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recognize...that was an Alpine clip, not Unno...

Did Matt Beer accidently spilled beans on the Other Site, or is he just guessing?

or she is the Queen troller ; )

They were on Transition just before signing with Norco, 2010-2011

Minnaared. I'd be shocked if those two aren't on Transition in some way. That is much more fitting place for them.

Yeah him vs asa next year is going to be very very exciting

Look man, I love the bulldog, but he has been on record shit talking the GT bike as a piece of shit that no one could possibly win on and went back to Mondraker. Then in interviews, Mondraker was the bike that now, no one could be competitive on. I really hope he finds something he gels with, because damn is he fun to watch ride a bike. I'mma go watch Gamble now

My understanding was also that the MS Mondraker setup was closer to a privateer setup than a factory team. I seem to recall Jacob saying he just got a bike and transport. I specifically remember Brook complaining about the short stem that Mondraker were pushing a few years ago, and that it took him half a season to realise he needed a standard 50mm. But other than that, he seemed to love the bike. That could be wrong, but then again so is 99% of the thread.

tyler waites newest IG adition clearly says yeti

I am not getting this hate, especially from us, who are obviously outside the racing field. It is impossible to judge what a good bike is and what not and especially what a good bike COULD be. How could we, with pretty much no inside knowledge, know that? Just by sheer assumption? Assumptions without solid information are most of the times logical errors. Having success takes a whole lot of ingredients, especially in something like DH racing. I guess sometimes being in the zone and fully motivated could mean more than having a ”good” bike, whatever that may be. Related...

I have a friend who’s in the engineering team at mondraker, he said that they would have lower budget for 2024 for the team

Since this is Team Rumours, heard from a friend who lives in Cali, who heard from a friend, that Norton and Pinkerton will be on Mondraker. I assume that is the new Mondraker factory team. As for Intense, Jeff said on the Vintage Downhill Podcast that they will be focussing on young North American talent, so I guess that they could maybe have an own factory team of juniors, but also be a frame sponsor on MS. I honestly hope for that and it would be a genius move, that could maximise their exposure, with these two fronts. A side...

Well shid

That's Hannah Bergemann

Jill on Transition? Did this already get posted?

No one is working harder on this than. intense right now. They've been posting every generation of bikes and racers the last couple weeks so definitely building towards whatever announcement they're going with, be it MS or something else

Nah its a Pivot.

Its a farwell video from lemoine not brosnan...

Everybody: "It's the rider, not the bike" Also everybody: "Rider X's results sucked when they were on brand X because that bike sucked" Back to team rumors: A particular 2023 Spanish team rider discussed in recent posts, may be spending a lot more time in the land of freedumb. Specifically, in an area (regionally) known for it's extra large heaping portion of freedumb (which was still not enough for a certain rider because other states have way morerer freedumb).