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I'm not proud of my country right now, but I am proud of Dak.

I root for Dak more than anyone in the field. Not because he is American. I like his story. Getting into the sport later in life. Grinding as a privateer. Coming from a humble background and a part of the world far from any DH trails. And then, sort of like Benoit, just improving year after year to the point that he was one slippery turn from winning the rainbow stripes. Now after a massive injury he got back to 4th place on 1.5 legs. Insane. I like his style too, sneaky smooth and smart racecraft. At MSA I thought...

so much wrong with your statement! i hate (current) america but love dak

3 riders I cheered for most are ratboy, Troy, and Dak. International racing is fun!

Big Dak fan. Not an American. I cheer for the Canadians because that's where I'm from. Beyond that I'm in it for the stories and the personalities. Dak is definately both of those

Have you seen the dude throw flatties on his warm up laps? You hate Dak you hate yourself. Gimme a break, he’s a star of the sport.

He liked a picture of my dog on IG so he gets some love from this Scottish guy

I realize you're just trying to be a dick or french or both, but that's not at all the sentiment to anyone paying attention to World Cup downhill. Riders, fans and the media have been nothing but positive about him coming back this year.

Another Dak fan, also not American.

Same. Big Dak guy, not American.

Sorry no, I'm a fan also and I'm not American.

It would be sick to see Dak at FW mentoring Asa in his first couple elite years, probably be good for both of them honestly but can they afford him? I heard rumor of Maples to FW but I see him going to another Commencal team for some reason, seems Max likes him and I could see wanting to keep him in the family.

Mondraker was and is a strange brand. Especially in the US. Literally the only thing that that got me looking at them was Dak. I need a new racebike coming up and depending on when/if they dropped a new one I was going to take a look. They have a high high bar to cross to get me to commit to a purchase and doing Dak a dirty would make the bar just a little higher.

Finn Iles to Norco.

If Dak could go to Norco that would be my top choice personally. They seem to be as committed as any team could be.

Mondraker for the consistency. Norco with Greg or Crestline with Aaron? I think any of those would be fired up to have a healthy and fit Dak for 2026 and hopefully beyond.

They discuss his future later in the pod. Pivot doesn’t seem likely from what they said. Norco or Intense both seemed possible. Also: the way the whole thing is discussed is kind of strange. There is never a mention of “I won’t be back with Mondraker” from what I heard. It just seems that they haven’t necessarily renewed his contract YET. Also possible they made an offer (possibly reduced salary) and he’s chosen to look elsewhere. I would love to see Dak on Mondraker one more year. In the past he’s talked about needing stability and consistency in his program...

I don't want Dak to go to Pivot

Well the bad news is that I don't know what to tell you, and the good news is that I have nothing to prove, nor nothing to gain for convincing you. I have a lot of mountain bikes and so does my wife, 6 between us. Everyone of our bikes has sram brakes with metallic pads, 200mm hs2 rotors and the same sram drivetrains and sram dt350 hubs on every wheelset save one. There are two extra floater wheelsets between all of the bikes. I think it may actually be more important for me to be on the right tires...

I have fought off having superboost rear wheels in my fleet for many years. My wife fell in love with a pivot recently and got herself one. It has ruined the zen status of all wheels/hubs fitting all bikes in my garage. It is as bad, if not worse then the dystopian axle future I imagined that had me avoiding pivot bikes for nearly a decade now. superboost sucks... after having a superboost bike forced on me, I can safely say, I will never own a superboost bike.