All

Phil losing sponsorship almost annoys me the most out of all of this. All the guy has to do is post a phone clip on a dodgy pleney loamer and I'm convinced to buy the bike. Brands will regret giving up large engagment numbers on social media just to save a few quid in the short term.

Considering he's world champ you'd think he'd be on the muc off team, but then again someone said Dan atherton could win a World Cup this year so any thing is possible

Crab link 🦀

No high pivot, no idler, no flip-chip, no bonded lugs, no belt, no cable tourism, only four bars and a single chain? Will they even be able to ride that thing?

Some are saying she may be aboard a mythical creature.

Hope V4

Definitely hope tech4

Something everyone has to realize about UBM and UDH is that SRAM is in the business of selling OEM to massive bike companies. Anything SRAM can do to make the process faster and cheaper/better for the OEMs is seen as a win. In the case of Transmission/wireless drivetrains, that is a WIN for OEMs. Say they can shave -5-10 minutes a bike not having to deal with cables, setting stops, tension, etc. They can install a Transmission drivetrain in <5mins, vs. say 10-12min for a cable-actuated version. Now, multiply that times 20,000 MTB builds and you have million(s) of dollars...

Frotha on Transition Bikes. Seems like a perfect fit!

Danny does seem to have some pretty decent self-awareness. He used to have an adversarial relationship with Wyn, but he flipped the script and now I love their interactions.

In a rare (positive) enduro team rumour, pretty sure Tristan Botterham is going to the Simplon team.

It looks like they refined the air can to be a true hand grenade for when it does blow up. /s

so are teams divvying up the 100k if they win, or it goes to the rider or what? To base a whole team around a belt drive for 100k seems nuts to me, you have to drop a drivetrain sponsor, use something that is somewhat unknown and then to top it off, win a race with it. I'm presuming the teams wont be sponsored by pinion. So factor in buying 5-10 gearboxes etc. With a 10-52 cassette and thin shitty chains, yeah I get it. But the sprung weight of a DH 7 gear cassette and proper chain is not...

Dan wouldn’t even be able to qualify for a final. Being a fast rider at your own bike park you ride everyday is completely different from racing world cups.

Danny was doing a meet and greet thing at the bikepark I worked when he was at Saracen......which they spectacularly failed to advertise. So I basically spent all day being his personal chaffeur/hang out. He has possibly the driest wit of anyone I've ever met, super down to earth and does not tolerate bs. Top lad.

I love how Danny pokes fun at himself when talking about being a bit of a Diva when they were on Giant together lol. He always seems to have these funny little quips and a good personality for a guy who is a multi-time world champ. Who wouldn't want to sign Danny? Can't wait to see how him and Greg get along now that greg is retired, I feel like it will either go really good or horribly wrong...

Benoit posting a teaser to his story

Looks like the mother of headset tourisms