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Jesse waking up and seeing his coffee posts still getting attention weeks later on the vital forums

Phil is running his own program with support from Propain and a few others. Mind you it's only Propain Factory Racing who paused for 2023. Propain didn't just stop sponsoring riders altogether and Phil wasn't on the factory team. Very unlikely that Phil is the new Pivot rider. That being said, if I had a bike brand and a racing team, I'd move heaven and earth to get him on my team. One of the most stylish riders around. Propain has done incredibly well signing him.

Pretty sure I saw Bernard was in Athens on Insta. If Pivot is getting a new male rider, and Propain just folded their WC DH team, there is a good chance it could be Phil Atwill. I know Phil was not on the Propain factory team, but if they are folding one they might fold Propain Positive too. Phil on the Pivot team would be incredible...

tried listening to the podcast on the other site where they had thurston on, had to switch off after 20 minutes because that guy is such an insufferable and unlikeable piece of shit too bad about CT, while I’m not really following road racing I liked to read it for the tech nerdery and widening my bike horizon a bit.

Discovery - Owns Play Sports, which includes GCN, GMBN, and all those various channels. Immediate Media - Bike Radar, MBUK, Cycling Plus. Future Publishing - CyclingNews, Bike Perfect, Pro Cycling, MBR, Cycling Weekly.

Dude spent millions on outdated media publications that were only hardly profitable even when they were extremely lean. He also bought the majority of them at peak valuation and now the industry is undoubtedly headed towards a small recession and possibly a monumental one if the world economy continues to dip. I’m sure the vast majority of paid subscribers they gained by buying pinkbike/beta dipped as soon as they folded beta. Cycling tips will be no different. With how many ways advertisers can reach consumers in the modern age I have no idea how he ever thought he’d get a...

Team Media Rumors - Spoomer - would be interesting to see an article about bike media consolidation and what corp entity each of the major sites is under. It's getting ugly out there esp with Outside also controlling BRAIN. I've intentionally been trying to give Vital a lot more of my clicks and Outside entities a lot less.

cyclingtips layoff chaos followed by loads of canceled subs (according to comments). sucks for those who got the axe as that community seemed to really value what they did. https://forum.cyclingtips.com/t/laid-off-caley-fretz-dave-rome-matt-de-… "Today Caley Fretz, Dave Rome, Matt de Neef and Daniel Benson (Editor-in-Chief of VN) were let go. Plus lots of other staff (including Steve Brawley who has been with CT for years in sales) and others throughout the company. 12% in total. What a clusterfcuk OutsideInc is. Robin Thurston has gotten his head over his skis and singlehandedly fcuked up dozens of good media publications in just 2 years. Goodbye...

Cube is looking for a third mechanic... Maybe Henry will end up there.

Pink-vital decathalon? bike model scrabble long huck to flat 100 yard wheelie dash A judged presentation for the corniest YouTube series prototype spyshot at World Cup treasure hunt Fat bike tire toss hike a bike team relay (beer chugging optional) Chinese team rumor whispers in a podcast format Blindfolded Brake bleed followed by a dh lap editor Arm wrestle for triple points

Some real rumors going on the other site, looking forward to the @sspomer showing pinkies how its done

VitalMTB to buy Outside magazine and to put sub-par mtb news on pinkbike

Jess Blewitt gets her wings

Something new coming from FMD Racing?

For me, Tahnee is one of the more interesting characters on the curcuit, on one side she is the morst girly with all the screaming pink kits and and then she is probably the most vocal about being a rider, and female one that is, with public topics about having problems focusing on the grind required to be WC athlete, how does having period affects her training and mood, which are topics nobody really talks about. Last weekend my gf had bad period cramps and she had to take 2 pills and spent whole day pretty much sleeping, now imagine...

Suarez was 14th overall last year. Daprela was 11th and on any day as likely to go wreckers as checkers. Angel has finally started hitting some high level consistency and might provide some balance to the wildness that might leave Amaury or Daprela permanently injured. Anyway, I get the sense that with 7 World Cup teams last year, cost wasn’t a huge concern for Max.

Since 2019 he has had four finals finishes of 47th ,63rd and placed 49th twice. With his skills and talent he is valuable to a bike company and sponsors but he is not an elite Level world cup racer and his results prove that. Tahnee has spoken in the past about her confidence issues and said she lacked desire a few times as well . Now she has taken an entire season off because of the effects of a concussion which she will be anxious about exacerbating every time she crashes. Coming back to a really strong women's field I...

Kaos is only 23 and there is a lot more to look forward to from him. I also don't think a world cup team would not want him on as he is a very stylish rider and has more instagram followers than Vali Hoell. Tahnee, meanwhile, is only 27. I'd like to think there's plenty more competitive racing coming from her. I definitely see her winning quite a few more world cups.

I wonder how much longer Kaos will be on the world cup circuit because if his dad wasn't team manager he definitely wouldn't have an elite ride. I doubt Tahnee will ever reach her previous highs again after her absence .

Suarez will go to Commencal Factory team, based on latest episode from making up the numbers. It looks like Hugo and Thomas have some deal and Mille still waiting for something…