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Norco rolling deep with new kits and look

When a World Cup comes around, you must rip it.

rad look into luke meier-smith's prep for the season. beast is an understatement!

Jenna won as many races as Jake Jewett last year. ...and she won the Women's Elite New Zealand Continental Series race this last weekend beating Sascha Earnest who by many accounts is a podium threat for this upcoming women's World Cup season. It's fun to pretend she's only around because her and BK are together, but I think a tough couple seasons for injuries made us forget that she's actually pretty fast and was a Junior World Champ.

A bit of shameless promotion, but hopefully it's relevant. I just put out a podcast episode where me and Alan Milway chat through all the 2025 team moves (confirmed and rumoured). Hopefully it's an interesting watch/listen. https://youtu.be/Mu0JAhGceB8 or https://www.downtimepodcast.com/team-moves-2025/ Clearly this forum gets a mention! Thanks to everyone here who keeps the rumour fire burning, I personally love it!

Can we give up on the Gwin going anywhere but riding a Crestline this year? The guy literally owns the company (or a part of it at least) why would he be out there promoting other brands in the same market segment as his own company.

GEARBOX DISCUSSION GOES HERE - The Belt Drive and Gearbox thread

Big news from SCOTT today as they welcome Benoît Coulanges to the team. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The SCOTT DH Factory is thrilled to welcome none other than current Vice World Champion and two-time World Cup winner Benoît Coulanges to the team. This exciting French addition will strengthen the squad for the 2025 DH racing season and beyond. At 30 years old, Benoît Coulanges is already a force to be reckoned with in the downhill scene. During his time with Team Dorval AM, he built an impressive résumé, claiming two French Championship titles and earning countless World Cup podiums. Known for his blistering...

Looks like a gamux if you ask me

Posting this again because you may have not seen it. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oioH7_ADLzuHFDC-pRGTnRCh8JLIt5u… Anything with a 3 in the confidence column is either confirmed by the team itself or is an extremely strong rumor. Confidence 1 or 2 are lower confidence in the rumor. The second sheet has a list of the teams that can be organized to show which teams will be within the top 15.

Blenki might not have had a WC result for a while but he’s winning at something. For better or worse the Warner Bros deal really feels like it’s ushering in the end of a classic era for DH.

Well it's 8.25am January 1 in Sydney, I have a belting hangover. Expecting to see 300 post with new signings, rumours confirmed, ratboy to ride a 3 shocked cannondale. Instead we get Sam Hill riding for his local shop. back to bed

Start a new forum topic to discuss what enduro format should be please.

Greg Minnaar's last track walk as a World Cup rider - at 8mn10 there's a hilarious exchange between Greg and Gracey as they get to the Simba gap, famously pioneered by Greg ("really?" " what do you mean really?" 😂😂😂):

Hey guys, Sorry, only just discovered this thread! We decided not to broadcast the team rumours as we thought it was too soon. The last thing we want is to damage a rider's current season or a future opportunity. Before we broke the Minnaar to Norco story last year I spoke with Greg to check that if we published it wasn't going to **** it up for him. I think once the season's finished it should be cool. Apologies for the volume of the beeps, everything goes through a compressor so I thought they shouldn't be too loud About...