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This week on team rumors: IS AMAURY CHEATING ON MAX WITH THE BIG "S"? SHOULD PIVOT HR TALK TO BK? IS KATE COURTNEY'S NEW TRUCK RELIABLE? Now that I have your attention, do we think the other teams would even bother with the belt drive if they knew Rach was possibly returning aboard that Atherton belt drive prototype this season? I know the elite women's field has changed a lot since she was last in the mix. That said, I honestly think Rachel could win pushing a '99 Uzzi this season if that was her ride.

While true, this answer isn't very fun.

IIRC, BK didn't stop filming race runs to protest, ESO no longer allowed riders to film their race runs. BK did complain about it, rightfully so.

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!

The change in Camera is from the massive push from insta360, lots of influences are being paid to talk bad about gopro currently. Theres several people on the Pivot team that dont make sense like Ed masters... why is he still there? matt walker is pretty good on the enduro rig but lacks support. jenna... well we know... Is morgane there just to hold a female enduro spot? PFR is interesting... seems like a "these are my friends, we race together"

Gwin to Frameworks! (Throwback 2023 rumors).

I'm not sure if TN National is a regional feeder race for UCI, but I'm pretty sure Aaron can get a top result at any American regional race and get in that way. I'm not sure the timing...might miss the first round (s), though?

MetaDave: Thanks for the insight. Huh, exciting times. To go back to my hypothetical earlier post--maybe we will see Rach on the WCDH circuit sooner than anticipated? I mean, given the list of potential riders / winners, Reese is at the top, but if Rachel put in some time, and the difference between the depth in the Men's / women's fields, maybe she'd be a better bet? Of course, the potential for the advantage of just smashing rock gardens on a whole other level with no derailleur, maybe the innovation will prove itself first! Either way, the link to e-bikes...

Bring back Grundig, Shaun Palmer and shorts in DH and I'll die happy tomorrow.

Who gives a shit about how reliable rivians are, anybody's thoughts on EVs, etc, in this thread we should almost always be stoked when non-industry sponsors (making a OEM tailgate pad doesn't teleport them into the industry guys) get in on our guys and gals. Good on her for looking outside the mainline sponsors, who are all on the struggle bus right now, and towards somebody who, for now, is swimming in their scrooge McDuck vault of VC money. Get your bag Kate! Edit: Those sunglasses upside down and two inches from her head in that photo there turn what...

What does this mean? I can’t figure out the sentence structure, especially with the forced vagueness.

Actually, with the rate of the posts on this page if you stop to look at something else, you'll need some free time to catch up...

One page back. This thread moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. (With apologies to Ferris)

Bribes.

I always considered this a "heard it on the bush telegraph" thread rather than a "make some shit up for my own entertainment" thread.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE7yUEls49f/?igsh=MTdtNjZyODBhYTBycA== This is awesome

Don't think this has been posted? Lachie to Monster

Peak #teamrumors flex is going back and searching through a couple dozen forum pages to quote your own (correct) predictions. Not bad.

Unless Fox brings back Dialed, it doesn't matter who is riding there stuff.