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I kinda assumed that Norco took a look at the landscape, saw an opening amongst North American (and specifically Canadian) brands, and is now making a longer term play to increase its market presence. Basically step into a void created by Rocky Mountain and Devinci, both of which are withering.

Y'a plus rien qui va bordel could be translated to everything is going to shit.

Giant Factory Team is official with Jewett bros and Alan Hatherly on - full PR - https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/giant-factory-road-team-ups… 2025 Giant Factory Off-Road Team Dane Jewett (Canada), DH Jakob Jewett (Canada), DH Rémi Thirion (France), DH Luke Meier-Smith (Australia), DH Dario Lillo (Switzerland), XC Alan Hatherly (South Africa), XC Jens Schuermans (Belgium), XC Carter Woods (Canada), XC

With Ellie now on board, The Santa Cruz Syndicate would respectfully disagree. Looks to be the start of the "mega team" era.

What a team, could easily dominate, especially the women's field

norco team is official - danny hart, erice van leuven, gracey hemstreet, lucas cruz, bodhi kuhn and lina frener full PR here - https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/norco-race-division-unveils…

with Neko mentioning only racing the national series it could be safe to bet he's learned enough from Whitely the past 15 years to do that work.

Self promotion here, but we’ve just dropped a new episode with Ellie Hulsebosch on her joining the Syndicate, plus plenty of other topics! She’s super determined and clearly fast as hell, can’t wait to see what the future holds Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bTHO9PK95SOSQV6Rt3NhK?si=SmvfFKdGRHu9… Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/the-otb-podcast/id1614212374?i=10… YouTube: https://youtu.be/qmHW09wEW5U?si=Zh67ponhKK5cawwD

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.

I was wondering earlier today when I saw the FMD thing made official if we're on the brink of seeing more corporate teams. Like why would a brand want to run a team when you could just contract local rich guy who likes bikes (yes, more popular in western Canada than many other places). I'm pretty sure GM owns that Norco team and MS has been running this way forever. If I was a brand why would I want to hire a team of bike industry people to try and run a team when I could go find a rich...

If further confirmation is needed, I’ve seen with my own eyes Yolanda riding Pisgah on a bike with a single sided front suspension.

Just leaving this one here for you guys Edit 23.12.2024 - I do not allow Pinkbike or any other outlet to use this picture. Vital Team Rumors exclusive!

The Chances of Daprela ending up at pivot whilst Siegenthaler is still involved is 0 - not to go back to shite talking about rumours but she was maybe the strongest hater of daprela when all “that” info came out

Here is an idea, the Americans and Euro's come to Oceania and live in a Sprinter van for 10 months like the Vanzacs have for 20 years lol

I know a couple Junior riders who spent years on the circuit around B-Kiddy and he seems to be the most hated rider out there and it’s not really close. Obviously I don’t know him personally but judging by the general sentiment towards him and the fact that he’s dating his employee w an age gap that wide, it’s probably safe to say he’s a mega questionable dude.

If you knew the story of how he ripped apart and absolutely destroyed his previous partners life, you'd never look at the weasel the same again. Absolute scum.

All I can think about it is Theo E talking about how wrong the heart rate data is that they show on the broadcast. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VvuT4i6EA6Y

First round of 2025 Pro Downhill Series announced - Rock Creek, Apr 3-6