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Imagine shipping an entire F1 team around the world!

Definitely more than a bicycle! That $$$ figure I stated is for a US only team. With 30ish rounds between supercross and outdoors, the team rigs are covering some insane mileage. Something like 80,000/year if I recall correctly. Anyways... back to rumors!

Lou Ferguson radioactive Nukeproof to Intense

SRAM brakes & rotors. Interesting since still running Fox suspension.

You're missing the bigger component change in those photos...

Aimi Kenyon (formerly PB Racing) on a Trek in her newest reel

Taylor Vernon's instagram story shows what looks like a pinion grip shift. Would be sick to see him and blenki on a Zerode factory team together

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Dak in the B-Practice podcast had said he was in. Really good spot for 2024. To me that means he gets to stay on the bike he had a great season on. If he ends up on Mondraker then it means when he said "in a good place" he meant financialy and is getting paaaaaaaaid

Yeah I agree, they know theyd be paying much more in salary and cost flying them around the world if they didnt have BK. Pivot pits dont have alot of extra, mechanics wrenching multiple bikes, Marshy handling all of the juniors. Hell there is more people in the Santa Cruz pit than there is a Factory supercross pit with 3+ factory riders. There is a couple of different physios that are used by all of the supercross pit but bicycling all have their own team physio at every race. They can do what they want to do but with all...

Would love to see Mark Wallace get at least a Single year contract with Forbidden bikes for 2024. He lives on the island and rides with Magnus Manson often so it would be a decent fit. M agnus I don't think is ready for a world cup season yet due to his health issues so technically there's a spot on the DH team roster. Wallace I cant imagine has a big asking price and hes capable of being top 20 no problem. Norco kinda did him a dirty with no "goodbye" post or anything (yes I understand they don't have...

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.

I don't know anything about BK's background, but the guy does 3 jobs. Team owner, team manager, and pro rider (top 5 in the world). He deserves to reap the rewards because that requires a serious amount of hard work and dedication, and of course talent. Not to mention his sideline projects such as the clothing brand. Plus the guy is super likeable, clearly loves riding, and is refreshingly open and honest in interviews. It would be awesome to see him standing on top of that podium in 2024.

Last one Blenki to Zerode?

Blenki is more the fisherman, I believe…

First one is Ollie Davis to Commencal Schwalbe Second one is Louise Ferguson to IFR Third one might be Elliot Heap. Looking at Instagram, Chain Reaction team has been rebranded to Nukeproof SRAM Factory Racing

The one that will be loosing his chain, maybe because he will ride a Pinion belt driven bike... Zerode? Gamux? Doesn't Brook like to go fishing? Brook and Zerode might fit well

Some really interesting info from Kerr. I am really pushing it here, but he specifically says "if there is 800k or 5pounds left at the end of the year, that's what I make as manager", my naive interpretation is that the Pivot factory team budget is around 800k. He has an absolutely crazy philosophy that he doesn't need to make a budget and review costs, "it is what it what it is", "it's not like I can cut food costs". The whole point of a budget would be to determine whether you can grow or need to reduce the number...

This is the Team Rumors spirit! I definitely don't know the people, but here are my guesses: First bike hints towards a Commencal, as I don't know of any other ”French” brand that is in the circuit. Although Commencal are from Andorra, but French enough, I guess. Was thinking of Radon or Nukeproof for the second one, but Radon doesn't have a team since a while now and I could not find a Scot on Nukeproof, but I am pretty sure the concentrated new team is whatever Intense has going. The keen fisherman must be the Keswick Kestrel, but the...

One thing he mentioned that stood out to me was how Discovery/ESO don't understand mountain biking. He mentioned it focused on Enduro but it applies to DH as well. That's how we end up with the lack of story telling / buildup of excitement throughout practice, qualifying, semis, and finals. It's also how we end up with drone shots from far away or shots that don't show the rider's lower body or bike, and cutting away from the rider mid run to show the team manager. ESO simply isn't run by mountain bike racing fans. Additionally ESO is only focused...