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Ronan Dunne with a saint crank that has a direct mount, xtr looking chainring

From Tahnee's insta: feels like the bike's coming soon...

Kaos on the new Orbea DH bike

That’s just a stock bike

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!

my first thought: Ibis HD6. Zerode seems more reasonable though...

Thank you for posting this. Too many people are using a racing rumors thread to talk crap on Kerr. It's also pretty sexist and BS that people are talking crap on Jenna when she works incredibly hard at her craft and has the speed. Can we move on from this please?

Vergier to Commencal officially official.

Maes confirmed with FMD Orbea

Gates sponsoring 4 teams - Aon, Atherton, MS Racing and Intense Factory Racing fine print says 100k goes to " the first elite racer, male or female, to win a UCI Mountain Bike Downhill event" - women race first on race day. if there's a double belt-drive win, does the female rider get the 100k or does gates hand out $200k? could happen! More Race Teams Bet on Gates Belt Drives for 2025 UCI Downhill Season – €100K Belted Purse Remains Up for Grabs DENVER (Jan. 15, 2025) – Gates (NYSE: GTES), a global leader in belt drive technologies, has...

if yeti/fox picks up Camille Balanche as rumored, that team would bump to spot 16.

Which frame are they going to ride?

Consider him innocent until evidence proves otherwise

Alleged, not charged and no conviction Roque Racing, small team and I assume a small budget. Maybe his “baggage” priced him into a smaller lesser known team. Antonio Brown of the NFL was convicted of assault charges on his wife and the NFL still let the guy play. Not alleged, convicted. Give TD a chance until he’s charged and convicted. Too much bashing of riders on the forum based on speculation and not facts. Leaning into slander in some cases imo

So it's guilty until proven innocent now, is it?

Phil losing sponsorship almost annoys me the most out of all of this. All the guy has to do is post a phone clip on a dodgy pleney loamer and I'm convinced to buy the bike. Brands will regret giving up large engagment numbers on social media just to save a few quid in the short term.

This is a stretch for sure but doesn't Yeti use a metal head badge and Pivot's is painted? Edit: And fwiw Insta comment from someone saying those are DT Swiss wheels... (PFR runs Reynolds iirc)

The song could be a hint (or she might be fooling us) : 2 chainz by Lil Wayne