some DH racing. Like a fully finished carbon DH bike ready for production.

Gwin back to Yeti, I'm calling it. Him and Richie back together would be great to see again, bring on the Two Turquoise Terminators

I can’t take it anymore… 2024 Edging Championships.