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ollyforster Added a reply to 2026 Team Rumors

12/6/2025 2:55am

Any pro with an apparel sponsor with a power sports portfolio is 100% repping their kit on the moto. It's free, and sponsors love it when their riders ride in their other category and vice versa. Pivot is distributed in the UK by the fine folk at Saddleback, not Silverfish, who also distro TLD's bike line. I've always liked Leatt's...

ollyforster Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

11/16/2025 6:50am

With what looks like a production-ready DH T-type group from SRAM on the horizon, clearly shown on a host of pro bikes towards the end of this past season, sporting tactically placed tape to conceal branding, what DH frames are currently UDH compatible? Could an impending release from SRAM herald some new or updated options in the DH frame market...

ollyforster Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors

1/17/2025 1:17am

I can't confirm, but an educated guess would be SRAM/RockShox offered them a sweet deal, and part of that deal was to sign Loris Vergier, who won Worlds on their product. Fox has had more elite male podium contenders for a while now, and with WB's viewing figures up over Red Bull, apparently...the optics check out. An increase in sponsorship...

ollyforster Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors

9/2/2024 8:39am

Trek athletes are rumoured to have a clause in their contracts that entitles Trek to secure the athlete's services for the year after a world championship win, regardless of offers from other teams. Most teams will have a 'right of first refusal' to retain a rider in their contracts when the term ends. Still, a contractual obligation to retain a...